This event has been postponed. It will not be taking place on January 12. Please refer back to this page for updates about rescheduling.
Dear Friends,
We hope this message finds you safe amidst the fires affecting much of Southern California. Due to these challenging circumstances, we regret to announce the postponement of our event, Composer Portrait: The Music of Paul Schoenfield.
We are actively working to reschedule and will share updates as soon as a new performance date is confirmed. To stay informed, we encourage you to join our mailing list at https://milkenjewishmusiccenter.schoolofmusic.ucla.edu.
Thank you for your understanding, and we look forward to gathering together in celebration of music soon.
Sincerely,
David Brown
Manager
Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience presents the Milken Center Chamber Music Series, concerts of uplifting and distinctive chamber music curated by Neal Stulberg, Artistic Director.
Paul Schoenfield (1947-2024) was a unique and brilliant musician of decidedly American Jewish Experience. A virtuoso concert pianist and hugely gifted composer who wrote for first-class performers and ensembles, Paul was a devoutly orthodox Jew and a remarkable person. Retiring as professor of composition at the University of Michigan in 2021, he split his time between the U.S. and Israel. His music — a fascinating mashup of klezmer/Hasidic, liturgical, jazz, bluegrass, blues and Americana, and by turns intimate, frenetic, devotional, sardonic and terrifying — is well represented in the Milken Archive.
Paul and I both grew up in Detroit, and I intersected with him professionally through the years. One chamber concert is hardly enough to do justice to his range and brilliance, but we’re going to try. Performed by UCLA students, faculty and alumni, the concert concludes with his 2001 Pulitzer Prize-nominated song cycle, “Camp Songs” for mezzo-soprano, baritone and instrumental ensemble.
Attend Milken Center events at Lani Hall in person or via livestream:
(This concert will be repeated at Temple Beth Torah in Ventura, CA at 4 PM Sunday, April 27, 2025.)
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A Paul Schoenfield Video Sampler
Portrait of Pinchas – Memorial Concert for Paul Schoenberg
Young People’s Concert Series – Leonard Bernstein
Featuring a 19-year-old Schoenfield (clip is at 5:11)
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Milken Center Chamber Music Series Dates
Israeli Art Song: Between Fantasies and Realities with Iris Malkin and special Guest Ido Ariel
1 PM Sunday, February 2, 2025 at Lani Hall, complimentary bagels, sweets and coffee.
Composer Portrait: The Music of Stanley Walden
4 PM Sunday, February 16, 2025 at Lani Hall
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ON THE ROAD - Temple Beth Torah, Ventura, CA
The Milken Center brings our programs to the Jewish communitity beyond the UCLA campus.
Composer Portrait: The Music of Stanley Walden
4 PM Sunday, March 9, 2025
Composer Portrait: The Music of Paul Schoenfield
4 PM Sunday, April 27, 2025