Three Long Island High School Students Win Concerto Competition

Three Long Island High School students will be featured soloists in the June 8 Long Island Youth Orchestra concert at Walt Whitman High School’s Performing Arts Center in Huntington Station at 2 p.m.

LIYO’s Concertmistress Kaitlyn Shin of Jericho High School will perform the 3rd movement of Saint-Saens Violin Concerto No. 3. LIYO’s Principal Clarinetist Ethan Usoskin of Schreiber High School in Port Washington will perform the 1st movement of Mozart’s Clarinet Concerto. Pianist David LoNigro of East Meadow High School will perform the 1st movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1.

LIYO Music Director and Conductor Scott Dunn will conduct. In addition to the featured soloists, the concert will include Nicolai’s Overture to the Merry Wives of Windsor, Glazunov’s March, Op. 76 and Sibelius’ Finlandia.

The Long Island Youth Orchestra, which was founded by Martin Dreiwitz in 1962, has nearly 100 outstanding talented teenage players representing nearly 40 Long Island communities from Nassau and Suffolk counties. The Long Island Youth Orchestra, which is in residence at LIU Post, rehearses weekly and presents a series of four concerts each season. Susan Deaver is LIYO's principal guest conductor and executive director.

Tickets priced at $15 for Adults and $10 for Students/Seniors will be available one hour prior to the concert in the lobby of the Walt Whitman High School’s Performing Arts Center.  To reserve tickets in advance, e-mail LongIslandYouthOrchestra@gmail.com For further information call (516) 299.3174, or visit the orchestra’s website at www.liyo.org