Tilles Center for the Performing Arts

Tilles Center for the Performing Arts, on the C.W. Post campus of Long Island University in Brookville, is Long Island's premier concert hall. Headed by Executive Director Elliott Sroka, it begins its 22nd season in 2002-2003. Tilles Center presents over 70 events each season in music, dance, and theater, featuring world-renowned artists. The Center is also the theatrical home for many of Long Island's leading arts organizations, including the Long Island Philharmonic. Among the artists and organizations that have been presented by the Center are the New York Philharmonic conducted by Kurt Masur, violinist Itzhak Perlman, the Big Apple Circus, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, New York City Opera National Company, Andrea Marcovicci, the Paper Bag Players, Wynton Marsalis, the MET Orchestra with James Levine, and Patti LuPone. Tilles Center, a part of Long Island University, has a 2242-seat main hall and a 490-seat, more intimate Hillwood Recital Hall. The smaller theater features chamber music, cabaret, solo recitals, and theater productions for children and adults.