Alex Shapiro, composer: Musicians

Performing and Recording Musicians

A composer's work is purely abstract
without musicians bringing it to life.
Here's a listing of some of the wonderful players
who performed and recorded
Alex Shapiro's music as her concert music career began.

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Alex Shapiro

Performers 1998-2009

There are hundreds of musicians listed here,
and yet it's a very incomplete list.
Due to the inability to continue tracking and adding
all the wonderful performers,
this page has been retired as of 2009.

This is a list of some of the musicians
who helped to launch Alex's concert music career.

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Some of the links may be outdated,
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about most players.

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	Clickable index of titles

	Archipelago string quartet, double bass, woodwind quintet
	At the Abyss piano, mallets, percussion
	Below contrabass flute & CD
	Bioplasm flute quartet
	Celebrate! SATB or SSA choir & piano
	Current Events string quintet
	Desert Notes oboe, bassoon, piano
	Desert Passage violin, tenor sax, piano
	Desert Run oboe, clarinet, piano
	Desert Thoughts flute, clarinet, piano
	Desert Tide soprano sax & CD
	Desert Waves 5-string electric violin & CD
	Deep contrabassoon & CD
	Evensong Suite flute, clarinet, bassoon & piano
	Evolve electric viola & CD
	Elegy trumpet, cello & piano
	Five Squared string quartet
	For My Father solo piano
	Homecoming concert wind band
	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp
	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano
	Introspect string quartet
	Journey 5-string electric violin & CD
	Luvina solo piano
	Music for Two Big Instruments tuba & piano
	Music for Four Big Instruments tuba, bass, drums & piano
	Of Bow and Touch double bass & piano
	Of Breath and Touch bassoon & piano
	Of String and Touch viola & piano
	Of Wind and Touch baritone saxophone & piano
	Of Wood and Touch cello & piano
	Piano Suite No. 1: The Resonance of Childhood solo piano
	Piano Trio No. 1: Elegy violin, cello & piano
	Re:pair flute duet
	Re:pair flute and oboe
	Re:pair flute and bassoon
	Shiny Kiss solo flute
	Slip violin and harpsichord
	Slipping violin, harpsichord and percussion
	Slowly, searching solo piano
	Sonata for Piano solo piano
	Transplant solo organ
	Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano
	Unabashedly flute, violin, cello & piano
	Vista violin & CD
	Water Crossing clarinet & CD
	Water Voyage clarinet duet & CD

Archipelago

Performed by:
..Fifth House Ensemble

Fifth House Ensemble

At the Abyss

Tom Burritt, Teresa McCollough, Peggy Benkeser rehearsing At the Abyss

Performed by:
..Teresa McCollough, piano
..Luanne Warner, marimba, vibes
..Peggy Benkeser, percussion

Performed and recorded by:
..Teresa McCollough, piano
..Tom Burritt, marimba, vibes
..Peggy Benkeser, percussion

Peggy Benkeser and Michael Cebulski

Performed by:
..Teresa McCollough, piano
..Michael Cebulski, marimba, vibes
..Peggy Benkeser, percussion

Performed by:
..Teresa McCollough, piano
..Luanne Warner, marimba, vibes
..Joanna Nelson, percussion

Below

Performed and recorded by:
..Peter Sheridan

Peter Sheridan

Bioplasm

Performed and recorded by:
..Los Angeles Flute Quartet:
..Lisa-Maree Amos
..Colleen Carroll
..Eileen Holt-Helwig
..Peter Sheridan

The Los Angeles Flute Quartet performing Bioplasm

Celebrate!

The Walden Choir singing "Celebrate!"

Performed by:
..University Campus Choir
..Diane Rose, director
..Ron Whittemore, piano

Performed by:
..University Campus Choir
..Stephanie Henry, director
..Ron Whittemore, piano

Performed by:
..San Fernando Valley Youth Chorus
..Thea Kano, director

Performed by:
..The Walden Chorus
..Leo Wanenchak, director
..Patricia Plude, piano

Performed by:
..University Campus Choir
..Irene Kim, director
..Ron Whittemore, piano

Current Events

Performed and recorded by:
..Miwako Watanabe, violin
..Connie Kupka, violin
..Victoria Miskolczy, viola
..David Walther, viola
..David Speltz, cello

The Pacific Serenades Quintet
recording Current Events

The Mladi Chamber Ensemble

Performed by:
The Mladi Chamber Ensemble:
..Lisa Dondlinger, violin
..Elizabeth Hedman, violin
..Alma Fernandez, viola
..Patrick Rosalez, viola
..Timothy Loo, cello

Performed by:
The Walden Chamber Players
..Joel Pitchon, violin
..Tatiana Dimitriades, violin
..Christof Huebner, viola
..Rebecca Gitter, viola
..Ashima Scripp, cello

The Walden Chamber Players

Deep

Performed and recorded by:
.. Carolyn Beck, contrabassoon
.. Dan Morris, additional percussion

Performed and recorded by:
.. Leslie Lashinsky, contrabassoon
.. Dan Morris, additional percussion

Carolyn Beck

Performed by:
.. Jason Carlson, contrabassoon

Performed by:
.. Matthew Morris, contrabassoon

Marco Mazzini

Matthew Morris

Performed and recorded by:
.. Marco Mazzini, contrabass clarinet

Performed by:
.. Fraser Jackson, contrabassoon

Fraser Jackson

Alex Vieira

Performed by:
.. Alex Vieira, contrabassoon

Performed by:
.. Bruce Gbur, contrabassoon

Performed by:
.. Robert Alfaro, contrabassoon

Desert Notes

Performed by:
..The Poulenc Trio:
.. Vladimir Lande, oboe
.. Bryan Young, bassoon
. .Irina Lande, piano

Performed by:
..ensemble Green:
.. Paul Sherman, oboe
.. Sara Schoenbeck, bassoon
. .Andrew Norman, piano

The Poulenc Trio

...

Jeffrey Lyman and Nancy Ambrose King

Performed by:
.. Nancy Ambrose King, oboe
.. Jeffrey Lyman, bassoon
. .Thomas Bandy, piano

Performed by:
.. Angela Schmid, oboe
.. Trent Jacobs, bassoon
. .Casey Dierlam, piano

Desert Passage

Performed by:
..Stephen Warner, violin
..James Umble, tenor saxophone
..Carolyn Gadiel Warner, piano

Performed by:
.The Mojave Trio:
..Sara Parkins, violin
..Margaret Parkins, cello
..Genevieve Feiwen Lee, piano

The Mojave Trio

The Cleveland Duo, with James Umble

Desert Run

Performed by:
...Richard Kravchak, oboe
...Julia Heinen, clarinet
...Shari Raynor, piano

Shari Raynor

Desert Thoughts

Performed by:
...Margaret Swinchoski, flute
...Donald Mokrynski, clarinet
...Ron Levy, piano

Palisades Virtuosi

Desert Tide

Performed and recorded by:
...Douglas Masek
...soprano saxophone
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Performed by:
...Michael Napoleon
...soprano saxophone
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Doug Masek

Amy Schumacher

Performed by:
...Amy Schumacher
...soprano saxophone
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Desert Waves

Performed and recorded by:
...Sabrina Ann Berger,
...5-string electric violin
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Sabrina Ann Berger,
performing Desert Waves

Rudolf Haken

Performed by:
...Rudolf Haken, viola
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Elegy

Performed by:
..The Orenunn Trio:
.. Mark Boren, trumpet
.. Julianne Boren, cello
. .Ellen Bottorf, piano

Performed by:
.. James Herzog, trumpet
.. Ashley Chen, cello
. .Stella Chia-Shan Cheng, piano

The Orenunn Trio

Trio Chromos

Recorded by:
Trio Chromos:
..   Ismael Betancor, trumpet
..   Carlos Rivero, cello
..   José Luis Castillo, piano

Performed by:
..   Donald Duncan, trumpet
..   Jakub Jerzy Omsky, cello
..   Tate Addis, piano

Performed by:
..   Todd Hayen, trumpet
..   Colin Field, cello
..   Jeffrey Hinkle, piano

Todd, Alex, Colin, Jeffrey

Evensong Suite for Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano

Performed and recorded by:
..Brice Martin, flute
..Charles Boito, clarinet
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon
..Frank Basile, piano

Delores Stevens

Performed by:
..Patricia Cloud-Kaufmann, flute
..Lawrence Hughes, clarinet
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon
. Delores Stevens, piano

Brice Martin

Performed by:
..Linda Holland, flute
..Jocelyn Tipple, clarinet
..Kirsten Haaheim, bassoon
..Elaine Thompson, piano

Performed by:
.. Konza Prairie Chamber Players
..

Performed by:
..Christopher Chaffee, flute
..Randall Paul, clarinet
..Bill Jobert, bassoon
..Amy Gray, piano

Performed by:
EHECALLI:
..Cuauhtémoc Trejo, flute
..Daniel Buchowski, clarinet
..Katherine Snelling, bassoon
..Ana Cervantes, piano

Ehecalli

Performed by:
..Kathy Marsh, flute
..Nancy Carr, clarinet
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon
..Frank Basile, piano

Performed by:
..Patricia Cloud-Kaufmann, flute
..Lawrence Hughes, clarinet
..Jenice Rosen, bassoon
. Delores Stevens, piano

Evolve

Performed by:
.Martha Mooke, electric viola

Martha Mooke

Five Squared

Performed by:
...Quarteto de Brasilia

Quarteto de Brasilia

For My Father

Performed and recorded by:
.Susanne Kessel, piano

Susanne Kessel

Homecoming

Performed by:
..The U.S. Army TRADOC Band
..Major Tod A. Addison, conductor

Performed by:
..University of Minnesota Symphonic Band
..Jerry Luckhardt, conductor

The U.S. Army TRADOC Band

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp

Performed by:
Chanté Duo:
..Martha MacDonald, clarinet
..Delaine Fedson, harp

Chanté Duo

Introspect

Timothy Loo

Performed by:
The Millington Strings:
..Julie Snider, violin
..Eric Malme, violin
..Michael Frost, viola
..Steve Millington, cello

Performed by:
..Alwyn Wright, violin
..Gerardo Hilera, violin
..Alma Fernandez, viola
..Timothy Loo, cello

Performed by:
..Mark Tammes, violin
..Adrian Boiangiu, violin
..Tess Frazier, viola
..Aaron Benavidiz, cello

Performed by:
Strings N' Things:
..Darcy Ford, violin
..Carmen Steele, violin
..Marlene Grass, viola
..Rejean Anderson, cello

Alma Fernandez

Performed by:
..Daphne Chen, violin
..Melissa Reiner, violin
..Alma Fernandez, viola
..Adam Esbensen, cello

Daphne Chen

Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano

Performed and recorded by:
The Price Duo:
..Berkeley Price, clarinet
. Deon Nielsen Price, piano

The Price Duo

Performed by:
The Hardwick Chamber Ensemble:
..John Winsor, clarinet
..Jeanette Winsor, piano

Performed by:
Defenestration Players:
..Jamie Rainville, clarinet
..Rebecca Ahlfors, piano

Performed by:
..Gayl Lohse, clarinet
..Kathleen Poe, piano

Journey

Performed and recorded by:
...Sabrina Ann Berger,
...5-string electric violin
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Mary Lou Newmark

Performed by:
...Mary Lou Newmark,
...5-string electric violin
...(with electronic soundscape
...on CD)

Luvina

Performed and recorded by:
.Ana Cervantes, piano

Ana Cervantes

Music for Two Big Instruments

Performed and recorded by:
..Norman Pearson, tuba
..Cynthia Bauhof-Williams, piano

Performed by:
..Velvet Brown, tuba
..Roberto Arosio, piano

Norm Pearson

Velvet Brown

Performed by:
..Velvet Brown, tuba
..Robert Satterlee, piano

Performed by:
..Joe Skillen, tuba
..Laurelie Gheesling, piano

Performed and recorded by:
..Alan Baer, tuba
..Bradley Haag, piano

Performed by:
..Joshua Wirt, tuba
..Martyn Parkes, piano

Alan Baer

Sergio Carolino

Performed by:
..Alan Baer, tuba
..Jim Staples, piano

Performed by:
..Sergio Carolino, tuba
..Pianist TBL

Performed by:
..Frank Gazda, euphonium
..Linda Christensen, piano

Music for Four Big Instruments

Performed by:
..Alan Baer, tuba
..Carol Congers, piano
..Bassist, drummer TBL

Alan Baer

Of Bow and Touch

Performed by:
..Tom Peters, double bass
..Mark Uranker, piano

Tom Peters

Of Breath and Touch

Performed by:
..Julie Feves, bassoon
..Mark Menzies, piano

Performed by:
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon
..Barbara Stewart, piano

Performed by:
..Rebecca Mestek, bassoon
..Pianist TBL

Julie Feves

Mark Menzies

Performed by:
..Kimberly D. Buchar Kelley, bassoon
Rachel Jensen, piano

Performed and recorded by:
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon
..Delores Stevens, piano

Performed by:
..Katherine Snelling, bassoon
..Ana Cervantes, piano

Ana Cervantes and Katherine Snelling

Of String and Touch

Performed by:
..Peter Neubert, viola
..Stacy Kwak, piano

Peter Neubert

Luca D'Alberto

Lorenzo Materazzo

Performed by:
..Luca D'Alberto, viola
..Lorenzo Materazzo, piano

Of Wind and Touch

Performed by:
..Brandon Masterman, baritone saxophone
..Henry Orazi, piano

Henry Orazi

Brandon Masterman

Of Wood and Touch

Performed by:
..Gianna Abondolo, cello
..Teresa McCollough, piano

Performed by:
..Tido Janssen, cello
..Stacy Kwak, piano

Gianna Abondolo

Tido Janssen and Stacy Kwak

Performed by:
..Jakub Jerzy Omsky, cello
..Tate Addis, piano

Piano Suite No. 1: The Resonance of Childhood

Performed by:
..Zita Carno, piano

Performed by:
..Dorothy Spaffard Hull, piano

Performed and recorded by:
..Susanne Kessel, piano

Susanne Kessel

Gordon Rumson

Performed by:
..Gordon Rumson, piano

Performed by:
..Hamilton Tescarollo, piano

Hamilton Tescarollo

Piano Trio No. 1: Elegy

Performed by:
The Blackbird Trio:
. Nancy Roth, violin
. Mary Anne Steinberger, cello
. Alan Steinberger, piano

Performed by:
The Herrick Trio:
. Marilyn Gibson, violin
. Daryl Goldberg, cello
. Joan Stein, piano

The Blackbird Trio

Performed by:
..Dorothy Spafard Hull, piano
..Dawn Phelps Neal, violin
..Wendy Knittle, cello

Performed by:
..Dorothy Spafard Hull, piano
..Dawn Phelps Neal, violin
..Marilyn Harris, cello

Performed by:
..Dorothy Spafard Hull, piano
..Daphne Chen, violin
..Whitney Griggs, cello

Performed by:
. Donna Fraser, violin
. Norma Sexton, cello
. Charles Badami, piano

The Herrick Trio

Re:pair

Performed by:
..Tom Moore, baroque flute
..Laura Ronai, baroque flute

Re:pair for Flute and Bassoon

Carolyn Beck

Performed by:
..Sara Andon, flute
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon

Performed by:
..Kathy Marsh, flute
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon

Performed by:
..Daniel Kessner, flute
..Tony Wardzinski, bassoon

Performed by:
..Patti Cloud, flute
..Carolyn Beck, bassoon

Performed by:
..Pamela Vliek, flute
..Valentin Martchev, bassoon

Sara Andon

Re:pair for Flute and Oboe

....
Pamela Vliek and Rong-Huey Liu

Performed by:
..Pamela Vliek, flute
..Rong-Huey Liu, oboe

Performed by:
..Tia Roper, flute
..Katie Scheele, oboe

Performed by:
..Penelope Clarke, flute
..Colleen Gibson, oboe

..
Tia Roper and Katie Scheele

Shiny Kiss

Performed by:
...Jamie Pedrini, flute

Performed and recorded by:
...Chelsea Czuchra, flute

Performed by:
...Patricia Cloud, flute

Jamie Pedrini

Linda Chesis

Performed by:
...Linda Chesis, flute

Performed by:
...Erin Lesser, flute

Performed by:
...Amy Wolek, flute

Performed by:
...Demetrius Spaneas, flute

Performed by:
...Lisa Meyerhofer, flute

Performed by:
...Katherine Bristol, flute

Demetrius Spaneas

Performed and recorded by:
...Jenni Scott, flute

Jenni Scott

Laurel Zucker

Recorded by:
...Laurel Zucker, flute

Slip

Liz Bachelder and Benedict Goodfriend

Kathy McIntosh and Robin Lorentz

Performed by:
..Benedict Goodfriend, violin
..Elizabeth Bachelder, harpsichord

Performed by:
..Matt Montgomery, violin
..Trevor Berens, harpsichord

Performed and recorded by:
..Robin Lorentz, violin
..Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord

Performed and recorded by:
..Antonio D'Andrea, violin
..Maria Clotilde Sieni, harpsichord

Maria Clotilde Sieni and Antonio D'Andrea

Performed by:
..Margaret Humphrey, violin
..Asako Hirabayashi, harpsichord

Margaret Humphrey and Asako Hirabayashi

....

Slipping

...

Kathleen McIntosh, Robin Lorentz
and Dan Morris

Recorded by:
..Robin Lorentz, violin
..Kathleen McIntosh, harpsichord
..Dan Morris, percussion

Slowly, searching

Recorded by:
..Susanne Kessel, piano

Susanne Kessel

Sonata for Piano

Performed and recorded by:
..Teresa McCollough, piano

Performed by:
..Barbara Burgan, piano

Teresa McCollough

Beatrix Klein

Performed and recorded by:
..Beatrix Klein, piano

Performed by:
..Arlene Goter, piano

Transplant

Performed by:
..Frances Nobert, organ

Performed by:
..Carson Cooman, organ

Frances Nobert

Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano

Performed and recorded by:
..Berkeley Price, clarinet
..Nancy Roth, violin
..Deon Nielsen Price, piano

Performed by:
..Bronwen Jones, clarinet
..Marcy Vaj, violin
..Genevieve Lee, piano

Performed by:
The Titan Trio:
..William Powell, clarinet
..Ernest Salem, violin
..Cynthia Bauhof-Williams, piano

Performed by:
ensemble Green:
..Elana Weber, clarinet
..Samantha Lee, violin
..Bridget Convey, piano

The Titan Trio

Nancy Roth

Performed by:
..Marcella McDonald, clarinet
..Aaron Krosnick, violin
..Christian Valdes, piano

Performed by:
..Roberto Petrocchi, clarinet
..Antonio D'Andrea, violin
..Roberto Murra, piano

Performed by:
..Berkeley Price, clarinet
..Virginia Frazier, violin
..Deon Nielsen Price, piano

Performed by:
eXindigo!:
..Virginia Wright, clarinet
..Paul Severtson, violin
..Paul Woodring, piano

Max Lifchitz

Performed by:
North/South Consonance:
..Richard Goldsmith, clarinet
..Deborah Buck, violin
..Max Lifchitz, piano

Performed by:
SonaTrio:
..Bruce Belton, clarinet
..Cherie Gans, violin
..Ellen Southard, piano

Performed by:
..Berkeley Price, clarinet
..Mary Findley, violin
..Deon Nielsen Price, piano

SonaTrio

Unabashedly

Performed by:
..Susan Greenberg, flute
..Roger Wilkie, violin
..Peter Stumpf, cello
..Delores Stevens, piano

L-R:Delores Stevens, Susan Greenberg
Peter Stumpf and Roger Wilkie

Ensemble Green

Performed by:
ensemble Green:
..Julie Long, flute
..Limor Toren, violin
..Lynn Angebranndt, cello
..Susan Svrcek, piano

Vista

Performed and recorded by:
.. Antonio D'Andrea

Performed by:
.. Rebecca Boyer

Antonio D'Andrea

Water Crossing

Performed and recorded by:
.. F. Gerard Errante

F. Gerard Errante

D Gause

Performed by:
.. D Gause

Performed by:
.. Demetrius Spaneas

Demetrius Spaneas

Water Voyage

Performed by:
.. F. Gerard Errante
.. D Gause

D Gause and F. Gerard Errante

This is just a sampling of performers who include Shapiro in their repertoire. If you know of musicians who should be added to this list, please email Alex Shapiro.