April 14, 2007, Piano Concerto No. 3 (World Premiere), Ian Hobson, piano; Florida Orchestra conducted by Susan Haig, Mahaffey Theater, Tampa, FL.

April 29, 2008, NEW RECORD RELEASE! A new recording of Benjamin Lees' Concerto for Violin and Orchestra was released April 29, 2008. It can be ordered now through Barnes & Noble. The recording is on the Artek label and the Barnes & Noble UPC is 661853004227. The recording features soloist Elmar Oliveira with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine conducted by John McLaughlin Williams. The recording also contains the Ernest Bloch Violin Concerto.

June 21, 2009, the Collage for Organ will be premiered June 21st, 2009 at the Far West Regional Convention, Phoenix, Arizona by the American Guild of Organists. It will be held at Faith Lutheran Church with soloist Patrick Hawkins.

November 8th, 2008  Anshel Brusilow and the Richardson Symphony (Dallas) will perform the Oboe Concerto. He and the Chamber Symphony of Philadelphia commissioned the composer to write it for John DeLancie, principal oboe of The Philadelphia Orchestra, back in 1963.

New Work Completed!

A unique new work has just been completed.  Written for four celli, the work is titled "Shadows."  Premiere performance is anticipated some time in 2009.

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