2007 Events (featuring works by JG)
Candy Machine, cabaret song performed by Mary Carewe & Philip Mayers at the Auditorio Eduardo del Pueyo, Zaragoza, Spain on 26 May; and at the Ile de France Festival in Yvelines at the Abbaye des Vaux de Cernay on 23 Sept. To be recorded in late 2007.

Kaddish, two different settings, explored by Andrew Bernard in "Reform Judaism" magazine (Spring 2007 and online), with recording examples here.

Twilight Crane, 4 March, Kingsbury Woodwind Quintet of Marshall University, Huntington, WV.
16 December, The Las Vegas Wind Quintet, Reed Whipple Cultural Center, Las Vegas, NV.

Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish, reviews by Howard Pollack in "American Music," Vol. 24, No. 3;  Philip Miller in Musica Judaica, Vol. XVIII 2005-06; Stuart Isacoff in "Sheet Music Magazine," Spring 2007 (two large excerpts with examples).  See Book Reviews.  Also briefly noted in "The Journal of Film Music," Vol. 2, No. 1, Fall 2007.

Book talks: 14 Oct., 11 AM, Gershman Y, Philadelphia; 18 Nov., 3 PM, Temple Israel, New Rochelle, NY.  "Seven Prayers" was presented at Temple Israel, for the first time in English, by Cantors Erik Contzius & Helene Reps and organist Chris Creaghan at 16 Nov. service.

M'nucha v'simcha broadcast on WQXR-FM, 15 Jun.,  Cantor Lori Corrsin, Temple Emanu-El choir & Pedro d'Aquino, organ. 

Other News
In her one-woman show, "Tovah: Out of Her Mind!" Tovah Feldshuh bases her Gershwin monologue on Gottlieb's book, most recently in Florida (March 2007) and at the JCC in NYC (4/23/2007).

Only in America, Program 4:  "The Story of the Jews Who Created Tin Pan Alley," produced by The Radio Foundation and broadcast on National Public Radio, 2007.  Larry Josephson, host, with Jack Gottlieb & John Lahr.  Listen online here.