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Recent and Upcoming Concerts


Alex Shapiro
Alex Shapiro




Want to hear my music in concert? Here's a listing of some performances that I have information about. Click on the title to learn more about the piece.

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A composer's work is purely abstract without musicians bringing it to life. To see a list of some of the wonderful players who have performed and recorded my music, click here

 

 
D    
September 5, 2008
8:00 p.m.

Flea Circus

The Price Trio, recorded and slightly altered

 

60 x 60
Evolution Mix
Galapagos Artspace
Brooklyn, New York

Click here for info

D    
September 6, 2008
8:00 p.m.

Flea Circus

The Price Trio, recorded and slightly altered

 

60 x 60
Evolution Mix
Galapagos Artspace
Brooklyn, New York

Click here for info

D    
October 15, 2008
7:30 p.m.

Homecoming

 

University of Minnesota Symphonic Band

 

University of Minnesota
Ted Mann Concert Hall
2128 4th Street S
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Click here for info

Click here for directions

D    
October 25, 2008
8:00 p.m.

Flea Circus

Plasma

The Price Trio,
recorded and slightly altered


Los Angeles Flute Quartet,
recorded and slightly altered

 

FrammentAzioni
Taukay Edizioni Musicali
Udine, Italy

 

Click here for info

D    

November 7, 2008
8:00 p.m.

Various electroacoustic works

  Alex Shapiro and Michael Rhoades
Sweetwater Electroacoustic Music Concert Series
Sweetwater Sound
5501 US Hwy 30 W

Fort Wayne, Indiana
D    
November 11, 2008
7:30 p.m.

Transplant

Frances Nobert, organ

 

American Guild of Organists concert
Bay Shore Church

Long Beach, California

Click here for info

D    
November 14, 2008
12:30 p.m. and 7:00 p.m.

Flea Circus

The Price Trio, recorded and slightly altered
Jessica Desmond, choreographer
Lynn Brown and Lynn Marie, dancers

 

60x60 Dance
World Financial Center Winter Garden
New York, New York

a multimedia extravaganza pairing 60 composers with 60 choreographers for a thrilling one-hour surfing of today's music and dance scenes.

Click here for info

 

D    
December 7, 2008
5:00 p.m.

Evensong Suite


EHECALLI:
Cuauhtémoc Trejo, flute
Daniel Buchowski, clarinet
Katherine Snelling, bassoon
Ana Cervantes, piano

  Iglesia de San Pablo
calle Cardo
San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
D    
December 30, 2008
7:30 p.m.

Deep

Karen Sandene, contrabassoon
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

The New Music Agency series
Loft at the Mill- 8th and P Street
Lincoln, Nebraska

Click here for info

D    
January 10, 2009
2:00 p.m.

Five Squared

Quarteto de Brasilia

 

Brasilia, Brazil

U.S. Embassy private party

     
January 25, 2009
2:00 p.m.

Of Breath and Touch

Andrew Radford, bassoon
Natasha Kislenko, piano

  Ojai Art Center
113 S. Montgomery St.
Ojai, California
D    
February 8, 2009
3:00 p.m.

Water Voyage

F. Gerard Errante, clarinet
D Gause, clarinet
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

  Mountain View Presbyterian Church
8601 Del Webb Blvd.
Las Vegas, Nevada
D    
February 12, 2009
8:00 p.m.

Luvina

Ana Cervantes, piano

 

Chapel Performance Space
Good Shepherd Center
Seattle, Washington

 

Click here for info

D    
February 16, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Music for Two Big Instruments

Michael Forbes, tuba
Valerie Cisler, piano

 

Concerts-on-the-Platte Series
University of Nebraska at Kearney
Fine Arts Building
2506 12th Ave
Kearney, Nebraska

Click here for info

Click here for article about this concert

     
February 21, 2009
7:00 p.m.

Flea Circus

The Price Trio, recorded and slightly altered

  NACUSA concert series
Nacogdoches, Texas
D    
February 22, 2009
5:00 p.m.

Desert Notes

Trent Jacobs, bassoon
Angela Schmid, oboe
Casey Dierlam, piano

 

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Smith Memorial Recital Hall
1114 W. Nevada Street
Urbana, Illinois

Click here for info

D    
March 6, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Homecoming

University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble
Robert Taylor, director

 

University of Puget Sound
Schneebeck Concert Hall
1500 N. Warner
Tacoma, Washington

Click here for info

D    
March 7, 2009
Time TBA

Below

Peter Sheridan, contrabass flute
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

Melbourne, Australia

more info coming soon!

D    
March 8, 2009
3:00 p.m.

Shiny Kiss

Pamela Vliek Martchev, flute

 

Brand Library Music Series
Brand Library
1601 West Mountain Street
Glendale, California

Click here for info

D    
March 9, 2009
Time TBA

Water Voyage

F. Gerard Errante, clarinet
D Gause, clarinet
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

Royal Northern College of Music
Manchester, England

 

D    
March 11, 2009
Time TBA

Water Voyage

F. Gerard Errante, clarinet
D Gause, clarinet
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

The University of Hull - Scarborough
Scarborough, England

 

D    
March 12, 2009
8:30 p.m.

Luvina

Ana Cervantes, piano

 

US-Brazil Bi-National Center of Belo Horizonte
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

Click here for info

D    
March 15, 2009
8:30 p.m.

Deep


Sam Rettew, contrabassoon
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

Northwestern University
Pick-Staiger Concert Hall
Rengenstein Recital Hall
60 Arts Circle Drive
Evanston, Illinois

 

Click here for info

D    
March 16, 2009
8:30 p.m.

Luvina

Ana Cervantes, piano

 

Artistic Education Foundation
Belo Horizonte, Brazil

 

D    
March 17, 2009
Time TBA

Water Voyage

F. Gerard Errante, clarinet
D Gause, clarinet
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

Trinity College of Music
London, England

 

D    
March 21, 2009
1:00 p.m.

Below

Peter Sheridan, contrabass flute
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

Recital Hall
California State University at Fullerton
Fullerton, California

 

Click here for info

D    
April 2, 2009
1:10 p.m.

Below

Peter Sheridan, contrabass flute
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

Lunchtime Concert Series
Monash University, Clayton Campus
Victoria, Australia

Click here for info

D    
April 3, 2009
8:00 p.m.

At the Abyss

 

Zeitgeist

 

Studio Z
275 East Fourth Street
St. Paul, Minnesota

Click here for info

D    
April 4, 2009
8:00 p.m.

At the Abyss

 

Zeitgeist

 

Studio Z
275 East Fourth Street
St. Paul, Minnesota

 

Click here for info

D    
April 7, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Water Voyage

Nickitas Demos, clarinet
Ken Long, clarinet
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

neoPhonia New Music Ensemble
Kopleff Recital Hall
Georgia State University School of Music
Atlanta, Georgia

Click here for info

D    
April 9, 2009
8:00 p.m.

At the Abyss

 

Zeitgeist

 

Studio Z
275 East Fourth Street
St. Paul, Minnesota

 

Click here for info

D    
April 10, 2009
8:00 p.m.

At the Abyss

 

Zeitgeist

 

Studio Z
275 East Fourth Street
St. Paul, Minnesota

 

Click here for info

D    
April 11, 2009
8:00 p.m.

At the Abyss

 

Zeitgeist

 

Studio Z
275 East Fourth Street
St. Paul, Minnesota

 

Click here for info

D    
April 17, 2009
1:00 p.m.

Below

Peter Sheridan, contrabass flute
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

Monash University
Monash Conservatorium: Lunch Time Concerts
Melbourne, Australia

more info coming soon!

D    
April 17, 2009
8:00 p.m.

Flea Circus

The Price Trio, recorded and slightly altered

 

Wayward Music Series
Good Shepherd Center
Fourth Floor
Seattle, Washington

Click here for info

D    
April 22, 2009
8:00 p.m.

Elegy

Todd Hayen, trumpet
Colin Field, cello
Jeffrey Hinkle, piano

 

Scores of Sound Festival
Cornish College of the Arts
Poncho Concert Hall
Seattle, Washington

Click here for info

D    
April 26, 2009
4:00 p.m.

Homecoming

Encore Wind Ensemble

 

Wayzata Community Church
125 Wayzata Blvd.
Wayzata, Minnesota

Click here for info

D    
May 11, 2009
4:00 p.m. PACIFIC

Alex Shapiro Interview

Alex Shapiro

 

Second Life Cable Network
Hosted by Music Academy Online

Click here to see the show live

Click here to see the show archived

D    
May 17, 2009
3:00 p.m.

Evensong Suite

Heart of America Wind Quintet:
Deana Wagoner, flute
Sean Jones, clarinet
Cynthia Taylor, bassoon
Roy Steeby, piano

  University of St Mary
4100 South 4th St
Leavenworth, Kansas
D    
May 29, 2009
3:00 p.m.

Music for Two Big Instruments

Norman Pearson, tuba
Cynthia Bauhof-Williams, piano

  South West Regional Euphonium Tuba Conference
Crowell Concert Hall
Biola University
Los Angeles, California
D    
May 30, 2009
8:00 p.m.

Desert Thoughts

Palisades Virtuosi

  Unitarian Society of Ridgewood
113 Cottage Place
Ridgewood, New Jersey
     
June 15, 2009
3:00 p.m.

Five Squared

Accessible Contemporary Music:
Elizabeth Choi, violin
Blagomira Lipari, violin
Doyle Armbrust, viola
Alyson Berger, cello

  Pritzker Pavillion
Millenium Park
Chicago, Illinois
D    
July 21, 2009
Time TBA

Desert Notes

Henry Skolnick, bassoon
Alicia Tate, oboe
Philip Morehead, piano

 

International Double Reed Society Conference
Birmingham, England

 

Click here for info

D    
August 13, 2009
9:00 a.m.

Below

Peter Sheridan, contrabass flute
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

National Flute Association Convention
New York, New York

 

Click here for info

D    
September 9, 2009
11:30 p.m.

At the Abyss

Teresa McCollough, piano
Peggy Benkeser, percussion
Tom Burritt, mallets

 

Classical Discoveries
Marvin Rosen, host
WPRB 103.3FM
Princeton, New Jersey

BROADCAST/STREAM

Click here for info, and to listen

D    
September 12, 2009
11:00 p.m.

Bioplasm

The Los Angeles Flute Quartet

 

Modern Times
FROM THE LAST DECADE I
Alan Chapman, host
KUSC 91.5FM
Los Angeles, California

BROADCAST/STREAM

Click here for info, and to listen

D    
September 28, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Desert Waves

Rudolf Haken, viola
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

Faculty Recital
Music Building, Auditorium 2100
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Urbana, Illinois

D    
September 30, 2009
8:30 p.m.

Luvina

Ana Cervantes, piano

 

REDCAT Theater
Walt Disney Concert Hall
Los Angeles, California

Click here for info

D    
October 2, 2009
Time TBA

Luvina

Ana Cervantes, piano

  California State University, Fresno
Fresno, California
D    
October 5, 2009
Time TBA

Below

Peter Sheridan, contrabass flute
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

Sydney Flute Festival
Adelaide, Australia

 

Click here for info

D    
October 9, 2009
8:30 p.m.

Luvina

Ana Cervantes, piano

 

Outpost Performance Space
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Click here for info

D    
October 9, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Homecoming

Yale Concert Band

 

Woolsey Hall
Yale University
New Haven, Connecticut

Click here for info

D    
November 14, 2009
9:00 a.m.

Deep

Fraser Jackson, contrabassoon

 

Double Reed Day at
Michigan State University
Music Building
East Lansing, Michigan

Click here for info

D    
November 15, 2009
2:30 p.m.

Archipelago

Fifth House Ensemble

 

Norton Building Concert Series
200 W 11th Street
Lockport, Illinois

PREMIERE!

Click here for info

D    
November 19, 2009
November 20, 2009
November 21, 2009

all shows 8:00 p.m.

At the Abyss

Zeitgeist:
Heather Barringer, percussion
Patti Cudd, percussion
Shannon Wettstein, piano


Studio Z
275 East Fourth Street
St. Paul, Minnesota

Click here for info

D    
November 22, 2009
4:00 p.m.

Celebrate!

The Heartland Chamber Chorale

 

The East Allen County Schools Choral Festival featuring the Heartland Chamber Chorale
Plymouth Congregational Church UCC
501 W Berry Street
Fort Wayne, Indiana

For more info, call 260-436-8080

D    
December 4, 2009
7:30 p.m.

Re:pair

Evie Banuelos, flute
Max Krongaus, flute

  UCLA
Popper Hall
Schoenberg Hall
Los Angeles, California
D    
December 5, 2009
8:00 p.m.

Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano

the Thurnauer Chamber Music Society:
Jon Klibonoff, piano
Sharon Roffman, violin
Richard Goldsmith, clarinet

 

25th Anniversary, Thurnauer School of Music
Kaplen JCC on the Palisades
Eric Brown Theater
411 East Clinton Avenue
Tenafly, New Jersey

Click here for info

D    
February 7, 2010
4:00 p.m.

Evensong Suite

David Clemensen, piano
Mary Palchak, flute
Desmond Stevens, clarinet
David Muller, bassoon

  Saint Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church
3233 Pacific View Drive
Corona del Mar, California
D    

February 11, 2010
7:30 p.m.
Pre-concert talk with Alex at 6:00pm

Water Crossing

Re:pair

Deep

Desert Tide

Several jazz tunes!

 

Dr. Lisa Jelle, flute
Dr. Gail Lehto Zugger, clarinet
Cynthia Cioffari, bassoon
Dr. Michael Cox, soprano saxophone
Tony Zilincik, tuba

PLUS

Spectrum Faculty Jazz Ensemble:
Dr. Michael Cox, saxophone
Stan Smith, guitar
Roger Hines, bass
Bob Breithaupt, drums

 

All-Shapiro concert
NOW New Music Festival concert
Huntington Recital Hall
Capital University
Columbus, Ohio

 

Click here for info

D    
February 16, 2010
8:00 p.m.

Five Squared

Accessible Contemporary Music:
Elizabeth Choi, violin
Blagomira Lipari, violin
Doyle Armbrust, viola
Alyson Berger, cello

 

Empty Bottle
1035 N. Western Avenue
Chicago, Illinois

Click here for info

D    
February 21, 2010
3:00 p.m.

Archipelago

Fifth House Ensemble

 

First United Methodist Church series
919 - 60th Street
Kenosha, Wisconsin

Click here for info

D    
March 11, 2010
6:00 p.m.

Vista

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

  Birmingham-Museum of Art
2000 Eighth Avenue North
Birmingham, Alabama
D    
March 13, 2010
7:00 p.m.

Homecoming

U.S. Army TRADOC Concert Wind Band
Major Tod A. Addison, conductor

 

The Ferguson Center for the Arts
1 University Place
Newport News, Virginia

Click here for info

D    
March 19, 2010
8:30 p.m.

Slowly, searching

Susanne Kessel, piano

 

Sophienkirche
Wuppertal, Germany

PREMIERE!

D    
March 19, 2010
8:00 p.m.

Vista

Karen Bentley Pollick, violin
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

 

The Chapel at Good Shepherd Center
Seattle, Washington

Click here for info

D    
April 9, 2010
8:00 p.m.

Re:pair

Deborah Boldin, flute
Jessi Rosinski, flute

 

Flutes and Poetry
540 White Plains Road
45 Mt Auburn St.
Cambridge, Massachusetts

Click here for info

D    
April 10, 2010
3:00 p.m.

Deep

Chelsea L. Schumann, contrabassoon
Electronics created by Alex Shapiro

  Wood County Public Library
Bowling Green, Ohio
D    
April 11, 2010
3:00 p.m.

Bioplasm

Northern Westchester Flutes:
Alice Avouris, Elyse Knobloch
Cecilia Sparacio and Rebecca Quigley

  Hendrick Hudson Public Library
Democracy Center
Montrose, New York

Click here for info

D    
April 11, 2010
2:00 p.m.

Transplant

Frances Nobert, organ

 

Organ Historical Trust of Australia
2010 Conference
Pitt Street Uniting Church
Sydney, Australia

Click here for info

D    
May 26, 2010
8:00 p.m.

Unabashedly

neoLIT Ensemble:
Amelia Lukas, flute
Masha Lankovsky, violin
Aminda Asher, cello
Katya Mihailova, piano

 

Bargemusic
Here and Now series
Fulton Ferry Landing
Brooklyn, New York

 

Click here for info

D    
May 28, 2010
6:00 p.m.

Slowly, searching

Susanne Kessel, piano

  WDR Sendesaal
Appellhofplatz
Cologne, Germany
D    
June 4, 2010
8:00 p.m.

Slowly, searching

Susanne Kessel, piano

  Konservatorium
Musik Alexander
Mainz, Germany
D    
September 14, 2010
6:00 p.m.and 9:00 p.m.

Slowly, searching

Susanne Kessel, piano

  International Beethoven-Festival
Palais Schaumburg
Bonn, Germany

waves at Zuma
inside the wave
waves at Zuma

This is just a sampling of concerts.
If you know of others which should be added to these listings,
please email Alex Shapiro.

 

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