Release

Choral Arts Initiative (CAI) opens their 13th season, METAMORPHOSIS, with the premier of Samuel’s choral cycle, “Release,” (November 2024).

Release I. Soaring Dreams: 0:00

Release II. Strident Downpour: 4:03

Release III. Out from the Deep: 7:50

Tranquil Beauty

Listen too Samuel's "Tranquil Beauty," arranged for a Pierrot ensemble, performed live at Juilliard's Morse Hall.

Musicians:

-Anjali Shinde, Flute

-Bixby Kennedy, Clarinet

-Mari Lee, Violin

-Connor Kim, Cello

-Andrew Hsu, Piano

Rain

Video by Nicholas MacKay of MACKAY PRODUCTIONS

World Premiere Ballet Performed by: Nadia Khan of Teatro Dell’Opera di Roma

Choreographed as “SPEECHLESS” the story of a girl who hears nature but cannot speak, by Alisher Khasonov for the Yellowstone International Arts Festival YIAF August, 2020

"RAIN" ℗ & © 2019 Samuel L. Siskind. All rights reserved. Recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood.

The Forest

The National Children's Chorus joins the Lindenbaum Festival Orchestra in Korea at the demilitarized zone in an internationally televised performance conducted by Dr. Pamela Blackstone.

Handel: Messiah

Samuel Siskind (18) performs the bass solos in Handel’s “Messiah” as part of the GRAMMY® Award-winning National Children’s Chorus' all-city winter concert conducted by Maestro Luke McEndarfer and accompanied by chamber orchestra at St. Paul the Apostle’s Church in Los Angeles, CA on December 21, 2024.