Alex Shapiro’s “Tight Squeeze” to be performed by FHHS Concert Band

The Friday Harbor High School Concert Band will perform the Pacific Northwest premiere of a piece by Friday Harbor resident and nationally-renowned composer, Alex Shapiro

Alex Shapiro

On May 23, 2013 at the San Juan Community Theatre, the Friday Harbor High School Concert Band, under the Direction of Matthew Frost, will perform a new electroacoustic wind band piece, Tight Squeeze, created by composer, Alex Shapiro. The piece was part of the Composers and Schools in Concerts’ (CSIC) Commissions in Concert series in which CSIC and a consortium of seven schools from different cities across North America commissioned a piece.

• When: May 23, 2013
• Time: 7 p.m.
• Where: San Juan Community Theatre

“We at Composers and School in Concert are very excited for the Friday Harbor High School Concert Band’s performance. This consortium is allowing students to have the unique experience of learning from a professional composer without the immense cost usually associated with commissions.”– Lisa Oman, Executive Director and Founder of CSIC

For more information about CSIC’s Commissions in Concerts series, email the Composers and Schools in Concert at [email protected] or call (916) 248-5541.

Composers and Schools in Concert (CSIC) was launched in late 2011 to give high school-music students the opportunity to work closely with professional composers.  Led by Director Lisa Oman, CSIC is the only organization in the United States dedicated to providing high school age students the experience of working with a professional composer. Through musical collaborations, students are offered invaluable insight into the career of a professional composer.

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