Alex Shapiro

about

Alex Shapiro (b. New York City, 1962) is among the Pacific Coast’s most familiar composers. Published by Activist Music, her chamber works and electroacoustic pieces are heard weekly in concerts and broadcasts across the U.S. and internationally, and have been recorded by many artists for CDs from Cambria Master Recordings, Oehms Classics, Innova Recordings, Crystal Records, Quindecim Records, Centaur Records and others. Educated at The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music as a student of Ursula Mamlok and John Corigliano, Ms. Shapiro has received honors and awards from The American Music Center, ASCAP, the American Composers Forum, Mu Phi Epsilon, The California Arts Council and The MacDowell Colony, and she is the recent President of the Board of Directors of The American Composers Forum of Los Angeles. Alex resides on Washington State's San Juan Island, and when she's not kayaking or exploring the tide pools, she updates her website, http://www.alexshapiro.org with concert information and audio clips of her music. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

top songs

albums

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Excelsior

Notes from the Kelp

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Shapiro, Alex: Notes from the Kelp

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Intermezzo

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Arcana

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The Dreams of Birds

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2011 Midwest Clinic: VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band

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2013 Midwest Clinic: VanderCook College of Music Symphonic Band

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Everything Beautiful

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60x60 (2005)

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Alex Shapiro: Notes From The Kelp

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McCollough, Teresa: New American Piano Music

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