Greta Gertler Gold

Composer | Lyricist | Performer

Greta is an award-winning composer, lyricist, performer, and producer who has worked across the USA, Australia, and Europe. In February 2023, she presented her show Characters at Lincoln Center, a one-night concert gala featuring her original songs, accompanied by a string quartet and singers from across the off-Broadway, pop, and jazz spectrum.

Greta is currently developing a new musical adaptation of Picnic at Hanging Rock with playwright Hilary Bell. The musical has been developed at Hayes Theatre in Sydney following grants from Hayes and Create NSW, and has since been presented in concert at the Lincoln Center. In 2022, she composed the music for Alphabetical Sydney, produced by Riverside Parramatta and Critical Stages.

In 2019, Greta composed music for and musically directed a musical adaptation of Shaun Tan's The Red Tree at the Sydney Opera House and Arts Centre Melbourne, originally commissioned, and produced by the National Theatre of Parramatta with Hilary Bell. 2019 also saw the first NYC production (in concert mode) of Greta's musical Triplight for which she wrote music/lyrics and collaborator, playwright Alexandra Collier (book/lyrics) were awarded residencies at UCROSS Foundation (Wyoming), Rhinebeck Writers Retreat and SPACE at Ryder Farm in 2012-2013, and workshops/ readings at The Tank (2017) and New Georges (2014). In addition to the her stage work, Greta leads a band called The Universal Thump with her husband, drummer-producer, Adam D Gold. 

Greta has twice been featured on NPR's 'Song of the Day'. She was awarded an Australia Council for the Arts Grant to tour in support of her concept album, Edible Restaurant She is also a multi-platinum-selling, ARIA Award winning songwriter for other artists, having co-penned the hits, Blow Up the Pokies  and Charlie #3 (performed by rock band The Whitlams). Her songs have been performed at the Sydney Opera House by The Whitlams and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, and featured in the score of musical Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You (Hayes Theatre, Sydney 2014).     

Greta was a 2022 resident at Yaddo and a 2020 Jonathan Larson Grant Finalist. She has also participated in residencies at The Orchard, Ars Nova's Uncharted Program, and the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop. In addition to her stage work, Greta has composed and produced music for films, TV shows, and ads, including the short film Teeth (2019). Recently, she directed the music video for Alice Bierhorst’s Not Like the Movies and produced her orchestral pop album The Beacon with Adam D Gold.

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