Michael Jeffrey Shapiro
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| Michael Jeffrey Shapiro | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Michael Jeffrey Shapiro |
| Born | February 1, 1951 Brooklyn, NY, U.S. |
| Origin |  New York City, New York, United States |
| Genre(s) | Classical music |
| Occupation(s) | Composer, conductor, pianist |
| Website | http://www.michaelshapiro.com |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Piano | |
Michael Jeffrey Shapiro (born February 1, 1951) is a noted American composer and conductor.
He was born in Brooklyn, New York and received his education in New York City at Columbia College, the Mannes College of Music and then The Juilliard School. His composition teachers were Elie Siegmeister, Sir Malcolm Arnold, and Vincent Persichetti. He studied solfege with Renee Longy and conducting with Carl Bamberger and Harold Farberman.
He is presently the Music Director and Conductor of the Chappaqua Orchestra.
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[edit] Selected Works
[edit] Operas
- The Love of Don Perlimplin and Belisa in the Garden, libretto by Michael Shapiro based on the play by Federico Garcia Lorca - a one-act opera written in 1984 and premiered by the Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia, John Edward Niles, conductor.
- The Slave, a full-evening opera based on the novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer.
[edit] Film Scores
- American Jewish Committee documentary
- Distant Relatives - Israel Broadcasting Authority
- Frankenstein directed by James Whale starring Boris Karloff premiered at the Jacob Burns Film Center by The Chappaqua Orchestra
[edit] Symphonies
- Symphony - Pomes Penyeach based on the poems of James Joyce
[edit] Orchestra
- A Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776 for narrator and orchestra, premiered by Jose Ferrer narrator during the Bicentennial
- Lyric Variations for chamber orchestra
- like the roaring sea for orchestra
- Frankenstein-The Overture
- The Headless Horseman for narrator and orchestra
- Perlimplinito, Opera Sweet, a lace paper valentine for orchestra
- Widorama! for orchestra
[edit] Concerti
- Sinfonia Concertante for violin, 'cello and orchestra
- Guitar Concerto
[edit] Chamber
- String Quartet ("Yiddish")
- Piano Quintet
- Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano
- Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
- Sextet for Piano and Winds
- Shir for Flute and Piano
- Songs of the Jewish Ghetto for Cello and Piano (alt. Violin and Piano)
- Musical Chairs for brass quartet (French Horn I, II, trumpet, trombone)
[edit] Instrumental
- Eliahu Hanavi Variations - for solo 'cello
- Peace Variations- for solo violin
- Kaddish - for solo flute
- Canti - for solo flute
[edit] Piano
- Five Preludes
- Mysteries
- Sonata No. 1
- Sonata No. 2
[edit] Choral
- Three Psalms
- Psalm 137
- Ani Maamin
- Three Shakespeare Madrigals
- There is that in me (Whitman)
- Spanish Medieval Lyrics
[edit] Song Cycles
- Canciones, poetry by Federico Garcia Lorca
- Dublin Songs, poetry by James Joyce
- Songs of American Poets, poetry by Walt Whitman, Teton Sioux, Carl Sandburg
- Wordsworth Songs, poetry by William Wordsworth
- Erotic Songs, poetry by Erica Jong and Denise Levertov
- A Child's Garden, poetry by Robert Louis Stevenson
[edit] Recordings
- Recordings include:
- Eliahu Hanavi Variations Sato Knudsen ('cello) (Naxos Records, Milken Archive of Jewish American Composers)
[edit] External links
- http://www.michaelshapiro.com Official Website
- http://www.chappaquaorchestra.org
- http://www.newmusicbox.org
[edit] References
- ASCAP Biographical Dictionary, R. Bowker LLC (January 1981) ISBN-10 08352-12830
