News Items
REDISCOVER Yehudi Wyner…and Our Passover Music Giveaway Returns
March 21, 2017
*Update: *Our Passover Giveaway promotion has ended. Yehudi Wyner is one of America’s most decorated composers. Among his more than 100 compositions for orchestra, chamber ensembles, chorus, and solo voices and instruments are several profound meditations on Jewish experience.
From Refuge to Renewal — A New Virtual Exhibit
March 07, 2017
The first Jewish voices in the new world almost didn’t make it. As Sephardim, they were evicted from Spain and fled to Amsterdam, from which they later sailed to Brazil. Fearing a new Inquisition there, they fled once again to New Amsterdam in 1654.
REDISCOVER Jack Gottlieb: A Bernstein "Disciple"
February 22, 2017
Though Jack Gottlieb (1930–2011) was fascinated by music from a young age, his musical calling came later.
Radio Sefarad Interview with Curator Jeff Janeczko
February 10, 2017
Radio Seferad's English Corner host Linda Jimenez was joined by our curator, Jeff Janeczko, to talk about the Milken Archive's founding, collections, and themes. Listen to the entire *20 minute interview here. *
Exploring the Intersection of Liturgy, Jazz Blues and Rock
February 07, 2017
In the 1960s, music was at the center of a massive cultural shift in America, led by young activists and artists, with prominent Jewish participants on both sides of the equation.
REDISCOVER: Instrumental Elegies of Memory
January 24, 2017
When composer Joelle Wallach stood atop the watchtower at the Birkenau death camp on a cool, rainy day, she looked out over the remnants of dilapidated smokestacks and perceived a “forest of chimneys.
A Preview of 2017 with Curator Jeff Janeczko
January 10, 2017
2016 was a fulfilling year for the Milken Archive. We launched a new website, gave away over 10,000 tracks, and gained thousands of new fans. But it is not wise to dwell too much on the past.
A Hanukkah Full of Life and Light
December 21, 2016
Hanukkah begins Saturday evening, and ends on January 1st of next year! So we'd like to share two more items to brighten your holidays.
2016 Good as Gelt Jewish Music Giveaway
December 06, 2016
This Hanukkah, EVERYONE WINS nine (8+1) works of peace, freedom, and hope, sung by children's choirs from around the world. Enter by December 19th to get 9 tracks of music for peace, freedom and hope.
In Memoriam: Ben Zion Shenker (1925–2016)
November 21, 2016
*Singer, composer, collector of Hassidic niggunim was "a living library of song"* Ben Zion Shenker, renowned singer, composer, and collector of Hassidic niggunim, has died. He was 91 and lived in Brooklyn, New York.
