The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience, which shares the name of the Lowell Milken family whose foundation donated $ 6.75 million to their establishment, located at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music ”, will foster artistic creativity, scholarship, interpretation and other cultural expression activities “for UCLA students to study for years to come,” reported The Jerusalem Post.
“The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience will unite the academic and the artistic, showcasing artists, scholars, and educators who reveal to us the authentic voice of our shared humanity and the inexhaustible call to our noblest selves,” said Dean. from UCLA Eileen Strempel School of Music.
“We are incredibly grateful to Lowell Milken for his generous gift of endowing this center, which builds on our latest learnings, sets a standard of excellence and an enduring infrastructure at UCLA for the music of the American Jewish experience,” he added.
The Milken Archive of Jewish Music has been collecting collections made by Jewish artists since 1990, in order to preserve and distribute the experience of more than 350 years of music.
“Made up of Jews from all corners of the world, who absorbed their host cultures while preserving their Jewish heritage, the archive is as diverse and beautiful as America,” said benefactor Lowell Milken, a graduate of UCLA School of Law. . “From the beginning, our vision was to create a living archive, making education a central element of our mission. The partnership with UCLA’s Herb Alpert School of Music positions the new center as a world leader in the field of music from the American Jewish experience. “
The Lowell Milken Center is also in the midst of producing videos highlighting the work of 15 Jewish composers with the eventual title “David’s Quilt.” Once cleared by public health officials, the center intends to hold a concert to highlight the project.
“Over the past three years, Lowell Milken has enabled our exploration of the intricate ways that music reflects and shapes the diverse American Jewish experience,” said UCLA professor of Jewish music Mickey Katz and director of the new center Mark Kligman. . “The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience will expand these efforts at UCLA and in the community, and enhance the field of American Jewish music on an international scale.”
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