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Music and Justice

Feb 26, 2023.
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Music and Justice

 

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Feb 26, 2023.

The Lowell Milken Center for Music of American Jewish Experience at The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music presents a series of concerts and dialogue bringing artists and academics together to dive deep into issues of race and social justice in the modern world. The series launched Feb. 26-28, 2023, centered around The Gates of Justice, jazz legend Dave Brubeck’s rarely presented large-scale sacred composition.

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Gates of Justice Pre-Concert Talk
Prior to the performance of The Gates of Justice, a pre-Concert conversation between Darius Brubeck, Arturo O'Farrill, Larry Blumenfeld, and Wayne Winborne, moderated by Wayne Winborne.
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Live Performance
The Gates of Justice
A historic performance of The Gates of Justice took place in February 2023 at UCLA’s iconic Royce Hall. For the first time ever, Brubeck’s sons performed as the accompanying jazz trio.
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Discussion
Conversations on Music and Justice
What role can music play in building bridges of understanding, furthering social justice and promoting healing across communities? This online three-part series explores these issues while inviting our national audience to participate in the discussion.
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Press coverage
THE DAILY BRUIN - By Maya Rego
‘Music and Justice’: Connecting the past and present through music, performances
“Our goal with this project is to raise consciousness and have a conversation about civil rights and social justice,” Kligman said. “To lead towards mutual understanding, and hopefully unity is where we want our conversations to go.”
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THE DAILY BEAST — By Larry Blumenfeld
Can Dave Brubeck’s Cantata Bring Black and Jewish Communities Together?
“The Gates of Justice,” Brubeck’s 1969 masterwork, gets revived with his sons in tow, and reopens a conversation Americans need to have.
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THE NEW YORK TIMES - By Zachary Woolfe
A Dave Brubeck Cantata Boasts Star Soloists: His Sons
“The Gates of Justice,” a large-scale 1969 choral work about relations between Black and Jewish Americans, is being performed in Los Angeles.
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