New England premiere. The program includes songs of celebration and remembrance presented by the Choral Art Camerata. A pre-concert forum at 6:45 pm features conductor Dr. Robert Russell; composer Robert S. Cohen; Alzheimer’s Association Maine Chapter Program Director Bill Kirkpatrick; music therapist Kate Beever; and poet Judy Prescott. A portion of the concert proceeds goes to the Maine Chapter of the Alzheimer’s Association.

A commission from the Susquehanna Valley Chorale with a libretto by Herschel Garfein based on recollections of chorus members and friends with relatives who’ve had the dreaded disease. It was premiered October 9, 2009 at the Weis Center for the Performing Arts conducted by Dr. William Payn.