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GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK Dear Friends,
Welcome to the 60th Annual Morgan Park Summer Music Festival! This is a big year for us and we look forward to celebrating it with you.
This is going to be a great season. We start on June 30th with An Evening of Italian Opera and end on August 25th with A Band Called Honalee performing the songs of Peter, Paul and Mary and other music of the 60s. Thank You! This year, Morgan Park Summer Music Festival is presenting the City of Glen Cove’s 4th of July concert – Richie Cannata and the Lords of 52nd Street will play all the great songs of Billy Joel. Then three days later, Strawberry Fields performs a tribute to the Beatles on what will be Ringo Starr’s 79th birthday!
This season’s concerts also include the music of Motown, Caribbean Reggae, Johnny Cash, Queen and other rock greats. David Stewart Wiley, conducting Orchestra Long Island, will entertain us with an evening of classics from Broadway, Hollywood, jazz and opera and Plaza Productions returns to Morgan Park to perform Mame.
I would like to thank all our generous supporters for making it possible for us Morgan Park Summer Music Festival thanks to hold the Festival year after year. This year, I offer a special thanks to RXR/ Garvies Point – our 2019 Title Sponsor. You are all good friends and we are TITLE SPONSOR RXR/GARVIES POINT grateful for your support. for its generous support during our Our 60 years of successfully presenting professional, uplifting entertainment 60th season of providing free concerts was only possible because of the vision and hard work of so many civic minded volunteers, donors and friends. It is my great honor to chair this committee of to the public. so many dedicated to the common good and I am especially grateful for the opportunity to carry on the legacy of my father, mother and Mrs. Pratt.
So sit back, relax and enjoy a delightful evening of musical entertainment under the stars.
Thomas R. Suozzi Chairman
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Title Sponsor SPONSORED BY DATES June 30 | An Evening of Italian Opera GOLDEN BENEFACTORS Massimiliano Barbolini and Claudio Mattioli
July 4 | A Billy Joel Tribute Richie Cannata and the Lords of 52nd Street
Concert Sponsors In Memory of July 7 | A Beatles Tribute John S. Appleby Strawberry Fields
July 14 | Orchestra Long Island Sondra & David Mack David Stewart Wiley, conductor In Memory of In Memory of Classics from Broadway, Hollywood, jazz & opera John S. Appleby Nancy Epstein July 21 | Dr. K’s Motown Revue Hits by The Supremes, The Temptations, Sondra & David In Loving Memory of Estate of Stevie Wonder and more Mack Louise Martone Peluso Edna Shotwell
In Memory of July 28 | Caribbean Reggae Nancy Epstein Therapi Band Golden Benefactors August 4 | Arena Rock American Paving & Masonry Corp. Music by Queen and other rock greats Rose and Dom Ciampa August 11 | Mame Iris and Saul Katz Family Foundation Estate of Edna Shotwell Plaza Productions North Shore Golf Car, Inc. In Memory of Thomas Salvatore GOLDEN BENEFACTORS August 18 | A Johnny Cash Tribute Marvin Schein Tom Cavanagh and his band Caryl and Leonard Shapiro August 25 | A Band Called Honalee Tom and Helene Suozzi In Loving Memory of Wheatley Plaza Louise Martone Peluso The songs of Peter, Paul & Mary and other music of the 60s
Bring the family, Bring a picnic, Have a great time!
2019 MORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK AN EVENING OF ITALIAN OPERA A BEATLES TRIBUTE Massimiliano Barbolini and Claudio Mattioli Strawberry Fields
Sunday, June 30 at 7:30 pm Sunday, July 7 at 7:30 pm
CONCERT SPONSORS CONCERT SPONSOR Golden Benefactors In Memory of John S. Appleby American Paving & Masonry Corp., Rose and Dom Ciampa, North Shore Golf Car, Inc., In Memory of Thomas Salvatore, Helene and Tom Suozzi A huge hit of MPSMF’s 2017 season, Strawberry Fields consists of top musicians who were cast members of Beatlemania, the Broadway smash Revel in rich, romantic Italian opera as bass-baritone Claudio Mattioli and hit that recreated the magic of John, Paul, George and Ringo. They present tenor Massimiliano Barbolini present classics by Rossini, Puccini, Verdi a concert that is about the closest you can get to a live Beatles experience, and many others. Mattioli, a specialist in the works of Rossini and Mozart, complete with the sights, sounds and is also a composer, screenwriter and distinctive costuming of the Fab Four. director associated with Gruppo Amarcord. Strawberry Fields performs a popular Barbolini is a performer of international weekly Beatles Brunch at B.B. King Blues renown; he has appeared in major opera Club in Times Square and has appeared houses in Vienna and Paris, and others at large venues such as (the former) throughout the world. Shea Stadium, Citifield, Fenway Park and Yankee Stadium. A BILLY JOEL TRIBUTE Richie Cannata and the Lords of 52nd Street ORCHESTRA LONG ISLAND David Stewart Wiley, conductor Thursday, July 4 at 7:30 pm Sunday, July 14 at 7:30 pm CONCERT SPONSOR CONCERT SPONSOR Sondra and David Mack
Glen Cove’s own Richie Cannata and the Lords of 52nd Street were an Orchestra Long Island carries forward the musical legacy of the Long integral part of Billy Joel’s career. They collaborated closely with the Island Philharmonic (LIP), the Island’s professional orchestra that folded singer/songwriter, performing with him on recordings and on tour. After a in 2016. Determined that Long Island deserved its own professional period of inactivity, Cannata and the Lords reunited in 2016, blowing away orchestra, David Stewart Wiley, the Philharmonic’s last music director and the sold-out crowd at The Space at Westbury. They have since toured conductor, led a group of dedicated musicians to form a new orchestra. regularly to enthusiastic audiences at Orchestra Long Island has performed to acclaim at the Huntington Arts public and private events including Council’s summer festival in Heckscher Park among other music venues. Morgan Park Summer Music Festival. Orchestra members are drawn from the membership of the former LIP The ensemble’s members are Richie as well as major NYC music organizations. Cannata on sax and keys, Liberty Maestro Wiley has been associated with DeVitto on drums, Russell Javors and high caliber music performance on Long Dennis DelGaudio on guitar, Malcolm Island for two decades. He is also music Gold on bass, Doug Kistner on keys and director and conductor of Virginia’s David Clark on piano and vocals. Roanoke Symphony Orchestra.
2019 MORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK DR. K’S MOTOWN REVUE ARENA ROCK Hits by The Supremes, The Temptations, Stevie Wonder and more Music by Queen and other rock greats
Sunday, July 21 at 7:30 pm Sunday, August 4 at 7:30 pm
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Get set for a fabulous visit to the unparalleled Motown catalogue of Delight in the music of all your rock the 1960s, including the music of such giants as The Supremes, The favorites, but especially Queen, Temptations, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson, The Four as Arena Rock recalls classic Tops, Gladys Knight and many others who were stars of this remarkable rock bands such as Foreigner, epoch of American music history which Styx, Bon Jovi and Journey. The changed the sound of popular music forever. group devotes a major segment The professional musicians of Motown Revue of its show at Morgan Park to the faithfully evoke the sounds of this singular groundbreaking music of Queen, era. Previous appearances for the group have which has enjoyed a resurgence since the overwhelming popularity of included B.B. King Blues Club, Lincoln Center, the Academy Award-winning film,Bohemian Rhapsody. Arena Rock is Jones Beach, Mohegan Sun, Mystic Seaport as comprised of Bob Luciano on drums and backing vocals, John Anthony well as several Long Island venues. as lead vocalist, Anthony Luciano on guitar and backing vocals and Tony Cillis on bass, keyboards and backing vocals.
CARIBBEAN REGGAE Performed by Therapi Band MAME Plaza Productions Sunday, July 28 at 7:30 pm Sunday, August 11 at 7:30 pm CONCERT SPONSOR In Memory of Nancy Epstein CONCERT SPONSOR Estate of Edna Shotwell
The musicians of Therapi, hailing from several Caribbean islands, transport audiences to the magical allure of the Caribbean with versatility and energy Plaza Productions returns to Morgan Park Summer Music Festival with that places the band in a class by itself. Their expansive playlist, including Mame, one of the most loved and tuneful treasures of the Broadway stage. music by Bob Marley, Robin Thicke, Enrique This musical version, like the book by Patrick Iglesias, John Legend, Bruno Mars, Beyoncé, Dennis and the play, Auntie Mame, is inspired by among many others, encompasses jazz and the life and adventures of the irrepressible, free- calypso originals that feature steel drums as spirited Mame Dennis. Mame is graced with a part of the band. Therapi has mesmerized memorable score by Jerry Herman, highlighted audiences at Madison Square Garden, Lincoln by It’s Today, We Need a Little Christmas, Open Center, the Montreal Jazz Festival and on a New Window, My Best Girl, the poignant If He NBC’s Today Show, as well as private events Walked into My Life Today and, of course, the in such far-flung locales as Morocco and the signature valentine to its heroine, Mame. Hamptons.
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A JOHNNY CASH TRIBUTE Tom Cavanagh and his band THE MARGUERITE SUOZZI YOUNG PERFORMERS TALENT COMPETITION Sunday, August 18 at 7:30 pm Morgan Park Summer Music Festival’s Marguerite Suozzi Young CONCERT SPONSORS Performers Talent Competition partnered with the Nassau Music Golden Benefactors Educators Association (NMEA) to administer our 2019 talent search and Iris and Saul Katz Family Foundation, Caryl and Leonard Shapiro, Marvin Schein, Wheatley Plaza to promote this outreach to young musicians throughout the county. Through this association with NMEA, word of our annual competition now reaches all of Nassau County’s music students, giving many more Tom Cavanagh’s stage show, Walking the Line, a musical journey through the opportunity to compete. We are pleased to announce that NMEA’s the legend that is Johnny Cash, presents the absolutely choice as winner of our 2019 $2,000 scholarship is an extraordinary authentic look and sound of a performance by Cash young music student, 17-year-old Ekele Ukeghu, a 2019 graduate of and his band, complete with vintage costumes and Elmont Memorial High School. period-accurate instruments. Tom, more formally Thomas Michael Cavanagh, plays the role of the famed An honor roll student ranked in the top 11 percent country singer in this amazing recreation of Johnny of her class, Ekele is a vocalist and actress who Cash and his music. He and his band present music has appeared in many musicals at her school and from every decade of Cash’s long and celebrated at the Long Island Musical Theatre program. She career. Cavanagh and his musicians are familiar to local has held leadership roles with the National Tri-M audiences for their many performances in the region. Music Honor Society and the Senior High Mixed Chorus and has participated in her school’s junior and senior orchestra, select chorus, vocal jazz A BAND CALLED HONALEE choir as well as All-County NYSSMA Vocal Jazz at Folk and rock of the 1960s Tilles Center and All-State NYSSMA Vocal Jazz at the Rochester Convention Center. Ekele has taken master classes with Sunday, August 25 at 7:30 pm major artists and was selected to participate in the 2017 and 2018 New CONCERT SPONSOR York State Vocal Jazz Concert. Her teacher, Benjamin Pesenti, lauds her In Loving Memory of Louise Martone Peluso as “the single most talented student I have ever worked with.” Ekele will be continuing her theatrical education at New York University’s Tisch School of Drama. A Band Called Honalee is a contemporary folk trio inspired by the music and legacy of Peter, Paul and Mary. The band also draws on other unforgettable musicians of the era. In addition to songs associated with Peter, Paul and Mary, they present a medley of music by The Mamas & the Papas, and great standards by Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan, Thank You the Beatles, Gordon Lightfoot and other folk- rock luminaries. A Band Called Honalee maintains TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS AND CONTRIBUTORS an active national touring schedule. The group’s FOR MAKING THIS EVENT POSSIBLE. members are Eli Zoller, Sarah Randall Hunt, Chris Ware, Matt Duré, Hanley Smith, Sam Sherwood and WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU! Suzanne Lenz.
2019 MORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 2019 Morgan Park THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & ADVISORY COUNCIL Summer Music Festival of the 2019 Morgan Park Summer Music Festival Chairman Thomas R. Suozzi extends a grateful thank you to the following who have helped us present these free concerts in beautiful Morgan Park: Executive Committee Julie Albin Carla Dilgard Beverly Peress Patti Bourne Diane Dobler Mary Elizabeth Poje Honorable Timothy Tenke, Mayor of Glen Cove Ellen Caplan Doris Meadows Cindy Rogers Members of the Glen Cove City Council Roberta Cerasi Margaret Minnick Kristin Lee Taylor Glen Cove Department of Public Works Georgie Connett Virginia O’Keefe Sally Zwiebach Glen Cove Department of Parks and Recreation Glen Cove Police Department Glen Cove Auxiliary Police Glen Cove EMS Advisory Council Glen Cove School District Suzanne Anderson Tab Hauser Marion Salvatore Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department Rita Auciello Linda Hochberg Marilyn Sangenito Susan Caravello Patricia Kempton Bice Saputo Adolpho Chavez Carolyne Dilgard Clark Barbara LaMotta Gaitley Stevenson Glen Cove Herald Gazette Janice Deegan Rosemary Olsen Ralph Suozzi Gabriella Eannotti Eileen Petrucci Leah Whitton Glen Cove Record Pilot Susan Freelund Patty Pilla Carolyn Willson G. Scott Designs Maureen Hauser Joann Robertson Carol Wrotniak Hoffmann & Baron, LLC North Shore Leader Frederick S. Clark, President of the Trustees of Morgan Memorial Park Rev. Gabriel Rach of St. Patrick’s Church Honorary Chairman The Piano Exchange Hon. Timothy Tenke Stevenson Printing Mayor of the City of Glen Cove
President of the Trustees of Morgan Memorial Park Frederick S. Clark Through the generosity of the Concert Sponsors ($5,000), Concert Co-Sponsors ($2,500), Golden Benefactors ($1,000), Silver Benefactors ($500), Benefactors ($250), Patrons ($100), Friends ($50) and Neighbors (suggested $25 or more), the concerts for next summer can be planned. Thank you all!
2019 MORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK 2019 Morgan Park Patrons Stephen and Diane Akseizer Dr. Noel Mancherje Summer Music Festival Gordon M. Allan Debra and Mike Marrone Suzanne Anderson Mattie McEntee-Albin CONTRIBUTIONS Vicki and Robert Bialer Virginia O’Keefe Susan Caravello James and Karen Pardo Charles of Glen Cove Linda L. Pons Georgie Connett Marie and Tom Rinckey Silver Benefactors Don and Millie DeRiggi Joe and Audrey Rydzewski Sybil Bernstein Susan Freelund Scoopy Doo James Caracciolo - In Memory of Marge and Joe Suozzi Gary and Gina Galante Mr. and Mrs. William G. Shields Chiariello & Chiariello, Esqs. Glen Cove American Legion MaryAnne and Al Small Bill and Rosemary Dilgard - Post 76 Norman and Alice Sorenson William and Carla Dilgard Richard and Ramona Greene Jane Sorenson Dr. and Mrs. Michael B. Grieco Janice and Vincent Hartley Steven and Michelle Sprachman Jeanne Hempton Denise Hernaiz Barbara J. Stango Margie and Darrell Kestner Bill and Barbara Holzkamp Susan Steeve Peggy Minnick The Jakobsze Family Gaitley and Jim Stevenson O’KEEFE Plumbing and Heating Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Kiaer -Matthews Mary Elizabeth Poje Richard Klenkel Taranto & Taranto, PC The Suozzi Family Ewa and Janusz Koldowski AnnaRae and Joseph Tumbarello LaSalle LaSalle Dwyer, PC Carolyn Willson
Benefactors Friends August Thomsen Corp. “In loving memory of Connie Stanco Mrs. Dorothy Adams Paul R. Develet Big Valley Nursery who loved the music” donated Julie Albin Mary M. DeVellis Ellen and Neil Caplan by Steven Kreyer, Jr. Christopher Albin Marie R. Dioguardi Dick and Lynn Cardozo Ronnie and Chuck Lavine Rita Auciello - In Loving Memory Sally Famiglietti Hon. P. Kevin Castel and Doreen Lostritto of Gene Professor Mary Noe Dr. Eve Lupenko Ferrante Karen Ferguson Elizabeth Banach Deb and Scott Deneroff Manzione Dentistry Lawrence Fish Arlene Bergano Bette Farrell Jane and Michael Norman Robert and Mary Ann Francis Moe and Rochelle Bordwin Glen Cove Chamber of Commerce Tim Owens Bill and Susan Friedlieb Marianne Cattier Glen Cove PBA The Regency at Glen Cove Ruth Friedman Lillian Ceriello Glen Cove Teachers’ Association Cindy and John Rogers Mr. and Mrs. James Hepp Michael and Mary Beth Coco Glen Key Realty Kristen Lee Taylor Linda and Bob Hochberg Janice Deegan Maureen and Tab Hauser Mark and Candy Udell Helen S. Hoehne - In Memory of The Delgado Family Nancy Epstein Glenn Howard and Family - London Jewelers Joanne DeLucia Tony and Kathy Jimenez Marueen Husing - In Memory of Melissa and Aldo Verrelli Val Michelsen Woman’s Club of Glen Cove The DeMarino Family Anne C. Kane and Jim Kelly Eric and Sandy Krasnoff Sally and Burt Zwiebach Frank and Lois DeMita Sue Klein
2019 MORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK Friends (continued) Michael and Fredda Klopfer Lynda and Joe Panetta Adam and Maureen Kurz A. Judy Paris Jane and Drew Lawrence Beverly Peress The Laura Parson Pratt Roll of Honorees Sandy and David Levine Janet Pomeranz Morgan Park Summer Music Festival gratefully Lewis Levy Marion Robertson acknowledges the following supporters for the Loggia of Glen Cove 1016 Marilyn Sangenito exceptional and extraordinary contributions Joseph I. Lopez, MD Vivian Shelton of their time, talent and treasure to make the Festival a success these many decades. Linda and Bob MacDonald Marilyn and Herbert Silver Patricia Master Barbara and David Sloane Mary Jo, Les and Melissa Mazure Amorita Snow, MD McLaughlin Kramer Megiel Robert and Marie Staada Funeral Home, Inc. Ruth Stearn Doris Meadows Shiyama and Vijay Vijayendran Marcelle and Alfred Meyer Martin L. Wertheim, CPA Bernadette and Fred Miller Phyllis and James Worby Marguerite Peggy Nancy Virginia Carol and Ed Nelson Anne Zohorsky, DDS Suozzi Minnick Epstein O’Keefe The Neubert Family
Neighbors Debbie and Donald Aquilino Edward Heintz Nancy and Don Barry Mary Mansi Anne and Bob Batchelor In Memory of Viola March Joan V. Bergmann David and Florence Martin J. Bradley Chopyk Marie McCarroll Linda Collins Dr. Geraldine Moretti-Altuna Morgan Park overlooks the harbor at Germaine Street between Landing Phyllis Coniglione Dave and Peggy Nieri Road and McLoughlin Street in Glen Cove. Bring chairs or blankets, and a picnic if you wish. Children are welcome. Rain location: St. Patrick’s Parish Donna M. Duisin Edna Pearlmutter Hall, Pearsall Avenue, Glen Cove. James Fanning Andy and Ellen Quasha Mary Lou Fusillo Kathryn V. Rice Morgan Park Summer Music Festival is a not-for-profit organization, administered by an all-volunteer team. No taxpayer money is used or Leticia Geddes Barbara Rotondo requested for these concerts. Our seasons of professional, family-oriented Christine Ghent Valerie Ruckert performances are funded entirely through tax-deductible contributions. Cantor Gustavo and Gaby Gitlin Vivian and Saul Schachter Many of your neighbors and area businesses support Morgan Park Summer Hildreth Golub Elysa Sunshine Music Festival’s seasons of free family concerts. Please join them. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grella Theresa M. Suozzi We welcome and greatly appreciate your donation at any level. Please send to P.O. Box 296; Glen Cove, NY, 11542. Website: morganparkmusic.org Email: [email protected] Find Us On Facebook Call 516-671-0017 for information and updates. All concerts are subject to change.
2019 MORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK the park’s charming gazebo proved to be inadequate for some of the larger concerts so longtime chairman Marguerite (Marge) Suozzi, then chairman of Morgan Park Summer Music Festival, and her team of volunteers came up with strategies that raised money for the beautiful new stage. The stage, as the concerts, was funded entirely through private donations and gifted to the City of Glen Cove on July 4th, 1995.
Entertaining Long Islanders for 60 Years! In 2015, Mrs. Suozzi retired as the long-term chairman of MPSMF. With the unanimous approval of the members of the executive committee, The audience has settled in chairs and on blankets along the the baton was passed to her son, Tom Suozzi. In the fall of 2017, rolling lawns and trees of the park. MPSMF lost two of its stalwart leaders, Marguerite Suozzi and Nancy As twilight fades to darkness, the Epstein. On Earth Day 2018, a tree was planted in the park to honor beauty of the harbor and Long them and their many years of service to our community. We will always miss Marge and Nancy’s wisdom and guidance. Island Sound just beyond offers an extraordinary backdrop to the stage. An important part of MPSMF’s mission is The performers appear. A magical to promote talented young musicians. For evening is about to begin. 45 years, MPSMF sponsored the Young Performers Competition. This competition, And that magic has been happening here for 60 years. which was named after Marguerite Suozzi upon her retirement, was open to youth ages 9 to 19 who lived or went to school on the North Shore of Nassau Many Long Island communities have cherished traditions but few can County. The competition provided students with a professional boast of the longevity of an enterprise such as Morgan Park Summer auditioning experience, monetary awards and an opportunity to Music Festival. Managed by a volunteer perform at their own concert. In 2019, in lieu of the competition, committee and supported entirely MPSMF collaborated with the Nassau Music Educator’s Association through donations from individuals and to provide a scholarship to a student who plans to enhance his/her local businesses, this summer MPSMF musical studies. continues its beloved tradition of free summer concerts in Morgan Park into its Morgan Park Summer Music Festival’s message of community 60th season. enrichment and entertainment continues to reach into the homes and businesses of Glen Cove, the surrounding North Shore communities Morgan Park was donated to the people of Glen Cove in 1932 by J.P. and to wherever MPSMF fans have moved. Morgan in memory of his wife. But it was not until 1959, when Joseph A. Suozzi, then mayor of Glen Cove, suggested that there be free concerts in the park; he reached The celebration of Morgan Park Summer Music Festival’s out to Laura Parsons Pratt to make it happen. 60 Anniversary continues at the North Shore Historical Museum. Morgan Park Summer Music Festival was born Stop by this summer to see the exhibit on our history. beginning with one concert that first summer, Admissions is free as MPSMF has underwritten admission. expanding over the years to offer performances For more information, go to nshmgc.org. every weekend in July and August. Eventually,
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