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    Danielle Stein
    Graduate Researcher, Digital Humanities Projects/Data Analysis and Visualization
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    Jeff Janeczko
    Assistant Adjunct Professor
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    Daniela Smolov Levy
    Research Fellow
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    Eiden Choe
    Student Assistant
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    Mark Kligman
    Director
    Mickey Katz Endowed Chair in Jewish Music; Professor of Ethnomusicology, Musicology, and Humanities at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
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    David Brown
    Manager
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    Neal Stulberg
    Artistic Director
    Director of Orchestral Studies at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
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    Lowell Milken
    Founding Donor
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    Inna Faliks
    Affiliate Faculty
    Professor, Head of Piano at UCLA
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    Raymond Knapp
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    Distinguished Professor of Musicology and Humanities
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    David Lefkowitz
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    Composer
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    Joy Calico
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    Professor and Vice Chair of Musicology; Director of Graduate Studies, Musicology
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