on 7 poems from For Dreamers Who Dare (1975)
(6’30”) 1992:
Remembrance – Severance – The Two – Loneliness –
Scars – Your Hand – Waiting
premiered by Helene Williams & composer,
Greenwich House “Village Varieties” concert
by Composers Concordance 11/19/92
and at LICA Chelsea Center concert 5/22/93,
Songs of Love concert 2/5/95; recorded on Capstone CPS 8647
Helene Wiliams sings Songs of Love
poems written in 1939; setting for Soprano & Piano, 7/93;
(10′) commissioned by Corliss Lamont & dedicated to him,
Beth Lamont, Rosalyn Baxandall, & Helene Williams;
premiere by Helene & composer, Bethpage Library 3/4/94;
Composers Concordance, Kosciuszko Fdn 3/11/94;
Westchester Peace Action Coalition
(in memory of corliss) 6/3/95;
LICA Songs of Love, N. Merrick Library 2/5/95;
recorded at Hicksville Library 3/29/97,
released on Capstone CPS 8647:
Helene Williams sings Songs of Love.
1) If I can step within
2) To My Jewish Friend in Pittsburgh
3) The beauty of love
4) I lock my heart against you [partially reprised as 5A&6A)
5) Won’t you unlock –
6) To Carlo [Tresca], South Beach (After 14 Years)
7) On “Equality”
setting for 2 voices a cappella, 1996 of Christina Rossetti poem (3′)
premiered by Helene Williams & Ronald Edwards,
Kleine Szene, Saechsische Staatsoper, Dresden, Germany 7/2/96
and by Ron with Janis Sabatino Hills
at Adelphi University 10/7/96 (both LICA concerts);
also sung by Helene & Paul Sperry
on Composers Concordance concert  5/27/04
setting for poem, “Castor Oil,” by Charles Bernstein
for soprano-tenor duet & piano
premiered by Helene Williams, Paul Sperry, and composer
5/27/04 Composers Concordance concert at NYU