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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 3/6/88 (incl. Siegmeister, Lehrman)

IVc) Martin Luther King & Elie Siegmeister Birthday Concerts (See also IVk) Elie Siegmeister Centennial)

1 Harlem School of the Arts, NYC 1/15/89* w/William Warfield, André Solomon-Glover

and the Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus,

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 Congress

2 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 1/15/06

5 #4 repeated at Great Neck House 2/26/06 (postponed from 2/12/06)

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, Slonimsky

IVe) People's Music Network Songs of Freedom & Struggle, Workshop: The Composers Collective -

(Pete Seeger, Elie Siegmeister, Herbert Haufrecht, Mordecai Bauman) Camp Thoreau 6/3/89

broadcast on WBAI 10/16/89

IVf) 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 10/26/02

(See also IIa, XVIc, XVIf, XVIg, Recordings 7-9 & 11)

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 & Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Vrenios

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 Voice 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, Washington DC

w/Elizabeth Kirkpatrick Vrenios, George Shirley, Helene & Leonard 1/10/09

4 Great Neck Library choral & solo vocal concert; incl. I Have A Dream cantata

w/Ivan Thomas, Lars Woodul, Diana Solomon-Glover, Helene & Metropolitan

Philharmonic Chorus; Leonard Lehrman, cond.; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano 1/11/09

5 Massapequa Library (Bar Harbor) American Chamber Ensemble woodwind music -

Naomi Drucker et al - plus Nancy Deutsch, Helene & Leonard 1/15/09

6 Bethpage Public Library voice & piano recital 1/22/09

7 United Methodist Church of Huntington/Cold Spring Harbor choral & solo vocal concert,

incl. I Have A Dream cantata, w/Ivan Thomas, Lars Woodul, Diana Solomon-Glover, & Helene;

Leonard Lehrman, cond.; Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano 1/19/09

8 Downtown Music Productions: repeat of I Have A Dream cantata at

St. Marks-in-the-Bowery, Manhattan 1/25/09

9 Brooklyn College Lecture-Recital Feb. weekday - TBA

10 Syosset Public Library voice & piano recital 3/8/09

11 Hofstra Celebrates Elie Siegmeister, Monroe Auditorium:

Robert Spiotto narrates "Dick Whittington & His Cat." Other performers to include

Donna Balson, Herbert Deutsch, Nancy Deutsch, Naomi Drucker, Tammy Hensrud,

Gregory Mercer 3/29/09

12 Queens College (Choral Room) choral & vocal music,

including ensemble conducted by James John 4/19/09

13 NYU music by Elie Siegmeister & his students 4/19/09

14 Hofstra Orchestra, cond. David Ramael, to include a Siegmeister work 5/9/09

15 Columbia University - Music by Elie & his students - date TBA

IVk) United Methodist Church of Huntington/Cold Spring Harbor,

cantata Christmas Is Coming 12/09

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)

2009: Centennial Recording with Lars Woodul, Helene & Leonard - release date TBA