Everything Band Podcast

Episode 53 - Alex Shapiro Composer Alex Shapiro kicks off year two of the podcast with a terrific conversation about her career and her remarkable perspectives about composing and music. Topics: How growing up in New York City with two very supportive parents helped Alex to a career in music. The importance of “showing up” and how it leads to amazing connections and opportunities. Her remarkable story about her transition from writing commercial music for media to becoming a concert composer and then how she got involved in writing for band. Her creative process and the story of how a glass of Scotch and the frustration of a late night led to the creation of her work Paper Cut. Links: Alex Shapiro, Composer Resources for Programming Music Alex Shapiro: Paper Cut Alex Shapiro: Rock Music The Portfolio Composer Podcast Steven Pressfield: The War of Art Leonard Bernstein’s Harvard Lectures Johan Sebastian Bach: The Italian Concerto, Movement II Biography: Composer Alex Shapiro aligns note after note with th