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Please join us for our 2019 fundraiser, scheduled for
Tuesday April 30, 2019 at Crest Hollow Country Club
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Our 2019 honorees:

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Jennifer Shaer
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Chief Medical Officer, Allied Physician's Group
​Co-founder, LICC
Christopher Neske, LICC Honoree
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Music Educator
​President, SCMEA
Jennifer Shaer
Dr. Jennifer Shaer is a co-founder of the Long Island Children’s Choir and is being honored this year as she steps down from the Board of Directors. 
In addition to her support of the arts and the “Choir for a Cause”, she is a pediatrician and breastfeeding medicine specialist.  Dr. Shaer is a partner of Allied Physicians Group, a private partnership and physician owned medical practice of more than 100 dedicated physicians.   Dr. Shaer cares for children at Peconic Pediatrics, the Riverhead location of Allied Physicians Group.  She is a member of Allied’s Board of Directors and serves as Chief Medical Officer.
Dr. Shaer is also a founder and board member of Allied Foundation which is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support the communities within the Allied Physicians Group footprint.  Allied Foundation is home to the Allied Diaper Bank which provides diapers to families in need and a breastfeeding warm line open to the entire community.  The Foundation also supports early literacy and community education programs.

Dr. Shaer attended Medical School at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, graduating in 1996.  She completed a pediatrics residency at Albert Einstein/Montefiore Medical Center and was chief resident at Jacobi Medical Center.  She has been practicing general pediatrics since 1999 and breastfeeding medicine since 2005.
During her free time Dr. Shaer enjoys running, yoga and spending time with her husband and three children.
Christopher Neske
Christopher Neske is currently in his 13 th year of teaching at East Islip High
School in Islip Terrace where he conducts the concert band and wind ensemble. Chris began his career teaching sixth grade band at East Islip Middle School and has also taught music theory and AP Music Theory. In addition to his teaching duties, he is also an advisor of the Tri-M Music Honor Society, conducts the pit orchestra, and directs the pep and parade bands. Chris also currently serves as Secondary Vice President of the East Islip Teachers’ Association and is a delegate to the New York State United Teachers and American Federation of Teachers. After serving as a chairperson, Assistant Vice President, and later Vice President for Festivals, Chris began his tenure as President of the Suffolk County Music Educators’ Association (SCMEA) in July 2018.

Chris regularly performs with the Atlantic Wind Symphony, the Nassau-Suffolk
Alumni Band, and has also performed with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra and Sound Symphony. In 2013 and 2018 he guest conducted the Nassau Music Educators’ Association (NMEA) Division I Band. Chris also co-chairs the Suffolk County All-County orchestra and serves as a rehearsal conductor for the ensemble each year. He has served on the faculty of the Ithaca College Summer Music Academy for the past eight years as the double reed instructor, beginning conducting techniques teacher, and Wind Ensemble conductor.

Chris received a Bachelor of Music in Music Education and Oboe Performance
from Ithaca College in 2006 and a Master of Arts degree from Stony Brook University in 2009. His primary oboe teachers were Dr. Paige Morgan and Dr. Keri McCarthy, and he has performed in master classes with Nancy Ambrose King, Jonathan Blumenfeld, and David Weiss. He studied conducting with Dr. Stephen Peterson, Dr. Elizabeth Peterson, and Timothy Reynish and has participated in conducting master classes with Richard Clary, Steve Davis, and Mallory Thompson.

LICC young Philanthropist

LICC will again honor one of our own students.
​We are looking for an LICC member who not only loves music but has a passion for community service that is in line with our Choir for a Cause mission.

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2019 Finalists
​Melina Neofitos
Abigail Rajan
Ashley Sukoff
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We will also be recognizing this year's partner charities, Island Harvest and the Allied Foundation Diaper Bank.
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Consider becoming a 2019 Sponsor:
Sponsorships

2018 Donors:
Allied LICC
Citi Commercial Bank
Ramonas Gift
Moritt Hock
Albanese
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Customers Bank
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The Long Island Children's Choir is a not-for-profit organization and is 
exempt from Federal income tax under Internal Revenue Code 501(c)(3).  
Contributions to this entity are deductible for tax purposes.

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