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Bringing Broadway to Rockville Centre

The South Shore Symphony salutes musical theater

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Some of the glamour of the Great White Way comes to the South Shore, when the popular and much-loved South Shore Symphony Orchestra graces the stage at the Madison Theatre next week for a special concert to benefit the United Cerebral Palsy Association of Nassau County (UCPN).
“Broadway in Music and Song,” offers up many of the great tunes from some of the great musicals, both classic and contemporary, Friday, June 5 at 7:30 p.m.
Guest vocalist Anne Fraser Thomas joins the orchestra for an evening of musical delights, with all proceeds benefiting UCPN.
“I know the organization from when I visited years ago,” says Wayne Lipton, president of the South Shore Symphony and principal cellist. “It is an amazing place for so many people and truly changes lives. When we were made aware that their funding had been cut significantly we felt the need to do something about it.”
With support from Leggz Ltd. Dance and Molloy College, which donated the use of its theater, this concert was added to the orchestra’s spring schedule. “We moved very quickly,” says Lipton, of the orchestra, which is busy preparing for its concert at St. Agnes Cathedral on May 31.
“There was an outpouring of support and interest from the musicians,” Lipton says. “As an organization and an orchestra, we felt UCPN was deserving and the audience will enjoy it. We hope that the community and the locals on the South Shore will come out and support this great organization and for the sake of having a wonderful evening.”
In a bit of a role reversal for this concert, Eileen Murphy, a violinist with the South Shore Symphony will lead the orchestra as guest conductor, while Music Director Scott Jackson Wiley, will take his place in the orchestra, performing on the French horn.
“Maestro Wiley decided he wanted to help out too,” says Lipton, “by taking part in the concert. He did this once before and its very cool to have him in the orchestra.”

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