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HELENE WILLIAMS
&
LEONARD LEHRMAN
PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE 2025
We look forward to seeing you!
Please contact us at (516) 825-2939
or, if busy, AFTER 10 a.m. only, at (516) 256-4209
EMAIL:
Helene: helenespierman@gmail.com
Leonard: LeonardJLehrman@gmail.com
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Click on underlined dates, titles, and words
to watch and hear past performances and read reviews:
Sun. Jan. 19 2pm Zoom Memorial to Nat & Emily Lehrman, posted at
https://tinyurl.com/20250119Playlist
including recorded performances by Nat, Emily, Helene, Perri Sussman, and Thomas Smith
of settings of texts by Katha Pollitt, Hannah Arendt, and Alex Skovron.
Fri. Feb. 14 7pm Valentine's Day Naturist CaBAREt at Sunsport Gardens, Loxahatchee, FL
with LaDonna Allison and Bill Pacer, in memory of Morley Schloss
Sun. Feb. 16 6pm Naturist CaBAREt at Cypress Cove, Kissimmee, FL
Tue. Feb. 18 2pm Piano recital chez Paul LeValley, Cypress Cove, Kissimmee, FL
Sun. Mar. 23 3:30pm Musicians Club of NY, Victor Borge Hall, Scandinavia House, Manhattan
Members of Cassatt Quartet perform Leonard's String Trio
[work withdrawn in protest at forced truncation]
Wed. Apr. 9 9pm Zoom Lecture on Naturism in Theater, for The Naturist Society Foundation
Attendance by invitation. Link available on request.
Sun. June 15 2-6:30pm Court Street Music House Concert, incl. premiere by Perri Sussman
of Lehrman's setting, in English, of Gaza Tatrallyay's "Our Four Seasons";
his Alex Skovron Cycle, "Untold Stories" (Ed Thibault);
Two Hannah Arendt Songs (sung by Perri & Tom Smith)
Joel Mandelbaum's Piano Trio and two piano quartets - by Robert M. Palmer & Antonin Dvorak
Sat. July 12 2:30pm 1st Beach Performance by the Opera/Musical Theatre Special Interest Group of The Naturist Society Foundation at Gunnison Beach, Sandy Hook, NJ, as part of International Skinny Dip Day including music by Berryman, Barab, Lehrer & Lehrman
Sun. Aug. 17 4pm Live Show (Lehrman & Lehrer sung by Helene Williams, Leonard Lehrman
And Caryn Hartglass + Book Launch at The Luxe Library, Bellerose, Queens
CANCELLED for lack of adequate publicity
Sun. Aug. 24 2pm Asbury Park premiere of "Lady Liberty" by the Solidarity Singers of the NJ Industrial Union Council, led by the composer
Wed. Sep. 10 7pm Live Show at Theodore's Books, 17 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay, Long Island
Music of Lehrer & Lehrman performed by Leonard Lehrman, Helene Williams, Samantha Long
In Memoriam Tom Lehrer (1928-2025)
Read about the event at https://theodoresbooks.com/event/2025-09-10/composer-leonard-j-lehrman-discusses-continuator.
Watch the video recording of the event by Stephen Walker at https://tinyurl.com/20250910TheodoresBooks.
Read a review of the event, with photographs, at https://tinyurl.com/20250910BkTalkOBHeraldReview.
Sun. Sep. 21 2pm Borscht Belt Festival at Borscht Belt Museum, Ellenville, NY
hosted by the Alte: Helene introduced and sang "Where Do I Belong?"
Leonard introduced and sang Tom Lehrer's "Hanukkah in Santa Monica" and his own "Goot Yuntif"
Tues. Oct. 14 9-10pm Janet Coleman interviews Leonard & Helene on Cat Radio Cafe over WBAI,
99.5 FM & wbai.org - archived at https://wbai.org/archive/program/episode/?id=61035
Tues. Oct. 21 7:30-8:30pm Virtual Book Launch with Harvard Club of Long Island & Bryant Library Announced here: https://bryantlibrary.libcal.com/event/14340044, the recorded video of the lecture is posted here:
https://tinyurl.com/20251021BookTalk.
Fri. Oct. 24 7:30pm United Nations 80th Birthday Concert, Vladeck Hall, Bronx
with members of the Metropolitan Philharmonic Chorus - including singers from
every borough of NY City, Nassau, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania(!) -
and the Solidarity Singers of the New Jersey Industrial Union Council
featuring music by Shostakovich, Slonimsky, Siegmeister, Eisler, Guthrie, Seeger, and Lehrman Viewable on YouTube here.
Sun. Oct. 26 4pm E.G.: A Musical Portrait of Emma Goldman, starring Caryn Hartglass
with composer Leonard Lehrman at the piano
Puffin Cultural Forum, 20 Puffin Way, Teaneck, NJ
Watch a trailer derived from the performance here.
NYC orchestral premiere of Leonard's opera, Sima, alternating with his E.G.
at Theater for the New City, 155 1st Ave., first 3 weekends in January, 2026 [postponed from November]:
Sima Jan. 8, 11, 16, 17, 22, 25
E.G. Jan. 9, 10, 15, 16, 23, 24
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8; Sundays at 3.
--Performances are co-sponsored by
The Prof. Edgar H. Lehrman Memorial Foundation
for Ethics, Religion, Science, and the Arts, Inc.,
and co-sponsored by The Maldeb Foundation.
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