Gary Schocker (born October 18, 1959) is an American flutist, composer, and pianist who has performed with the New York Philharmonic (at age 15, in a nationally televised Young People's Concert), the Philadelphia Orchestra, the New Jersey Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the West German Sinfonia, and I Solisti Italiani.
Flutist James Galway premiered his three-movement concerto Green Places at Ireland's Adair Festival and has also performed this work with the New Jersey Symphony.
In 2015, classical guitarist Jason Vieaux and harpist Yolanda Kondonassis commissioned Schocker's "Hypnotized", a five-movement work for guitar and harp which can be heard on their recording, Together.
His musicals, written with Barbara Campbell, include Far from the Madding Crowd and The Awakening, both of which can be heard on Original Cast Recordings.
Since 2003, Schocker has taught master classes at Holy Cross Monastery in New York which bring together flutists from all over the world.