In 2009, Dr. Morton Gold (1933- ) donated his collection of music manuscripts, scrapbooks, publications, personal papers, and audio recordings to Florida Atlantic University Libraries. These materials relate to his professional life as a composer, writer, and teacher of music. Dr. Gold received a Bachelor of Music: Theory from Boston University in 1953, a Master of Arts in Teaching: Music Education from Harvard University in 1954, and a Doctor of Musical Arts: Composition from Boston University in 1960. He was a professor of Music at Nasson College in Springvale, Maine from 1964 until 1982. He has also taught at University of Southern Maine, the College of St. Joseph, Rutland High School, and Castleton State College, Vermont. While living in Vermont, Dr. Gold gave annual concerts of his own music at the Rutland Jewish Center and served as the organist and choir director at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church. Dr. Gold guest-conducted the Boston Pops Orchestra in his Rhapsody for Orchestra in 1954 and his Dedication Overture in 1959. His composition, Haggadah, was televised nationally by PBS in 1976. His abilities as a music educator were recognized in 2006 by the Vermont Music Educators Association when he received a Special Achievement Award for Significant Contributions to Music Education in Vermont. In May of 2010 Dr. Gold was honored by the Cantors Assembly of the United States and Canada with their Kavod Award for Creativity and Achievement in the Field of Jewish Sacred Music. Dr. Gold has been active in virtually every area of music throughout his career as a conductor, concert pianist, journalist, and educator. He currently resides in Maine and is still composing.
