The North Shore Symphony Orchestra will present the opening concert of its 55th anniversary season on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. at Stratford Road Elementary School, 33 Bedford Rd.
This concert will be highlighted by a performance of the Dvorak Carnival Overture and Mahler Symphony No. 1 “Titan” and feature violinist Michelle Stern performing the third movement of Bruch’s Violin Concerto and violinist Carolyn Wong performing the first movement of Prokofiev’s Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor. Both violinists are winners of the Concert Festival International Competition.
Conducted by Susan Deaver, who is celebrating her 25th year as the orchestra’s music director and conductor, this concert will bring together the talents of the 75-member North Shore Symphony Orchestra, Long Island’s most established community orchestra. Tickets are general admission at $15 and $12 for seniors and students.
Tickets may be purchased at the door 30 minutes prior to the concert. Further information about North Shore Symphony Orchestra and the evening’s concert may be found on the orchestra’s website at www.northshoresymphonyorch.org or by calling 516-252-2712.
Violinist Stern is an 11-year-old native of Douglaston, Queens. She began her violin studies at age 3 with her mother, Anna Heifetz, a distinguished violinist and teacher, and currently studies violin with Professor Ann Setzer. At age five, Stern won her first medal from the New York Music competition and by age 6 gave five performances at Carnegie Hall as a first prizewinner of American Protégé, Concert Festival and New York Music Competitions. At age 7, Stern, was awarded first prize in the “Jewish Kids Got Talent” Competition, raising $5,000 in prizes, which she donated to charities and Hurricane Sandy Relief Fund.
Since her solo debut with the Island Chamber Symphony, Stern frequently appeared as a soloist with the Manhattan Symphonie Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Gregory Singer, performed at the “Here and Now” Series at the BargeMusic, Philippines Relief Concert, “The Music of Alfred Morena” concert at the Lincoln Center and gives monthly recitals for the seniors of the Atria Senior Assisted Living.
Violinist Wong, 16, also studies with Setzer. This year, she was the first place winner of the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, and a finalist in the Adelphi Chamber Orchestra and Ensemble 212 Concerto Competitions. In the past, she has been a state winner and division alternate of Music Teachers’ National Association competition, a winner of the NJ Music Teachers’ Association competition and a finalist in the Mannes Preparatory Division Concerto Competition. Last year, she was concertmaster of the North Jersey Junior High School Regional Orchestra.
