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LaGuardia High School Students in Ginsburg Song Competition! May 26, 2026
On May 26, 2026, twenty student vocalists from Mary Ann Swerdfeger's class sang selections from Gerald Ginsburg in a friendly competition. See some of the promising students in action in the video! ...
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Coming up in May! LaGuardia High School Ginsburg Song Competition
The Herman, Rebecca, and Gerald Ginsburg Foundation is pleased to announce the launch of the “Ginsburg Song Competition” for high school students studying voice and musical theater at the Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music and Art and Performing Arts, a public school in Manhattan. Coming in May, 2026, the competition will offer $1000, $750, and $500 prizes to the top three students who prepare and perform one of Ginsburg’s songs. As part of this competition, students will also have access to vocal coaching by our Artistic Director Paul Lincoln, a seasoned performer, arranger, and producer of Ginsburg’s work. Collaborations such as these affirm our commitment to music education and meaningfully extend Ginsburg’s legacy of working with and supporting young singers. We seek to extend similar opportunities to other schools and locales. If you are a student, teacher, or administrator who is interested in partnering, please use our contact page to get in touch....
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Ginsburg Repertoire Prize at the NATS 59th National Conference
On July 3-7th, 2026, The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) will hold their biennial National Conference in San Antonio, TX. The association’s premier professional development event brings together hundreds of voice teachers, student singers, collaborative pianists, researchers and industry professionals from North America and around the world. One of the highlights of the conference is the final rounds of National Student Auditions in Classical, Commercial Music and Musical Theatre categories. For the first time, the Gerald Ginsburg Repertoire Prize ($1000) will be awarded to a student who performs one of Gerald Ginsburg's compositions in their audition. Good luck to all young singers!...
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Arts Ignite | Broadway Sitzprobe Experience
Arts Ignite is a non-profit arts programming organization enabling young people to discover the joy and power of making art—to find their voices, tell their stories, and transform their lives. On February 9th, 2026, in partnership with Arts Ignite and the New York City Department of Education, we were thrilled to present a Broadway Sitzprobe Experience featuring the theater lieder of Gerald Ginsburg. Five extraordinary high school students experienced singing with a live orchestra for the first time surrounded and supported by Broadway stars, professional musicians, and their proud families and mentors...
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The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) announces Gerald Ginsburg Repertoire Prize
The Herman, Rebecca, and Gerald Ginsburg Foundation is thrilled to announce a new partnership with The National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS) with to establish the Gerald Ginsburg Repertoire Prize. This annual award will honor performances of Gerald Ginsburg’s vocal works at the National Student Auditions....
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The World of Musical Theatre from the West End to Broadway and Beyond
This one took me completely unawares. Until now the name Gerald Ginsburg meant absolutely nothing to me. I feel sure I am not alone. This largely forgotten American was born in 1932, into a world in which Gilbert and Sullivan and Jerome Kern was the popular music of the day and, inspired by their ability to tell stories through music and make words 'sing, he quietly, unassumingly, created what he referred to as 'the music of poetry' or better yet Theatre Lieder. ...
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N’Kenge Foundation Benefit Gala
The Rebecca, Herman, and Gerald Ginsburg Foundation is proud to be a sponsor of the N'Kenge Foundation's inaugural gala event on on November 22, 2024, at The Cutting Room in NYC! Selections of Ginsburg's music will be performed....
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Sound Advice Review by Rob Lester
Here's a welcome, classy and gorgeous discovery: 24 poems by such iconic writers as Percy Bysshe Shelley, Langston Hughes, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and e. e. cummings that were set to striking music by the late Gerald Ginsburg, recorded by up-for-the-task actor-singers who include Broadway veterans. Only occasionally does a performance have the heavy air of a distancingly formal "art song" recital. Generally, the interpretations are refreshingly accessible, emotionally vulnerable, and nuanced. If you are poetry-phobic, don't hesitate to give Parting Gift: The Songs of Gerald Ginsburg a chance. It's a bonanza of beauty and tenderness, gracefully executed....
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The Album is Here! Parting Gift: The Songs of Gerald Ginsburg (PS Classics, 2024)
Our new album of Gerald Ginsburg's songs is out now! Stream it on Spotify, Apple Music, Tidal, or purchase on iTunes and Amazon. Read more, and view lyrics and personnel on the Parting Gift section of our website. Or, preview the album at psclassics.com. Be in touch and let us know what you think!...
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Coming Soon! Parting Gift: The Songs of Gerald Ginsburg
PS Classics, the label dedicated to the heritage of Broadway and American Popular Song, will release Parting Gift: The Songs of Gerald Ginsburg — a sumptuous all-star treasury at the crossroads of musical theatre and art song — on CD and in digital formats on Friday, June 21....
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