Morgan Park Summer Music Festival

Morgan Park
Summer Music
Festival
Photo courtesy of Tab Hauser
GLEN COVE,
LONG
ISLAND,
NEW YORK
GLEN COVE,
LONG ISLAND,
NEW YORK
2016 Morgan Park
Summer Music Festival
THE 57 TH SEASON
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the 57th annual Morgan Park
Summer Music Festival!
This is going to be a great season!
We start the season on July 3rd with a very
fitting patriotic “Salute to America” and end
August 28th with our Second Annual Folk
Festival. Headlining the Folk festival is
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul and Mary!
FREE Concerts in the Park, Sundays at 7:30 pm
SPONSORED BY
In Memory of
John S. Appleby
The Suozzi Family
Every year our second concert is devoted
Photo courtesy of Tony Gallego
to the winners of our young performers
competition from the North Shore of Nassau
County, and our new addition of the members of the Glen Cove High School
Select Chorale, who earlier this year performed for Pope Francis in Rome. This
is a great opportunity to see tomorrow’s stars perform today. We will also be
celebrating Sinatra at 100 and will pay tribute to “The King” Elvis Presley, The
Beatles, Rod Stewart and Dave Matthews.
New this year is our “Praise Music” concert, featuring the musical talent and
diversity that is found in the many houses of worship in Glen Cove. We are
fortunate to have such diversity within our small community and this concert is
a great opportunity to share in the rich traditions of our religious and spiritual
institutions.
So sit back, relax and enjoy a delightful evening of musical entertainment
under the stars.
Thomas R. Suozzi
Chairman
Marguerite Suozzi
Chairman Emeritus
July 3
Salute to America
Concert Pops of Long Island
July 10
Young Performers in Concert
2016 Talent Competition Winners
followed by
Glen Cove High School Select Chorale
July 17
Sinatra Inspired
Celebrating Frank Sinatra at 100
Jerry Costanzo & his All-Star Orchestra
July 24
All Shook Up
Elvis Presley Tribute, Plaza Productions
Golden Benefactors
July 31
Strawberry Fields
Beatles Tribute
August 7
Praise Music
Please remember taxpayer money is not requested nor received to bring this
high caliber festival to you year after year. Volunteers, private contributions
from people like you and concert sponsors continue to be the lifeblood of this
free concert series.
It is a pleasure to see the hundreds of people who come to Morgan Park
Summer Music Festival each Sunday and we extend a thank you to all of you
for making the Festival a success year after year.
DATES
August 14
Blondes Have More Fun
Rod Stewart Tribute, Rick Larrimore
Golden Benefactors
Frank and Rita Castagna
August 21
The Dave Matthews Tribute Band
Big Eyed Phish
August 28
Second Annual MPSMF Folk Festival
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary
Featuring: Gathering Time, Don Bikoff
Matt Grabowski, Bryce Larsen
Please Note: The Folk Festival on August 28th begins at 6 pm.
Bring the family, Bring a picnic, Have a great time!
2016 MORGAN PARK SUMMER MUSIC FESTIVAL
GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
2016 Morgan Park
Summer Music Festival
Concert Sponsors
In Memory of
John S. Appleby
Frank and
Rita Castagna
2016 Morgan Park
Summer Music Festival
DEDICATES THE OPENING CONCERT
OF OUR 57TH SEASON
OF FREE CONCERTS IN THE PARK
TO THE MEMORY OF JOHN S. APPLEBY
SALUTE TO AMERICA
Concert Pops of Long Island - Dean Karahalis, conductor
Sunday, July 3rd at 7:30 pm
CONCERT SPONSOR
In Memory of John S. Appleby
Golden Benefactors
Nancy & Sandy Epstein
Iris & Saul Katz Family Foundation
Trustees of Morgan Park
In Memory of Thomas Salvatore
Marvin Schein
Leonard & Caryl Shapiro
Joseph and Marguerite Suozzi
Tom and Helene Suozzi
In Memory of “Pat” Patricia Tee
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The Concert Pops, conducted by Dean
Karahalis, has appeared regularly in New
York and Florida. In the past season the
Pops has performed with such luminaries
as Kristin Chenoweth and Johnny Mathis,
among many others. Other career highlights for the orchestra and its conductor
include performances with the Manhattan
Rhythm Kings, Tommy Tune, Betty Buckley, Joel Grey, Idina Menzel, and others.
Karahalis’ career has been distinguished
by a 2012 Presidential Award at Five
Towns College where he teaches future
musicians and educators.
GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
YOUNG PERFORMERS IN CONCERT
Winners of The Marguerite Suozzi Young Performers
Talent Competition
Sunday, July 10th at 7:30 pm
CONCERT SPONSORS
The Suozzi Family
Young Performers in Concert reveals the rich talents to be found among
North Shore music students. Performing this evening as winners of the
2016 Marguerite Suozzi Young Performers Talent Competition are the
following exceptionally talented young people.
Winner (tie): Vocalist Katharine Brady is a 17-year-old student at
Manhasset High School. She has participated in and played lead roles in
many school and community theatrical productions, among them Hello
Dolly (Dolly) and Bye, Bye Birdie (Kim). Katharine has received awards
from NYSTEA, All-County, and Select Ensemble.
Winner (tie): Pianist Siohban Esposito of Sea Cliff is a 16-year-old student
at North Shore High School. A classically-trained musician who received a
perfect score in NYSSMA’s Classical Piano awards, she also performs in her
school’s Jazz Band and has appeared in the NYSSMA Music Festival and the
Litchfield Jazz Camp Music Festival.
Junior Winner: Cellist Dylan Wu is a 13-year-old eighth grader at North
Shore Middle School. He is concertmaster of the eighth-grade orchestra
and chamber orchestra, participates in NYSSMA, All-County and All-State
and is also concertmaster of the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra.
2017 YOUNG PERFORMERS TALENT SEARCH
The Marguerite Suozzi Young Performers Talent Competition
The competition is open to musicians, ages 9 to 19, who reside in or go to
school on the North Shore of Nassau County and who have not performed in
paid, professional appearances. Winners will perform at Young Performers in
Concert, held at the park on a Sunday early in July. They will also receive
monetary awards.
For information on the 2017 Competition, please watch our website,
morganparkmusic.org, or write to: MPSMF Talent Search,
P.O. Box 296, Glen Cove, NY, 11542.
Young Performers in Concert will be immediately followed by
the Glen Cove High School Select Chorale.
GLEN COVE HIGH SCHOOL SELECT CHORALE
Edward P. Norris III, director
Recent honors for the 43-member Select Chorale have included appearances for President and Mrs. Obama at the White House and a concert
tour of Italy that featured a performance for Pope Francis at St. Peter’s
Basilica. During Mr. Norris’ tenure, his choirs have achieved some of the
highest scores at the NYSSMA Major Ensemble Festival: Gold and Gold
with Distinction. The Select Chorale has performed at some of New
York’s most prestigious concert halls, among them Carnegie Hall and
Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and David Geffen Hall, and other venues
in New York City.
Honorable Mention: Pianist Cici Fader is a 12-year-old student at Jericho
Middle School. Her many accomplishments include a solo piano recital at
East Meadow Library, a second place win in the NY Music Competition, a
Gold Award win in the Town of Oyster Bay’s Talent Contest and an honorable mention in the Bradshaw & Bruno International Piano Competition.
The judges selected 13 other outstanding young musicians to perform this evening
Melena Abercrombie, voice • Franciscus Chang, piano • Stephen Chang, piano
Olivia Cody, voice • Elyssa Marie Corona, voice • Sebastian Daniel, piano
Christopher Kontos, piano • Oliver Liu, piano • Lauren Marchand, voice
Sydney Ronis, guitar • Madison Schatz, voice
Talia Schatz, voice • Katherine Wang, piano
We thank the judges of our 2016 Young Performers Talent Search
Lisa M. Denison • Lois Tepfer • Susan Weber
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GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
SINATRA INSPIRED - Celebrating Frank Sinatra at 100
STRAWBERRY FIELDS
Jerry Costanzo and his All-Star Orchestra
Beatles Tribute
Sunday, July 17th at 7:30 pm
CONCERT SPONSOR
Jerry Costanzo’s debut full-length album, Destination Moon, featuring
classics from the Sinatra repertory, earned Costanzo a dedicated following through appearances such as the Annual Sinatra Birthday Bash
at the Count Basie Theatre, New York’s Metropolitan Room, Feinstein’s
at The Lowes Regency, Small’s Jazz Club and the Waldorf Astoria. On
Long Island, he’s appeared at LIU’s Tilles Center for the Performing
Arts, Dix Hills Performing Arts Center
at Five Towns College and Hofstra
University’s John Cranford Adams
Playhouse. In Sinatra Inspired,
Costanzo and his orchestra present
timeless standards by Sinatra and
other crooning legends.
ALL SHOOK UP
Sunday, July 31st at 7:30 pm
CONCERT SPONSORS
Golden Benefactors
Iris & Saul Katz Family Foundation, Leonard & Caryl Shapiro,
Audrey Schein, In Memory of “Pat” Patricia Tee
Strawberry Fields consists of top musicians who were cast members of
Beatlemania, the Broadway hit show that recreated the magic of John,
Paul, George and Ringo. Today these cast members, performing as
Strawberry Fields, present a Beatles
concert complete with the sights
and sounds of the beloved Fab Four.
Strawberry Fields performs a weekly
Beatles Brunch at B.B. King Blues Club
in New York and were selected from
among the world’s top Beatles tribute
acts to perform in a recreation of the
legendary 1965 Beatles concert at
Shea Stadium.
PRAISE MUSIC
Elvis Presley Tribute - Plaza Productions
Kevin and Phyllis Harrington, producers
Sunday, August 7th at 7:30 pm
Sunday, July 24th at 7:30 pm
CONCERT SPONSOR
CONCERT SPONSOR
In 1955, a mysterious motorcycling stranger comes to
a square town in a square state, changing it and the
lives of everyone he meets forever. Plaza Productions’
loopy tale of mismatched lovers in a Midwest town
incorporates Presley classics that range from sweet
romantic ballads like Love Me Tender and Can’t Help
Falling in Love, to the rollicking Devil in Disguise and
other hits like Jailhouse Rock and Blue Suede Shoes.
The story is new but the music is all Presley! Plaza
Productions is Long Island’s leading summer theater
touring troupe.
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Glen Cove is blessed with a rich tradition of religious and spiritual
organizations. From numerous Catholic and Christian
churches, to Synagogues and the Sikh Temple, faith
plays an important role in the lives of many of our
citizens. And music plays an important role in the
practice of these faiths. Tonight, we are honored and
privileged to offer a glimpse of these traditions of
faith in our community.
Calvary AME Church • Church of St. Rocco
St. Patrick’s Catholic Church • Gurdwara Muta Sahib Kaur Sikh Temple
Iglesia Ciudad de Refugio Asambleas de Dios • North Country Reform Temple
St. Hyacinth’s Catholic Church • Russian Orthodox Church
First Baptist Church • Congregation Tifereth Israel
GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN
SECOND ANNUAL MPSMF FOLK FESTIVAL
Rod Stewart Tribute featuring Rick Larrimore
Peter Yarrow of Peter, Paul & Mary
Featuring
Gathering Time, Don Bikoff, Matt Grabowski, Bryce Larsen
Sunday, August 14th at 7:30 pm
CONCERT SPONSOR
All the hits made famous by Rod Stewart performed in a dazzling, wildly
entertaining show that covers Stewart’s whole career, from rock to disco to
the Great American Songbook. Rick Larrimore’s uncanny,
spot-on tribute recreates the energy and excitement
that have captivated Rod Stewart’s fans for a generation. Blondes Have More Fun, featuring Larrimore and
his seven-piece backup band, has played to audiences
across the nation with Stewart hits such as Maggie May,
Hot Legs, Tonight’s the Night, You’re In My Heart and,
of course, Blondes (Have More Fun).
THE DAVE MATTHEWS TRIBUTE BAND
Big Eyed Phish
Sunday, August 21st at 7:30 pm
CONCERT SPONSORS
Golden Benefactors
Nancy & Sandy Epstein, In Memory of Thomas Salvatore,
Trustees of Morgan Park
Big Eyed Phish, a seven-piece David Matthews tribute band, has performed
throughout the Northeast at festivals, resorts, casinos and live music
venues, presenting an authentic homage to one of the best rock/jazz
fusion bands of all time. Members of The Dave Matthews Tribute Band
include Brandon DePaul (Dave),
lead vocals and guitar; Jimmy Grillo
(Carter), drums; Dan Merkey (Jeff/
LeRoi), sax, backup vocals, cowbell;
Shawn Rotolo (Stefan), bass; Mike
Hoeschlele (Boyd), violin, harmonica,
backup vocals; Brian Dudiak (Butch),
keyboards; and Jon Sheffer (Tim),
lead guitar.
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Sunday, August 28th at 6:00 pm
CONCERT SPONSOR
Rita & Frank Castagna
Peter Yarrow
Morgan Park Summer Music Festival is
proud to present Peter Yarrow, a treasure
of American folk music: legendary
musician, songwriter and activist. His
career with Peter, Paul and Mary shares
and is part of American history. Yarrow
weaves a narrative through his music and
politics, punctuating our nation’s major
events with his iconic songs that we all
know and love.
Gathering Time
According to WFUV’s John Platt, “Gathering Time has harmonies that
can charm the birds out of the trees” with a “savvy repertory” that ranges from traditional folk to classic rock. Famed for original music as well
as covers, the group’s remake of Peter Yarrow’s Light One Candle has
been played on many stations including New York City’s WCBS-FM.
Don Bikoff
Don Bikoff’s acoustic guitar solos are heavily influenced by Delta
blues, American folk and Eastern classical music. His first album,
Celestial Explosion was re-released recently and won a spot on
WFMU’s playlist.
Matt Grabowski
Combining elements of folk, rock and blues, with lyrics that recall
Harry Chapin and Bob Dylan, singer/songwriter Matt Grabowski has
been taking Long Island by storm since his July 2014 solo debut.
Bryce Larsen
Glen Cove native Bryce Larsen is an Acoustic-Americana-soul artist
who uses live-looping to bring his serious guitar chops, powerful
vocals, and unique beat-boxing style together, creating an entirely
new type of one-man band.
GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
2016 Morgan Park
Summer Music Festival
extends a grateful thank you to the following
who have helped us present these
free concerts in beautiful Morgan Park:
Chairman Emeritus
Marguerite Suozzi
Executive Committee
Nancy Epstein
Doris Meadows
Margaret Minnick
Jane Norman
Virginia O’Keefe
Beverly Peress
Mary Elizabeth Poje
Cindy Rogers
Kristen Lee Taylor
Advisory Council
Katie Abbondandolo
Gordon Allan
Rita Auciello
Eleanor Beckhard
Jane Beckhard-Suozzi
Jolie Bua
Linda Caliendo
Susan Caravello
Mary Elizabeth Coursen
Janice Deegan
Carla Dilgard
Diane Dobler
Gabriella Eannotti
Ann Famiglietti
Catherine Fee
Susan Freelund
Lisa Fuchs
Dorothy Gabel
Gaby Gitlin
Gustavo Gitlin
Margaret Giugliano
Maureen Hauser
Tab Hauser
Linda Hochberg
Mary Jo Mazure
Valerie Michelsen
Danielle Oglesby
Rosemary Olsen
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Summer Music Festival
Chairman
Thomas R. Suozzi
Julie Albin
Patti Bourne
Ellen Caplan
Roberta Cerasi
Georgie Connett
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE & ADVISORY COUNCIL
of the
Joann Robertson
Marion Salvatore
Marilyn Sangenito
Bice Saputo
Richard Smith
Maggie Suozzi
Ralph Suozzi
AnnaRae Tumbarello
Christine Whited
Leah Whitton
Carolyn Willson
Carol Wrotniak
Sally Zwiebach
Honorary Chairman
Hon. Reginald A. Spinello
Mayor of the City of Glen Cove
Honorable Reginald A. Spinello, Mayor of Glen Cove
Members of the Glen Cove City Council
Glen Cove Department of Public Works
Glen Cove Department of Parks and Recreation
Glen Cove Police Department
Glen Cove Auxiliary Police
Glen Cove EMS
Glen Cove School District
Glen Cove Volunteer Fire Department
Adolpho Chavez
Glen Cove Patch
Glen Cove Record Pilot
Gold Coast Gazette
Locust Valley Leader
Henry Morgan, President of the Trustees of Morgan Memorial Park
Rev. Daniel Nash of St. Patrick’s Church
The Piano Exchange
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Stevenson Printing
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 or more),
Friends ($50) and Neighbors (suggested $25 or more),
the concerts for next summer can be planned.
President of the Trustees of Morgan Memorial Park
Henry Morgan
Thank you all!
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Summer Music Festival
CO NTRI BUTI O NS
Silver Benefactors
Luciano & Roberta Cerasi & Family
William & Carla Dilgard
Jeanne F. Hempton
Joanne & Michael Martone
North Shore Golf Car Inc.
Martone Family Foundation
Garvies Point
The Glen Cove Printery
The Woman’s Club of Glen Cove
Benefactors
Sybil Bernstein
Dick & Lynn Cardozo
Hon. P. Kevin Castel
Olivia Cody Preformer & Premier Benefit Plans, Inc.
The Deneroff Family
Albert & Gina Granger
Dr. & Mrs. Michael B. Grieco
Glen Key Realty
Tab & Maureen Hauser
Charles H. Hoffman, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
“In loving memory of Connie Stanco, who loved the music”
donated by Steve Kreyer, Jr.
Ronnie Lavine & Chuck Lavine
Jane & Michael Norman
O’Keefe Plumbing and Heating
Panera Bread
Christopher Suozzi
Glen Cove Teachers Association
August Thomsen Corporation
Glen Cove PBA
Friends of Reggie Spinello
Melissa & Aldo Verrelli
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Patrons
Dr. & Mrs. Stephen Akseizer
Gerry McKey
Mr. & Mrs. Walter Backus
Valerie Michelsen in memory
Vicki & Bob Bialer
of Spencer
Katharine Brady
Minuteman Press
Normand Brunelle
Peg & Jeff Minnick
Ellen & Neil Caplan
Virginia O’Keefe
Susan Caravello
Mrs. Barry Osbourn
Michael Coco, Esq.
Linda L. Pons
Georgie Connett
Mary Elizabeth Poje
Don & Millie DeRiggi
American Legion Post 76, Glen Cove
Paul Develet
The Regency Assisted Living
The Dilgard Family
Marie & Tom Rinchey
Dodge-Thomas
In Memory of Dominick Risolo
Black Forest Auto Works Inc.
Cindy & John Rogers
In Memory of Robert J. Dunn
Susan Roldan
Susan Freelund
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Ruppel
Dorothy Gabel
Audrey Schein
Dr. Gary & Gina Galante
Mr. & Mrs. William G. Shields
Celia Gallo
Edna & Allen Shotwell
L. Graziose Plumbing & Heating, Inc.
Slant/Fin at Garvies Point
Jan & Vincent Hartley
Maryanne & Al Small
Barbara & Bill Holzkamp
Jane Sorenson
NYS Office of Parks in Memory
Barbara J. Stango
of Doris A. Klenkel
Susan A. Steeve
Ewa & Janusz Koldowski
Teresa Swenson
Joan & Arnold Konig
Krsiten Taylor
Dr. Noel Mancherje
Joseph & Anna Rae Tumbarello
ManzioneDentistry.com
The Udell Family & London Jewelers
Larry & Terry Martone
Carol & Michael Wrotniak
Marion McEntee-Albin
Sally & Burton Zwiebach
Mrs. Dorothy Adams
Christopher Albin
Julie Albin
Debbie & Donald Aquilino
Hella Archambault
The Baron Family
Nancy & Don Barry
Corin & Nick Basilion
Marilyn & Michael Brenner
Doug, Gina, & Keegan Brown
Marianne V. Cattier
Sue Colleary
Francis & Lois De Mita
Janice Deegan
Friends
The Delgado Family
Mr. & Mrs. Vic DeLucia
Mary M. DeVellis
Marie Dioguardi
Sally Famigliette
James Fanning & Carole Dearth
Bette & Jim Farrell
Karen Ferguson
Lawrence & Gail Fish
Glen Floors
Mary Ann & Robert Francis
L. Graziose Plumbing &
Heating, Inc.
Cantor Gustavo & Gabriela Gitlin
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Friends (continued)
Dr. Helen M. Greene
Denise Hernaiz
Linda & Bob Hochberg
Anne Kane & Jim Kelly
Tony & Kathy Jimenez
M. Sue Klein
Old Country Road School PTA in
Memory of Doris Anne Klenkel
Richard Klenkel, CPA
Karl Konzet
Adam & Maureen Kurz
Lewis S. Levy
David & Mona London
Dr. & Mrs. Joseph I. Lopez
Dr. Max
The Mazures,
MaryJo, Les, & Melissa
Doris Meadows
Gerard & Joan Meehan
Alfred E. Meyer, Jr.
Fred & Bernadette Miller
Dr. Geraldine Moretti-Altuna
Ann L. Nolte
Lynda & Joseph Panetta
A. Judy Paris
Edna Pearlmutter
Beverly Peress
Janet Pomeranz
Joann Robertson
Marion Robertson
Ruth M. Ryan
Joe & Audrey Rydzewski
McLaughlin Kramer Megiel
Funeral Home, Inc.
Murray Serether
John & Pat Sheehy
Vivian Shelton
Barbara & David Sloane
Drs. Jeffrey & Amorita Snow
Steven Sprachman
Robert & Marie Staada
Linda Thompson
Sandy & Jack Toback
Martin L. Weitheim, CPA
Carolyn Willson
Phyllis Worby & James Worby
Shiyama & Vijay Vijayendran
Entertaining Long Islanders for More
than a Half Century!
The audience has settled in chairs and on blankets along
the rolling lawns and trees of the park. As twilight fades to
Neighbors
Rita E. Auciello
Anne & Bob Batchelor
Arlene Bergano
Joan & Arthur Bergmann
Thomas & Ethyl Bond
William W. Brooks
Brad Chopyk
Linda Y. Collins
Janet M. Connolly
The DeMarino Family
Ralph & Dolores De Mayo
Shirley & Michael Dileo
Jack & Barbara Drinane
Ruth Friedman
Leticia Geddes
Christine Ghent
Mrs. Hildreth Golub
Richard & Ramona Bobe Greene
Mr. & Mrs. Robert Grella
Edward Heintz
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Gloria Jackel
Jane Lawrence
Sandra & David Levine
David & Florence Martin
Siegrid Martone
Marie McCarroll
G. & M. Merz
Margaret Murray
Carol & Ed Nelson
Dave & Peggy Nieri
Andrew & Ellen Quasha
Kathryn Rice
Carol B. Rubin
Thom & Valerie Ruckert
Marilyn Sangenito
Vivian & Saul Schachter
Marina Jeanne Staikos
Gaitley & Jim Stevenson-Matthews
Doris & Lou Valenta
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darkness, the beauty
of the harbor and
Long Island Sound
just beyond offers
an extraordinary
backdrop to the
stage. The
performers appear.
A magical evening
is about to begin.
And that magic has been happening here in Glen Cove
for more than a half century!
GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
Many Long Island communities have cherished traditions but few
can boast of the longevity of an enterprise such as Morgan Park
Summer Music Festival.
Managed by a volunteer
committee and supported
entirely through donations
from individuals and local
businesses, this summer
MPSMF continues its beloved
tradition of free summer
concerts in Morgan Park into
a 57th season.
Morgan Park was donated to the people of Glen Cove in 1932 by
J.P. Morgan in memory of his wife. But it wasn’t until 1959, when
Joseph A. Suozzi was mayor of Glen Cove, that free concerts in
the park were suggested. Mayor Suozzi
enlisted Mrs. Richardson Pratt and she in
turn involved her friends and neighbors.
Morgan Park Summer Music Festival was
born beginning with one concert that
first summer, expanding over the years
to offer performances every weekend in
July and August. Eventually the park’s
charming gazebo proved to be inadequate for some of the larger concerts so
Marguerite (Marge) Suozzi and a 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.
MPSMF has always enjoyed a close relationship with the City
of Glen Cove, neither asking for nor receiving financial support.
Season planning and meeting the budget
to present the concerts are entirely the
responsibility of the executive committee,
often with the assistance of members of the
advisory council. The executive committee
enjoys the leadership of longtime members
such as Margaret Minnick and Nancy Epstein
who, with Mrs. Suozzi, have been pivotal to
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the organization’s governance for decades, and others who
are newer supporters, bringing new talents to MPSMF. In the
fall of 2014, our long-time chairman, Mrs. Suozzi, with the
unanimous approval of the members of the executive
committee, passed the baton to her son, Tom Suozzi.
The Morgan Park Summer Music Festival message reaches
into the homes and businesses of
Glen Cove, the surrounding North
Shore communities and to wherever
festival fans have moved. Speaking of
the longevity of this remarkable
volunteer organization, Mrs. Suozzi,
now our chairman emeritus, said
“So many families have grown up
with the opportunity to see live
music and theatrical performances
in this idyllic setting.”
Thank You
TO ALL OUR VOLUNTEERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
FOR MAKING THIS EVENT POSSIBLE.
WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT YOU!
GLEN COVE, LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK
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Morgan Park overlooks the harbor at Germaine Street between Landing
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
Hall, Pearsall Avenue, Glen Cove.
Morgan Park Summer Music Festival is a not-for-profit organization,
administered by an all-volunteer team. No taxpayer money is used or
requested for these concerts. Our seasons of professional, family-oriented
performances are funded entirely through tax-deductible contributions.
Website: morganparkmusic.org
Email: [email protected]
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Call 516-671-0017 for information and updates.
All concerts are subject to change.