Annual American Composers Update

Jack Gottlieb

Jack Gottlieb is a New York City resident.

Premieres

On June 17, 24, and 26, 1997, "Angela" and "My Pal Angelo," from the musical Monkey Biz'nis, were heard first, with singer Wallace Norman and pianist Bill Lewis at Judy's Cabaret, New York, NY. On June 20, 1997, the Temple Emanu-El, Westfield, NJ program, An Evening with Composer Jack Gottlieb, included premieres of A Blessing for All Occasions and Adon Olam (both from the 1970's), and "The Bullfrog and the Goldfish," from the forthcoming musical The Family Tree, with Cantor Martha Novick, the Temple Emanu-El Choir, Geoffrey Petersen, conductor, and Stanley Schwartz, clarinet. In 1997 pianists Steven Beck and Jeremie Michael introduced seven excerpts from The Silent Flickers, 13 diversions for piano four-hands, at New York Univ. (Oct. 18) and at Steinway Hall, New York, NY (Oct. 23), sponsored by the American Composers Forum New York Chapter. A portion of the work was choreographed by Juilliard School faculty member Elizabeth Keen for an August 1997 performance at Skidmore College.

Performances

The Park Avenue Synagogue Temple Choir, with Cantors Robert Abelson and David Lefkowitz, sang Y'rushalayim, Shalom Aleichem with Candle Blessing (first public performance), Candle Blessing No. 1, and Mah Tovu, in New York, NY. At the Three Arts Club, in Chicago, The Chicago Ensemble, led by Gerald Rizzer, presented Downtown Blues for Uptown Halls, May 20, 1997.

Publications

Y'rushalayim, Shalom Aleichem with Candle Blessing, Yevarechecha, Set me as a Seal; Theophilous Music, Inc., Transcontinental Music Publications, distributor.

Further Information

For more complete information, see Jack Gottlieb's entry in our Composers Bureau Online.