Rachel Gottlieb serves the pulpit of Temple Beth El in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. Committed to performing new works, she was the soprano soloist in premieres of Ever Since Babylon and Reconciliation by Samuel Adler, as well as Leave Song by Steve Ricks, featured at the 2000 conference for the Society of Composers. Gottlieb received a Master of Music degree in voice performance from University of Michigan, with degrees from Eastman School of Music and Interlochen Arts Academy.