Composer-conductor Srul Irving Glick dies at 67

[Ethan Minovitz <eminovitz...>]

Srul Irving Glick dies at 67


TORONTO -- Srul Irving Glick, one of Canada's
most accomplished composers and conductors, died
Wednesday at 67 following a lengthy battle with
cancer.

In a career that lasted more than 40 years,
Glick's work covered a wide range from
instrumental and orchestral to vocal and choral
arrangements.

His work continues to be performed throughout
Canada, the United States and overseas.

Glick had a long association with CBC Radio,
where he spent 24 years recording, programming
and producing.

In 1993, he received a Governor General's medal
for his contribution to Canadian culture. He was
appointed a Member of the Order of Canada in
1994.

Born in Toronto in 1934 to parents who were
emigrés from Russia, Glick was a student of
famous French composer Darius Milhaud, and also
of John Weinzweig at the University of Toronto.
His father was a cantor in Toronto, and his
brother was a clarinetist of distinction.

Many of his compositions, such as his first and
second Suites Hébraïques and his song-cycle I
Never Saw Another Butterfly (on children's texts
 from concentration camps), were founded in his
Jewish faith.

He received numerous awards for his vocal and
choral music, including the J.I. Segal Award for
his contribution to Jewish music in Canada; the
Kavod Award, presented by the Cantors Assembly
of America, "for his lifelong dedication to the
music of the synagogue, to cantorial chant and
to cantors"; the Solomon Schechter Award,
presented to Beth Tikvah's music program by the
United Synagogue of America; and, in 1995, a
second gold Solomon Schechter award for the best
musical program for a synagogue in North America.

In 2001, he received the Ateret Kavod (Crown of
Honour) Award from the United Synagogue of
America.

Glick was proclaimed Composer in Residence of
Beth Tikvah Synagogue in Toronto, where he was
choir director since 1969.  His liturgical music
has been performed and recorded with this choral
group in Canada, the United States and Israel.
In 1993, Beth Tikvah released the first complete
compact disc of Glick's music for cantor and
choir, entitled "Beth Tikvah Sings," performed
by Cantor Efraim Sapir and the Beth Tikvah
choir.  In addition, Glick served as program
director of Jewish Music Toronto for four years
and, shortly before his death, was program
director of Musica Beth Tikvah, two concert
series of Jewish music in Toronto.

In 2000, Glick received the Yuvel Award,
presented by the Cantors Assembly of America,
for his "lifelong commitment to the composition
of music that captures the heart and touches the
soul."

All of Glick's papers and manuscripts are being
archived at the University of Calgary at its
special collections department.

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