Alex Shapiro

Elected Vice President of the Board of Directors of the American Composers Forum's Los Angeles chapter, Alex Shapiro also serves as Chairperson of the chapter's Advisory Council and moderates the organization's bimonthly Composers Salon series in Hollywood. She invites readers to visit her website, www.alexshapiro.org, to read more about her work and to listen to audio samples of her recent pieces.

Premieres

Arlene Goter gave the first New York performance of Sonata for Piano (Activist Music) at Weill Hall, April 2002 in New York, NY. At St. Alban's Church, in Los Angeles, June 2002, Celebrate! (Activist Music), for SATB choir and piano, was introduced by the commissioning group, the University Campus Choir of Los Angeles. The New Music North Festival in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, June 2002, featured the premiere of Re:pair, for Flute and Oboe, (Activist Music), with Penelope Clarke and Colleen Gibson.

Performances

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano (Activist Music) was performed by The Hardwick Chamber Ensemble at the

Virginia Contemporary Arts Center, in Virginia Beach, April 2002. Heard at the National Museum of Women in the Arts was Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (Activist Music), with Berkeley Price, Virginia Frasier, and Deon Nielsen Price, June 2002. The Femme Fete Festival to benefit women in Afghanistan, May 2002 in Sacramento, CA, included The Millington Strings and Strings N' Things in Introspect (Activist Music), for string quartet. Sabrina Ann Berger presented Journey (Activist Music), for five-string electric violin and prerecorded electronics, in South Norwalk, CT, August 2002. Re:pair, for Flute and Bassoon (Activist Music) was played by Patricia Cloud Kaufmann and Carolyn Beck in Culver City, CA, November 2002.

Publications

Slip; violin and harpsichord; Re:pair; versions for flute and bassoon and for two bassoons; Celebrate; Water Crossing; clarinet and prerecorded electronics; all by Activist Music.

The 2003 American Composers Update

Alex Shapiro

Performances

Publications

Further Information




		The 2003 American Composers Update as published in PAN PIPES, Volume 95, Number 2 Alex Shapiro Elected Vice President of the Board of Directors of the American Composers Forum's Los Angeles chapter, Alex Shapiro also serves as Chairperson of the chapter's Advisory Council and moderates the organization's bimonthly Composers Salon series in Hollywood. She invites readers to visit her website, www.alexshapiro.org, to read more about her work and to listen to audio samples of her recent pieces. Premieres Arlene Goter gave the first New York performance of Sonata for Piano (Activist Music) at Weill Hall, April 2002 in New York, NY. At St. Alban's Church, in Los Angeles, June 2002, Celebrate! (Activist Music), for SATB choir and piano, was introduced by the commissioning group, the University Campus Choir of Los Angeles. The New Music North Festival in Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada, June 2002, featured the premiere of Re:pair, for Flute and Oboe, (Activist Music), with Penelope Clarke and Colleen Gibson. Performances Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano (Activist Music) was performed by The Hardwick Chamber Ensemble at the Virginia Contemporary Arts Center, in Virginia Beach, April 2002. Heard at the National Museum of Women in the Arts was Trio for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (Activist Music), with Berkeley Price, Virginia Frasier, and Deon Nielsen Price, June 2002. The Femme Fete Festival to benefit women in Afghanistan, May 2002 in Sacramento, CA, included The Millington Strings and Strings N' Things in Introspect (Activist Music), for string quartet. Sabrina Ann Berger presented Journey (Activist Music), for five-string electric violin and prerecorded electronics, in South Norwalk, CT, August 2002. Re:pair, for Flute and Bassoon (Activist Music) was played by Patricia Cloud Kaufmann and Carolyn Beck in Culver City, CA, November 2002. Publications Slip; violin and harpsichord; Re:pair; versions for flute and bassoon and for two bassoons; Celebrate; Water Crossing; clarinet and prerecorded electronics; all by Activist Music. Further Information 2000-2001 American Composers Update 1999-2000 American Composers Update SAI's Composers Bureau Online SAI's Music for Young People section
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