Reviews

The Detroit Free Press - January 16, 2005
Mark Stryker, a respected Detroit area music critic wrote a wonderful review of Mark's new CD, the "Woodworker's Son" as a preview of his CD presentation concert/party at Border's Books and Music in Birmingham, Michigan. [see article]

The Detroit News - July 7, 2002
Neal Rubin of the Detroit News wrote a charming article of some or Mark's personal moments in the paper. Read it for fun!

The Detroit Free Press - January 30, 2002
The Detroit Free Press wrote a preview of Mark's concert to benefit RAWA (The Revolutionary Association of Afghan Women). For more details, [see article] or read concert announcement.

The Detroit Free Press - March 17, 2000
Mark Gottlieb appeared in a major Detroit Newspaper, The Detroit Free Press, which discussed the creation of "Un Encuentro" in detail. [see article]
To view a scanned image of the actual article in JPEG click here.

The Oakland Press - September 1999

A preview of the world premiere of "Un Encuentro" written by John Guinn, a well respected local music critic, appeared in The Oakland Press. The article gives more background on the creation of "Un Encuentro". [see article]

Past Events:

October 2nd, 2004 8:00pm @ Birmingham Temple - Vivace Chamber Music Series Concert
On Saturday evening, 8:00 pm, October the 2nd, the Vivace Chamber Music Series featuring noted soprano Jennifer Larson, accompanied by James Wilhelmsen and the Greater Detroit Chamber Ensemble, presented an evening of vocal music by Mark Gottlieb, Robert Schumann and Francis Poulenc.
There were also two instrumental works by Gottlieb which were performed by cellist Nadine Deleury with the composer on piano.
Refreshments and an afterglow followed the concert.
The concert was held at the
      Birmingham Temple
      28611 West Twelve Mile, Farmington Hills.
      (Located on the south side of Twelve Mile Road between Inkster and Middlebelt).

October 3, 2003 7:30pm @ 1st Baptist Church of Ferndale - The Wonderful American Folk Music Concert
A most unique and wonderful folk music concert took place Friday, October the 3rd at 7:30 at the 1st Baptist Church of Ferndale.

Performers included Detroit Music Award winners Stuart Francke, Liz Larin, Robert Tye, Jan Krist and cellist Nadine Deleury. Also featured were singer/songwriter Michael King, Lettie Alston (pianist and composer in residence at Oakland University), soprano Celeste Headlee (who you may know from from WDET), The Lazar/Rottenberg guitar flute duo, soprano Glenda Kirkland and The Greater Detroit Chamber Ensemble (members who perform with the Michigan Opera Theater Orchestra and the Detroit Symphony).

Hosted by composer and performer Mark Gottlieb, this evening was one of the most unique musical events in recent times. It has been Gottlieb's wish to create a concert of some of the more enduring songs in American's musical history combined with some of the finest performers in the Detroit Metropolitan area. The evening featured songs that are not connected to any particular songwriter or personality but rather songs that have become part of this land's deep musical legacy. What made the evening so unique is that they were performed in the wonderful and individual styles of the evening's performers.

The audience heard Stuart Francke's haunting performance of "Shenandoa" and Gottlieb's heart rending arrangement of "A Cowboy's Lament" (The Streets or Laredo) for voices and chamber orchestra. This concert was filled with many wondrous renditions of many great musical treasures.

1st Baptist Church of Ferndale
1841 Pinecrest
Northwest corner of 9 Mile and Pinecrest

January 30-31, 2004 - Macomb Ballet Company @ Macomb Center for Performing Arts
The Macomb Ballet Company presented 4 performances of " Un Encuentro " as a full length ballet at the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts late January 2004. (details)

Sunday February 16th, 2003 3:00 PM - Tuesday Musicale Concert@ Birmingham Unitarian Church
Jennifer Larson premiered Mark's Song Cycle for soprano, piano and string quartet.

Sunday January 26th, 2003 7:00pm - Chamber Music at the Scarab Club@ Scarab Club in Detroit
On Sunday, January 26th at 7:00pm, the Chamber Music at the Scarab Club presented Mark Gottlieb's "Sextet (for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano)" featuring Pauline Martin and Brian Bowman.

Saturday February 2, 2002 8:00PM - Benefit Concert for RAWA@ Birmigham Unitarian Church
Mark hosted a very special benefit concert for the Revolutionary Association of Afghan Women (RAWA). The concert was a smashing success, and extra chairs had to be brought out to accomodate the 300+ that attended. The event also raised $.00+ which will be used for educational materials at a number of schools for women and girls in refugee camps in Pakistan and hopefully soon, in Afganistan. A wide variety of musical styles were performed Saturday night, February 2nd, 2002 at 8:00pm at the Birmingham Unitarian Church in Birmingham, Michigan.
Performers included Canadian concert pianist Pauline Martin, Brazilian soprano Mirna Rubim, folk artist Jan Krist, jazz guitarist Bob Tye, the exciting and unique rock-and-roll of Stewart Franke, vocalist Liz Larin, soprano Pamela Schiffer A number of works of Mark Gottlieb, including excerpts from " Un Encuentro " and a new String Quartet entitled "I'll Never Return" was performed while Liz Larin read the poem of the same title by Meena, founder of RAWA who was executed by Islamic fundamentalists during a protest for the rights of Afghan women in 1988.

Click here to read the Detroit Free Press article about the concert.
For information on RAWA, visit their website at www.RAWA.org.

Sunday February 24th, 2002 7:00pm - Chamber Music at the Scarab Club@ Scarab Club in Detroit
On Sunday, February 24th at 7:00pm, the Chamber Music at the Scarab Club presented soprano Valerie Yova who performed Mark Gottlieb's "Is This Eden?" as part of the program. For information about the Scarab Club concerts please see the the Scarab Club website.

January 21, 2001 3:00 PM - Tuesday Musicale Concert@ The Grosse Pointe Memorial Church
This concert featured the work of 4 Michigan composers to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Detroit.
A number of Mark's compositions were performed at this concert, including excerpts from "Un Encuentro" and the premiere of his "Sextet for Clarinet, String Quartet and Piano". [see details]

CD Release party at Harmony House Classical for Un Encuentro
November 11, 2000 3:30 PM ~ 6:00 PM
The CD Release Reception was a huge success! Great music and delicious food were enjoyed by all. An estimated 250 people or more visited, and many CDs were sold.
For those who made the party, thank you for making it such a wonderful experience. For those who could not make it, you were missed, but hopefully you can attend other musical events coming up. Also, a special "thank you" to Bill Close of Harmony House for hosting the party.