A Nice Slice For Philharmonic
The Entenmann family of cake and cookie fame has contributed $15,000 to the arts in education program of the Long Island Philharmonic.
Various members of the Entenmann family live at least part-time on the East End. Wendy and Charles Entenmann live full-time in Springs and own the Deep Water Seafood Company in Montauk.
The money was donated in the name of the whole family through the New York Community Trust; $5,000 was given through Best Foods Baking Company, the parent company of Entenmann's.
Concert In March
The Philharmonic's arts in education program, which benefits thousands of children and young adults on Long Island, will present a concert for youths on March 25 at Southampton High School.
"The Trumpet of the Swan," a piece by Benjamin Lee based on an E.B. White story, will be presented in two performances. A slew of eastern Long Island schoolchildren, including those from the Amagansett and Sagaponack schools, will attend.
Also on the program will be Benjamin Britten's "Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra," widely regarded as the finest introduction to classical music for children, and a commissioned work by Ray Shattenkirk designed to teach children to protect endangered species.
The Long Island Philharmonic was founded in 1979 by the folk singer Harry Chapin. His father, the drummer Jim Chapin, and half-siblings, Chris, Paul, David, and Lisa Chapin, all live in Sag Harbor.
Now in their 19th season, the orchestra of professional musicians and its adjunct 150-member Long Island Philharmonic Chorus are led by David Lockington. The 39-year-old conductor, who was born in Britain, is also the music director of the New Mexico Symphony.
Since coming to America in 1978, Mr. Lockington has been music director of the Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra, associate conductor of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, and musical director of the Ohio Chamber Orchestra in Cleveland.
Busy Orchestra
The orchestra has an annual budget of $1.65 million. Among its concerts in Nassau and Suffolk are ones for youths and families, free outdoor events, and chamber performances. It has also presented concerts with such pop artists as Marvin Hamlisch, James Taylor, and The Moody Blues.
The orchestra's March 21 and 22 concerts, at the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University and the State University at Stony Brook, will present the world premiere of "Three Places on Long Island," by a Long Island composer, Dana Paul Perna. The three places of the title are the Montauk Point Lighthouse, Walt Whitman's birthplace in Huntington, and Sagamore Hill in Oyster Bay.
The program will also include Prokofiev's Violin Concerto No. 2 and Beethoven's Symphony No. 2 in D major.
The arts in education program also offers master classes for young musicians, an annual Young Artist competition, and concert ticket subsidies for college students.