Education:

MA, Case Western Reserve University, 1963

BFA, University of Buffalo, 1958

- Orchestral and choral conducting work and study with George Szell and Robert Shaw

- Composition study with Aaron Copland and Carlos Chavez

Selected Professional Engagements:

Organist and Choirmaster, Fairmount Temple, Beachwood, OH [1991 - ]

Chorusmaster, Cleveland Opera [1992-2002]

Resident Music Director/Composer/Consultant, Cleveland Play House [1977-1990]

Music Director, Composer, Lyricist for NBC-TV's Hickory Hideout [1982-1990]

Organist and Choirmaster, St. Peter's Episcopal Church, Lakewood, OH [1987-2000]

Director of Music, The Temple, Cleveland, OH [1960-1983]

Organist, The Cleveland Orchestra [1961-1974]

Ass't. Prof. of Music and Artist in Residence, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH [1961-1974]

Music Director, National Opera Co., Raleigh, NC [1960-1961]

Professional Organizations [partial]:

American Federation of Musicians, local 4 [Cleveland]

ASCAP

American Guild of Organists [Member, Executive Committee, Cleveland Chapter]

College Music Society

NATAS

President of Swithin's Gate Music, Inc., a music services and production company.

Private voice teacher, specializing in the rehabilitation of the injured voice, and with students performing professionally internationally.

Three operas for young audiences, commissioned by Cleveland Opera, have been seen by over 400,000 people in nearly 2000 performances.

Awards:

1957 Fountain Street Church Anthem Competition [Lansing, Mich.]

1980 Cleveland Critics Circle Award for Excellence in Musical Direction

1987 EMMY - Individual Achievement in Music and Lyrics, NBC-TV's HICKORY HIDEOUT

1987 ASCAP Composer Awards [also 1989, 91, 95, 97, 98 & 2000]

1995 Cleveland Arts Prize in Music

2000 Cleveland Magazine - one of 2000's most interesting people

Recordings:

Musical Heritage Society: Organ Works of Johann Ludwig Krebs

Smooth News [Two volumes of jazz and R&B arrangements of old-time Gospel hymns]

The Cleveland JACQUES BREL IS ALIVE AND WELL

Numerous private issue recordings of concerts and broadcasts

Commissions [selected]:

Trinity Memorial Church, Warren, PA: Setting of the Episcopal Liturgy for Soli, Chorus, and Organ [1975]

The Temple, Cleveland, OH: Setting of the Sabbath Morning Liturgy for Cantor, Choir, Instruments, and Organ [1972]

Oberlin College, Richard Anderson, Baritone: Psalm Trilogy for Baritone and Piano [1980]

Cleveland Opera: THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW [opera for young audiences, music by DG; libretto by DG and Paul Lee - 1987]

Cleveland Opera: A TALE OF PETER RABBIT [opera for young audiences, music by DG; libretto be DG and Paul Lee - 1991]

Cleveland Opera: AN AESOP ODYSSEY [opera for young audiences, music and libretto be DG - 1997]