LEFT ALONE RHAPSODY
Awards & Film Festivals
INDIEFEST FILM AWARDS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE - SPECIAL MENTION
Documentary Feature
(A Top 10 award)
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Disability Issues
ACCOLADE GLOBAL FILM COMPETITION AWARDS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Documentary Feature
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Direction
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Disability Issues
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Editing
IMPACT DOCS FILM AWARDS
AWARD OF EXCELLENCE
Documentary Feature
THE WORLDFEST: 56TH HOUSTON INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
REMI PLATINUM AWARD
Best Film & Video Production of a Biography
AMDOCS FILM FESTIVAL
(American Documentary & Animation Film Festival)
World Premiere
Cast & Crew Credits
Written, Produced & Directed by
Stewart M. Schulman
Executive Producers
Gail Jeffee Cohen, Paula Kaminsky Davis, Ted Snowdon, Stewart M. Schulman, & Tema L. Staig
Co-Producers
Carol Ciancutti & Gary Sharfin
Associate Producers
Lisa Nakamichi, Kym Slayden Mitchell, Nyle Brenner, Mike Napoli, Jamie deRoy, Picabu Foundation,
Phyllis Baskin, Donna H. Dodson, Craig Prater, Laura Mogul, Alexa Joy, & Kerry Michelle O’Brien
Editors
Gary Sharfin & Monika Kolodziej
Director of Photography
Michael Digioia
Cast In Order of Appearance
John Bayless, Stewart Schulman, Madelyn Renée, Valerie Wilson Hicks, Jeffrey Swann,
Winnie Holzman, Michael Feinstein, Robert L. Freedman, Steve Ross, Bernadene Blaha,
Steven Lutvak, Silvana de Jonge, Leanne Bryan, Rhona Forstadt, Mia Pinero, Nyle Brenner,
Alex Monti, Bonnie Barrett, Dr. Mark Tramo, Kay Folmar, Dr. Judith Lustig,
Rabbi Andrew Bentley, Gail Jacobs, Ann Greer, Peggy Cravens, Daniel Lessner, Evan Lin,
Gloria Greer, Lisa Nakamichi, Jon Nakamatsu, Noriko Uenaka, Heidi Latksy, Meredith Fages,
Jerron Herman, Jillian Hollis, J. Robert Spencer, Sandy Bock, Satoko Miyahara,
Paula Kaminsky Davis, Laura Mogul, & Mark McEwen
Additional Camera
Monika Kolodziej, Paul Swensen, Nathan Williams, Gerard Elmore, Luke Aguinaldo,
Kyle Kosaki, Nick Capra, Melanie St. Claire, Jake Shapiro, Phoebe Kwong,
Eric Richardson, Rob Reistad, Junya Ohsuga, & Stewart M. Schulman
Location Sound
Mike Maiello, Steve Melone, Prahlad Strickland, Jenna Leung, Steven Lopez, & Rob Reistad
Gaffers
Mike Pacyna & Melanie St. Claire
Assistant Editor
Sammy Wiener
Animation
Candy Kugel - Buzzco Associates, Inc.
“One Hand One Heart” Logo Designed By
Jeff Nodelman
Suntory Hall, Tokyo
Takeharu Kodoma, Producer
Sponsors: Aloha International Piano Festival, Portland Japanese Gardens
Production Supervisor
Gary Sharfin
Audio Post Production
Bob Schott
Color Correction
Scott Burch
Camera and Lighting Equipment
Capital G. Productions LLC, CFG Los Angeles, All-N One Video, & WWMD Productions
Clearances
Sophie Schoenfeld & Laura Mogul
Fiscal Sponsor
Shotgun Productions
Social Media
Kym Slayden Mitchell
Archival Footage
Bruce Franchini
Creativity and Madness Conference - American Institute of Medical Education
Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn – courtesy & copyright: Perennial Productions, Inc.
Montclair State University Orchestra, John J. Cali School of Music, Montclair State University
Julia Child – Courtesy of Research & Programming Services Corp. d/b/a A La Carte Communications
Gloria Greer PBS Review – courtesy of Ann Greer for Estate of Gloria Greer
Bayless Medical footage – courtesy of “BACH & friends” Michael Lawrence Films
Hollywood Bowl video courtesy of Michael Jiroch
KAMR Local News – courtesy of KAMR-TV
“Grand Duchy” – courtesy of John Dent & Dos Pueblos News
Satoko Miyahara practice footage at Kansai University – courtesy of Thomas Dickson
Satoko Miyahara at: “ISU GP Skate America 2017” (Lake Placid, NY, USA)” -
Courtesy of United States Figure Skating (USFS) / The International Skating Union (ISU)
Images from: “Life In The Style of Bayless,” "John Bayless, Elegy for Henry (Steinway),"
"Musical Lightning at the 2009 Virginia Waring Piano Competition," & "WinterTableau" at
the 2011 Waring Piano Competition,” by Joel Hochberg - Courtesy of Barbara Hochberg.
Circle of Life footage courtesy of VELOCITY World Media Inc. A VELOCITY HD EXPERIENCE –
Produced by Philip L. Elias
Archival Photos & Images
John Bayless, Stewart Schulman, Madelyn Renée & Robert Freedman
Leonard Bernstein “Young People’s Concerts” images courtesy of:
Sony Music Archives. Photographer: Guy Gillette photographer.
& New York Philharmonic Shelby White & Leon Levy Digital Archives - Photographers:
Burton Bernstein & Barbara B. Haws, Henry Tregillas, Bert Bial.
Liberace image – “The Liberace Show” – courtesy of Wikimedia - Allen Warren photographer
Leonard Bernstein with John Bayless – courtesy of Christian Steiner
Adele Marcus – courtesy of London Free Press / Postmedia Network Inc.
Michael Feinstein at The Regency – courtesy of Christopher Gregory of The NYTimes
Album Cover Designs courtesy of: Vito Fiorenza, Bonnie West, Emil Milcha, Gordon H. Lee,
Peter Murdock, Mark Leet, Caroyln Jones, Robert Abriola, Waring Abbott, Studio B,
Amanda Wray & Jonathan Pozniak
Playbill Logo courtesy of TDF – (Theater Development Fund)
This project was made possible thanks to the generosity of:
Paula Kaminsky Davis, Gail Jeffee Cohen, The Ted Snowdon Foundation, Phyllis Baskin,
Picabu Foundation, Donna H. Dodson, Mike Napoli, Rose C. Cali, JoAnn Giffuni Wellner,
Susan K. Hunt, Sandra Cooper Woodson Trust, Peggy Cravens, Riki Kane Larimer,
Dana Fields & Dan Gearon, Amy & David Kornblau, Debra Anisman & Paul Milmed, Jamie deRoy,
Carol Guasti & Jean Miele, Elissa & Bruce Joseph, Angela Jaggar, Jane Poole, Vincent Guffini,
Alan Pressman & Dr. Melissa Palmer, Judith & Jonathan Lief, Eileen & Neil Tannor, Randi & Lyle Wienick,
Frederick A. Harris & Joan P. Harris, Mari & Norman Epstein Foundation, Carol & Dominique Bastien,
Joe Giarrusso & Charlie Paglia, Robert Gryphon, Mr. & Mrs. Harvey L. Rogoff, Ina & Stanley Lane,
Ida R. Greer, Susan Myerberg, Douglas Kesten, Ann Becker, Virginia & William Henshaw,
John M. & Amy B. Deloach, Patricia Klausner, Marguerite & Howard Elisofon, Miriam Ellner,
Gordon & Eve Kramer, Isabel Chapman, Joan Rubane, & Lesley Landes,
Special Thanks
Michael Alden, Emma Bock, Gavin Bock, Alan & Bonnie Cashman, Lisa Datz, Judy Flannery,
Garth & Betsy Gilpin, Jean Kaufman, Meg Goldenberg Marion,
Laura Mogul & the staff of Landmark Theater on Main Street, Hiromi Motohashi,
Melinda Raphael, Marcy & Dale Rice, Cabell Smith, Simon Sutton, Paul Swensen,
Wanda Royce & Paul Waring, LACMA Los Angeles, McCallum Theater and staff, UCLA,
Joe Smith, Barbara Kerr, Wendy Beerbower, Stephen Monkarsh, Randy Brown,
Peter & Jumana Picard, Richard Serafin & Meetings Tomorrow
Pianos courtesy of Yamaha & Steinway
Disklavier piano provided by Yamaha Artists Services
Additional Locations
New York University, UCLA, Hawaii Convention Center, 54 Below,
McCallum Theater, Yamaha NYC & Toronto, Temple Sinai of Palm Desert,
Moore’s School of Music, Amarillo Symphony Orchestra,
Coronado Performing Arts Center – Rockford Illinois
& The Breakers, Newport, Rhode Island
Legal Services
Norris-McLaughlin, Jeanne Hamburg & Gayle L. Greenwald
