The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience (MAJE) at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music is thrilled to present a variety of learning and listening opportunities online and in-person.
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Composer, choral conductor, and educator Max Helfman was born in Radzin (Radzyn), Poland, where his father was a local teacher and cantor in whose choir he sang as a child. He arrived in America at the age of eight and soon became a sought-after boy alto in New York orthodox synagogue choirs.
Read MoreOur virtual exhibit is a media-rich dive into the history and music of the early American Jewish experience. We invite you to listen and learn as you explore the early centuries of Jewish life in America.
Explore the ExhibitMay is National Chamber Music Month! Explore a collection of videos featuring the Milken Archive's collection of Chamber music.
ViewBorn in Brooklyn, baritone Robert Paul Abelson has long been a noted cantor and cantorial...
Living in the United States since 1980, Argentine-born bassist and composer Pablo Aslan is recognized...
Ofer Ben-Amots, who was born in Haifa, Israel, gave his first piano concert at age...
Juliana Gondek studied at the University of Southern California.
The American conductor Jorge Mester was born in Mexico City in 1935 to parents who...
The son of Portuguese immigrants, American violinist Elmar Oliveira was nine when he began studying...
“Shulamit Ran has never forgotten that a vital essence of composition is communication,” proclaimed critic...
Among the significant composers and conductors associated with Second Avenue Yiddish musical theater at its...
A graduate of the Mannes College of Music, soprano Nell Snaidas began her professional career...
Since 1969, the internationally acclaimed vocal sextet The Western Wind has devoted itself to the...
In 1498, when his court was transferred from Innsbruck to Vienna, the Hapsburg Holy Roman...
A native of Boston, baritone Nathaniel Watson is a graduate of the Eastman School and...
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