At Hebrew Union College, sacred music is both a tradition and a living, evolving art form. They spoke with four of their distinguished faculty composers, Elana Arian, Cantor Gerald Cohen, Cantor Jonathan Comisar ’00, and Cantor Benjie Ellen Schiller ’87, who are shaping Jewish music through composition, teaching, and performance. Each brings a unique voice […]
The New Recording of an Important Opera Composed by a Jewish Theological Seminary Assistant Professor in the H. L. Miller Cantorial School The recording of Steal a Pencil for Me, an opera by composer Gerald Cohen (Assistant Professor, H. L. Miller Cantorial School) and librettist Deborah Brevoort, has just been released on Sono Luminus Recordings. Read […]
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion is thrilled to present a special Q&A with HUC-JIR faculty member Cantor Gerald Cohen, the composer of Steal a Pencil for Me, an opera in two acts that captures one of the Holocaust’s most poignant love stories. Created by Cantor Cohen and librettist Deborah Brevoort, the opera is set against […]
HUC-JIR is thrilled to announce the recipients of two awards made possible by the Dr. Jack Gottlieb Jewish Music Studies Endowment Fund, selected by a committee of staff and faculty from the Debbie Friedman School of Sacred Music. This generous gift celebrates two composers, one an emerging talent in new Jewish music and another an […]
Below is the preview of the recent world premiere of my work Adonai, where shall I find you? by Betsy Schwarm:
Read the full review at Gerald Cohen, Voyagers, New Music for String Quartet, Clarinet and Trombone, Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music Review. “What matters in the end is the authentic and dedicated performativity of it all, the highly crafted and careful building of a particular work from the ground up with great care, skill, and eloquently inventive […]
Psalm 121, which gave Rabbi Jeffrey Myers solace in the wake of the tragedy, has been set to music in a piece commissioned by the Tree of Life congregation and composed by Gerald Cohen. Learn more about the piece: A PSALM FOR PITTSBURGH – ESA EINAI (PSALM 121) Learn more about the November 8th premiere […]
Timeliness in works of art is an uncertain thing. A headline may inspire a piece, but by the time the public sees the work, later developments may have passed it by. Conversely, a worthy work of general interest may be lifted by events to a more acute kind of significance… Learn more about the piece: […]
The Defiant Requiem Foundation is set to present the world premiere of Gerald Cohen’s “they burn, the fires of the night: lamentations from the ashes” on Oct. 25, 2023 at the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College in New York City.
My newest album ‘Voyagers‘ has been out in the universe for about three months now, and it’s been getting some wonderful coverage. I’ve also had the pleasure of sitting down with David Osenberg, WWFM’s Music Director and Host of award-winning Cadenza to talk about ‘Voyagers’ and my artistic life. Reviews: Musical Voyages, Review by ‘All […]