Gary Schocker

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Gary Schocker (born October 18, 1959) is a flutist, composer, and pianist who has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the West German Sinfonia, and I Solisti Italiani among others.

Mr. Schocker has composed sonatas for piano, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn, and two pianos, as well as works for flute, many songs, theatrical works, and children's musicals. James Galway premiered Mr. Schocker’s three-movement concerto Green Places at Ireland’s Adair Festival and has also performed this work with the New Jersey Symphony. His musical entitled "Far From The Madding Crowd", written with Barbara Campbell, received its world premiere in New Zealand in the Fall of 2000.

Mr. Schocker's music is primarily published by the Theodore Presser Company.

He lives in New York City and Easton, Pennsylvania.

[edit] Discography

Solo:

Flute Forest (2004)
Regrets and Resolutions, modern flute works (2000)
Airborne, compositions by Schocker himself (2000)
The Awakening and Far From the Madding Crowd, a selection of songs from two exciting new musicals recorded by a cast of today's top Broadway performers (2000)

Duet:

With Guitarist Jason Vieaux