Address: P.O. Box 27500
Seattle, 98165-2500
Phone: 206-365-7770
Fax: 206-985-6924
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Website: https://www.musicofremembrance.org/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/SeattleMOR
Director/Person-in-Charge: Mina Miller, Artistic Director & President
Principal Staff Members:
Micah Shelton, Administrative Assistant
Year Established: 1998
Staff: Salaried - 3; Volunteer - 20
Type of Organization or Mission: Music of Remembrance (MOR) fills a unique spiritual and cultural role in Seattle and the United States through its dedication to remembering Holocaust musicians and their art. MOR presents musical performances and educational activities related to the Holocaust, commissions new works, and records and broadcasts performances. Our mission is not religious, nor is its scope limited to Jewish music.
Services: Performance of two major concerts annually at Seattle?s Benaroya Hall, coinciding with the anniversaries of Kristallnacht & Yom HaShoah; Presentation of free lecture/chamber music series, Sparks of Glory, featuring new and rarely played works drawn from MOR performances; Development and presentation of educational materials and curricula for pre-college and college level students
Publications: Monthly Newsletter; Brochures; CDs (all available from website): The Art from Ashes, (CD, Innova Records, 2002); Thomas Pastieri's Letter to Warsaw; (CD, Naxos Records, 2004); Hans Krasa's Brudibar (CD, Naxos Records, 2006); Jake Heggie, For a Look or a Touch (Naxos, 2008); Schoenfield & Schwartz (Naxos, 2009)
Documentaries: UNSILENCED, Produced by John Sharify, 2009 DVD; The Boys of Terezin, Produced by John Sharify, 2011 DVD
