Larry Shapiro, artist-in-residence, violin
Larry Shapiro's Personal Jukebox
Larry Shapiro came to the Jordan College of Fine Arts as a
visiting professor in 1986 and joined the faculty as professor of
violin and artist-in-residence the following year, in the midst of
a long and distinguished career. After completing advanced violin
study with Broadus Erle, Robert Semon, Noumi Fischer, Rafael
Bronstein and Dorothy Delay, and chamber music studies with Lillian
Fuchs, Aldo Parisot, David Wells, and William Kroll, Mr. Shapiro
embarked upon a career that has included a great range of
activities-from soloist to quartet player, from concertmaster to
pedagogue.
As a quartet player Mr. Shapiro has performed as first
violinist, second violinist, and occasionally violist with five
quartets: The Fine Arts, Audubon, Berkshire, Evansville, and Delos
(which he founded in 1965). He has served as concertmaster for many
orchestras, including the El Paso Symphony, Evansville
Philharmonic, New York Philharmonia, Green Bay Philharmonic, Grand
Teton Festival, Akron Symphony, Orchestra of Illinois, and
Orchestra Sinfonica de Mineria in Mexico City. He was concertmaster
of the Columbus, OH Symphony for four years.
Mr. Shapiro's teaching background includes positions at Indiana
University, the University of Delaware, the University of
Evansville, the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Virginia Tech
and Akron University. He has appeared as soloist with orchestras
throughout the country, conducted both university and youth
orchestras, and has been violinist for both the Gabrielli and New
Art Trios.
For several years, Mr. Shapiro toured as soloist with American
Ballet Theatre, soloing more than 100 times in most of the major
cities of the United States, as well as in Paris, Tokyo and London.
For three years, Mr. Shapiro was first violinist with the White Oak
Chamber Players, touring with Mikhail Baryshnikov. He performs on a
violin made in 1772 by Nicholas Gagliano. For fifteen years, he was
the concertmaster of the Indianapolis Chamber Orchestra, and in
2012, celebrated his 18 th summer as concertmaster for the Bear
Valley Music Festival in California.
Click here to download Professor Shapiro's article
"The Violin Student in Search of Himself."
(317) 940-9648
lshapiro@butler.edu