Her voice teacher, Rudolf Bautz, encouraged her to use her range of more than three-and-a-half octaves also for higher dramatic soprano roles, such as Leonore in Beethoven's Fidelio, and the title roles of Elektra and Salome by Richard Strauss, and of Puccini's Tosca and Turandot. Gilmore has also sung rarely performed operas such as Fosca by Antonio Carlos Gomes, which was first performed at La Scala in Milan in 1873. In concert, Gilmore has performed the Vier letzte Lieder by Richard Strauss, in Mahler's Third Symphony, in the Alto Rhapsody by Brahms, and Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder. From the beginning of her career Gilmore gave concerts with piano accompaniment, in which she sang songs by American composers and some arrangements of Gospels and spirituals. In 2002 Gilmore founded the Oldambster Musikfestival in Bellingwolde, the Netherlands and for six years she invited artists from all over the world to participate. The music from this festival extended from opera and musicals to jazz, Gospel and blues. Starting in 2007 until 2012, Gail Gilmore was teaching at the private music school, SMU in Munich, where she taught voice in the fields of opera, musicals, jazz, pop and Gospel. Since the summer semester of 2010, she has also taught as a guest professor at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt, in the Department of Social Psychology. She lectured on children and youth behavior programs as part of the academic projects on "Musical Therapy for Youths with Behavioral Disturbances, together with Professor Gunter Adams, Head of the Children and Youth Behavior Support Program of Wuerzburg. In addition to that, she has worked closely together with the Dean, Professor Rainer Wiestner, on projects covering the theme of "Re-socialization and Threataening Behavior", combined directly to programs on "Music in Prison" with on-site prison lectures and music demonstrations. There was also the subject of "Freedom and Chains", with the theme of "The History of Slavery", accompanied by examples of subject relevant music. Since 2013 until 2018, Gilmore is teaching Voice at Kreativ Musik Forum in Munich. Gail Varina Gilmore has been awarded the Honorary Doctorate Degree of Fine Arts from her Alma Mater, Xavier University of Louisiana in New Orleans. The award was presented during the University`s Ninety-Second Annual Commencement Ceremony on May 11, 2019. Recordings Gail Gilmore Sings Famous Opera Arias 1992 (Verdi Records) Gail Gilmore sings Gershwin 1993 (Sony) Gail Gilmore sings Verdi: Composizioni da camera per