Alone, Together: A Monologue For Solo Flute

Samuel Adler (1928) is a highly prolific and influential American composer, conductor, and educator whose career has had a profound impact on contemporary classical music. He is recognized for a vast and diverse output spanning over 500 works and for his impactful teaching career.
Born in Mannheim, Germany, Adler and his Jewish family fled the Nazi regime, immigrating to the United States in 1939. His father was Hugo Chaim Adler, a distinguished cantor and composer.
Samuel Adler pursued his musical education at top institutions: Boston University and Harvard University. He studied composition with Paul Hindemith and Aaron Copland.
His compositions cover nearly every genre, including five operas, six symphonies, numerous concertos, chamber music, and choral works. His music is characterized by its accessible, lyrical, and skillfully crafted nature, reflecting a blend of traditional forms with modern harmonic language. He has received numerous awards, including the ASCAP Lifetime Achievement Award.
Adler has held prominent teaching positions at major American universities. At the University of North Texas, he established and chaired the composition department (1958–1966). At the Eastman School of Music in Rochester, New York, where he taught composition and served as chair of the department (1966–1995). In 1997, he joined the faculty of the Juilliard School in New York.
He is the author of several widely used textbooks on music theory and composition, most notably The Study of Orchestration.