#Mark Kligman

Ron Katz’s philanthropy at UCLA is legend. Among his gifts, he endowed the Mickey Katz Chair in Jewish Music at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, currently held by Mark Kligman, professor of Musicology, Ethnomusicology, and Humanities.

By Larry Blumenfeld. In late February at Holman United Methodist Church in Los Angeles, Remy Ohara, a UCLA music student, sounded a shofar, the ram’s horn usually used for High Holiday services at Jewish temples—first in short blasts, then longer sustained tones. Surrounded by a brass and percussion orchestra and flanked by two sections of

“I look forward to serving the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music in this role and building upon the important work of Professor Steve Loza,” said Kligman.