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Orchestra will mark 75 years next month School, in Cedarhurst; in Lynbrook; and at the James A. Dever School, in Valley Stream. The Rockaway-Five Towns Maestro Louis Panacciulli, Symphony Orchestra is cele- the group’s music director, conbrating its 75th anniversary ducts the orchestra he has been with a “World Cruise of Music” involved with since 2016. Panconcert. acciulli also leads the Nassau Founded in 1950, the orches- County Pops. An Elmont resitra is not only a part of Long dent, he grew up in a family of Island’s cultural musicians. His history, but is one father played guiof the oldest comtar and violin, and munity musical his mother was a ensembles in the pianist. metropolitan area. “My older sibIts mission is to lings played the promote live music piano, but I was the in the community only one who purand to give talented sued it professionlocal musicians of ally,” Panacciulli all ages and backsaid. “I started grounds the opporwhen I was 6 or 7 tunity to collabo- LOuIS on the piano.” rate in the art of PANAccIuLLI He went on to m u s i c m a k i n g , Musical director become a music according to rftsymteacher after studyphony.org. ing music at New The concert is scheduled for York University. He taught May 10, at 8 p.m., at West Hemp- music to fourth-, fifth- and stead High School. General sixth-graders at Valley Stream admission is $10 for adults and Elementary for 20 years, and $5 for students. has been the band director at T h e o r c h e s t r a i n c l u d e s Nassau Community College for musicians of all ages, from 34 years. high school to those in their “We are a classically based late 70s, from the Five Towns group,” Panacciulli said of the and the surrounding communi- orchestra. “We do the classics ties. It has performed in the t h e B e e t h o v e n s , M o z a r t s , Rockaways; at Lawrence High COntinueD On paGe xx
By MELISSA BERMAN
mberman@liherald.com
Courtesy Denise Shields
Dr. Sheldon Genack, center, has played a key role in shaping the surgery department at St. John’s, helping mentor young surgery residents like Zachary Onkeo, left, and Maria Sava.
St. John’s gala supports its new maternity unit By BRIAN NORMAN bnorman@liherald.com
St. John’s Episcopal Hospital’s ICARE Foundation will honor community members and hospital doctors for their lifelong service at its second annual Blue Phoenix Gala on June 5, while raising funds for the hospital’s new labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum unit. The ICARE Foundation hosted the first gala last year to collaborate with community members and raise funds for programs and renovations that benefit Far Rockaway residents. More than 300 people attended, and the foundation raised $345,000 for philanthropic projects and hospital renovations. This year, all proceeds from donations, sponsorships and ticket sales will support St. John’s new state-of-the-art labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum unit, which is set to open in late summer.
Updating a decades old unit, the new area will have six delivery rooms, each about 400 square feet. There will be two advanced cesarean operating rooms, two recovery rooms and four triage rooms. Nancy Leghart, the foundation’s executive director, said the unit is crucial in order for Far Rockaway residents and people from surrounding communities to have access to proper maternal care. “It really addresses health equity, reducing disparities, and promotes fairness in maternal care, which is really a hospital priority,” Leghart said. “This is going to ensure safer, healthier childbirth experiences through advanced facilities. It’s also going to be a supportive environment that really aims to decrease maternal and infant health disparities.” Dr. Sheldon Genack, chairman of the department of surgery at St. John’s, and COntinueD On paGe 9
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