Performances
IVa) John Reed Centenary 10/87 Harvard Club (NYC) & Adams House, Harvard U. w/Corliss Lamont
Premiere of Siegmeister's song "John Reed" & Lehrman's "Letter to Louise [Bryant]"IVb) Pomoja Int'l Cultural Exchange/Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra Chamber Concert,
Rutgers Presbyterian Church, NYC afternoon 3/6/88 (incl. Siegmeister, Lehrman)+evening 3/6/88 "Contrasts" chez Tom O'Horgan IVc) Martin Luther King & Elie Siegmeister Birthday Concerts
1 Harlem School of the Arts, NYC 1/15/89* w/William Warfield, Ronald Edwards, André Solomon-Glover
Manhattan premiere of I Have A Dream, world premiere (by Helene) of "Lonely Star"
broadcast over WQXR 1/16/89, WBAI 1/15/90 videotape at Library of Congress2 LICA at Malverne Community Presbyterian Church* 1/16/94
3 LICA at Hofstra 1/17/99 (w/Alan Mandel et al*)
4 Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus + Christ Church Babylon & Temple Isaiah Choirs
(also celebrating Lincoln & Mozart) at Long Beach Library 1/15/065 #4 repeated at Great Neck House 2/26/06 (postponed from 2/12/06)
6 Finale of I Have A Dream w/Charles Samuel Brown, Michael Niemann +"Park Bench"
and the Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus, Puffin Cultural Forum, Teaneck NJ 1/13/19
7 #6 repeated at Community Church of NY 1/20/19
8 #6 repeated at Long Beach Public Library 1/26/19
IVd) Armenian Relief Concert 1/30/89 (w/Morton Gould, Leo Kraft, Elie Siegmeister, Judith Zaimont)
Great Neck Library; Helene & Leonard performed music of Weisgall, SlonimskyIVe) People's Music Network Songs of Freedom & Struggle, Workshop: The Composers Collective -
(Pete Seeger, Elie Siegmeister, Herbert Haufrecht, Mordecai Bauman) Camp Thoreau 6/3/89broadcast on WBAI 10/16/89IVf) Elie Siegmeister (Memorial) Concerts (See also IVk) Elie Siegmeister Centennial)
1 Chelsea Center, Long Island Composers Alliance 6/1/91 [IX2]
2 N.Y. Ethical Culture Society (with Alan Mandel, Elizabeth Kirkpatrick et al) 6/3/91
3 WBAI (w/Ronald Edwards) 6/12/91
4 Hofstra University (w/Ronald Edwards) 3/21/92
5 National Opera Association Convention, New Yorker Hotel (w/Ronald Edwards) 1/8/99
6 WBAI (opera program) (w/Ronald Edwards) 1/10/99
7 Langston Hughes Centennial (20 Siegmeister songs, 1 Lehrman) Queens College 4/14/02
(w/Gregory Rahming & Diana Solomon-Glover)8 #7 repeated at Langston Hughes Library, Queens Borough Public Library 10/20/02
IVg) Songs of Love & War - incl. excerpts from Elie Siegmeister's The Mermaid in Lock No. 7
1 Jericho Public Library 1/21/07
2 Bryant Library 2/4/07
3 People's Voice Cafe, Manhattan 2/17/07
IVh) Presentation (on The Mermaid in Lock No. 7 and The Wizard of Altoona)
by Leonard as part of the Bibliography Roundtable at the Music Library Association Convention
3/2/07 12:30-1:00 PM Hilton Towers Hotel in Pittsburgh
IVi) world premiere of Siegmeister's song "Lincoln in Springfield"
Program also incl. "Nancy Hanks," "Anne Rutledge," and "Strange Funeral in Braddock"
+Leonard's "The Vision of Chief Seathl"and his "Kererte A Ti" sung by Bill George & Sylvie Jensen
1 Vertical Player Repertory, Boerum Hill, Brooklyn 3/4/07
2 program repeated at St. Peter's, Citicorp, Manhattan 3/6/07
IVj) Nina Gordon, Henry Foner, Helene & Leonard perform Siegmeister's Rapp-Coudert: A Loving Round
at Morris U. Schappes Centenary Celebration
1 Queens College, Choral Rm, Aaron Copland School of Music, 5/6/07
2 Tamiment Library, NYU 5/10/07
IVk) Elie Siegmeister Centennial Performances with Helene & Leonard
1 BargeMusic: voice & piano recital; music by Elie Siegmeister & his students 1/02/09
2 Great Neck House voice & piano recital 1/4/09
3 National Opera Association convention, Key Bridge Marriott Hotel, Arlington VA
w/Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Vrenios, Jerome Barry, George Shirley, Alan Mandel 1/10/094 Great Neck Library choral & solo vocal concert; incl. I Have A Dream cantata
w/Ivan Thomas, Lars Woodul, Helene & Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus; Leonard Lehrman, cond.; John Craven, piano 1/11/095 Massapequa Library (Bar Harbor) American Chamber Ensemble woodwind music -
Naomi Drucker et al - plus Helene & Leonard 1/15/096 United Methodist Church of Huntington/Cold Spring Harbor choral & solo vocal concert,
incl. I Have A Dream cantata, w/Ivan Thomas, Lars Woodul, & Helene;Leonard Lehrman, cond.; John Craven, piano 1/19/09 7 Bethpage Public Library voice & piano recital 1/22/09
8 Downtown Music Productions: repeat of I Have A Dream cantata
w/Ivan Thomas, Lars Woodul, Linda Thompson-Williams, Helene & Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus; Leonard Lehrman, cond.; John Craven, pianoat St. Marks-in-the-Bowery, Manhattan 1/25/099 Art Scene on Long Island, Shirley Romaine interviews Helene & Leonard,
Great Neck Ch. 73 2/11/10 5pm, 2/15/10 5:#0pm, 3/4/10 5pm, 37/10 5:30pmWoodbury Ch. 18 2/17/10 11am, 3/10/10 11am10 Gault Recital Hall, Scheide Music Center, College of Wooster, OH
voice & piano recital + chorus, honoring Lincoln's Birthday 2/12/1011 Brooklyn College voice & piano lecture-recital 2/17/09
12 Syosset Public Library voice & piano recital 3/8/09
13 Long Island Arts Council at Freeport Nassau Grants for the Arts Awards Reception
Two Songs of the City
14 Society for American Music voice & piano lecture-recital, Marriott Hotel, Denver, CO
15 Hofstra Celebrates Elie Siegmeister, Monroe Auditorium: Donna Balson, Chandler Carter,
Herbert Deutsch, Nancy Deutsch, Naomi Drucker, Tammy Hensrud, Gregory Mercer, Helene, Leonard, Robert Spiotto narrates Dick Whittington & His Cat 3/29/0916 Queens College (Choral Room) solo vocal & piano music by Siegmeister & his students 4/19/09
17 NCRRC at Tamiment Library, incl. John Reed
18 Court Street Music Recital, vocal & piano music by Siegmeister performed by our students 6/27/09
19 Eastern Canadian Naturist Festival, Bare Oaks, Ontario, featuring songs of Siegmeister 8/6/09
20 Northeast Naturist Festival, Empire Haven, Moravia NY, featuring songs of Siegmeister 8/8/09
21 NY Green Fest, Alfred Univ., Alfred NY, featuring songs of Siegmeister 8/9/09
22-23 Charles Osborne & Leonard Lehrman 60th Birthday Concerts, incl. Ballad of Adam & Eve
Jewish Felllowship of Hemlocki Farms, Lords Valley PA 8/16/09; Bryant Library, Roslyn NY 8/20/09;
the latter telecast, Woodbury Ch. 20 12/3/09 & 12/10/0924 NYU music by Elie Siegmeister & his students; Helene, Leonard, Michael Beckerman 10/28/09
25 Connetquot Library, Bohemia NY Helene, Leonard, Herbert Deutsch, Robert Spiotto
Dick Whittington & His Cat 12/6/09; telecast Woodbury Ch. 20 1/28/10, 2/4/10
IVl) Halifax Summer Opera Workshop
American Arias Master Class 7/26/12 & Recital 7/28/12
focusing on Blitzstein, Siegmeister & Lehrman
IVm) Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus Concerts, incl. Siegmeister Lincoln Settings
1 Lincoln Poetry & Music, LICA, LIU-Post 4/27/13
2 Great Neck Composers, Great Neck Library 5/5/13
See also IVc; IVk 4, 6 & 8
IVn) 110th Birthday Concert Community Church of NY 1/15/19
incl. "Park Bench," "Strange Funeral in Braddock" and 3 Lorca Elegies (Michael Niemann)
Recordings
Helene & Leonard have recorded the following works by Elie Siegmeister on CD:
1-2 Lonely Star and Chalk Marks on the Sidewalk (Langston Hughes)
on Helene Williams sings Songs of Love Capstone CPS 8647
3-5 Must There Be a Reason? (Edward Mabley; from The Mermaid in Lock No. 7);
Anne Rutledge (Leo Israel, aka Leo Daniels); Yes, No, or Maybe (Langston Hughes)_
on Helene Williams sings More Songs of Love Capstone CPS 8667
6 Festive March (piano solo)
on Leonard Lehrman performs Solo Piano Works Capstone CPS 8661
and on The Abel Meeropol Centennial Concert Original Cast Records OC 6055:
7-14 John Reed; The Lollypop; The Wind (Tara Venditti);
Autumn in My Heart (Gregory Mercer); The Moon (Venditti & Mercer);
The Snowman (Gregory Rahming);
and from Darling Corie: I Want a Red Dress and Love Duet (with Rahming)
2008: The Elie Siegmeister Centennial CD -- with Lars Woodul, Helene & Leonard, and the Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus. Original Cast CD - OC6235; available from the Prof. Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial Foundation - click here for information.
