Born in New York in 1946, Giteck teaches music and women's studies at Cornish College of the Arts (1979-present); was composer-in-residence with Relache Ensemble/Music in Motion (1993-94); was lead-artist for Arts Regional Transit Project - Municipality of Seattle (1992-93); and Music Specialist - Seattle Mental Health Institute - (1986-91). She is described as "among those who recognize the nurturing and restorative powers of music...transpacific works that are spacious, reflective...always ripe with intense emotional energy...gorgeously absorbing..." San Francisco Bay Guardian. "All are infused with spirituality and a keen sense of ritual...shows an intense insight as well as a vigorous sense of wonder and homor." Option Magazine. "Much of her music just hangs in the air...it is touched by light...it glows transparently." Seattle Weekly. Giteck's music has been performed and broadcast throughout the United States, Europe, Canada, India, Japan and Australia, and has been featured in two PBS films for "American Experience". Awards and commissions have come from the National Endowment(s) for the Arts and Humanities, the French Government, Meet the Composer/Readers Digest, the San Francisco Symphony, the California Arts Council, Seattle Arts Commission, King County Arts Commission, Music America - San Francisco and Seattle, and Gaudeamus in Holland. She attended Mills college (B.A .and M.A., Music), Paris Conservatory and Antioch University (M.A., Psychology). She has also studied with Darius Milhaud, Olivier Messiaen and Rebecca Weinstock.
Features performances of Om Shanti, Tapasya, Leningrad Spring and HOME (revisited) for men's chorus and gamelan. Performances by the New Performance Group - Matthew Kocmieroski, Director/Percussionist; Gamelan Pacifica - Jarrad Powell, Director; Philandros (Seattle Men's Chorus) - Dennis Coleman, Director (with featured soloists Thomasa Eckert, soprano, Paul Taube, flute, Roger Nelson, piano and Mimi Dye, viola.) Released in 1992 by New Albion Records, the album is "Dedicated in prayer to benefit people living with AIDS." All royalties, performance fees and other contributions are donated to The Names Project and to Seattle Men's Chorus Family AIDS Project. Kyle Gann, of The Village Voice, chose HOME (revisited) as one of two "pick hits" for the 1992 Consumers Guide: "It's time East Coaster quit asking 'Who?' when I rave about Seattle's Giteck."