Gutkin specializes in bluegrass, Klezmer, and Irish folk genres. She holds a Bachelor of Music in classical violin from the
Aaron Copland School of Music at
Queens College. In 2002, Gutkin joined
The Klezmatics with the release
Rise Up! Shteyt Oyf! and remains a performing and composing member, notably having written the music for the acclaimed track off
Wonder Wheel, "Gonna Get Through This World". This album would win The Klezmatics a
Grammy Award for Best Contemporary World Music Album in 2007.
Gonna Get Through This World was also notably performed with
Arlo Guthrie at
Carnegie Hall during Thanksgiving of 2004 at “The Annual Holiday Concert: Arlo Guthrie with Special Guest the Klezmatics and Abe Guthrie, Sarah Lee Guthrie and Johnny Irion.”. Gutkin has performed and/or recorded with
John Cale,
Rod MacDonald,
Jane Siberry and the Irish artists
Tommy Sands and
Cathie Ryan. Gukin also composed for the 2017 short film,
Summer, written and directed by
Pearl Gluck, and is the composer for Gluck's 2019 film,
Write Me, written by Pearl Gluck and Deborah Kahan Kolb. In 2019, Gutkin produced and recorded on
Indecent (Original Broadway Cast Recording). Released by Yellow Sound Label on January 28, 2019, the album featured the return of the original Broadway cast for a full recording of all the compositions of Indecent and was produced by Gutkin herself, Michael Croiter, and Aaron Halva. ==Partial discography==