Michael Shapiro

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People named Michael Shapiro include:

• Michael Shapiro's music has been characterized by The New York Times as "possessing a rare melodic gift." His dramatic, yet lyrical style reflects an attention to clear and simple expression tied to dynamic impulse. He has forged diverse compositional techniques into music direct in its impact.

Born into a musical family, Michael Shapiro has since an early age expressed himself with music. Mr. Shapiro holds a Master's degree in music from The Juilliard School of Music. Principal composition teachers included Elie Siegmeister, Vincent Persichetti, and Sir Malcolm Arnold. Mr. Shapiro also studied solfege and score reading with the renowned Renee Longy.

Michael Shapiro has composed for every medium, including works for solo voice, piano, chamber and orchestral music as well as television, film (including the score for the classic film Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff), and opera.

Michael Shapiro's works have been widely performed in the United States, Canada, and Europe, and he has received numerous honors and commissions. First performances of his works have been heard over National Public Radio, the Canadian Broadcasting System, the Israel Broadcasting Authority, Sender Freies Berlin (SFB), as well as major radio and television stations in New York including WQXR and WCBS-TV.

Michael Shapiro's prizes and grants include those from Martha Baird Rockefeller Composer's Assistance, Meet the Composer, Henry Evans Traveling Fellowship of Columbia University, the Columbian Award, Sigma Alpha Iota Composer's Competition Prize, and the Boris Koutzen Memorial Fund.— composer, conductor, pianist (Music Director and Conductor of The Chappaqua Orchestra)

• Michael Shapiro — the voice actor of Barney and the G-Man in the Half-Life series of computer games.
• Michael J. Shapiro — a political scientist at the University of Hawaii