Bruce Adolphe: I Will Not Remain Silent - Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society
I Will Not Remain Silent: New Milken Archive of Jewish Music Album By Composer Bruce Adolphe Speaks to Past, Present, Future
“The most urgent, the most disgraceful, the most shameful and the most tragic problem is silence.”—Rabbi Joaquim Prinz, 1963
With themes central to our times, the Milken Archive of Jewish Music: The American Experience is releasing its first new album since 2015 with I Will Not Remain Silent, by prominent American composer Bruce Adolphe. Featuring two compositions, the album explores themes of social justice through the prism of 20th-century activist Rabbi Joachim Prinz.
“The Milken Archive release of I Will Not Remain Silent and Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society brings together two very different works about violence, injustice, human rights, and hope at a moment when there is an urgent need once again for this message to be powerfully sounded in America,” said Adolphe. “I appreciate that the Milken Archive recognizes the significance of these works and the importance of Prinz’s message.”
Born in 1902, Prinz spoke out against the rise of anti-Semitism as a rabbi in Germany in the 1920s and 30s and became a prominent voice of the American Civil Rights Movement. Though not as well-known today, Prinz's public profile was such that he preceded Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. at the 1963 March on Washington, where King gave his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Prinz used this highly visible, national platform to stress the importance of speaking out against hatred and bigotry, and to emphasize the dangers of silence.
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 Photo by Barbara Luisi |  Iris Orchestra (Courtesy of Artist) |  Michael Stern (Courtesy of Artist) |  Sharon Roffman (Photo by Allen Cohen) |  Jerry Blackstone (Courtesy of Artist) |
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Composer Bruce Adolphe discusses the inspirations behind his work, I Will Not Remain Silent, with Milken Archive curator and COO, Jeff Janeczko.
Tracks
The full tracks streaming are for PRESS AND REVIEW PURPOSES ONLY. To request the MP3 files, please email jmanalang@mff.org
I Will Not Remain Silent
Reach Out, Raise Hope, Change Society
About the Composer
Composer, author, teacher, and inter-disciplinary thinker Bruce Adolphe has spent decades helping people to hear and enjoy music in extraordinary ways. He is a composer of international renown, whose works have been performed by Itzhak Perlman, Yo-Yo Ma, Daniel Hope, Joshua Bell, Fabio Luisi, Angel Blue, the Brentano Quartet, the Metropolitan Opera Guild, the Washington National Opera, and over 60 symphony orchestras worldwide.
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