*”Biblical Origins of Jewish and Liturgical Music” by Rachel Brott, cantorial soloist, April 14.
*Golden Age of 15th- and 16th-century Italian Music” by Nolan Gasser, Stanford musicology doctoral candidate, April 21.
*”Yiddish Theater Music,” including music of the Holocaust, by Sylvie Braitman, mezzo-soprano and performer, April 28.
*”Contemporary and Israeli Music” by Etty Ben-Zaken and Eitan Steinberg, May 5. Ben-Zaken is a singer and Steinberg is a composer and doctoral candidate in composition at U.C. Berkeley.
The series is $40. The BRJCC is at 1414 Walnut St. in Berkeley. For information, call (510) 848-0237.