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Shapiro's instrumental conducting engagements have included the
Cygnus and New York Art Ensembles, Works & Process at the
Guggenheim Museum in a project with the Cassatt Quartet, and
PBS, where he was heard conducting the soundtrack for Ric
Burns's special about New York. Opera and music theater
appearances include American Opera Projects, the Center for
Contemporary Opera, the Banff Centre, Metro Lyric Opera and the
Two River Theatre.
A longtime faculty member at Mannes College The New School for
Music, Shapiro has taught orchestral and choral conducting,
conducted opera, and led the Mannes Chorus, with whom he
appeared at the United Nations. In 2007 and 2008 Shapiro
collaborates with New School psychology professor Michael
Schober and physics professor David Morgan in two seminars:
Music and Mind, and The Science of Music and Sound . Each summer
Shapiro serves as Director of the Conducting Program at the
European-American Musical Alliance in Paris.
A summa cum laude graduate of Yale University, Shapiro earned
diplomas in orchestral conducting from the Ecole Normale de
Musique in Paris, and the Peabody Conservatory, where his
teacher was Gustav Meier. He has participated in workshops with
Robert Spano and Eric Ericson. Shapiro holds a doctorate from
Stonybrook University.
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