

COMPOSER
ABOUT SAM
Samuel Rosner is a tenor and composer, currently based in New York. He has written vocal, instrumental, chamber, choral, and electroacoustic works, as well as numerous film scores. His compositions have been premiered at venues such as Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and Juilliard, and performed throughout the United States, as well as in France, Austria, Canada, and Israel. Samuel also performed his own settings of Hebrew Holocaust poems by Hannah Szenes on NPR’s From the Top, and recently, his film score for Jeff Liu’s After Life was screened for the film festival IFFBoston. His upcoming composition performances include his score for Jeffrey Liu’s film Hustle Mode (which he co-composed with Daniel Giebisch), which was selected for film festivals Nitehawk Shorts Festival, New/Next Film Festival, and IFFBoston in 2025. It was also selected as a 2025 Vimeo Staff Pick. He recently celebrated the premiere of his new song cycle, Songs from ‘The Gardener’ (a cycle of 4 Tagore settings) which was premiered by James McCarthy at Rice University.

COMPOSITIONS
A Kindling Flame
Music by Samuel Rosner with text by Hannah Szenes (1921-1944).
I. Ashrei Hagafrur II. Bakeleh III. Yesh Kochavim
Performed by Mary Beth Nelson, mezzo-soprano, and Samuel Rosner, composer and pianist in 2023.
Autumn Songs
Composed by Samuel Rosner on 5 texts by Amy Lowell.
I. Autumn II. November III. Absence IV. The End V. The Poet
Premiered by Nathaniel Bear, tenor, and Chuck Foster, piano, at Northwestern University in April 2022.