Concert Details

Friday, May 4, 2001, 6:30PM
The House of the Association of the City of New York
Honoring Earl E. Higgins, Music Department Chair Emeritus, Great Neck Public Schools

David Bernard, Conductor
Peter Orgain, Piano

Mozart Symphony in Bb, K. 319
Mozart Piano Concerto in A, K. 488
Mozart Symphony in g, K. 550

About the Soloist

Peter Orgain, pianist, is originally from Virginia.  He made undergraduate, masters and doctoral degree studies at University of Virginia. with Marjorie Mitchell, Stanford University with Naomi Sparrow, Florence, Italy with Maria Tipo and Clara Saldicco, Virginia Commonwealth University with Landon Bilyeu, and the University of Maryland with Stuart Gordon.  In his student days Peter competed in, placed and won a number of piano competitions including the Charleston Symphony Competition, the Mozart International Competition, VMTA and NMTA Young Artists Competions and various concerto competions.  Peter has performed as soloist with orchestras, in piano recitals, and chamber music in New York City for many years, and participated in many local chamber music festivals.  Peter founded the Atlantis Quintet and the Cerberus Trio, and recently performed Mozart’s Piano Concerto in A, K. 488 with the Park Avenue Chamber Symphony in New York.  As founder and artistic director of the Provincetown Chamber Players, he has performed over 40 concerts as part of the Great Music/Sundays at Five Concert Series in Provincetown, MA