Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz

Gladys Smuckler Moskowitz (born 1928) is an American singer, composer and teacher. She graduated from Brooklyn College with bachelor's and master's degrees, and worked as a teacher, choir director and composer. As Gladys Young she performed in the United States and Europe as a folk singer. In 2003 her chamber opera The Fountain of Youth, based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," won a special commendation at the Nancy Van de Vate International Opera Competition for Women. Her music is performed internationally.

Works
Moskowitz is known for songs and chamber opera. Selected works include:
 * Grass, on a poem by Carl Sandburg
 * Chicken Little, The Sky Is Falling! A Satirical Chamber Opera, performed by Bluegrass Chamber Orchestra and Opera, Lexington, Kentucky, 2009.
 * More than a Voice
 * The Fountain of Youth, chamber opera
 * Three Love Songs on Poems of Sara Teasdale: "Joy"; "Advice to a Girl"; "Gifts." Premiere in New York City, 2008.
 * Psalm 23, for piano, oboe, cello and voice
 * The Masque of the Red Death, music drama in two acts after Poe
 * The Buried Life, for mezzo-soprano and piano
 * Three Songs of Passion, for piano, flute, cello, and voice; on poems by Cheryl Yuzik