The Roger Shapiro Fund for New Music

Established by composer/pianist Dina Koston, who named the fund after her husband, psychiatrist Roger Shapiro,  the Roger Shapiro Fund is a new fund for commissioning, performance and recording of New Music. 

Ms. Koston intended the fund to promote music in the Western modernist tradition; not popular music, folk, or jazz.

The Roger Shaprio Fund is also concerned with promoting further knowledge and appreciation of the music of Dina Koston. 

The Roger Shapiro Fund aims to arrange for composers to collaborate with organizations, particularly presenting organizations and performing ensembles that have built a sizeable audience or are implementing creative strategies to gain an audience for new music.

In addition to traditional concert venues, the Roger Shapiro Fund is interested in developing new ways for new music to reach people, including

• radio and television
• internet
• recording projects with innovative marketing plans
• new music in public spaces, real or virtual
• innovative collaborations with other arts disciplines

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