North Shore Symphony Orchestra to Hold Concert in Plainview

The North Shore Symphony Orchestra will perform the second concert of their 55th Anniversary Season in Plainview next month.

All 75-members of North Shore Symphony Orchestra, known as Long Island’s most established community orchestra, will come together to perform at Plainview-Old Bethpage JFK High School, located at 50 Kennedy Drive, on Saturday, March 12. The orchestra takes the stage at 8 p.m.

Concert highlights will include:

• The orchestra will be conducted by Susan Deaver, who is celebrating 25 years as NSSO’s Music Director & Conductor.
• The guest artist is Meredith Baker, director. Baker has been conductor of the Long Island Choral Society since 1979.
• A performance of Berlioz’s Roman Carnival Overture and Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances featuring the Long Island Choral Society.
• The concert will end with the thrilling Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64.

Tickets cost $15 for general admission and $12 for senior and students. Tickets can be purchased at the door 30 minutes prior to the event.

More information about North Shore Symphony Orchestra and the concert can be found here or by calling (516) 252-2712.

NSSO concerts are made possible with funds from the Decentralization Program, a regrant program of the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature and administered by the Huntington Arts Council, Inc. Astoria Bank is also a sponsor of NSSO and the orchestra thanked the bank for its commitment to enhancing the cultural life on Long Island.

History of the North Shore Symphony Orchestra, provided by Friends of NSSO:

“The North Shore Symphony Orchestra is currently celebrating its 55th Anniversary Season. Founded in 1961, by Dr. Charles Gouse, the North Shore Symphony Orchestra has provided a way for hundreds of individuals from all professions and ages to share their enthusiasm for orchestral music. In 1990 Susan Deaver was appointed as Music Director and Conductor and re-established NSSO as one of Long Island’s finest community orchestras. Many members of the orchestra attended the country’s leading conservatories including Manhattan School of Music and the Juilliard School of Music. The North Shore Symphony Orchestra, which is the orchestra-in-residence at Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School, presents a series of four concerts each year, which includes performances of standard orchestral repertoire as well as newly commissioned contemporary pieces. Featured soloists have included promising young Long Island musicians, members of the New York Philharmonic and professional young musicians.

In 1993 the North Shore Symphony Orchestra established a Young Artist Award to recognize outstanding high school musicians, a competition which is now held every two years. In the fall of 2008 NSSO’s Artist-in-Residence program was established by Maestra Deaver to bring top caliber professional musicians to serve as concertmaster and mentor to the orchestra in both rehearsals and concerts. This program broadens the orchestra’s creative and musical experience and provides an additional opportunity for NSSO to provide educational outreach within the school districts of its Long Island community.

The North Shore Symphony Orchestra was in residency at North Shore High School in Glen Head for almost 25 years as part of the Community Education Program before relocating to Plainview Old Bethpage JFK High School in the fall of 2004. Recent NSSO performances have included concerts at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, North Shore High School with the North Shore Community Chorus, and at the Morgan Park Summer Music and Arts Festival.”

Photo credits:

• NSSO Rehearsal - courtesy David Salazar
• Courtesy Vladimir Polezhayev
• LI Choral Society - courtesy LI Choral Society
• Susan Daver - courtesy Masataka Suemitsu