Gerald Shapiro (composer)

Gerald M. Shapiro (born 1942 in Philadelphia) is an American composer of acoustic and electronic music. He has been a longtime faculty member at Brown University, where he served as Professor of Music and multiple terms as chair of the Department of Music. His compositions span orchestral, chamber, choral, electronic, and interdisciplinary works, and he is recognized as an early pioneer in audience-participation performance and live electronic music.