Music by Mark Zuckerman

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"Zuckerman never runs out of ways to grab us by our lapels... [He] writes a piece so compelling ... that I want to listen to it again and again."

― Steve Schwartz, ClassicalNet CD Review

"Intriguing music of deceptive simplicity ... subtle, persuasive and ― quite simply ― beautiful."

― Glyn Pursglove, MusicWeb

"Highly accessible ... listeners are carefully guided through some very enjoyable musical metaphors ... quite moving."

― Mike D. Brownell, allmusic

"Jazzy shimmer ... used ... eloquently."

― Allan Kozinn, NY Times

Here you'll find...

	stuff about my music and about me,
	program notes,
	downloadable samples of my work, and
	notices for performances, recordings, etc.

including my Jewish music

	Yiddish songs arranged for a cappella chorus
	Yiddish and Hebrew choral music
	Jewishly-inspired instrumental music

What's new...

Concerts & Appearances

The Outlaw and the King segment on NJN TV's State of the Arts. See video.

Awards &
Commissions

	Renée B. Fisher commission, March 2009.
	Appointed Visiting Artist in the Department of Music, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, fall term 2008.
	Received grants from the G. R. Dodge and E. T. Cone Foundations to support the performance of The Outlaw and the King at Rutgers, 2008.
	Appointed Visiting Professor in the Department of Music, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University, fall term 2006.
	Awarded commission through the American Music Center's Live Music for Dance grants (sponsored by the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation) for a new work performed by flutist Bart Feller for the Randy James Dance Works in a new dance, "2 Out of 200," premiered February 16, 2006 at the State Theatre, New Brunswick, NJ and performed at Danspace in New York City, March, 2006.
	Awarded New Jersey State Council on the Arts Fellowship for 2004.

Recordings &
Publications

	New Music for Strings now available on MSR Classics.
	Raritonality now on CD.
	Mark Zuckerman Yiddish Choral Series now available from ECS Publishing.
	Because now available on MSR Classics.
	Renewal (trumpet and pipe organ) now available on CD.
	Festive Fanfare for brass quintet and *Shpatsír* for string orchestra now available from Ludwig Music.
	New Music for Wind Ensembles CD now available.
	*S'lichah* (organ solo) now available from Zimbel Press.
	Yiddish arrangements Dolye, Mayn rue-plats, *Di zun vet aruntergeyn* now available from Transcontinental Music.
	"Making Music Speak the Language: Challenges in Arranging Yiddish Songs for Chorus" published in the December 2003 issue of Koleinu, periodical of the American Conference of Cantors.
	The Year in Yiddish Song recorded by the Goldene Keyt Singers now available from Centaur Records.
	On the Edges recorded by pianist Peter Vinograde now available from Phoenix USA.
	Proverbs for Four at Fifty recorded by the Gregg Smith Singers now available from Living Artists.

This site was last updated 06/03/09