Alice Shields

Biography

Alice Shields is noted for the power of her writing for live and electronically transformed voices and the moving quality of her writing for instruments.  One of the pioneers of electronic music, she creates operas, vocal and chamber music and music for dance and video.  Her work is influenced by Western and non-Western forms of classical music and theater, including Bharata Natyam dance-drama and Japanese Noh Theater. 

Current performances include the world premiere of Larynx (2018) for piccolo, piano and three percussionists by Iktus Percussion on May 11, 2018 at Areté Gallery, Brooklyn, which will be recorded in January, 2019; two electronic scenes from the opera Mass for the Dead performed by the NYC-Electroacoustic Music Festival on July 20 2018, and the world premiere of her opera Zhaojun - The Woman Who Saved the World (2018) on November 20, 2018 in concert at Engelman Recital Hall, Baruch College by the Association for the Promotion of New Music.

 

  • duo inst or voices
  • instrumental quintet
  • solo voice(s)+large ensemble or orchestra
  • voice(s)+ 1 inst or tape playback non-keyboard
  • wind ensemble
  • ACE Publications

    10 title(s)
    Composer Title SCORING/INSTRUMENTATION Year
    Alice Shields AURORA oboe, violin
    Alice Shields Balkan Melody 3 for wind quartet oboe, clarinet, alto saxophone and bassoon
    Alice Shields CRISEYDE - Opera in Two Acts 5 solo singers plus 14 instruments
    Alice Shields DAWN Flute, Clarinet
    Alice Shields LEVERTOV SONGS Mezzo Soprano, Viola
    Alice Shields MASS FOR THE DEAD Ghost Opera For 3 singers (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Baritone), optional Chorus, fixed audio media, and 4 optional live inst (cello, bassoon, keyboard, percussion)
    Alice Shields NERUDA SONGS
    female voice, cello
    Alice Shields TODAY IS BLISS trumpet, piano
    Alice Shields WILDCAT SONGS Soprano, piccolo

    Additional Works