Long Island Youth Orchestra
40th Anniversary Gala Concert and Celebration at C.W. Post

Sunday, May 4 at 7:30 p.m.

March 18, 2002 — One of the nation’s first youth orchestras, the Long Island Youth Orchestra, is celebrating its 40th anniversary with a gala concert and celebration on Sunday evening, May 4 at 7:30 p.m. at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts at C. W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville. General admission is $10; students/seniors $4. The Long Island Youth Orchestra is currently in residence at the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in Brookville.

This special 40th Anniversary Celebration Gala Concert by Long Island Youth Orchestra will honor Martin Dreiwitz and alumni from Long Island Youth Orchestra, many of whom are members of major performing organizations such as the New York City Opera, National Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Ballet, Toronto Symphony and Colorado Philharmonic. The concert will also feature distinguished alumni such as Frank Moreli who is currently the principal bassoonist of the New York City Opera Orchestra and Robert Botti who is the 2nd oboist of the New York Philharmonic. The concert will include music of Lalo, Tchaikovksy, Haydn, Schumann and Virgil Thomson. Tchaikovsky’s "1812 Overture" will combine alumni and current orchestra members in a grand finale.

Founded by Martin Dreiwitz 40 years ago, the Long Island Youth Orchestra has over 2,000 alumni, many of whom are musically active either as members of some of the nation’s top orchestras or as teachers on Long Island and elsewhere. Others, who have gone into other professions, nevertheless gained a lifelong appreciation of great music through their exposure to the work of a wide variety of composers during their years as orchestra members. Many also took advantage of the opportunity to observe the cultures and life styles of peoples around the world on one or more of the orchestra’s 32 successful overseas tours to every corner of the globe. Long Island Youth Orchestra’s international concerts and tours have been universally acclaimed and the orchestra has been praised by world leaders for its contributions to international good will through music.

Long Island Youth Orchestra’s 40th Anniversary Concert will provide an opportunity for all alumni to participate. The concert and the reception that follows will provide an opportunity for LIYO alumni not only to listen to the exciting work of the present orchestra, but also to renew contacts, old orchestra friends, and to give recognition to the outstanding impact that the Long Island Youth Orchestra has had on the lives of all of its members, past and present.

Alumni of the Long Island Youth Orchestra are encouraged to contact the organization (www.liyo.org) at 516-299-4093 or sedeav@earthlink.net to help update the alumni contact information list.