The Massapequa Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of its principal conductor, David Leibowitz, presents violinist Susie Park performing the Wieniawski Violin Concerto No. 2 in D-Minor on Saturday evening, Dec. 2, 8:30 p.m. at the Berner Middle School, Carmans Mill Road, Massapequa. The orchestral selections include Mozart's Marriage of Figaro Overture and Beethoven's Symphony No. 2.

Violinist Susie Park, a native of Sydney, Australia, started Suzuki violin at age 3, and later attended the preparatory division of the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. She graduated from the Curtis Institute in 2003, where she studied with renowned violinists Jaime Laredo and Ida Kavafian, and served as concertmaster of the Curtis Symphony in the 2001-2002 season. Ms. Park received the Artist Diploma from the New England Conservatory where she studied with Donald Weilerstein. Winner of numerous awards and honors, Miss Park was a laureate in the 2002 International Violin Competition of Indianapolis, and in 1998 she received first prizes in the senior division of the Yehudi Menuhin International Competition for Young Violinists. She has concertized around the world appearing as soloist with the Indianapolis Symphony, all of the major Australian orchestras, and the Orchestra of St. Lukes in Alice Tully Hall. Ms. Park has performed throughout the US on Musicians from Marlboro tours, and will be in residency at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two in the fall of 2006. Recently, Miss Park was appointed violinist in the renowned Eroica Trio.

The Massapequa Philharmonic is composed of about 70 local musicians and is one of the largest orchestras on Long Island. Principal conductor David Leibowitz, received his MA from CUNY's Conservatory of Music at Brooklyn College, where his main studies were in oboe, conducting and composition. He also studied conducting with Carlo Maria Giulini and Herbert Blomstedt, and was a finalist in the International Masterplayers' Conducting Competition in Lugano, Switzerland in 1986. Mr. Leibowitz is the founder and current music director of the New York Repertory Orchestra, which is in its 15th season. Since 2002 he has been on the conducting staff of the Rome Festival, leading opera, ballet, and concert performances in Italy. Mr. Leibowitz has appeared with the Greenwich Village, Brooklyn Heights and Centre Symphony Orchestras.

For more information please call: Robert Ackerberg, 795-4071. Free admission, no tickets required; seating is limited.