Anniversaries for Lenny: New Music for Bernstein at 100
A project in New York, NY by Lara Downes000days
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I'm commissioning and performing new music to celebrate Leonard Bernstein's Centennial, in honor of his vision for the American future.
Backers: 51
Average Pledge Per Backer: $198
Funded: $10,089 of $10,000
Dates: Apr 17th -> Jun 1st (45 days)
Project By: Lara Downes
Backers: 51
Average Pledge Per Backer: $198
Funded: $10,089 of $10,000
Dates: Apr 17th -> Jun 1st (45 days)
Project By: Lara Downes
$10,089
current pledge level
Last Updated: June 1 @ 19:30 -0400 GMT
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Latest News
THANK YOU! WE DID IT!! 
June 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Kisses and hugs and love and thanks to ALL OF YOU! So thrilled that we've made this goal and will be able to continue to build and plan and bring Lenny's music and mission into American communities. It means so much to all of us who are working on... (Read More)
Meet the Composer: Craig Urquhart
May 30th - via: kickstarter.com
One of the first composers I approached about this project was Craig Urquhart, and for profound and wonderful reasons. Craig is a prolific composer of beautiful, soulful music that reaches a wide and devoted audience. He's released eight... (Read More)
Danny and Lenny (and me): a love story
May 28th - via: kickstarter.com
This is the story of how this whole thing began. July 2016... I'd been on the road nonstop for weeks, and the combination of red-eye flights, Economy Plus germs, power bar dinners, and other music-life health hazards had finally gotten me. I was in... (Read More)
Meet the Composer: Donal Fox
May 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Here's a Friday afternoon video chat with pianist/composer Donal Fox, who grew up in Leonard Bernstein's Boston/Tanglewood stomping grounds and had early, essential contact with the Maestro. Donal's artistry really reflects the diversity and... (Read More)
Meet the Composer: Daron Hagen
May 26th - via: kickstarter.com
I had a beautiful chat this morning with Daron Hagen, who had the immense good fortune to study with Bernstein when he was a young man. We only just got started on his Lenny stories - he tells me about learning the Anniversaries and playing them for... (Read More)
New Reward! A gala evening with Janai Brugger and Time In Children's Arts
May 24th - via: kickstarter.com
Identified by Opera News as one of their top 25 “brilliant young artists”, winner of the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions, Placido Domingo’s Operalia competition, and the Marian Anderson Vocal Award, soprano Janai Brugger is a... (Read More)
New video: The Arts Wall, Lara with Yo-Yo and Aaron (and Lenny in mind)
May 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Exactly one month ago today - on my birthday! - I spent a beautiful morning in Ann Arbor making this beautiful video with two artists who inspire me to the ends of the earth: Yo-Yo Ma and Aaron Dworkin. Yo-Yo, Aaron and I are advocating for the... (Read More)
Meet the Composer: Eve Beglarian, winner of the Herb Alpert Award!
May 19th - via: kickstarter.com
The Herb Alpert Award in the Arts is one of the most prestigious and generous honors available to individual artists - a $75,000 prize given annually to risk-taking creative artists working in the fields of music, dance, film/video, theatre and the... (Read More)
More travels with Lara and Lenny
May 16th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi from Seattle, where I'm getting my connection out to JFK today. I've just started a podcast diary which will bring you along with me on all my Anniversaries for Lenny adventures. Here's episode 1. Enjoy, and I'll see you at my next stop! xox ... (Read More)
On the road THIS WEEK with Lara and Lenny!
May 15th - via: kickstarter.com
Tomorrow morning, bright and early, I'm on my way to NYC to get started on the Anniversaries for Lenny recording. And you get to come with me! On Wednesday (5/17) I'll be shooting the album cover with superstar photographer Shervin Lainez in... (Read More)
When Lenny met Duke
April 29th - via: kickstarter.com
Today is Duke Ellington's birthday, and I'm waking up thinking about him, and Lenny, and American music. Ellington and Bernstein. When I look for my ancestors, I find everything in their music, their message and their mission. They made so much... (Read More)
Has anyone seen Jeffrey Stock??
April 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Jeffrey Stock is SUPPOSED to be working on his piece for "Anniversaries for Lenny". Instead, he's off climbing Mt. Everest. Composers, I tell you... On the other hand, Jeffrey is shooting these spectacular photographs on his journey, and you can... (Read More)
A visit with Ned Rorem
April 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Yesterday I had the great pleasure of visiting with composer Ned Rorem at his home on the Upper West Side. Ned, at 93, remembers Lenny from the old days, before his legendary overnight success at his last-minute NY Philharmonic debut, before West... (Read More)
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