Faculty and Faculty Alumni
Attendees of Mifgash Musicale have the valuable opportunity to learn directly from some true leaders and innovators in Judaism and Jewish Sacred Music. Given the small and intimate atmosphere at Mifgash, faculty are not simply lecturers but rather members of our community. Some of the best learning takes place during informal conversation.
This list outlines faculty, both present and past. Current faculty appears first (grey background) followed by faculty alumni (white background).
Bonia Shur
Bonia Shur is a major force in the Reform Jewish movement in North America. Over 250 of his published compositions are in use in synagogues throughout the country and abroad. In 1974 he was appointed Director of Liturgical Arts at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati.
Ben Steinberg
Ben Steinberg was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, was educated at Toronto's Royal Conservatory of Music and the University of Toronto. The son of an orthodox cantor, he is well known across Canada and the U.S. for his lecture-recitals on Jewish Music history and style, and has conducted and lectured overseas in such places as Israel, Hong Kong, Australia and Japan.
