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Alex Shapiro
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Alex Shapiro aligns note after note with the hope that a few of them might actually sound good next to each other. She has become one of the Pacific coast's most familiar composers of acoustic and electroacoustic chamber music, and her expressive, dramatic works are performed and broadcast daily across the U.S. and internationally. Published by Activist Music, her music can be found on over twenty commercially released CDs from record labels around the world.
Born in New York City in 1962 and raised in Manhattan, Alex began composing at age nine. She was educated at The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music, where she was a composition student of Ursula Mamlok and John Corigliano. Earlier composition studies from age fifteen were with Leo Edwards at Mannes College of Music and with Michael Czajkowski and George Tsontakis at the Aspen Music School. An accomplished pianist, Ms. Shapiro was a student of New York recitalist Marshall Kreisler, and she is an active guitarist as well.
Ms. Shapiro is the recipient of national honors and awards including those from the American Music Center, ASCAP, the American Composers Forum, Meet the Composer and Mu Phi Epsilon, and she has been awarded artist fellowships from The California Arts Council and The MacDowell Colony, for which she now serves as an advisor.
An enthusiastic leader in the new music community, Alex is a strong advocate for other artists through her speaking appearances and her published articles. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the American Music Center, and sits on ASCAP's Symphony & Concert Committee. Alex is the recent President of the Board of Directors of the American Composers Forum of Los Angeles, and has served as an officer on the boards of national music organizations including NACUSA, The College Music Society, and The Society of Composers & Lyricists. Her volunteer activism extends beyond the music world to additional interests, and encompasses three terms she served in the 1990's on the Board of Directors of the ACLU of Southern California, including two years as the 30,000-member affiliate's Vice-president. Reflecting an affinity with the ocean that inspires much of her music, Alex is currently a Board member of the University of Washington's renowned marine science research facility, the Friday Harbor Laboratories.
Articulate, passionate and entertaining, Ms. Shapiro appears regularly as a speaker at a wide variety of music events, including NARAS' Grammy® in the Schools, the Los Angeles Philharmonic's First Nights series, IAWM's International Congress of Women in Music, the National Performing Arts Convention in Denver, Colorado, the Minnesota Orchestra Composer Institute, and each of ASCAP's I Create Music Expos in Hollywood. Since 2000 Alex has interviewed over 100 composers as the moderator of the Los Angeles Composer’s Salon series as well as ACF/LA's Composer to Composer series at Walt Disney Concert Hall, and she is a familiar guest lecturer at many colleges and universities. Alex is especially well versed on the uses of digital media for the promotion of artists' careers, and is a speaker for the ASCAP Composer Career Workshop series she helped to create. She recently testified on a Federal Communications Commission panel hearing in Washington, D.C., about broadband access and digital rights issues.
A longtime resident of Malibu, California, Alex now resides on Washington State's San Juan Island. When she's not composing, she procrastinates on her next piece by communing with the sea life that surrounds her, as seen on her music- and photo-filled blog, Notes from the Kelp. For more information than you could possibly need, please visit Alex's engaging website.
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Archipelago
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2009
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11:00:00
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Homecoming
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Band
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2008
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08:00:00
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Below
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Unspecified Instrument(s)
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2008
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10:22:00
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Five Squared
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2008
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04:20:00
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Luvina
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Keyboard
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2007
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00:05:00
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Water Voyage
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2007
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00:08:26
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Desert Run
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2007
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00:10:30
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Unabashedly
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2006
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00:14:00
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Slipping
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2006
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00:09:30
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Of Wind And Touch
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2006
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00:10:00
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Music For Four Big Instruments
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2006
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00:08:00
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Just A Minute Of Your Time
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2006
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00:01:00
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Evolve
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2006
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00:07:00
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Of String And Touch
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2006
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00:10:00
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Vista
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2005
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00:07:30
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Chakra Suite
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2005
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00:10:30
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Unhinged
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2005
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00:01:00
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Desert Tide
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2005
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00:10:00
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Elegy
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2004
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00:08:00
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Plasma
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2004
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00:01:00
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Bioplasm
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2004
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00:12:00
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Deep
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2004
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00:07:30
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At The Abyss
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2003
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00:13:00
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Current Events
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2003
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00:15:00
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Water Crossing
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2002
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00:10:00
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Introspect
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2002
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00:07:00
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Celebrate!
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Chorus, with or without Solo Voices
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2002
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00:05:00
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Re:Pair For Flute And Bassoon
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2001
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00:07:30
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Re:Pair For Two Bassoons
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2001
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00:07:30
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Desert Notes
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2001
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00:10:00
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Desert Passage
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2001
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00:10:00
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Desert Waves
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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2001
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00:10:00
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Of Wood And Touch
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2001
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00:10:00
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Slip
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2001
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00:09:30
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Of Air And Touch
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2001
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00:10:00
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Re:pair for Flute and Oboe
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2001
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00:07:00
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Re:Pair For Two Baroque Flutes
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2000
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00:07:00
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Of Bow And Touch
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2000
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00:10:00
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Music For Two Big Instruments
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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2000
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00:07:00
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Journey
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Electronic Instruments and Sound Sources
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1999
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00:07:00
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Transplant
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Keyboard
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1999
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00:03:30
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Of Breath And Touch
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1999
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00:10:00
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Shiny Kiss
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Solo instrument, non-keyboard
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1999
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00:04:00
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Evensong Suite For Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon And Piano
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1999
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00:17:00
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Piano Trio No. 1: Elegy
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1999
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00:08:00
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Intermezzo For Piano
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Keyboard
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1998
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00:03:00
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Intermezzo For Clarinet And Piano
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1998
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00:03:00
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Trio For Clarinet, Violin, And Piano
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1998
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00:12:00
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Intermezzo For Violin And Harp
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1998
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00:03:00
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Intermezzo For Clarinet And Harp
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Chamber or Jazz Ensemble, Without Voice
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1998
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00:03:00
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Sonata For Piano
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Keyboard
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1997
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00:16:00
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Piano Suite No. 1: The Resonance Of Childhood
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Keyboard
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1996
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00:12:00
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Solo Violin with Alternating Currents
Karen Bentley Pollick will perform new compositions for violin with electronics by eight living, breathing composers!
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3/19/2010 08:00 PM
The Chapel at Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Avenue North (4th Floor) Seattle Washington 98103 us
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Phone:206-789-1939
Email:gscchapel@gmail.com
Web:waywardmusic.blogspot.com
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| Artist: Frederic Rzewski |
| Title: Pocket Symphony |
| Album: Fred |
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