Jordan E. Spivack
Jordan E. Spivack: I'm a composer/lyricist who lives in Nanuet, NY, where I am a full time private piano teacher. Born in Brooklyn, NY, I started piano lessons at age 5 after my parents Sophie and Gershon discovered I had the gift of music composition. At 10 years old I studied piano and music theory (for 3 years) at Cornell University. I was a member of the rock band The Creation while in HS in Cortland, NY. After receiving a BM degree from Ithaca College, I went on to receive my MM in composition, theory and piano from Indiana U. Since then I have written many pop songs, classical, new age and jazz tunes, 2 musicals for children, and the opera: "A Better Way", with libretto by Joseph P. Lanzone. I am also the composer/lyricist of The Red Ribbon Theme Song: “Hands Across The Universe”, which has been learned and performed by over 15,000 students K–12 in New York State in the past 13 years. My instrumental pieces, "Groov 2 U" (jazz category) and "Rondo for Clarinet and Piano" (instrumental category), both received Honorable Mention in the 2007 Unisong International Songwriting Contest, my "Rondo for Clarinet and Piano", with William Marzullo on clarinet, was a Top 10 Finalist in the OPEN/AOG category of The 3rd Annual International Acoustic Music Awards (IAMA), my children's song, "Echo, The Gecko", won Honorable Mention in the 2008 Malibu Music Awards, and was recognized as a Top 10 Finalist in the 2006 USA Songwriting Competition; my New Age composition, "Romance On Moonlit Bay", was named a Top 5 New Age category Finalist in the 2007 Independent Music Awards; my piano composition, "Fantasie Diabolique", was a Top 20 Finalist/Instrumental in the Unisong 2005 International Songwriting Contest; and my piano piece, "Toccata", won 4th Prize/Instrumental category in the Unisong 2003 ISC. My original solo instrumental CDs include "Think Lovely Thoughts" (2007), “My Provincetown" (2006), "Shimmer" (2004), "World Trade Center Suite", "Symmetry", "Pictures Of Me", and "Red Ribbon Collection".