Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us TOMORROW for
COZ 82, Tuesday June 7

Composer in focus
Michael Hunter Ochs in conversation with Lorry Black
In this session, famed composer of both synagogue and popular music, Michael Hunter Ochs will be in conversation with Dr Lorry Black, to discuss how we write, arrange, and continue to develop new…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,
Please join us for
COZ 81, Tuesday May 31
Jewish music investigations from scholars of the American Musicological Society
Moderated by Mark Kligman (UCLA) features
Amanda Ruppenthal Stein, Ann Glazer Niren, Samantha M Cooper

Amanda Ruppenthal Stein (Carroll University)
Judentum and Das Judentum: Rethinking the…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for
COZ 80, Tuesday May 24
The Music of Paul Shapiro

‘Conversations on Zoom’
Every Tuesday: 09:00 Pacific time / 12.00 Eastern USA / 17:00 UK / 18:…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for COZ 79, Tuesday May 17
The Oral History Project of American Jewish Music

Mark Kligman, Beth Kraemer, Jeff Janeczko

Click here to find out more https://jewishmusic.hcommons-staging.org/coz-79-tuesday-17-may-2022/
This introduction to The Oral History Project of American Jewish Music provides…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for
COZ 78, Tuesday May 10
Composer in Focus: The Biblical Music of Max Stern

Max Stern in conversation with Alex Klein

Max Stern – composer, performer, conductor, musicologist, music critic, and educator – is a pioneer figure in Israel’s musical life and has created a rich genre of biblical compo…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for COZ 77, Tuesday May 3

Beny Maissner talks to Alex Klein about
Hallel: Psalms of Praise
A musical journey

This presentation explores the wide horizons and endless musical possibilities for each Psalm, in a variety of musical expressions including folk, classical choral, and the high art of…[Read more]

Dear Collegues and Friends

Just a quick message to let you know that we will be taking a break for two weeks over pesach. The next COZ session will be May 3rd, with Beny Maissner – full details to follow soon.

Look forward to seeing you then,
Phil

Dr Phil Alexander

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for
COZ 76, Tuesday April 12

Di Megile fun Vaymar: Part II
The Book of Esther for 21st century Weimar
A reminder that tomorrow’s COZ is the second part of Alan Bern’s stunning Purimshpil di megile fun vaymar – including appearances from Itzik Manger, Goethe, and an all-star international Yiddish cast.…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for
COZ 75, Tuesday April 5

Di Megile fun Vaymar:
The Book of Esther for 21st century Weimar
Alan Bern in conversation with
Phil Alexander

In his Megile Lider, the great Yiddish poet Itzik Manger (1901-1969) fused biblical narratives and 19th-20th century Yiddish culture to create a wild and…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for

COZ 74, Tuesday March 29

Exploring Jewish Music Sound
Recording Collections in the USA

Judith S Pinnolis in conversation with
Mark Kligman

This talk examines several significant Jewish music sound recording collections in the United States, most of which originated as private collections, but…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for COZ 73, Tuesday March 22

Presenting the music of Terezin on stage and TV

Simon Broughton in conversation with
Geraldine Auerbach

Click to find out more https://jewishmusic.hcommons-staging.org/coz-73-tuesday-22-march-2022/
‘Conversations on Zoom’ (PLEASE NOTE this week, were are still sta…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for
COZ 72, Tuesday March 15

Christina Crowder in conversation with
Phil Alexander

Click to find out more https://jewishmusic.hcommons-staging.org/coz-72-tuesday-15-march-2022/

‘Conversations on Zoom’
NB:…[Read more]

Reminder to
Please join us for
COZ 71, Tuesday March 8

Marsha Dubrow in conversation with Judith Shatin
Jewish themes form an important element in her music, with commissions including those from YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Pittsburgh Jewish Music…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for
COZ 71, Tuesday March 8

Musical notes,
Jewish and otherwise

Marsha Dubrow in conversation with
Judith Shatin

Click here to find out more https://jewishmusic.hcommons-staging.org/coz-71-tuesday-8-march-2022/

‘Conversations on Zoom’
Every Tuesday: 09:00 Pacific time / 12.00 Eastern USA / 17:…[Read more]

Please join us today for

COZ 70, Tuesday March 1

Samuel Torjman Thomas with Gordon Dale
Performing the Homeland: Contesting the Boundaries of Moroccan Jewish Identity
Click to find out more https://jewishmusic.hcommons-staging.org/coz-70-tuesday-1-march-2022/

‘Conversations on Zoom’
Every Tuesday: 09:00 Pacific time / 12.00 Eastern USA /…[Read more]

Dear friends and colleagues,

Please join us for

COZ 69, Tuesday February 22

Jehoash Hirshberg, Shoshana Ze’evi,
Yosef Goldenberg and Liran Gurkevich,
hosted by Malcolm Miller
Etan Tal, the composer’s son, has built a comprehensive site, https://joseftal.org/, which includes recordings of all his…[Read more]