Events for April 2026 – Page 154 – The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music

Lost Childhood – Opera UCLA: Living with the Memory of Loss

In this pre-performance discussion, explore the role of memory and trauma in understanding Lost Childhood’s artistic representation of the Holocaust. Join us at 6:30pm for a conversation with the opera’s Librettist Mary Azrael and composer Janice Hamer. In addition, Dr. Michael Rothberg, UCLA’s 1939 Society Samuel Goetz Chair in Holocaust Studies and author of Multidirectional Memory:

A Jewish Musical Journey: The Archives of Sinai Temple

Sinai Temple, the oldest Conservative synagogue in Los Angeles, has long been a place where musicians have created new liturgical music which has had influence way beyond it’s four walls. This multimedia program includes live performances, spoken word and vocal recordings, and shares a number of the musical treasures found through the efforts of UCLA musicology student, Ray Ace, who re-examined and archived musical works which have gone untouched for over 40 years.