Ben Steinberg was a composer, conductor, organist, and music educator from Canada. He is known for his contributions to Jewish music and is a member of the Canadian League of Composers and an associate of the Canadian Music Centre.
Steinberg has presented many programs of Jewish music for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, including some of his compositions, as well as similar programs in lecture-recitals throughout Canada, the United States, Australia, and Japan. Steinberg has also written articles about Jewish music for several publications. Several of his original manuscripts and papers are housed in the University of Calgary library.
Steinberg was a founding member of the Guild of Temple Musicians, an American Conference of Cantor’s affiliate. The GTM named their most prestigious award for young Jewish composers, the Ben Steinberg Young Composer Award, after Steinberg. Steinberg was a featured composer for Transcontinental Music Publications, the largest and oldest publisher of Jewish music, and an honorary member of the American Conference of Cantors.
Ben Steinberg’s Cause of Death
The cause of death Steinberg has not yet been revealed.