Alex Shapiro, composer: Links

Affiliations and Links

Alex Shapiro

Music happens in a community.

Ever since I began my composing career, two of its most important elements have been my relationships with colleagues, and my involvement with professional organizations.

I feel strongly about sharing any information I have with my peers and with younger, emerging composers. The more music artists who can make happy careers for themselves, the better for all of us who create and love music.

The following organizations have been significant to me, may be of interest to readers looking for more information, and could be of particular assistance to composers seeking ways to further their careers.

Professional Affiliations


	Writer and Publisher member of ASCAP
	Publisher member, National Music Publishers' Association (NMPA)
	Voting member, The Recording Academy (NARAS; The Grammys)
	Member, Board, American Music Center
	Member, American Composers Forum
	Member, Chamber Music America
	Member, past President, American Composers Forum of Los Angeles
	Member, past Vice President, The Society of Composers & Lyricists (SCL)
	Member, past officer, NACUSA (National Association of Composers, USA)
	Member, past officer, The College Music Society, Pacific Southern Chapter
	Member, Electronic Music Foundation
	Member, SEAMUS (Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the U.S.)
	Member, Society of Composers, Inc. (SCI)
	Member, International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM)
	Member, ACME, Mu Phi Epsilon
	Member, Mu Phi Epsilon International Committee
	Member, Mu Phi Epsilon
	Member, Sigma Alpha Iota Composers Bureau
	Member, The Dominant Club Music Association
	Member, Alumni Council, Manhattan School of Music
	Member, Board, Mladi Chamber Orchestra
	Member, VTEA Advisory Council, Los Angeles City College Music Department
	Member, Advisory Board, Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar
	Fellowship panelist, 2004, The McKnight Foundation
	Fellowship recipient, 2000, California Arts Council
	Fellowship recipient, 2003-2004, The MacDowell Colony
	Biography listed in Marquis' Who's Who in America
	Member, Board of Directors, University of Washington Friday Harbor Laboratories

...and other links

windy day at tidepools

windy day at tidepools
Alex, at home

Music business resources

The ASCAP Resource Guide
ASCAP Useful Information for Concert Music
The SCL Career Resources Guide
AMC Resource Guide
AMC Composer's 411
Meet the Composer

The Winogradsky Company
Highly experienced and regarded Los Angeles entertainment attorney Steve Winogradsky offers advice, information and sample contracts.

John Braheny
A wide ranging website from one of L.A.'s experts, filled with information and advice for songwriters.

TAXI
The leading independent A&R company helping unsigned bands, artists and songwriters get record deals, publishing deals and placement in films and TV shows.

Online music magazines

New Music Box (e-mag from the American Music Center)
Sequenza21 (classical music e-mag and web blog)
Music & Vision (daily classical music magazine)
Alternative Music Press (multimedia journal)
Global Music Network (music news)
Echo (a music-centered journal)
Arts Journal (daily arts news)
New Music Forum
Tokafi

And an impressive and large listening resource of living composers:
Kalvos and Damian's New Music Bazaar

as well as an excellent, growing resource for composers from all eras:
Music Academy Online

Contact and Press Kit for Alex Shapiro

To obtain a
short program bio for print,
please click here

To obtain program notes
for any of Ms. Shapiro's works,
please click here

To download a
high resolution photograph for print,
please click here

To download a .pdf of a complete
bio/C.V. for print,
please click here

To download a .pdf of the complete
Activist Music catalog,
please click here

To contact Alex Shapiro,
email is best.
Click here to send Alex a note

You can also leave
a voice message
or send a fax by dialing:
(270) 916-0093

Daily Life

San Juan Islands

The ocean is a significant part of Alex's life, and if Alex wasn't a musician, she'd probably be a marine biologist. Click above for local information about this beautiful environment which inspires her music.

How else does Alex spend her time? In addition to being a sailor, she loves ocean kayaking and downhill skiing. Alex tries to balance her music life with her love of the outdoors and the intoxicating scent of SPF 50 sunscreen.

For more local photos, visit Alex's blog, Notes from the Kelp.

Fair winds!
(and strings, brass and percussion, too!)

Cap'n Al at the helm of her
sloop "Sea Natural,"
July 2003.