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Abigail Wood - Joe Loss Lecturer in Jewish Music at SOAS Abigail completed her PhD in 2004 at Cambridge where she also studied music as an undergraduate. Her doctoral dissertation, 'Yiddish song in contemporary North America' was supervised by Dr Ruth Davis. As a graduate student she also studied Yiddish at Columbia University in New York. From 2002-6 she lectured in Music at Southampton University, where, in addition to general teaching in ethnomusicology, she developed a course unit in Jewish music and ran a student klezmer band. Her teaching at SOAS includes an introduction to Jewish music for all first year students, and specialised courses in klezmer and Israeli pop for second and third year students. She is currently working on a new research project on music-making among immigrant communities in Jerusalem, a city whose musical profile, she feels, particularly highlights the diversity of the population of modern Israel. Aside from her University teaching, Abigail has given academic seminars in the UK and Israel, and has taught sessions on Jewish music for many synagogue and community groups, and is a faculty member at Klezfest. Email Abigail Wood Study at SOAS back to top last modified: 17 January 2008		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.