Alex Shapiro, composer: Musicians

Performing and Recording Musicians

A composer's work is purely abstract
without musicians bringing it to life.
Here's a listing of some of the wonderful players
who have performed and recorded
Alex Shapiro's music.

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Alex Shapiro

Performers 1998-2008

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and yet it's a very incomplete list.
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	Clickable index of titles:

	At the Abyss piano, mallets, percussion
	Below contrabass flute & CD
	Bioplasm flute quartet
	Celebrate! SATB or SSA choir & piano
	Current Events string quintet
	Desert Notes oboe, bassoon, piano
	Desert Passage violin, tenor sax, piano
	Desert Run oboe, clarinet, piano
	Desert Tide soprano sax & CD
	Desert Waves 5-string electric violin & CD
	Deep contrabassoon & CD
	Evensong Suite flute, clarinet, bassoon & piano
	Evolve electric viola & CD
	Elegy trumpet, cello & piano
	For My Father solo piano
	Homecoming concert wind band
	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp
	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano
	Introspect string quartet
	Journey 5-string electric violin & CD
	Luvina solo piano
	Music for Two Big Instruments tuba & piano
	Music for Four Big Instruments tuba, bass, drums & piano
	Of Bow and Touch double bass & piano
	Of Breath and Touch bassoon & piano
	Of String and Touch viola & piano
	Of Wind* and Touch baritone saxophone & piano*
	Of Wood and Touch cello & piano
	Piano Suite No. 1: The Resonance of Childhood solo piano
	Piano Trio No. 1: Elegy violin, cello & piano
	Re:pair flute duet
	Re:pair flute and oboe
	Re:pair flute and bassoon
	Shiny Kiss solo flute
	Slip violin and harpsichord
	Slipping violin, harpsichord and percussion
	Sonata for Piano solo piano
	Transplant solo organ
	Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
	Unabashedly flute, violin, cello & piano
	Vista violin & CD
	Water Crossing clarinet & CD
	Water Voyage clarinet duet & CD

At the Abyss

Tom Burritt, Teresa McCollough, Peggy Benkeser rehearsing At the Abyss

Performed by:
..Teresa McCollough, piano
..Luanne Warner, marimba, vibes
..Peggy Benkeser, percussion

Performed and recorded by:
..Teresa McCollough, piano
..Tom Burritt, marimba, vibes
..Peggy Benkeser, percussion

Peggy Benkeser and Michael Cebulski

Performed by:
..Teresa McCollough, piano
..Michael Cebulski, marimba, vibes
..Peggy Benkeser, percussion

Performed by:
..Teresa McCollough, piano
..Luanne Warner, marimba, vibes
..Joanna Nelson, percussion

Below

Performed and recorded by:
..Peter Sheridan

Peter Sheridan

Bioplasm

Performed and recorded by:
..Los Angeles Flute Quartet:
..Lisa-Maree Amos
..Colleen Carroll
..Eileen Holt-Helwig
..Peter Sheridan

The Los Angeles Flute Quartet performing Bioplasm

Celebrate!

The Walden Choir singing "Celebrate!"

Performed by:
..University Campus Choir
..Diane Rose, director
..Ron Whittemore, piano

Performed by:
..University Campus Choir
..Stephanie Henry, director
..Ron Whittemore, piano

Performed by:
..San Fernando Valley Youth Chorus
..Thea Kano, director

Performed by:
..The Walden Chorus
..Leo Wanenchak, director
..Patricia Plude, piano

Performed by:
..University Campus Choir
..Irene Kim, director
..Ron Whittemore, piano

Current Events

Performed and recorded by:
..Miwako Watanabe, violin
..Connie Kupka, violin
..Victoria Miskolczy, viola
..David Walther, viola
..David Speltz, cello

The Pacific Serenades Quintet
recording Current Events

The Mladi Chamber Ensemble

Performed by:
The Mladi Chamber Ensemble:
..Lisa Dondlinger, violin
..Elizabeth Hedman, violin
..Alma Fernandez, viola
..Patrick Rosalez, viola
..Timothy Loo, cello

Performed by:
The Walden Chamber Players
..Joel Pitchon, violin
..Tatiana Dimitriades, violin
..Christof Huebner, viola
..Rebecca Gitter, viola
..Ashima Scripp, cello

The Walden Chamber Players

Deep

Performed and recorded by:
.. Carolyn Beck, contrabassoon
.. Dan Morris, additional percussion

Performed and recorded by:
.. Leslie Lashinsky, contrabassoon
.. Dan Morris, additional percussion

Carolyn Beck

Performed by:
.. Jason Carlson, contrabassoon

Performed by:
.. Matthew Morris, contrabassoon

Marco Mazzini

Matthew Morris

Performed and recorded by:
.. Marco Mazzini, contrabass clarinet

Performed by:
.. Fraser Jackson, contrabassoon

Fraser Jackson

Alex Vieira

Performed by:
.. Alex Vieira, contrabassoon

Performed by:
.. Bruce Gbur, contrabassoon

Performed by:
.. Robert Alfaro, contrabassoon

Desert Notes

Performed by:
..The Poulenc Trio:
.. Vladimir Lande, oboe
.. Bryan Young, bassoon
. .Irina Lande, piano

Performed by:
..ensemble Green:
.. Paul Sherman, oboe
.. Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon
. .Andrew Norman, piano

The Poulenc Trio

...

Performed by:
.. Nancy Ambrose King, oboe
.. Jeffrey Lyman, bassoon
. .Thomas Bandy, piano

Jeffrey Lyman and Nancy Ambrose King

Desert Passage

Performed by:
..Stephen Warner, violin
..James Umble, tenor saxophone
..Carolyn Gadiel Warner, piano

Performed by:
.The Mojave Trio:
..Sara Parkins, violin
..Margaret Parkins, cello
..Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano

The Mojave Trio

The Cleveland Duo, with James Umble

Desert Run

Performed and recorded by:
...Richard Kravchak, oboe
...Julia Heinen, clarinet
...Shari Raynor, piano

Shari Raynor

Desert Tide

Performed and recorded by:
...Douglas Masek
...soprano saxophone
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Performed by:
...Michael Napoleon
...soprano saxophone
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Doug Masek

Amy Schumacher

Performed by:
...Amy Schumacher
...soprano saxophone
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Desert Waves

Performed and recorded by:
...Sabrina Ann Berger,
...5-string electric violin
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Sabrina Ann Berger,
performing Desert Waves

Elegy

Performed by:
..The Orenunn Trio:
.. Mark Boren, trumpet
.. Julianne Boren, cello
. .Ellen Bottorf, piano

Performed by:
.. James Herzog, trumpet
.. Ashley Chen, cello
. .Stella Chia-Shan Cheng, piano

The Orenunn Trio

Trio Chromos

Recorded by:
Trio Chromos:
..   Ismael Betancor, trumpet
..   Carlos Rivero, cello
..   José Luis Castillo, piano

Performed by:
..   Donald Duncan, trumpet
..   Jakub Jerzy Omsky, cello
..   Tate Addis, piano

Evensong Suite for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano

Performed and recorded by:
..Brice Martin, flute
..Charles Boito, clarinet
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon
..Frank Basile, piano

Delores Stevens

Performed by:
..Patricia Cloud-Kaufmann, flute
..Lawrence Hughes, clarinet
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon
. Delores Stevens, piano

Brice Martin

Performed by:
..Linda Holland, flute
..Jocelyn Tipple, clarinet
..Kirsten Haaheim, bassoon
..Elaine Thompson, piano

Performed by:
.. Konza Prairie Chamber Players
..

Performed by:
..Christopher Chaffee, flute
..Randall Paul, clarinet
..Bill Jobert, bassoon
..Amy Gray, piano

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

Ehecalli

Performed by:
..Kathy Marsh, flute
..Nancy Carr, clarinet
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon
..Frank Basile, piano

Performed by:
..Patricia Cloud-Kaufmann, flute
..Lawrence Hughes, clarinet
..Jenice Rosen, bassoon
. Delores Stevens, piano

Evolve

Performed by:
.Martha Mooke, electric viola

Martha Mooke

For My Father

Performed and recorded by:
.Susanne Kessel, piano

Susanne Kessel

Homecoming

Performed by:
..The U.s. Army TRADOC Band
..Major Tod A. Addison, conductor

The U.S. Army TRADOC Band

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp

Performed by:
Chanté Duo:
..Martha MacDonald, clarinet
..Delaine Fedson, harp

Chanté Duo

Introspect

Timothy Loo

Performed by:
The Millington Strings:
..Julie Snider, violin
..Eric Malme, violin
..Michael Frost, viola
..Steve Millington, cello

Performed by:
..Alwyn Wright, violin
..Gerardo Hilera, violin
..Alma Fernandez, viola
..Timothy Loo, cello

Performed by:
..Mark Tammes, violin
..Adrian Boiangiu, violin
..Tess Frazier, viola
..Aaron Benavidiz, cello

Performed by:
Strings N' Things:
..Darcy Ford, violin
..Carmen Steele, violin
..Marlene Grass, viola
..Rejean Anderson, cello

Alma Fernandez

Performed by:
..Daphne Chen, violin
..Melissa Reiner, violin
..Alma Fernandez, viola
..Adam Esbensen, cello

Daphne Chen

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano

Performed and recorded by:
The Price Duo:
..Berkeley Price, clarinet
. Deon Nielsen Price, piano

The Price Duo

Performed by:
The Hardwick Chamber Ensemble:
..John Winsor, clarinet
..Jeanette Winsor, piano

Performed by:
Defenestration Players:
..Jamie Rainville, clarinet
..Rebecca Ahlfors, piano

Performed by:
..Gayl Lohse, clarinet
..Kathleen Poe, piano

Journey

Performed and recorded by:
...Sabrina Ann Berger,
...5-string electric violin
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Mary Lou Newmark