(Long Island, NY) – The Long Island Music Hall of Fame 2008 Music Educator of Note Award goes to John McNeur, a leading music teacher, conductor, organizer, consultant and clinician. The award will be presented at LIMHoF's Second Induction Award Ceremony and Fundraising Gala will be held on Thursday, October 30, 2008 – 7 PM at the Garden City Hotel, 45 Seventh Street in Garden City, New York.

John McNeur is a career educator who has taught all aspects of music over the past twenty five years. He is currently Director of Music for the GRAMMY Signature Gold School Award-winning Herricks Public Schools, national chair for the Tri-M Music Honor Society, past-president of the Nassau Music Educators Association, and chair of the committee responsible for organizing The Balanced Mind Curriculum Conferences. He is an active consultant, clinician and conductor and lives in Glen Head. He also is founder and Executive Director of the Glen Head-based Metropolitan Youth Orchestra and the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra Academy. More about him at http://www.limusichalloffame.org/educ.html.

LIMHoF Music Education Advisory Board Chair Tom Needham said, "John McNeur's many years of service to the Long Island music education community as a teacher, organizer and youth orchestra leader make him the ideal recipient for this award. We're proud to recognize and celebrate such a remarkable person."

LIMHoF will also present the 2007 Music Educator of Note Award to Herbert A. Deutsch, Professor Emeritus of Hofstra University and a leading music pioneer, teacher, composer and mentor for more than 40 years.

The second induction class includes Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Aaron Copland, The Ramones, Simon and Garfunkel, Blue Oyster Cult, Jean Ritchie, Carole King, Arlo Guthrie, Public Enemy, Kenny Vance, The Good Rats, The Tokens, Guy Lombardo, Mariah Carey, Neil Diamond, Bob Buchmann, LL Cool J, Eddie Money, Beverly Sills, Walter Becker, Pat Benatar, Barbra Streisand and Marvin Hamlisch.

For Gala tickets and more information visit http://www.limusichalloffame.org. Tickets are $250.00, which includes award ceremony, dinner and VIP after party.

The Long Island Music Hall of Fame (LIMHoF) is a 501(c)(3) museum and 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 defines Long Island geographically as Kings, Queens, Nassau and Suffolk counties. The Hall of Fame sponsors the Long Island Sound Award (LISA), traveling educational exhibits and a scholarship program. It is also creating a museum home in Port Jefferson where the story of the Island's musical heritage will be told. For more information about the Gala and Long Island Music Hall of Fame, please visit their website at http://limusichalloffame.org/.