Shelley Hirsch

Shelley
Hirsch is an award winning, critically acclaimed vocalist, composer, and
storyteller whose mostly solo compositions, staged multimedia works,
improvisations, radio plays, installations and collaborations have been
produced and presented in concert halls, clubs, festivals, theaters, museums,
galleries and on radio, film and television on 5 continents.

She is the
recipient of numerous awards, grants, fellowships and residencies in the music
composition, electronic music, performance, new forms, multidisciplinary work
categories, including 4 from NYFA; a Creative Capital grant; the prestigious
DAAD residency in Berlin; The Ucross/Alpert residency Prize; 2 NEA grants and a
record 5 Artist In Residencies from Harvestworks Studio PASS. The radio version
of her autobiographical musical piece “O Little Town of East New
York” won a 1st Prize in the Prix Futura International Media Competition
in Berlin.

Hirsch can
be heard on 70 recordings including her own projects . “Singing”
(solos/ duos w/David Simons and Samm Bennett) ; the solo CD’s
“States” and “The Far In Far Out Worlds of Shelley Hirsch”;
her autobiographical musical “O’ Little Town of East New York” and
“Haiku Lingo” (music for both composed with David Weinstein). Her
most recent releases are “Where Were You Then?” a suite of songs and
stories in collaboration with Swiss composer keyboard player Simon Ho; and
improvised music w/guitarist Uchihashi Kasuhisa “Duets” and
“Duets 10 Years After”; with turntable player Joke Lanz “Berlin-Brooklyn”
and a soon to be released cd w/ Hans Koch, Martin Schuetz and Freddy Studor.