JEWISH MUSIC INSTITUTE




People at JMI - Directorate The Jewish Music Institute is privileged to have as its Hon Officers and Trustees, men and women who are in the forefront of the artistic, business, academic, professional and Jewish life. Its forums and focus groups are headed by experts in their fields and JMI is blessed with dedicated and effective staff and volunteers. It is grateful to its many supporters. Click here to see profiles of the Board of Trustees In Memoriam Sally Nathan Whyte and Judith Unikower Hon Officers: Joint Presidents: Lady Solti, Leopold de Rothschild CBE Vice Presidents: Walter Goldsmith, Lady Lipworth, Jonathon Lyons, Dr David and Tanya Josefowitz, Sylvia Lewin Vice Presidents Yiddish: Lord Grade CBE, Lord Janner QC, Zalmen Mlotek President Suppressed Music: Sir Simon Rattle Trustees: Jennifer Jankel (Chairman) Stuart Appleman Ian Braidman Betty (Sagon) Collick Walter Goldsmith Jonathan E Lyons Jonathan Metliss Jill Segal Rabbi Norman Solomon Professor Stuart Stanton Professor Emeritus Malcolm Troup Rev Malcolm Weisman OBE JMI Forums and Focus Groups: JMI International Centre for Suppressed Music Directors: Michael Haas, Erik Levi JMI International Forum for Yiddish Culture Yiddish Education Director: Dr Helen Beer UCL JMI Forum for Israeli Music Director: Dr Malcolm Miller JMI Forum for Arab-Jewish Dialogue through Music Co-ordinators: Sara Manasseh, Adel Salameh, Daphna Sadeh JMI Forum for British Scholars in Jewish music Directors Dr Alex Knapp and Dr Ruth Rosenfelder JMI Synagogue Music Section Director: Stephen Glass. JMI Synagogue Music Section Consultant: Stephen Glass European Cantorial Association and Cantors Convention organiser: Alex Klein Also in Association with Tephilharmonic Cantors Convention Coordinators: Hirsh Cashdan, Steven Leas Supported by the Barry Weinberg Fund for Jewish Music JMI Jewish Song School Directors: Hilda Bronstein and Polina Shepherd Jewish Music Institute Library founded by Doris and the late Bertie Black Staff and Volunteers: General Director Geraldine Auerbach MBE Financial Manager and Company Secretary Trudii Goodrick Event Coordinator Yvonne Glass Outreach Officer Francesca Ter Berg Office Assistant Laura Wolfisz Joe Loss Lecturer in Jewish Music at SOAS Abigail Wood Visiting Composer from Israel Michael Wolpe Klezmer in the Park Coordinator Noa Lachman Web Manager Paul Tkachenko Summer School Hospitality Manager Barbara Rosenberg Special Projects Officer Hirsh Cashdan JMI supporters: Founder Fellows Doris and the late Bertie Black Founder Members (who support on an ongoing basis) Ronald Auerbach, Ralph Kohn, Lord Marks, Walter Goldsmith, Jennifer Jankel Patrons: Ernest and Valerie Bello, Dr David Cohen CBE, Michael Garston, Rabbi David Goldberg, Jackie Gryn, Sharron Harnoy (Cultural Attaché. Israeli Embassy), Lilian Hochhauser FRCM, Victor Hochhauser CBE, Lord Kalms, Herbert Kretzmer, Rabbi Dr Abraham Levy OBE, Clive Marks OBE, Claudia Roden, Chief Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks, Vivian Wineman (President, Board of Deputies of British Jews) Honorary Development Board: Professor Kenneth Barker CBE, Atarah Ben Tovim, Sir Jonathan Benn, Dr Margaret Brearley, Lord Brittan of Spennithorne, Simon Broughton, Humphrey Burton CBE, David J Freeman, Robert Gellman, Jonathan Goldberg QC, Barry Humphries AO CBE, Sir Jeremy Isaacs, Dr David Khalili, Sir Tim Lankester, Lord Moser KCB CBE, The Rt Hon Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, Tom Petzal, Lord Justice Rix, Norman Rosenthal, Sir Sigmund Sternberg OStJ KCSG, Lord Stone of Blackheath, Michael Tilson Thomas, Lady Annabelle Weidenfeld International Advisory Board: Ms Vivienne Bellos (London), Professor Philip Bohlman (Chicago), Prof Alexander Goehr (Cambridge), Alexander Knapp (London), Gregori von Leijtis (Germany), Cantor Joseph Malovany (New York), Dr Christian Meyer (Vienna), Robert Saxton (Oxford), Professor Edwin Seroussi (Jerusalem), Dr Gilles Rozier (Paris), Victor Tunkel (London), Malcolm Singer (London) Profiles of the Hon Officers and Trustees In memoriam JEWISH MUSIC INSTITUTE SOAS University of London, Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG T 020 8909 2445 F 020 8909 1030, E jewishmusic@jmi.org.uk W www.jmi.org.uk Registered Charity no. 328228 Company no. 2387749 back to top last modified: August 26, 2010		About JMI Links About JMI homepage How to get involved People at JMI Director Geraldine Auerbach MBE Contact JMI Past JMI projects and events Projects and Grants Jewish Music Performances Jewish Music Courses


The Jewish Music Institute is an independent Arts organisation based at SOAS, University of London. It is an international focus bringing the ancient yet contemporary musical culture of the Jews to the mainstream British cultural, academic and social life. Its programmes of education, performance and information highlight many aspects of Jewish music throughout the ages and across the globe for people of all ages, backgrounds and cultures.

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