The Jewish Music Forum
http://www.jewishmusicforum.org
The brain-child of Professor James B. Loeffler, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, while still a doctoral student at Columbia University, the Jewish Music Forum, an annual series of seminars in which academics can share their work and research, entered its seventh season in the fall of 2010. During the last two seasons sessions of the Jewish Music Forum have been held nationally, as well as at the Center for Jewish History. Sessions have now been held in the Boston area, hosted by Harvard University and Hebrew College; in the mid-West hosted by the University of Chicago and Indiana University; on the West Coast in Berkeley, California, in connection with the Jewish Music Film Festival. And, while continuing to maintain a presence in the aforementioned areas, the expansion will include a session of the Jewish Music Forum in the South next season, thanks to the Jewish Music Forum’s Chair, Mark Kligman, Professor of Jewish Musicology at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Music in New York, and its Executive Director, Amanda Scherbenske, a doctoral student at Wesleyan University.
The Jewish Music Forum has also been the natural springboard for further outreach to the academic community through the establishment of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) organized and sponsored by the American Society for Jewish Music with the Society for Ethnomusicology, the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, and the Association for Jewish Studies. Not only do these special interest groups allow us to further the cause of Jewish music itself, but they also enable us to encourage additional interest in Jewish music research and scholarship.
Most importantly, both the Jewish Music Forum and the Special Interest Groups in the general academic world give younger scholars an opportunity to be heard.
A project of the American Society for Jewish Music, the Jewish Music Forum (www.jewishmusicforum.org) is devoted to the study of music in Jewish life in its historical and contemporary diversity. Founded in the fall of 2004 under the auspices of the American Society for Jewish Music, with the support of the American Jewish Historical Society and the Center for Jewish History, the Jewish Music Forum seeks to provide a thriving format for interdisciplinary dialogue and scholarly exchange in the growing academic field of Jewish musical studies as well as a critical intellectual resource for specialists across a spectrum that includes cantors, composers, performers, students, educators, artistic directors, journalists, and others from the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, anthropology, literature, Jewish studies, and American studies. By linking together members of these communities, the Forum serves as an academic professional network and intellectual resource for all who are interested in the role of music in Jewish life. While beginning in New York, the Jewish Music Forum now hosts programs throughout the United States.
Jewish Music Forum Executive Committee
Dr. Mark Kligman, Academic Chair; Dr. James B. Loeffler, Co-Academic Vice Chair; Dr. Judah M. Cohen, Co-Academic Vice Chair; Dr. Klara Moritz; Dr. Mark Slobin; Dr. Evan Rapport; Ex Officio, Michael Leavitt, ASJM President.
Jewish Music Forum Executive Directors
James B. Loeffler (2005-2006); Gina Genova (2006-2008); Evan Rapport (2008-2009); Amanda Scherbenske (2009-2013).
http://www.jewishmusicforum.org
The brain-child of Professor James B. Loeffler, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, while still a doctoral student at Columbia University, the Jewish Music Forum, an annual series of seminars in which academics can share their work and research, entered its seventh season in the fall of 2010. During the last two seasons sessions of the Jewish Music Forum have been held nationally, as well as at the Center for Jewish History. Sessions have now been held in the Boston area, hosted by Harvard University and Hebrew College; in the mid-West hosted by the University of Chicago and Indiana University; on the West Coast in Berkeley, California, in connection with the Jewish Music Film Festival. And, while continuing to maintain a presence in the aforementioned areas, the expansion will include a session of the Jewish Music Forum in the South next season, thanks to the Jewish Music Forum’s Chair, Mark Kligman, Professor of Jewish Musicology at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Music in New York, and its Executive Director, Amanda Scherbenske, a doctoral student at Wesleyan University.
The Jewish Music Forum has also been the natural springboard for further outreach to the academic community through the establishment of Special Interest Groups (SIGs) organized and sponsored by the American Society for Jewish Music with the Society for Ethnomusicology, the American Musicological Society, the Society for American Music, and the Association for Jewish Studies. Not only do these special interest groups allow us to further the cause of Jewish music itself, but they also enable us to encourage additional interest in Jewish music research and scholarship.
Most importantly, both the Jewish Music Forum and the Special Interest Groups in the general academic world give younger scholars an opportunity to be heard.
A project of the American Society for Jewish Music, the Jewish Music Forum (www.jewishmusicforum.org) is devoted to the study of music in Jewish life in its historical and contemporary diversity. Founded in the fall of 2004 under the auspices of the American Society for Jewish Music, with the support of the American Jewish Historical Society and the Center for Jewish History, the Jewish Music Forum seeks to provide a thriving format for interdisciplinary dialogue and scholarly exchange in the growing academic field of Jewish musical studies as well as a critical intellectual resource for specialists across a spectrum that includes cantors, composers, performers, students, educators, artistic directors, journalists, and others from the fields of musicology, ethnomusicology, anthropology, literature, Jewish studies, and American studies. By linking together members of these communities, the Forum serves as an academic professional network and intellectual resource for all who are interested in the role of music in Jewish life. While beginning in New York, the Jewish Music Forum now hosts programs throughout the United States.
Jewish Music Forum Executive Committee
Dr. Mark Kligman, Academic Chair; Dr. James B. Loeffler, Co-Academic Vice Chair; Dr. Judah M. Cohen, Co-Academic Vice Chair; Dr. Klara Moritz; Dr. Mark Slobin; Dr. Evan Rapport; Ex Officio, Michael Leavitt, ASJM President.
Jewish Music Forum Executive Directors
James B. Loeffler (2005-2006); Gina Genova (2006-2008); Evan Rapport (2008-2009); Amanda Scherbenske (2009-2013).
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