Music by Jack Gottlieb 

Presidential Suite. Excerpts performed by the Wichita State University Madrigal Singers under the direction of Tom Wine, at ten high schools in the Wichita, KS region, January 10-12, 2005.

Jeremiah On 9/11. “Regina Resnik Presents American Jewish Composers in Classical Songs” with Regina Resnik as narrator, Charles Robert Stephens, baritone, and Vlad Iftinca, piano. January 19, CUNY Graduate Center, NYC. Telecast on Cable TV, Ch. 75, NYC, May 16 and 22.

Two Nigunim for Two-Part Singing. Premier: January 23, Congregation Agudas Achim, Texas. Presented as part of all-Gottlieb program with Cantors Neil Blumofe and Don Croll.

Two Affirmations for Choir and Brass Sextet. January 30, Temple Beth-Sholom, Dallas, TX, combined choirs under the supervision of Cantor Don Croll.

The Silent Flickers, 13 Diversions for Piano Four Hands performed by the Duo Pianistico di Firenze. February 13 in Montevarchi and February 24 in Milan, Italy.

Presidential Suite. Gregg Smith Singers recording. On President’s Day, February 21, WGBH Radio, Boston.

Yes Is a Pleasant Country, song cycle (E.E. Cummings). Six selections performed by Peter Joshua Burroughs, tenor and Carlos Cesar Rodriguez, piano. March 6, St. Michael’s College, Colchester, Vt.

Set Me As a Seal for Mixed Choir, Violin Solo & Piano. Carolina Master Chorale directed by Timothy Koch. March 12, Risen Christ Lutheran Church, Myrtle Beach, SC.

In the Palace of Time, excerpt: "M'nucha v'simcha" (Rest and Joy) for Mixed Choir, Soloist and Organ. April 1 at Temple Beth-El, Spring Valley, NY.

Letting Go, Vocalise for Soprano Saxophone and Piano. Josh O’Donell, saxophone, Alessandro Simone, piano. April 11, Manhattan School of Music, New York City.

Twilight Crane, Fantasy for Woodwind Quintet and Narrator. NYU students under the supervision of Matthew Sullivan, with Patti Wyss, Narrator. April 30, Tenri Cultural Institute, New York City.

Acquainted With the Night and May We Lie Down, songs and Two Nigunim for Two-Part Singing. Cantor Glenn Groper, Steven Rosenberg, pianist and others. May 6, Temple Beth Emeth, Albany, NY.

The English Lesson, Act III, Scene IV from Henry V by Shakespeare. Marsha Thompson, soprano & Mariana Karpatova, mezzo; Thomas Bo, Director. Opera at Florham Festival, Lenfell Hall, Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ, June 12.

New Year’s Service for Young People, two excerpts. Koleinu Community Choir, Carol Marton, director, Victor Mendonça, piano. June 12 , Temple Sinai of Sharon, MA & June 16, Temple Isaiah, Lexington, MA.

Two Affirmations, Nashir Chorale, Benjamin Gruder, director, Maryna Kolupayeva, piano. June 19, Merkin Concert Hall, NYC.

Downtown Blues for Uptown Halls, Three songs for female voice, clarinet and piano.
1. Charlotte Surkin, mezzo, Jim Corwin, clarinet & Megumi Kitamura, piano. August 15, SAI-USA, NYC.
2. Hayley Kobolinsky, soprano, Joe Rutkowski, clarinet & Elliot Finkel, piano. October 9, Mannes College of Music, NYC.
3. Nancy Froysland Hoerl, soprano, Ken Ellison, clarinet & Kathy Shanklin, piano. October 20 & 30, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, NJ.
4. Kristy Weaver, mezzo, Jeff Martini, clarinet & Heidi Stecker, piano. December 4, Saginaw Valley State University, Saginaw, MI.

The Silent Flickers, excerpts. Birk-Hoke Duo, October 1, Queens College, Flushing, NY.

Two Gottlieb programs:
Choral works: In the Palace of Time (premier of full work), Two Nigunim for Two-Part Singing, Two Affirmations and Blessed be the Name. Songs: "Sh’ma Koleinu," "Hashkiveinu," "It Is Evening." Organ works: "The Voice of the Lord in the Storm," "Judge of the World." Jayson Rodovsky, organist, Cantors Ida Rae Cahana, Richard Botton, the Synagogue Choirs and Hora Decima Brass sextet. September 18, Central Synagogue, NYC.

Cabaret & theater songs, instrumental & liturgical works. With Ida Rae Cahana & Laura Green, sopranos, Gregory Mercer, tenor, Barry Crawford, flute and Bernadette Hoke & Eric Birk, piano. Private musicale, October 16, Parc Vendome, NYC.

Publications
Playbill, Program Note by JG for New York City Opera March production of Bernstein's Candide.

"The Little Motive That Could" (re Bernstein's Mass) by JG, Prelude, Fugue & Riffs, Bernstein Newsletter, Fall/Winter 2005.

JG 75th Birthday tribute, Boosey & Hawkes Newsletter, Fall 2005.

Songs of Godlove, two-volume set of 51 solos and duets by JG, released June 2004.

Gottlieb's book Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish (How Yiddish Songs and Synagogue Melodies Influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway and Hollywood), joint publication of The Library of Congress and SUNY Press, released July 2004. Launched 09/20/04 at Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress.

March 27-April 3: the author was heard on the WorldWideWeb on "jewishperspectiveradio.com".

On June 3 the book was featured on ABC "Nightline," in a profile about conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and his grandparents, Bessie and Boris Thomashevsky, founding stars of the Yiddish Theater.

Book Talks & Signings by Jack Gottlieb:
January 23, Congregation Agudas Achim, Austin, Texas
March 11, as part of the Centennial Forum on Harold Arlen, sponsored by the Chicago Humanities Festival at the Spertus Institute, Chicago.
March 20, sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania, at the National Constitution Center, Phildadelphia.
May 6, Temple Beth Emeth, Albany, NY.
June 1, Hebrew College, Newton, MA.
July 18, DePaul University, Chicago.