The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York
13 Myrtle Street, 2nd Floor
Manhasset, NY 11030
www.myo.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

DATE: May 1, 2014

CONTACT: Anthea Jackson, Executive Director
Phone: 516-365-6961
Email: ajackson@myo.org

900 Young Musicians Perform at Carnegie Hall

The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York (MYO) is proud to present our choirs and orchestras in concert on Sunday, May 4 at 1PM and 7PM on one of the most famous stages in the world, Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall, 881 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019. The concert will feature a world premiere of a work, commissioned for MYO in honor of our 20th Anniversary (1993-2013), by renowned composer Ola Gjeilo, www.olagjeilo.com The work will be performed by the Nassau Principal Orchestra led by Music Director Scott Stickley and the Nassau Youth Chorale and Glen Cove High School Select Chorale led by Music Director Edward P. Norris, III. The concerts are open to the public and tickets range in price from $17.50 – $55.

The 13 ensembles feature talented Long Island-based musicians between the ages of 8 and 18:
Combined Nassau and Suffolk Treble Choirs with Music Director Craig Knapp
Suffolk Concert Choir with Music Director Louise O’Hanlon
Suffolk Youth Chorale with Music Director Shoshana Hershkowitz
Suffolk Concert Orchestra with Music Director Eileen Murphy
Suffolk Symphony Orchestra with Music Director Scott Zarchy
Suffolk Principal Orchestra with Music Director Phil Preddice
Nassau String Orchestra with Music Director Michelina Cerbone
Nassau Concert Orchestra with Music Director Laura Mole
Nassau Symphony Orchestra with Music Director Benjamin Arendsen
Nassau Principal Orchestra with Music Director Scott Stickley
Nassau Concert Choir with Music Director Erica Purrone
Nassau Youth Chorale with Music Director Edward P. Norris, III

The Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York is committed to fostering a community of talented young musicians from the greater Long Island area, providing them with an opportunity to rehearse and perform orchestral and choral masterworks at the highest possible level with recognized leaders in music education and performance. Founded in the fall of 1993 by John C. McNeur, MYO has grown from one orchestra of fifteen members to seven orchestras, a flute choir, and six choral ensembles, serving over 900 young musicians between the ages of 8 and 18 throughout the Nassau and Suffolk counties of Long Island. For more information, please visit www.myo.org or call (516) 365-6961.