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Zehava Gal
Israeli born-American based mezzo-soprano. Teacher and Vocal coach. Discovered by Jennie Tourel. Studied voice at the Juilliard School of Music and Piano at the Rubin Academy in Jerusalem. Ms. Gal won prestigious awards such as the Paris and Munich International Voice Competition, and Young Concert Artists in NY. Gal has sung at top opera houses and festivals all over the world, such as La Scala, Paris, Covent garden, Vienna, Glyndebourne, Santa Fe, & Pesaro. Gal sung with conductors such as Von Karajan, Abbado, Mehta, and with major orchestras such as New York, Israel and the Berlin Philharmonic. Gal has appeared in the title role of Carmen in Peter Brook' s Theatre and Film production of La Tragedie de Carmen. Gal has recorded for major record labels including RCA, CBS, Philips and EMI. Since 1994, Ms. Gal holds a teaching position at the Westminster Choir College, Princeton, N.J., and a private studio in NYC. As an extremely well received master teacher, Gal has been invited to give Master Classes and Seminars at top conservatories and voice organizations around the world. For a more complete biography, see her website.
http://www.voicebygal.com/

Isabelle Ganz
American singer, composer and educator. Dr. Isabelle Ganz received her D.M.A. in Voice and Music Literature from the Eastman School of Music. She is Director of Music for Congregation Brith Shalom in Houston and is on the Voice Faculty of Lamar University in Beaumont, TX. In 1997 she was a Fulbright Scholar in Jerusalem and taught at Rubin Academy in Israel, and received a NEA Solo Recitalist grant in 1992. Dr. Ganz is a champion of contemporary music. She has performed as vocal soloist with Luciano Berio, John Cage, Lukas Foss, Gerard Schwartz and many other composers and conductors. One of the pioneers in the field of Sephardic music, her New York-based ensemble, ALHAMBRA, founded in 1981, has performed throughout the world. For 20 years she was a cantorial soloist for both Reform and Conservative congregations in the U.S., as well as in Winnipeg, Amsterdam and Munich. She has recorded for the Opus One, Leonarda, Mode, Spectrum, Aulos/Koch/Schwann, Master Musicians Collective and Technosaga labels. Ms. Ganz is listed in the International Who's Who in Music.
http://isabelleganz.org/

German Klezmer Pages
Provides reviews of CDs, recordings and concerts. Helpful in discovering some newer European bands and events. Includes concert schedules in German cities.
http://www.geocities.com/Broadway/1791/

George and Ira Gershwin
The official website of George and Ira Gershwin. This site includes an extensive bibliography of the writings by and about the Gershwins. The biographies are brief, but there is an excellent photo gallery and discography.
http://www.cmgww.com/music/gershwin/

Miriam Gideon
Information from the recording by CRI on the composer's works.
http://www.composersrecordings.com/cd/782.html

Miriam Gideon: A Jewish Pioneer
Anne Gray's article as published in the IAWM Journal, February 1997, pp. 20, full text.
http://music.acu.edu/www/iawm/articles/feb97/gray.html

Judy Caplan Ginsburgh
Professional Singer/Recording Artist/Educator.She majored in Vocal Performance from the Indiana University School of Music. Ginsburgh "presents over 100 concerts a year in schools, libraries, community centers, museums and festivals throughout North America." She has been a Louisiana State Roster Artist since 1988 and was named the Louisiana Professional Artist of the Year in 1999. "Judy is a three time Parents Choice Foundation Award winner and she has received a Seal of Approval from the National Parenting Center. Judy is a three time Parents Choice Foundation Award winner and she has received a Seal of Approval from the National Parenting Center." Ginsburgh created a new Jewish Early Childhood Music curriculum with CD called "My Jewish World" for the Union of Reform Judaism and Transcontinental Music.
http://www.judymusic.com/

Binyomin Ginzberg, See: Binyomin Ginzberg Trio

Memorial to
Srul Irving Glick

Links to websites dedicated to the life and works of Srul Irving Glick, recently deceased Canadian composer of Jewish music. Includes a short compiled biography.

Sam Glaser
New website for singer Sam Glaser. Pop/Rock Jewish music, and new-age-ortho. Sam Glaser is a singer/songwriter who specializes in religious texts as well as secular music. Nice, pleasant voice. Good arrangements. New CD's listed on website along with concert schedule and bio information.
http://samglaser.com/

Srul Irving Glick, Canadian Music Centre
The Canadian Music Centre includes a directory of composers that includes an online biography and list of selected works. These websites have both English and French versions.
http://www.musiccentre.ca/CMC/dac_rca/eng/f_/Glick_Srul_Irving.html

Srul Irving Glick
One of Canada's distinguished classical composers, Srul Irving Glick is also a prolific composer of Jewish music with special devotion to music of the synagogue. His website includes listings of recorded music, his published works and complete repertoire as well as this online biography.
http://www.snapmedia.com/srulirvingglick/bio/body_bio.html

Bob Gluck
Avant guarde composer and performer. American. Composes "musique concrete and live synthesizer performance systems (Buchla Electronic Music Box, Moog, Putney, and Arp Synthesizers)." Graduated from Yeshiva University (1984);Reconstructionist Rabbinical College (1989);Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2001). Directs the Electronic Music Studio and teaches Electronic Music and Judaic Studies at the University at Albany. Associate Director at the Electronic Music Foundation. Performances feature home-built interactive electronic instruments, including the multi-sensor 'eBoard'. Wrote essay on Jewish music that appeared in The Reconstuctionist: A Journal of Contemporary Thought and Practice
http://www.albany.edu/~gluckr/musicteaching.html

David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble
David Glukh Klezmer Ensemble announces a release of their first CD, which was recorded live, in New York, in February 2003. Release scheduled for an early April 2003.
http://www.glukh.com

Golden Land: Jewish Music for the World
Golden Land.com is a website that an agency for Jewish musicians. The agency represents artists from a spectrum of Jewish music, from Debbie Friedman to Mike Burstyn, to Michael Alpert, to Noa and to Mikveh. Golden Land was founded by Moishe Rosenfeld in 1988. The website features music clips by various artists, and a series of listings of current artist concerts.
http://www.goldenland.com/

Jerry Goldsmith
A Danish site about the movie composer with a listing of movie credits and awards.
http://www.filmmusic.dk/jerry.html

Gila Goldstein
Gila Goldstein, a concert pianist from Israel and working in New York has released a new CD Piano Works of Paul Ben Haim. Her website lists upcoming concerts, reviews of her performances and contact information.
http://www.gilagoldstein.com

David Gould: See Adonai and I

Gratz College
The M.A. in Jewish Music program provides advanced study in the field of Jewish music for teachers and supervisors of Jewish music programs, researchers, musicologists, choral directors, ritual directors, and hazzanim(cantors).
http://www.gratzcollege.edu/majmus.html

Noreen Green
Choral and orchestra conductor. Nowakowsky specialist. Conductor, Los Angeles Jewish Symphony. (founded in 1994.) DMA, University of Southern California. MM,California State University, Northridge. Conductor, American Jewish Choral Society, 1981-1990. Assistant Professor at CSUN, 1986-1992. West Coast Music Director of David Nowakowsky Foundation, 1992-1998. Music Director of Valley Beth Shalom Synagogue in Encino, 1993 to present. Opening ceremonies of the 2001 Maccabi Games, Philadelphia, conductor. Biography on website:Dr. Noreen Green .

Adrianne Greenbaum
American. Flautist. Professor of Music at Mt Holyoke College. Graduated Oberlin and Yale. Pianist. Founder (1995)and dance leader of The Klezical Tradition band. Solo Flutist of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra New England and the Wall Street Chamber Players. She has a klezmer website: http://www.klezmerflute.com and a biography is available through Mt. Holyoke at:
http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/music/profiles/greenbaum.html

Joy Katzen Guthrie
A cantorial soloist and performer in Florida for over 18 years, Ms. Guthrie concertizes widely and has seven recordings. She writes many original works which are included in her CD's. "Her concerts include liturgical music of the Jewish Kabbalists, Israeli and Yiddish folk tunes, musical stage and film works, and original songs, all of which she uniquely weaves together with history, storytelling, and song." Her website is up-to-date and inclusive of booking and travel information, as well as a bio and CD's, including some lyrics to her albums.
http://www.joyfulnoise.net/Joy.html

Michael Joseph Guzikow: An Introduction
Born Belarus, 1806. Died, Aachen, 1837. A 19th century klezmer musician who performed in Poland and Western Europe. For a fascinating story taken from the researchs of musicologists Joshua Horowitz and Marian Fuks, and presented by A. Jacobowitz, click on Guzikow: An Introduction.
http://www.rainlore.demon.co.uk/Guzikow/GuzikowArchs.html