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Maestra Noreen Green—Music Crossing Boundaries
February 19, 2020
The Milken Archive is a global project with a global audience. But it was born in Los Angeles—home to America’s second largest Jewish population. Today we’re highlighting two important features of the burgeoning Los Angeles Jewish music scene.
Musical Reflections 75 Years after the Liberation — A New Virtual Exhibit
January 27, 2020
Today is International Holocaust Remembrance Day. It is also the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Much has happened and much has changed in the years since the end of World War II.
The Milken Archive of Jewish Music Turns 30 in 2020
January 15, 2020
2020 marks the 30th anniversary of the Milken Archive’s founding, a milestone we’ll be acknowledging and celebrating throughout the year.
Composer Gershon Kingsley, Pioneer of the Moog Synthesizer, Passes Away
December 16, 2019
*German-born American was, himself, the great synthesizer merging pop and classical, secular and sacred. * Gershon Kingsley, the German-born American composer whose pioneering work with the Moog synthesizer sought to reconcile pop and classical music, has died. He was ninety-seven and lived in Manhattan.
Robert Starer: A New Oral History and Music to Explore
November 12, 2019
In the dramatic cantata, Ariel: Visions of Isaiah, composer Robert Starer depicts the triumph of Jerusalem as related in the Book of Isaiah. In that story, Isaiah prophesies that the city will be purged of evil forces in preparation for God's rule.
Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice Turns 50
October 16, 2019
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the premiere performance of Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice, a civil rights era cantata emphasizing the spiritual and historical parallels of Jewish and African Americans.
Tekiah in the New Year with our Shofar and Music Giveaway
September 11, 2019
*This promotion has ended! Please enjoy our playlist below. * Te-ki-ah. The onomatopoeia of the word instantly brings to mind the sounds of the shofar, the Musaf service and the celebration of a Jewish new year.
101 Memories of Leonard Bernstein
August 20, 2019
This year, for what would have been Leonard Bernstein’s 101st birthday, we celebrate the maestro’s legacy by sharing 101 stories from you, our community.
Rediscover Marvin David Levy: Lifelong Apprentice
August 07, 2019
That Marvin David Levy (1932–2015) once described composing as a “lifetime apprenticeship” reflects the reality that he was rarely satisfied with his work and subjected it to constant revision. His works were premiered and then withdrawn, many of them reworked and rereleased years or even decades later.
Symphonic Songs — Where Melody and Poetry Merge
July 17, 2019
Part four of our "Symphonic Music of Jewish Experience" virtual exhibit—now live on our website—focuses on Symphonic Songs inspired by Torah, Psalms, ancient and modern Israel, and life in the diaspora.
