Chagrin Valley Little Theatre

"Light" of My Life: An Evening of Romance Chagrin Light Orchestra

Performance Dates & Tickets

About the Concert

The Chagrin Light Orchestra plays on your heart strings and other instruments...

7:00 PM - Patron Reception
$50/ticket (includes concert)
A social gathering of Orchestra supporters, and including spirits and savory treats.

8:00 PM - Concert
$25/ticket
Romantic music from Romeo and Juliet, love duets by the Chagrin Light Singers, and Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor by renowned Steinway artist Sandra Shapiro.

Other CLO Performances:
Landlubber's Delight: A Pirate's Life for Ye! (10/20/07)
Here We Go A Wassailing (12/23/07)
Star "Light": A Space Odyssey (4/5/08)
Package Options are available! Contact our box office for details at 440-247-8955.

About the Orchestra

Chagrin Light Orchestra, founded in 2005 and now in its second season, is dedicated to the advancement of and appreciation for live music from the perspectives of both the performers and the audiences, while enriching and promoting the Chagrin Falls community. Chagrin Light's performers, 40+ strong, strive to re-enlighten audiences to the live musical experience by incorporating stories, interaction, and fun into their performances.

About Sandra Shapiro

Sandra Shapiro enjoys an active career as both performer and teacher throughout the United States and Europe. As a member of the renowned duo piano team of Hecht & Shapiro, Ms. Shapiro's laureates include winning the Munich International Duo Piano Competition, the Ellis National Duo Piano Competition, Chicago Civic Orchestra Competition, Peabody Concerto Competition, and top prizes in the Dranoff International Two Piano Competition, and the International Jeunesses Musicales Competition.

Ms. Shapiro's performances have taken her throughout most major cities in the United States, along with international performances Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich, Belgrade, Tel Aviv, and Jerusalem. She has been featured in radio and television productions for RIAS Berlin; Sudwestfunk Radio Production, Baden-Baden, Germany; PBS; WQXR, New York; NPR McGraw-Hill Young Artist Showcase, Australian Broadcasting Commission, and numerous performances over National Public Radio.

Ms. Shapiro has performed with the Baltimore Symphony, Chicago Symphony, New York Philharmonic, Chicago Civic Orchestra, Stuttgart Symphony, Bavarian Radio Symphony, Belgrade String Orchestra, Brevard Festival Orchestra, Florida Symphony, San Angelo Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, Everett Symphony, New Mexico Symphony, as well as Cleveland Orchestra appearances at both Severance Hall and the Blossom Music Festival.

As a soloist, awards and prizes include First Prizes in the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra Soloist's Competition, Young Musician's Foundation National Debut Competition, and The World Piano Competition. She was also a prizewinner in the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Competition. Other recognitions include the “Outstanding Chamber Musician Award” from the University of Southern California, and the “Young Maestro Award” from the Peabody Institute of Music. Her teacher's include Leon Fleisher, John Perry, Nadia Reisenberg, and Gina Bachauer.

Her great love for chamber music has led to collaborations with Truls Mork, Peter Rejto, Stanley Drucker, Mats Lidstrom, the Cavani String Quartet, Franklin Cohen, and members of the New York Philharmonic on the New York Philharmonic’s Chamber Music Series.

Commercial recordings include "Sentimiento" on the Azica label as well as collaboration with the principal wind players of the New York Philharmonic in an album entitled "The Complete Music of Robert Schumann for Winds and Piano" on the Elysium label.

Ms. Shapiro is a Steinway Artist and is on the faculty of the Cleveland Institute of Music where she teaches piano as well as serving as coordinator for both the preparatory Chamber Music program, as well as the Summer Chamber Music program.