HELENE WILLIAMS & LEONARD LEHRMAN PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 2008 We look forward to seeing you! Please contact us AFTER 10 a.m. at 516 256-4209 or 516 626-0238 EMAIL: Helene: helenespierman@verizon.net Leonard: ljlehrman@gmail.com ================================== SUN. JAN. 13, 2008 10:30 AM The Choir of United Methodist Church of Huntington & Cold Spring Harbor, 180 West Neck Ave., Huntington, will sing the Offertory Anthem: "Hold Fast to Dreams" by Leonard Lehrman & Langston Hughes in honor of departing choir member Bette Jack SUN. JAN. 20, 2008 10:30 AM The Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus, together with The Choir of United Methodist Church of Huntington & Cold Spring Harbor, 180 West Neck Ave., Huntington, will sing the Offertory Anthem: "Conscience" by Leonard Lehrman & Abel Meeropol in memory of Susan Blake, "the Social Conscience of Long Island" Also SUN. JAN. 20, 2008 2:00 PM at the Celebration of the Life of Susan Blake, videos will be shown of her performing Joel Mandelbaum's "The Causes Are Waiting for You" at New York Green Fest, Ithaca Commons, Aug. 12, 2007 and excerpts from The Booby Trap or Off Our Chests by Leonard Lehrman & Sydney Ross Singer at Empire Haven, Moravia NY Aug. 10, 2007 Leonard's setting of Abraham Lincoln's "Second Inaugural" will be sung MON. JAN. 21 at the American Guild of Organists Mini-Convention in Brooklyn and SUN. FEB. 10 10:30AM at United Methodist Church, Huntington Five Centuries of Great Duets* with Helene Williams, Kathryn Wieckhorst & Leonard Lehrman from Purcell thru Mozart, Mendelssohn, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Humperdinck, Strauss, Prokofiev, Bernstein, Blitzstein, and featuring a duet from Hannah by Lehrman & Orel Odinov Protopopescu plus the world premiere of Lehrman's setting of Euripides' "What Is God?: An End to War" -- in Greek! SUN. MAR. 2, 2008 3:00 PM Syosset Public Library 225 S. Oyster Bay Rd., Syosset NY 11791 Tel. 516-921-7161 ext. 240 FREE SAT. MAR. 15, 2008 8:00 PM Plainview-Old Bethpage Public Library 999 Old Country Rd., Plainview NY 11803 Tel. 516-938-0077 ext. 1253 FREE SUN. APR. 13, 2008 2:00 PM Wantagh Public Library 3285 Park Ave., Wantagh NY 11793 Tel. 516-221-1200 FREE THU. MAY 8, 2008 2:00 PM Bethpage Public Library 47 Powell Ave., Bethpage NY 11714 Tel. 516-931-3907 FREE THU. JUL. 17 12:30 PM East Meadow Public Library 1886 Front St., East Meadow NY 11554 Tel. 516-794-2570 FREE SUN. NOV. 9 2:00 PM - canceled, with apologies, by library Port Washington Public Library 1 Library Dr., Port Washington NY 11050 Tel. 516-883-4400 ext. 123 FREE We hope to be performing there next year... SUN. NOV. 16 2:00 PM North Merrick Public Library 1691 Meadowbrook Rd. North Merrick NY 11566 Tel. 516-378-7474 ext. 22 FREE SAT. NOV. 29 2:00 PM Freeport Memorial Library 144 W. Merrick Rd., Freeport NY 11520 Tel. 516-379-3274 ext. 224 FREE SAT. DEC. 6 2:00 PM Long Beach Public Library 111 W. Park Ave., Long Beach, NY Info: 516-432-7201 FREE SUN. MAR. 2 5:30 PM Suffolk Peace Concert at Cinema Arts Centre, Huntington Ijeoma Merenini sings Elie Siegmeister's & Langston Hughes's "Chalk Marks on the Sidewalk," and the world premieres of Leonard Lehrman's setting of Marcia McNair's "Long Island Is Just Not Long Enough" and several of her own songs SUN. APR. 27 12:30 PM Concert at Jan Hus Playhouse, 351 E. 74 St., Manhattan Tel. 212-288-6743 Helene & Leonard perform Leonard's "fairytale" and "No More Boomerang" --from his song cycle, An Australian Odyssey as part of program co-sponsored by Vox Novus and The Remarkable Theatre Brigade The Booby Trap or Off Our Chests** by Leonard Lehrman & Sydney Ross Singer, based on Singer's A Little Breast Play with new songs based on his The Doctor Is Out starring Helene Williams, Kathryn Wieckhorst, Cary Bair, & Leonard Lehrman in memory of Susan Blake (June 18, 1953-Oct. 2, 2007) SAT. MAY 17, 2008 2:00PM Womanspace, at Great Neck Senior Center 80 Grace Ave., Great Neck NY Info: Gladys Thompson Roth 516-466-3916 Suggested Donation: $5-8 as part of "Prevention Is the Cure" Week featured speaker: LIU Prof. Scott Carlin and as part of Breast Cancer Awareness Month: TUE. SEPT. 2 11:00 AM telecast scheduled for Channel 20, Woodbury area SUN. OCT. 19, 2008 4:00PM Puffin Cultural Forum, 20 E. Oakdene Ave., Teaneck NJ Info: 201-836-8923 Suggested Donation: $5 featured speaker: Dr. Jeff Kopelson, Schachter Center for Complementary Medicine, Nyack NY SAT. JUNE 7, 2008 3:00 PM Annual Court Street Music Recital Performances by voice, piano, and composition students of Helene & Leonard, including the world premiere of Leonard's song cycle: Long Island Songs of Seasoned Women in memory of Susan Blake. Reservations required: 516-825-2939 THU. JUNE 19, 2008 6:00 PM Annual meeting of the National Committee to Reopen the Rosenberg Case at Tamiment Library (8th floor), New York University 70 Washington Square South. Helene sings Edith Segal's "My Loved One" and "Underneath the Spanish Stars" in memory of Moe Fishman and Muriel Goldring and an excerpt from the Leonard Lehrman-Kim Rich opera in progress, ALGER. In memory of Susan Blake, members of the Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus perform "Conscience" and "Lost Forever" by Abel Meeropol & Leonard Lehrman. and "The House I Live In" by Abel Meeropol & Earl Robinson Speakers: Morton Sobell, Miriam Moskowitz, Margaret Ratner Kunstler, and Carol Jochnowitz. Info: 718-667-4740 SUN. JUNE 22, 2008 3PM Shakespeare & Song Helene & Leonard perform Shakespeare settings by Leonard & by Joel Mandelbaum (incl. 2 world premieres) St. Marks in the Bowery 10th St & 2nd Ave. produced by Downtown Music, Mimi-Stern-Wolfe, Dir. Donation requested: $10 SUN. AUG. 3, 2008 3PM Boatwright & Lehrman Songs sung by Helene & Helen Boatwright, accompanied by Leonard at Helen Boatwright's home in Fayetteville (near Syracuse), NY --by invitation only Donation requested FRI. AUG. 8, 2008 7:00PM Northeast Naturist Festival Celebrating 2 Nudecades of Great Performances with special guest star Cary Bair Empire Haven, Moravia NY in music by Styne, Siegmeister, Porter, Mozart, Marks, Lehrman, Bronner, Berlin, Bair SAT. AUG. 16, 2008 7:30PM Songs for a Summer's Night with The Aviva Players at Montauk Library featuring music by Jeanne Singer, Alma Mahler, Lili Boulanger, Clara Schumann, Lou Rodgers & Mira J. Spektor FRI., SEP. 5, 8:00 PM at Galapagos, 16 Main St., in Brooklyn Leonard Lehrman's Prelude: Bloody Kansas will be part of Rob Voisey's 60x60 program THU. OCT. 23, 2008 7:30PM Sally Martin sings Leonard's The Anchor of My Heart as part of her show "Another Time, Another Place" at Germano's, 300 S. High St., Baltimore, MD For reservations, call 410-752-4515 SUN. OCT. 26, 2008 10:30AM The choir at First Congregational Church, 40 S. Fullerton Ave., Montclair NJ, conducted by Julie Morgan will perform, as part of their service, Leonard's "Blessed Be He" from his opera Hannah WED. OCT 29, 2008 3:00 PM -- (postponed from 2007) - re-postponed to Feb. 27, 2009 Bernstein & Blitzstein: The Jewish Connection at Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, University Center, Majestic Palm Room Info: (561) 461-2332 ===== --Performances are co-sponsored by The Prof. Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial Foundation for Ethics, Religion, Science, and the Arts, Inc.-- *This program is made possible in part with public funds from the N.Y. State Council on the Arts Decentralization Program, administered by the L.I. Arts Council at Freeport. **Co-sponsored by Maldeb Foundation.

photo of Susan & Cary by Helene Williams 7/21/07