Dr. Elaine Broad Ginsberg

Dr. Elaine Broad Ginsberg received her collegiate degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, Oberlin College, Ball State University, and a doctorate from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. Now in her 18th year at KSC, Dr. Ginsberg teaches many courses, including Western Music History, History of Jewish Music, and summer sessions of Music Theory and Aural Skills. She was the Choral Director at Hampshire College in Massachusetts from 2001-2017. Previously, she taught at Interlochen Arts Academy in Michigan for eight years, where she conducted the Chamber Singers and led the Theory and Composition program.

Dr. Ginsberg presently serves as the conductor of Mak'hela, the Jewish Chorus of Western MA, an ensemble which performs regularly in the Western MA region.  Some of Dr. Ginsberg's choral conducting highlights in the past have included conducting the Hampshire College Chorus in front of the Dalai Lama and an audience of 5000 in 2007 at Smith College in Massachusetts. She has also conducted at the International Choral Festival in St. Moritz, Switzerland while in graduate school.

Dr. Ginsberg is a published composer of choral music. Her most well-know work is an arrangement of the Hebrew song by Nurit Hirsh entitled "Oseh Shalom" which has sold over 6000 copies of sheet music to date.  It is featured on Chicago a cappella's recording "Days of Awe and Rejoicing: Radiant Gems of Jewish Choral Music" and was performed by the professional men's choir Cantus during its 2015 American tour. Dr. Ginsberg's music has received many performances in colleges, high schools, community choirs, and synagogues, as well at several music festivals, most notably the ACDA (American Choral Directors Association). She has been the recipient of numerous awards for her compositions, including the Guild of Synagogue Musicians and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. She has also been commissioned to write many pieces for synagogue and community choirs, including the Five College Choral Festival (Mass.), and was also commissioned to write a piece for the International Clarinet Society for its annual convention in 1991. Her music has been heard on WQXR in New York and WFCR in Massachusetts.