The Long Island Music Hall of Fame will present their Long Island Sound (LISA) Award to the Queens Symphony Orchestra at its "Red, White & Blue" Concert on the Green on Sunday, August 12, 5 PM at Forest Park Bandshell in Woodhaven, Queens.

For press inquiries about the Long Island Music Hall of Fame LISA Awards, contact Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-586-3433 or jamesarts@worldnet.att.net. For more information about the Long Island Music Hall of Fame, please call 631-828-3914 or visit http://www.limusichalloffame.org/.

Now in its 55th season, Queens Symphony Orchestra (QSO) is the borough's only professional orchestra and the oldest and largest professional arts organization in Queens. QSO's vision and mission statements reflect the organization's priority of service to the culturally diverse members of the Queens community. They have several programs that enhance the musical offerings to the borough of Queens, presenting 15 to 25 concerts throughout the year, serving 30,000 residents. These programs include the Masterworks Concert Series presented at Queensborough Community College Performing Arts Center, the Concerts on the Green free summer parks series, offering classical, pops, Broadway and opera selections in parks throughout the borough, the Music on the Move! Chamber Series showcasing QSO musicians in venues such as libraries, senior and community centers and town halls in hour-long performances of different ensembles,. the Arts-In-Education and Young People's Concerts, educating the youth of Queens and reaching over 12,000 children each year, and Side-by-Side Concerts, QSO musicians working with junior high and high school students at their respective schools to prepare a concert event.

The Long Island Sound Award gives the Long Island Music Hall of Fame the opportunity to recognize those individuals or institutions which made a significant contribution to Long Island's musical landscape, and to give Long Islanders the opportunity to celebrate with us. Previous Long Island Sound Award recipients have included Lindenhurst's Pat Benatar, Brooklyn's own Arlo Guthrie, The American Chamber Ensemble of Hofstra University, electronic music pioneer Herbert Deutsch of Massapequa Park and a posthumous award presented to Harry Chapin's widow, Sandy.

The Long Island Music Hall of Fame is a 501(c)(3) membership organization dedicated to the idea that Long Island's musical heritage is an important resource to be celebrated and preserved for future generations. The organization, which defines Long Island geographically rather than politically, as Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties, was created as a place to inspire in each person the desire to explore and celebrate music in all its forms and to be a place where the music community will find the support, resources and leadership necessary to aid them in that exploration. The Long Island Music Hall of Fame sponsors the Long Island Sound Award, traveling educational exhibits and is working to create a permanent home for the story of the Island's musical heritage.

They will present their Second Annual Long Island Music Hall of Fame Induction Gala on October 21, 2007 at the Kupferberg Center for the Arts at Queens College CUNY, in Flushing, Queens. For more information about the Gala and Long Island Music Hall of Fame, please visit their website at http://limusichalloffame.org/.