The following have been produced and sponsored by the Music Archive of the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS:

CONCERTS:

Music from the Estate Project for Artists with AIDS

WORKS & PROCESS
Produced by Mary Sharp Cronson
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Sunday and Monday, May 5 and 6, 2002, 8:00 PM

Curated by Joseph Dalton
Music Advisor, John Corigliano, presented in conjunction with the Alliance for the Arts

GERALD BUSBY (b. 1935):
Wild Flowers: A Blue Ridge Bouquet        *WORLD PREMIERE
Six Songs for Soprano and String Quartet (Poetry by Robin Jones)
    Jessica Gould, soprano
    Cassatt String Quartet

Music Written and Inspired by YVAR MIKHASHOFF (1941-1993):
Mikhashoff: The Long Eyes of Earth (1975/1981)
Puccini/Mikhashoff: O Mio Bambino Caro (from Trittico Fantasy) (1991)
Copland/Mikhashoff: Tango from Hear Ye! Hear Ye!
Scott Pender: Tango: Ms. Jackson Dances for the People
Robert Berkman: Thorn-Torn Lips
    from The International Tango Collection (1983-1988),
    created by Yvar Mikhashoff
        Anthony de Mare, piano

MARTIN HENNESSY (b. 1953):
Two Songs (Poetry by Paul Kiel)        *WORLD PREMIERE
9/11/01 and 9/10/01
    Patricia Johnson, soprano
    David Adam Moore, baritone
    Cassatt String Quartet
    Martin Hennessy, piano
    Mark Shapiro, conductor

PANEL DISCUSSION:
John Corigliano (moderator), Gerald Busby, Fred Hersch and Martin Hennessy

ROBERT CHESLEY (1943-1990):
New Feet Within My Garden Grow (1966) (Emily Dickinson)
Nobody knows this little Rose (1966) (Emily Dickinson)
Far Away (1968) (Elizabeth Coatsworth)
Crumbs (1969) (Walter de la Mare)
All But Blind (1966) (Walter de la Mare)
Autumn (1966) (Walter de la Mare)
    Marshall Coid, countertenor
    Mimi Stern-Wolfe, piano

FRED HERSCH (b. 1955):
Selections from Three Character Studies (2001)
Selections from Songs Without Words (2000-2001)
    Fred Hersch, piano

SACRED MUSIC IN A SACRED SPACE
Kent Tritle, Music Director and Conductor
The Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola, New York
Tuesday, February 11, 2003 at 6:30 P.M.

Curated by Joseph Dalton
Presented in conjunction with the Alliance for the Arts

OPENING REMARKS, DAVID DEL TREDICI

MICHAEL SEYFRIT (1946-1994):
A Dance of Life for violin and piano (1989)

CHARLES BUEL (1943-1994):
Tree-Lined Highways for violin and piano (1975)

ROBERT SAVAGE (1951-1993):
Elegy for cello and piano (1988)

C. BRYAN RULON (b. 1954):
Eliade Aeterna for violin, piano and tape (1994)

PETER LAKE BELLINGER (1947-2001):
Matinee for violin, cello and piano (1988)

Jorge Ávila, violin
Arthur Fiacco, cello
Steven Ryan, piano

On the same evening, an 8:00 p.m. concert, "From Mourning to Joy," included the following pieces performed by the Choir of St. Ignatius Loyola, Kent Tritle and Aaron Smith, conductors:

CALVIN HAMPTON (1938-1984):
Ascendit in Coelum

KEVIN OLDHAM (1960-1993):
My Lord, Thou Art in Every Breath I Take

RECORDINGS:

Music of GERALD BUSBY
Featuring Calvin Hampton, organ, Michael Parloff, flute and Ken Cooper, harpsichord
(Innova—forthcoming)

Music of STEVEN GROSSMAN
Previously unreleased recording by the singer/songwriter
(Signficant Other—forthcoming)

C. BRYAN RULON: AFTER THE ORGY
CD/DVD featuring New Millennium Ensemble
(Surrounded by Entertainment—forthcoming)

Music of YVAR MIKHASHOFF
(Mode—forthcoming)

SUDDEN SUNSETS: HIGHLIGHTS OF THE BENSON SERIES
Downtown Music Productions, Mimi Stern-Wolfe, director
(Leonarda—forthcoming)

MEMENTO BITTERSWEET (reissue)
Music of Kevin Oldham, Calvin Hampton, Lee Gannon, Chris DeBlasio and Fred Hersch
(Innova—forthcoming)

COMMISSIONS:

GERALD BUSBY: Wild Flowers: A Blue Ridge Bouquet
Six Songs for Soprano and String Quartet (Poetry by Robin Jones)
    Premiered May 5-6, 2002, Guggenheim Museum, New York

MARTIN HENNESSY: Two Songs for soprano, baritone, string quartet and piano (Poetry by Paul Kiel)
    Premiered May 5-6, 2002, Guggenheim Museum, New York

FRED HERSCH: Leaves of Grass for two vocalists and eight musicians (Poetry by Walt Whitman)
    Premiered March-April 2003, Kalamazoo, Michigan; Hightstown, New Jersey;
    Washington, D.C.

MARTIN HENNESSY: A Letter from East 11th Street
A chamber opera for tenor, actress, piano quintet and percussion (Libretto by Mark Campbell)
    (In preparation)