H. Leslie Adams Official Website

H. Leslie Adams (b. 12/30/32, Cleveland, Ohio) composer of the music drama Blake, has worked in all media, including instrumental, vocal solo and keyboard. Adams’ works have been performed by the Prague Radio Symphony, Iceland Symphony, Buffalo Philharmonic, Indianapolis Symphony and New York City Opera. He has been commissioned by The Cleveland Orchestra, Ohio Chamber Orchestra, and Cleveland Chamber Symphony, among others. Metropolitan Opera artists have performed his vocal works internationally.

Learn about Adams' new Music Drama BLAKE under "Theater."

Be the first to host the world premiere.

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March 15, 2020  - Concert of music by H. Leslie Adams. Presented by The American Guild of Organists Cleveland Chapter. Works for trumpet, piano, organ and voice. 3:30 pm at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Lakewood, Ohio. Free and open to the public.

January 19, 2020 - H. Leslie Adams: L'extase d'Amour (The Ecstasy of Love) for Viola and Piano
Christopher Jenkins, viola, Dianna White Gould, piano.

3:00 pm at The Martin Luther King Tribute Cleveland Music Settlement 1126 Magnolia Dr. Cleveland, OH.

March 15, 2019 - Adams' Intermezzo, Igor Kalnin, violin and Rochelle Sennet, piano, at

Noble Recital Hall Luther College. Decorah, Iowa.

March 31, 2019 - Newly commissioned version for tenor, baritone and piano of "The Heart of a Woman" from Nightsongs, premiered by Mirror Visions Ensemble at Sheen Center, New York, NY. Repeated on 4/27 at Musee des Arts Decoratifs, in Paris, France.

April 28, 2019 - "Danza di tre bambole" for piccolo, flute and piano, performed on Greater Cleveland Flute Society concert at Judson Manor, Cleveland, Ohio.