The Essex County Summer Players Orchestra will be performing in its 12th summer season on Sunday, August 5 at Livingston High School, at 3:00 PM. Admission and parking are free.
The program will consist of the Fanfare from La Peri by Paul Dukas (composer of “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice”), Serenade for Strings by Antonin Dvorak, Serenade for Winds by Richard Strauss, and Symphony #4 by Johannes Brahms.
This concert will mark the debut appearance of the ECSPO in its new performance venue, the auditorium of the Livingston High School. “We are definitely excited about being in this terrific facility,” said Livingston resident Oliver Shapiro, who serves as the group’s principal cellist and Executive Director. “We are especially indebted to the Arts Council of Livingston, which has recently approved our membership into their ranks. We are pleased and honored to be able to help their mission of furthering all of the arts in Livingston.” Shapiro, a private music teacher providing lessons in cello and piano, began the orchestra in 2001 as the first summertime community orchestra in New Jersey in over 30 years.
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Leading the group is Karen Pinoci, the Associate Conductor and Co-Founder of the New Philharmonic of New Jersey, as well as the Music Director of the New Sussex Symphony. She has won a number of awards including “Musician of the Year” from the NJ State Conference of Musicians and “Woman of the Year” from the MacDowell Club of Mountain Lakes. She has conducted extensively both in the United States and abroad, and her training has included studies with Seiji Ozawa, Simon Rattle and Leonard Slatkin at Tanglewood, as well as at the Conductor’s Institute and at the Pierre Monteux School for Conductors. In addition to her extensive conducting background and abilities, Pinoci is a talented performer on cello and trombone, provides private instruction, and is involved in a number of performances throughout the region on these instruments.
The High School is located at 30 Robert Harp Drive in Livingston. Anybody needing more information or interested in making a contribution (the ECSPO is a 501(c)(3) organization, and contributions are tax-deductible) can contact Oliver Shapiro at 973-533-1260 or olshapiroinnj@gmail.com.
