Rainbow City: Spectrum of Identity Concert & Gayla

Friday, March 22, 2024 @ 6:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
H. Leslie Adams — Selected works
Tyler Mazone — Selected works
Paul Murtha — Selected works
Robert W. Smith — Selected works
Omar ThomasA Mother of a Revolution!

Gala & concert: $140 |
7:30pm concert only: $15-$40

Concerts at Blessed Sacrament: An Evening of Art Song

Thursday, February 29, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States

$25 advance, $30 day of concert (ages 11 & under free)

Groupmuse: A Brooklyn Recital with Jasmine Thomas, Soprano & Andrew Egbuchiem, Countertenor

Saturday, January 13, 2024 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (EST)
Private residence in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, NY, United States
George Frideric Handel — Selected works
Christoph Willibald Glück — Selected works
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart — Selected works
Gioachino Rossini — Selected works
H. Leslie Adams — Selected works

$5 to reserve, $20+ at event

2023 International Art Song Competition Winner's Recital: Claire McCahan, Mezzo-Soprano with Barbara Noyes, Piano

Tuesday, February 28, 2023 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EST)
Carnegie Hall (Weill Recital Hall), New York, NY, United States
Franz Schubert — Selected works
Rebecca Clarke — Selected works
Jake Heggie — Selected works
H. Leslie Adams — Selected works
Francis Poulenc — Selected works
George Crumb — Selected works

$44 (student/senior discount tickets available at the box office)

Queer Opera: Song

Sunday, September 18, 2022 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
H. Leslie Adams — Selected works
Jennifer Higdon — Selected works
Paul Bowles — Selected works
Penrose Marcos Allphin — Selected works
Melissa Dunphy — Selected works
Hope Salmonson — Selected works

$30 ($5 student)

Karen Slack: Of Thee I Sing

Thursday, June 16, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
National Sawdust, Brooklyn, NY, United States
Clayton White — Selected works
Ricky Ian Gordon — Selected works
Scott Gendel — Selected works
H. Leslie Adams — Selected works
Jake Heggie — Selected works
Adolphus Hailstork — Selected works

$35

NYFOS: The Wider View – Songs by Black Composers

Tuesday, May 10, 2022 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Margaret Bonds — Selected works
H. Leslie Adams — Selected works
Robert Owens — Selected works
Florence Price — Selected works
Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh — Selected works
Hall Johnson — Selected works
Duke Ellington — Selected works

Free (RSVP required; $0-$100 suggested donation)

NYFOS: The Wider View – Songs by Black Composers

Wednesday, April 13, 2022 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (EDT)
Merkin Concert Hall at Kaufman Center, New York, NY, United States
Margaret Bonds — Selected works
H. Leslie Adams — Selected works
Robert Owens — Selected works
Florence Price — Selected works
Henry Thacker "Harry" Burleigh — Selected works
Hall Johnson — Selected works
Duke Ellington — Selected works

$20-$70

Stephanie Ann Ball with Jessica Evotia Hall – Luminous: Tales of Transformation & Triumph

Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance Events, Bellevue, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Stephanie Ann Ball, soprano & Jessica Evotia Andrews-Hall, piano present a collection of art songs by Black composers set to lyrics by Black writers & texts of prolific Black wordsmiths.

Online: $30 | In person: $50

Listen Live at Lunch: Corvid Ensemble – A Flight of Song

Wednesday, July 14, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Diverse program of music featuring birds & other flying things. Works by Johannes Brahms, Mikhail Glinka, H. Leslie Adams, Sammy Fain, Sally Whitwell, & more.

Free (Free)

Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Concert 5

Saturday, July 10, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online event
H. Leslie Adams – Intermezzo for Violin and Piano
Benjamin Britten – Cello Sonata, Op. 65
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 13 in B-flat major, Op. 130 (with Grosse Fuge, Op. 133)

$10-$20 ($10-$25 in-person)

Stand The Storm: Adam Richardson, baritone & John Arida, piano

Saturday, June 12, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Diverse, genre-bending program of vocal music by 20th- & 21st-century black composers. Includes re-interpretations of traditional spirituals, bold new works, & folk adaptations.

$15-$500

'Emergence': Nadine Benjamin, soprano & Nicole Panizza, piano (on-demand until 6/26/2021)

Friday, June 11, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Program of 20th- & 21st-century American song. Featuring works by Lori Laitman, Samuel Barber, Undine Smith Moore, & H, Leslie Adams, with settings of poetry by Emily Dickinson.

$8.47-$28.22

SFCM: Elisabeth Bruckner, Second Year Masters Viola Recital [LIVE]

Wednesday, May 26, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online event
H. Leslie Adams – L’extase d’Amour (The Ecstasy of Love)
Franz Schubert – Arpeggione Sonata, D. 821
Bohuslav Martinů – Rhapsody-Concerto for Viola and Orchestra, H. 337 (I. Moderato, II. Molto adagio - Poco Allegro - Andante molto tranquillo)

Free

SFCM: Voice Departmental Recital [LIVE]

Wednesday, March 10, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online event
George Frideric Handel – “Total Eclipse” from Samson, HWV 57
Christoph Willibald Gluck – “Che farò senza Euridice?” from Orfeo ed Euridice
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel – Nach Süden, Op. 10, No. 1
Georges Bizet – Chanson d’avril
Francesco Paolo Tosti – L’ultimo bacio
Richard Strauss – Mein Herz ist stumm, Op. 19, No. 6
Giacomo Puccini – “Senza mamma” from Suor Angelica
Joaquín Rodrigo – "Vos me matásteis" from Cuatro madrigales amatorios
H. Leslie Adams – "For You There is No Song" from Five Millay Songs
Stephen Sondheim – “Everybody Loves Louis” from Sunday in the Park with George
Tom Cipullo – "My Darling Jim" from Glory Denied

Free

Sam on bass & Ryan on piano with music by Coleridge-Taylor, William Grant Still, H. Leslie Adams, & more [LIVE]

Saturday, March 6, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online event
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Variations in B minor
H. Leslie Adams – "For You There is No Song" from Five Millay Songs
William Grant Still – Grief
George Walker – Lament
Mason Bynes – Hades

$10+ donation, RSVP required