An Evening with Julie Gold

Julie Gold is a New York Songwriter best known for Bette Midler’s version of her song FROM A DISTANCE which won the Grammy for Song of the Year in 1991. That song has since received close to 4 million air plays: • It has been recited into the Congressional Record (by Senator Barbara Boxer). • It has been recorded internationally and translated into many languages. • It has been illustrated as a Children’s Book and mass- produced in Music Boxes. • It has been quoted in books, calendars and greeting cards. • It was used as the wake-up call for astronauts in the Mir Space Station the very first time the Americans hooked up with the Russians in outer space. Gold has served on The Board of Governors for NARAS and is a guest artist for Lincoln Center’s prestigious Meet The Artist Series. She has 4 CDs documenting her work over the years: Dream Loud, Try Love, The Girl I Found and Love is Love is Love. Currently she is writing songs for the Oxford University Press for a series that teaches English to elementary school children all over the world. As the daughter of an immigrant, she sees this as her most meaningful endeavor to date. She performs and gives motivational speeches around the country.