In February of 2006, Schocker was featured in Flute Talk which was no surprise, given his popularity among the flute-playing public! The cover photo, the four-page spread, and the inclusion of the third movement, “Sarabande,” all pointed to his collection of short pieces, Dances and Daydreams. “Short, easy movements with a wide range of expressions and styles,” says Schocker. A sure-fire Schocker hit, it is a perfect addition to a flutist’s repertoire along with Schocker’sAirborne and Green Places.

_________________________________________

GARY SCHOCKER
Flutist-composer-pianist Gary Schocker is an accomplished musician of outstanding versatility. As a flutist, Mr. Schocker has performed with many of the world¹s great orchestras including performances with the New York Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra (while still in his teens), I Solisti Italiani, the Dallas Symphony, and the New Jersey Symphony. He has performed in recital throughout the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Colombia, Panama, Taiwan, Germany, France, Canada, and Japan. He is often heard in concert with guitarist Jason Vieaux. Schocker teaches many students who travel to his home base of New York City as well as in master classes throughout the world.

In addition to being the most published living composer for flute, Gary Schocker has composed sonatas and chamber music for most instruments of the orchestra. He has also written several musicals and children¹s musicals, including FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD and THE AWAKENING, which can be heard on Original Cast Recordings. Both shows were winners of the Global Search for New Musicals in the U.K. and were performed in Cardiff (2003 and 2005), and at the Edinburgh Festival(2005), as well as in New Zealand. In New York they have been seen as winners of the ASCAP music theatre awards as well as in the NYMF and NAMT festivals.

Schocker has won the International Clarinet Association¹s annual composition competition twice and the National Flute Association¹s annual Newly Published Music Award numerous times. Sir James Galway commissioned and premiered his three-movement concerto GREEN PLACES at Ireland¹s Adair Festival and has also performed the work with the New Jersey Symphony. Mr. Galway performed Schocker¹s MUSIQUE FRANÇAISE on his U.S. tour in 2002.

Gary Schocker can be heard in his debut recording, REGRETS AND RESOLUTIONS, on Jonathan Digital, and on 4 highly-acclaimed CDs on the Chesky label. The 1998 Jonathan Digital recording titled AIRBORNE features his own works for flute with piano and harp. DREAMTRAVELS, on the Azica label, presents Schocker in duo with guitarist Jason Vieaux. ARIOSO, also on Azica, is all baroque music featuring Schocker¹s realizations of sonatas by Bach, LeClair, and Vivaldi. Gary Schocker¹s concert music may also be heard on the Koch, Troy, Sazas, Gionata, SNE, Paulinas Comep, Fleur de Son, and Innova labels, as well as the all-solo FLUTE FOREST Azica CD. New recordings of all-Schocker music featuring Schocker on piano and flute respectively, are CONVERSATIONS and HEALING MUSIC, also from Azica Records.

For more current and complete information, please visit www.garyschocker.com

I. Gallant
II. In the library
III. Sarabande
IV. Rainbows
V. Pilgrims
VI. Sicilienne
VII. Spring Energy (or Heigh Ho)
VIII. Early One Morning
IX. Largo
X. Istanbul
XI. Hola!