Gary Schocker was born on October 18,1959 and is an American flutist, composer, and pianist who has performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the West German Sinfonia, and I Solisti Italiani.
11 Facts About Gary Schocker
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Gary Schocker has toured and taught in Colombia, Panama, Canada, Australia, Taiwan, Japan, Germany, France, and Italy.
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Gary Schocker is the most-published living composer of flute music with over 200 works in print.
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Gary Schocker has composed sonatas for piccolo, piano, oboe, bassoon, clarinet, horn, and two pianos, as well as works for flute, many songs, theatrical works, and children's musicals.
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Gary Schocker's musicals, written with Barbara Campbell, include Far from the Madding Crowd and The Awakening, both of which can be heard on Original Cast Recordings.
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Gary Schocker performed at the Taiwan International Flute Festival in 2012, playing three of his works for flute and orchestra.
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Since 2003, Gary Schocker has taught master classes at Holy Cross Monastery in New York which bring together flutists from all over the world.
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Gary Schocker is on the faculty at New York University and teaches privately in New York City and in Easton, Pennsylvania.
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Gary Schocker plays on headjoints made by David Williams and David Chu.
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Gary Schocker won the National Flute Association's Young Artist Competition in 1978, the New York Flute Club's Young Artist Competition in 1980, and the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1985.
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Gary Schocker has won the International Clarinet Association's annual composition competition twice and the National Flute Association's annual Newly Published Music Award numerous times.