Mark Gottlieb--
“…it was beautiful and the music was gorgeous. It seemed to make a big impression on the audience. Congratulations.” (Celeste Headlee – National Public Radio)
“…beautiful music. Miss work if you must to make this performance part of your day…” (The Chris Felcyn Show – WDET National Public Radio)
“…an honest lyricism, and taste for drama. … open hearted and songful.…the songs themselves are full of intriguing shades of light and dark.”
(Mark Stryker – The Detroit Free Press)
“…Magical, wondrous and beautiful, yet also cruel and confusing. Emotions that can be heard thru his music” (The Birmingham Eccentric)
Mark Gottlieb, a native of California, has composed for many different musical ensembles. From short pieces for solo instruments to larger chamber ensembles to full orchestral concertos, Gottlieb’s work has been performed in the U.S., Canada and in Europe as well as broadcast performances on National Public Radio and the Canadian Broadcast Corporation.
Among his works has been "...and Summers Lasted 1000 years" performed as a ballet, and his plaintive and powerful string quartet in d minor commissioned for a broadcast performance by the CBC.
Mr. Gottlieb is also currently collaborating on a musical project with the writer George Clayton Johnson (Logan’s Run, Twilight Zone, Ocean’s Eleven…).
His work may be reviewed at the following link: www.themusicofmarkgottlieb.com
Gordon Richiusa--
Richiusa’s Published Work History:
*Writer/Editorial Assistant, Peterson Publishing Company, STAR Magazine, 1974.
*Writer/Editor/Layout, (1) Associated Valley Publications, 1975-76.
*Research/writer, ABC NEWS SPECIAL, Let The Buyer Beware, Larry Price-- Newscaster, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1980.
*Education/Fiction/nonfiction Writer/Editor, (1) Vision/Revision, Author for Apple Corporation, writing program (current);
*NTS Software (total two dozen Children's stories with age-appropriate questionnaires), 1981-2.
*Published novels, articles, stories, and poems, including but not limited to: Death of the Panda, The Panda Chronicles, Shidoshi:The Four Ways of the Corpse, Sticks Have Power, Shoes Don’t, The Five Principles of Everything, Daily News, L.A. Times, L.A. Reader, L.A. Weekly, Boise Weekly, Arizona Magazine, Massage Magazine, HUSTLER MAGAZINE, Hunza Superior Health Recipes, Pacific Islander, Tales for the Trails, Destino Los Cabos, Home Magazine, Legends and Legacies (WorldWide Dojo.com), Blackbelt Magazine, Idaho Magazine, Guam Tribune, L&L Magazine (features and Bifocal Reviews).
*Script Writer/Director/Producer: (1) Sands of Time Racers (about Baja 1000); (2) Halloween Awqreness (PS video); (3) "This is Scouting", produced for Western Council Of Boy Scouts Of America, including comedy for Phyllis Diller, (4) Bifocals for Channel 6/L&L Magazine, (5) Bifocals for TVTV productions in Boise, ID
* In Development: (1) Panda Chronicles for television, (2) Shidoshi: television movie, (3) The Best Pizza in the World (documentary based upon previously published article),(4) Nothing Special, (series pilot produced by Rico Rose Productions, unfinished).
Member of The National Writers Union & The International Federation of Journalists
CLICK THE LINK TO see clips and links of Gordon at: www.fivebirdsmedia.blogspot.com