2008 Events

The Jewish Americans, documentary shown in three 2-hour installments on PBS in January.  Gottlieb appeared in a discussion of Irving Berlin on 16 Jan. 

Presidential Suite, Seattle Choral Company, Fred Coleman, director, Town Hall, Seattle, WA 9 & 10 Feb. 2008. 

Downtown Blues for Uptown Halls, Meredith Stone, soprano, Thomas Osuga, piano, Mara Plotkin, clarinet, Diller-Quaile School of Music, NYC, 12 Mar. 2008.

Note on Candide by Gottlieb was published in the program for the 2008 Production of Bernstein's Candide at New York City Opera. 

Duet of Hope, 4 May 2008.  Alecia Batson, soprano.  Old South Church, Boston.

Presidential Suite, 17 May 2008.  Opus 7, Loren Pontén, conductor.  St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle.

Tefilot Sheva, Cantor Judith Naimark, and David Christopher, piano.  Delaware Valley Chorale concert, "New Songs Of Praise."  Grace Methodist Church, Wilmington, DE, 18 May 2008.  

Gottlieb's book Funny, It Doesn't Sound Jewish is being used for university courses in the U.S. and England.  It also is the basis for a 2007-08 course in a learning program for seniors: University Without Walls, sponsored by Dorot, a social service organization.  The San Francisco Public Library has also listed it as recommended reading on its website.  

Book Talk, Temple Emanu-El of Westchester. Rye, NY.  Gottlieb music was featured on the evening service that preceeded it. 13 June 2008. 

Book Review from "Lied und populare Kultur" Journal: ". . . [the] book offers such an amplitude of substance and evidence that it displays an indispensable reference for further studies on popular music in the USA in the first half of the 20th century."

Broadcast on WQXR-FM, NYC:  Three Candle Blessings and Set Me As a Seal, 3 October 2008;  Yevarechecha on 8 October; Haiku Souvenirs and Presidential Suite in November.

As part of the Bernstein: The Best of All Possible Worlds Festival, Gottlieb wrote and narrated Leonard Bernstein: A Jewish Legacy, a concert of little-known songs, choral, and piano works alongside more celebrated pieces, Jewish Museum, NYC, 23 October 2008.  First performances of "It's the Jews" (realized by JG from an LB sketch) and "A Choral Quilt" (Concept & Arrangement by JG).  Vocalists Robert Abelson, Andres Felipe Aristizabal, Heather Buck and Janice Meyerson, Amor Artis Chamber Choir directed by Johannes Somary, Birk-Hoke piano duo. Concert repeated at the Center for Jewish History, NYC, 6 November. See www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c345_a13674/The_Arts/Music.html.

See CarnegieHall.org/Bernstein for videos of people in Bernstein's life, including Gottlieb.  For entry, hit multimedia on top.

Presidential Suite, Waukegan Concert Chorus, Sylvanus T. Tyler III, Director, First Presbyterian Church, Waukegan, IL, 1 November.  "In the Jungle," John Alexander Singers, Samueli Theater, Orange County Performing Arts Center, Santa Ana, CA, 8 & 9 November. 

Broadcasts of Presidential Suite: 01/03/08 and 11/05/08 on WNYC-FM, NYC; 11/04/08 on WGBH-FM, Boston.

Songs of Godlove, 3 selections. As part of a Marc Chagall exhibit, Museum of Biblical Art, NYC, 6 December, 3 PM.  Dominique Boucard, soprano and Bernadette Hoke, piano.