Samuel Adler
Samuel Adler was born in Mannheim, Germany and came to the United States in 1939. He holds degrees from Boston University and Harvard University. During his tenure in the U.S. Army, he founded and conducted the Seventh Army Symphony Orchestra, and because of the orchestra's great psychological and musical impact on the European cultural scene, he was awarded the Army's Medal of Honor. Adler's catalog includes over 300 published works in all media including operas, symphonies, string quartets, concertos, many shorter orchestral works, chamber music, a great deal of choral music and songs. He has published three books: Choral Conducting (1971/1985), Sight-Singing (1979); and The Study of Orchestration (1982/1989). Since 1966, Adler has been professor of composition at the Eastman School of Music and chairman of the composition department since 1974. He retired from Eastman in 1994 and is Professor Emeritus. In 1984, he was made a mentor of the University of Rochester. He has been a guest composer or conductor at over 300 universities and colleges worldwide and has conducted All-State orchestras, choruses, and bands in 37 states. He has received numerous commissions and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (1975, 1978, 1980, and 1982), the Ford Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Barlow Foundation, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the Rochester Philharmonic, the Fine Arts Quartet, the Pro Arte Quartet, the Kentucky Arts Commission, the Sinfonia Foundation, the City of Jerusalem, the Cleveland Quartet, the Welsh Arts Council, Koussevitzky Foundation Memorial Commission, Oklahoma City Symphony, Cincinnati Symphony, and many others. His works have been performed by major symphonic, choral, and chamber organizations in the U.S., South America, Europe, Asia, and Israel including the New York Philharmonic, the Chicago Symphony, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony, the Boston Pops, the Houston Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, as the orchestras of Kansas City, San Antonio, Ft. Worth, New Orleans, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and others. He has been awarded many prizes including a 1990 award from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, the Charles Ives Award, the Lilian Fairchild Award, among many others. – Hopkins Symphony Orchestra
Titles:
- 2015 50540001 – Canto XXII for Trombone or Euphonium
- 1994 10250078 – Concertino No. 3
- 2014 50766001 – Canto XVIII for Accordion
- 1981 R69 – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
- 1990 V84 – Ask Me
- ST74 – Histrionics
- 1962 R25 – The Vision of Isaiah for Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra
- 1970 R127 – Brass Fragments
- 1972 ST10 – Harobed
- 1998 10440552 – Canto XIV for Clarinet
- 2013 50765001 – Canto XXI for Harp
- 1972 ST11 – Harobed
- 1984 10804512 – Flames of Freedom, The: A Hanukah Celebration
- 2024 50430003 – Canto XXIV for Contrabassoon Solo
- 1984 10710377 – Lullaby
- 1978 B295 – Tubetudes: 16 Studies for Solo Tuba
- 2006 10740569 – Canto VIa for Double Bass and Piano
- 1986 10520427 – Canto XI for F Horn
- 2006 10720466 – Canto XVI for Viola
- 1990 B465 – Collected Songs
- 1995 10410523 – Canto XIII for Piccolo
- 1988 10730451 – Canto X for Cello
- 1998 10426551 – Canto XV for English Horn
- 1978 10250014 – A Little Bit Of Space Time
- 1990 ST812 – Soundings
- 1987 ST564 – Madrigals
- 1990 ST860 – Sonata for Clarinet
- 1981 ST320 – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra (reduction)
- 1982 ST363 – Sonata for Flute
- 1982 10100204 – Merrymakers: A Festivity for Concert Band
- 2021 50447002 – Canto XXIII for Bass Clarinet
- 1990 ST785 – Double Portrait
- 1995 10402516 – Domestic Tranquility for Soprano, Oboe and Piano
- 1990 ST784 – Sonata for Oboe
- 1992 10430508 – Canto XII for Bassoon