Music Director and Conductor
Dr. Eric R. Stewart
Dr. Eric R. Stewart currently serves as the music director of the Long Island Symphonic Choral Association, and formerly an adjunct professor at the John C. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University. He has conducted at such venues as Carnegie Hall (Zankel Hall) and the Four Seasons Centre of the Canadian Opera Company (Bradshaw Amphitheatre), and has been broadcast by the Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC). Eric served as the assistant conductor of the Argento Ensemble, the gamUT Contemporary Ensemble, and as cover conductor of the the Harbor Opera Company, the Peabody Renaissance Ensemble/Baltimore Baroque Band, and the 92Y Orchestra.
As a composer, Eric’s music has been performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. He was a finalist for the Antonin Dvorak International Composition Award and the ASCAP Morton Gould Award. He has received scholarships from the Aspen Music Festival, the Peabody Conservatory- where he earned his BM and MM in composition, and the University of Toronto – where he earned his DMA in composition. His teachers included Michael Hersch, Chris Theofanidis, and Sam Adler.
Maurice Barbash J.S. Bach Competition. Photos of the Island Symphony Orchestra and Rachell Ellen Wong, Violinist. Photography by id Unleashed.
Meet The Orchestra
2020 Orchestra Roster
ASSISTANT CONDUCTOR
Paul Little
VIOLIN
Paul Little – Concert Master
Darlene Abbate
Donna Geiger
Lora Kukendall
Anne Mandaro
Dawn Martin
Cindy Pacini
Susan Rydzeski
Catherine Cole – Principal
Diana Berthold
Cathy Chiarelli
Barbara Ebin
Cynthia Elias
Cecelia Hecht
Barbara Livant
Maricela McGrath
Rhoda Needlman
VIOLA
Lisa Brieff – Principal
Florence Hengeveld
Nancy Maia
Wendy Rothkopf
Ashley Sullivan
Marguerite Volonts
Anthony Wallen
CELLO
Richard Gotlib – Principal
Susan Barbash
Carol Purdy
James Ryan
Monroe Semble
Irene Wehn
BASS
James White – Principal
Brandon Felician
Christopher McGrath
Andy Rubin
Kathleym Salinas
Fred Weidenhammer
BASSOON
Karen Miller – Co-Principal
Robert Price – Co-Principal
Edward Kurpis
FLUTES
Leslie Strait – Principal
Maria Albinder
Allan Sperber
Sandy Yu-Shan Chang
OBOES
Mark Flanzraich – Principal
Judith Budd- Walsh
Suanne Stein
CLARINET
Michael Friedman – Co-Principal
Glenn Kantor – Co-Principal
Nathan Garfinkel
HORNS
Lou Denaro – Principal
Leonard Apicella – Co-Principal
Tina Barkan
Larry Lupow
Phyllis Manville
Dennis Moller
TRUMPET
Douglas Mole – Principal
Colin Richardson
Frank Turso
TROMBONE
Burt Klayman – Principal
Kevin DeLargy
Paul Sulkin
TUBA (TROMBONE)
Don Winston – Principal
George Martin
PERCUSSION
Kevin Twigg – Principal
Tobin Centamore
ORGAN
Mark Engelhardt
Tympani
Ralph La Femina
Meet The Orchestra
2019-2020 Board of Directors
Dr. Eric R. Stewart
Music Director and Conductor
Paul Little
Asst. Conductor/Concert Master
Darlene Abbate-Struss
President
Donna Geiger
Vice-President and Marketing Liaison
Lisa Brieff
Recording Secretary and Grantwriter
Edward Kurpis
Treasurer
DIRECTORS:
Nancy Maia
Symphony Librarian and Archivist
Susan Barbash
Personnel Manager
Paul Little
Publicity & Concert Programs
Dawn Martin
Corresponding Secretary
Mark Flanzraich
Board Member
Monroe Semble
Board Member
Allan Sperber
Board Member
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