Samuel Rosner is a tenor and composer based in Chicago. He recently received his Graduate Diploma from the Juilliard School, where he was also awarded the Novick Career Advancement Grant. He previously studied Linguistics and Voice in the Harvard / New England Conservatory Dual Degree Program. Samuel’s recent engagements included Elvino (cover) in La Sonnambula as a Resident Artist with Teatro Nuovo, the Tenor Soloist / Obadiah (Elijah) with First Presbyterian Church of NYC, and the tenor solo in Carmina Burana with the Oratorio Society of New Jersey. Previously, Samuel was a Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artist, covering Jupiter in Semele, covered Tonio in La Fille du Régiment with St Pete Opera, and was an Apprentice Artist at Sarasota Opera. He has sung tenor solos in Lili Boulanger’s Vieille Prière Bouddhique and Psaume 24 with Voices of Ascension, Mozart’s Coronation Mass with Kollective366, BWV 67 at the First Presbyterian Church of NYC, and Messiah with the Central Presbyterian Church of NYC and the Danbury Concert Chorus. At Juilliard, Samuel sang as Sheldon Segal (Later that Same Evening), several roles in Purcell’s King Arthur, Remendado (Carmen), and his additional opera roles include Chevalier de la Force (Dialogues of the Carmelites) with NEC Opera, Tamino (Die Zauberflöte) with Harvard College Opera, and Évandre (Alceste) with Grand Harmonie. Samuel is also a composer of vocal, chamber, and electro-acoustic works; his pieces have been premiered at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center as well as internationally in France, Austria, and Canada. Samuel also performed his own settings of Holocaust poetry on NPR’s From the Top, and was awarded a prize from the ASCAP Foundation’s Irving Caesar Fund. Additionally, the short film he co-scored, Jeffrey Liu’s Hustle Mode, was recently selected to be screened at the New/Next Film Festival, the Nitehawk Shorts Festival, and IFFBoston and was selected as a Vimeo staff pick.