The Amazing Music of Composer, Ms. Alex Shapiro
Featuring the world premiere of ARCANA: SUITE FOR PIANO commissioned by and dedicated to and performed by Michael Tierra, pianist.
Program: Chamber music by Alex Shapiro:
- Of Bow and Touch — cello and piano
- Shiny Kiss — Kathleen Purcell, Flutist
- Below — Bass flute and electronic soundscape
- Vista — solo violin and electronic soundscape
- Water Crossing — solo clarinet with electronic soundscape
- Arcana Suite — solo piano (world premiere)
- Unabashedly More — mixed sextet
Artists: Brian Johnston, Violin; Shanon Delaney, Viola: Aude Castagna, Cello; Kathleen Purcell, Flute; Jeffrey Gallagher, Clarinet; Brian Dorfan, Piano
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Sunday March 20 at 7 p.m. • Peace United Church 900 High St.
General Admission — $25 online/ $5 more at the door • Seniors and students $20 online /$5 more at the door • Brown Bag Tickets http://bit.ly/1T5TAMQ
Alex Shapiro composes genre-defying acoustic and electroacoustic music known for their lyricism and drama. She is a much sought after composer with many works for diverse ensembles which can be heard daily in concerts and broadcasts across the U.S. and internationally and with over twenty commercially released recordings from around the world. http://www.alexshapiro.org
Michael Tierra specifically commissioned Alex Shapiro because of a shared empathetic connection and to give expression of his dual life calling as a pianist, composer, choral director and herbalist, acupuncturist, healer, teacher.” He is the author of nine books including the best selling ”Way of Herbs.” One of the pioneers of the worldwide herbal movement with 45 years as an herbalist and a 38-year clinical practice in Santa Cruz (since 1978)
Arcana: An introspective 20-minute work consisting of 8 movements. According to the composer “explores the painfully fragile and often perilous relationship between humans and the secrets of earth’s abundant plant life – from the perspective of the plants themselves, with healing herbs as protagonists of a story that begins with a dire warning, and ends with the faith that wisdom and grace shall ultimately triumph.”