Music of Remembrance is a performing arts organization focused on human rights and social justice. Founded in 1998, it has evolved from an initial focus on Holocaust remembrance to honoring the resilience of all people excluded or persecuted for their faith, ethnicity, gender or sexuality.

Music of Remembrance was founded in 1998 by pianist and scholar Mina Miller. She continues to lead the organization's artistic vision and remains closely tied to its commissioning work and identity.

MOR was created to find, preserve, and perform music by composers who were silenced during the Holocaust, so that their voices and stories would not be lost. Over the years its mission has grown to honor the resilience of all people who have been persecuted or excluded because of their faith, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality.

MOR presents chamber music, song cycles, choral works, dance music, film scores, musical dramas, and fully staged operas that honor the resilience of all people who have been excluded or persecuted because of their faith, ethnicity, gender, or sexuality.

No. Holocaust remembrance is central to MOR's origins and remains part of its work, but the organization now performs pieces that reflect a much wider range of human rights stories. Recent programs have addressed the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans, families separated at borders, the Armenian genocide, the experiences of refugees, and other struggles against persecution.

No. Music of Remembrance is a performing arts nonprofit, not a religious organization. Holocaust remembrance is central to its history, but its programs honor people of many faiths, backgrounds, and identities who have faced persecution. You do not need any particular background or belief to be moved by the concerts.

Yes. Through its commissioning program, Testimonies for Tomorrow, MOR has launched more than 50 new works by leading contemporary artists. This program is one of the things that sets the organization apart, allowing MOR to bring urgent and often untold human rights stories to the stage.

MOR's commissioning program, Testimonies for Tomorrow, is one of a kind and has launched more than 50 works by leading contemporary composers. Its Holocaust remembrance programs honor not only Jewish victims, but also Roma, LGBTQ+ people, dissidents, and others who were targeted. MOR also brings urgent stories to the stage, including the wartime incarceration of Japanese Americans, the Armenian genocide, the horrors of nuclear war, the experiences of Black and Native Americans, and contemporary struggles involving immigrants, refugees, and religious intolerance.