Chamber Music of Benjamin Lees To Be Performed Throughout New York
Area - Four Concerts Include Career Retrospective and Many Premieres

New York NY - Chamber Music by Benjamin Lees, including works from across
his career, several off which are premieres, will be performed throughout
the New York area in four upcoming concerts:

March 10, 2005, Piano Trio #2 "Silent Voices," Chamber Music Society
of Lincoln Center/Rose Studio, New York City -
http://www.chambermusicsociety.org/.

March 17, 2005 - 7 PM - Toccata, Odyssey I (New York Premiere), Mirrors
and Sonata No.  2 for Violin and Piano, performed by Judith Olson, piano
and Rolf Schulte, violin at Bloomingdale School of Music, 323 W.  108th
St.  in Manhattan - http://www.bsmny.org/, This concert is free and open
to the public.  Information at 212-663-6021.

March 20, 2005, Tapestry for flute, clarinet, cello and piano (New York
Premiere), American Chamber Ensemble, Hofstra University, Monroe Lecture
Center Theater on California Avenue in Hempstead, New York.  -
http://www.jamesarts.com/ace/home.html.  Tickets $10 (discounts for
seniors and students.  For information, call (516) 463-6644.

March 22, 2005, Piano and Chamber Music for Small Ensembles at Faust
Harrison Pianos (http://www.faustharrisonpianos.com/), 205 West 58th
Street in Manhattan - performed by Thomas Piercy, clarinet, Judith Olson,
piano, Mirian Conti, piano, Barbara Ann Martin, soprano and The Intrepid
Wind Quintet - Maureen Keenan flute, Sarah Loveland, oboe, Thomas Piercy,
clarinet, Daniel Liao, bassoon and Kristin Mozeiko, horn - works include
Two Miniatures for Woodwind Quintet (1974 - World Premiere), Sonata for
clarinet and piano (1953/2005 - World Premiere of clarinet arrangement
of Violin Sonata No.  1, arrangement by Thomas Piercy), Paumanok for
soprano and piano (1979), Three Variables for oboe, clarinet, bassoon,
horn, and piano (1955 - New York Premiere) and Tableau for two pianos
(2003 - New York Premiere) - Tickets $15. For reservations or information
call Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at (516) 797-9166.

Benjamin Lees' Symphony No.  5, "Kalmar Nyckel" was nominated for a 2003
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Composition by the National Academy
of Recording Arts and Sciences.  He was the first recipient of a Fromm
Foundation award for his String Quartet No.  1 and Sonata for Two Pianos.
His works have been commissioned, performed and recorded by, among others,
the Tokyo Quartet, Aurora Quartet, Sea Cliff Chamber Players, New York
Philharmonic, Boston Symphony, Cleveland Orchestra, Chicago Symphony,
NBC Symphony, Vienna Symphony, Detroit Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra,
Houston Symphony, National Symphony, Dallas Symphony, San Francisco
Ballet, American Symphony, Delaware Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony,
Louisville Orchestra, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte Carlo and Portland
(OR) Symphony.  He is published by Boosey & Hawkes. You can find much
more information about Benjamin Lees at his website -
http://www.benjaminlees.com/.

For more information about the music of Benjamin Lees, please contact
Jeffrey James Arts Consulting at 516-797-9166 - tel and fax.

Jeffrey James Arts Consulting
Tel/Fax: 516-797-9166
Website: http://www.jamesarts.com