Alex Shapiro, composer: Works

Catalog of Concert Works

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–Alex

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Solo Piano	Sonata for Piano (1999; 16')	Solo Violin	Desert Waves (with CD; 2001; 10')
	Intermezzo for Piano (1998; 3')		Journey (with CD; 1999; 7')
	Piano Suite No. 1: The Resonance of Childhood (1996; 12')		Vista (with CD; 2005; 8')
	For My Father (1996; 5')	Solo Viola	Evolve (with CD; 2006; 8')
R	Luvina (2007; 5')	Solo Clarinet	Water Crossing (with CD; 2002; 10')
Solo Organ	Transplant (1999; 4')	Solo Flute	Shiny Kiss (1999; 4')
			Below (contrabass flute; 2008; 8')
Solo Sax	Desert Tide (with CD; 2005; 10')	Solo Contra- bassoon	Deep (with CD; 2004; 8')

DuetsR
Slip (violin and harpsichord; 2001; 9')	Music for Two Big Instruments (tuba and piano; 2000; 7')
Of String and Touch (viola and piano; 2006; 10')	Re:pair (flute duet; 2000; 7')
Of Wood and Touch (cello and piano; 2001; 10')	Re:pair (flute and oboe; 2001; 7')
Of Bow and Touch (double bass and piano; 2000; 10')	Re:pair (flute and bassoon; 2001; 7')
Of Air and Touch (oboe and piano; 2001; 10')	Re:pair (clarinet and bassoon; 2008; 7')
Of Breath and Touch (bassoon and piano; 1999; 10')	Re:pair (bassoon duet; 2001; 7')
Of Wind and Touch (baritone saxophone and piano; 2006; 10')	Intermezzo for Flute and Harp (2008; 3')
Water Voyage (clarinet duet with CD; 2007; 8')	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano (1998; 3')
	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp (1998; 3')

Trios
Desert Notes (oboe, bassoon and piano; 2001; 10')	Piano Trio No. 1: Elegy (violin, cello and piano; 1999; 8')
Desert Passage (violin, cello and piano; 2001; 10')	Elegy (trumpet, cello and piano; 2004; 8')
Desert Passage (violin, tenor saxophone and piano; 2001; 10')	Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (1998; 12')
Desert Run (oboe, clarinet and piano; 2007; 10')	Slipping (violin, harpsichord and percussion; 2006; 9')
Desert Thoughts (flute, clarinet and piano; 2008; 10')	At the Abyss (piano, marimba, vibraphone and percussion; 2003; 14')

Quartets
Introspect (string quartet; 2000; 7')	Evensong Suite (flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano; 1999; 17')
Music for Four Big Instruments (tuba, piano, double bass, drum set; 2006; 7')	Bioplasm (flute quartet: 2 bass fls, 2 alto fls, 2 C fls, 1 piccolo; 2004; 12')
Unabashedly (flute/piccolo, violin, cello and piano; 2006; 14')

Quintets
Current Events (string quintet: 2 vlns, 2 vlas, 1 vc; 2003; 16')

Strings
Of Wood and Touch (cello and piano; 2001; 10')	Current Events (string quintet: 2 vlns, 2 vlas, 1 vc; 2003; 16')
Desert Waves (5-string electric violin and CD; 2001; 10')	Introspect (string quartet; 2000; 7')
Slip (violin and harpsichord; 2001; 9')	Of Bow and Touch (double bass and piano; 2000; 10')
Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (1998; 12')	Piano Trio No. 1: Elegy (violin, cello and piano; 1999; 8')
Desert Passage (violin, cello and piano; 2001; 10';	Journey (5-string electric violin and CD; 1999; 7')
Desert Passage (violin, tenor saxophone and piano; 2001; 10';	Elegy (trumpet, cello and piano; 2004; 8')
Vista (violin and CD; 2005; 8')	Of String and Touch (viola and piano; 2006; 10')
Music for Four Big Instruments (tuba, piano, double bass, drum set; 2006; 7')	Unabashedly (flute/piccolo, violin, cello and piano; 2006; 14')
Evolve (electric viola and CD; 2006; 8')	Slipping (violin, harpsichord and percussion; 2006; 9')

Woodwinds
Shiny Kiss (solo flute; 1999; 4')	Bioplasm (flute quartet: 2 bass fls, 2 alto fls, 2 C fls, 1 piccolo; 2004; 12')
Re:pair (flute and oboe; 2001; 7')	Evensong Suite (flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano; 1999; 17')
Re:pair (flute and bassoon; 2001; 7')	Of Air and Touch (oboe and piano; 2001; 10')
Unabashedly (flute/piccolo, violin, cello and piano; 2006; 14')	Desert Notes (oboe, bassoon and piano; 2001; 10')
Intermezzo for Flute and Harp (2008; 3')	Re:pair (clarinet and bassoon; 2008; 7')
Re:pair (flute duet; 2000; 7')	Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (1998; 12')
Of Breath and Touch (bassoon and piano; 1999; 10')	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano (1998; 3')
Re:pair (bassoon duet; 2001; 7')	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp (1998; 3')
Deep (contrabassoon with CD; 2004; 8')	Water Crossing (clarinet with CD; 2002; 10')
Desert Tide (soprano saxophone with CD; 2005; 10')	Water Voyage (clarinet duet with CD; 2007; 8')
Desert Passage (violin, tenor saxophone and piano; 2001; 10')	Of Wind and Touch (baritone saxophone and piano; 2006; 10')
Desert Run (oboe, clarinet and piano; 2007; 10')	Desert Thoughts (flute, clarinet and piano; 2008; 10')

Brass
Music for Two Big Instruments (tuba and piano; 2000; 7')	Music for Four Big Instruments (tuba, piano, double bass, drum set; 2006; 7')
Elegy (trumpet, cello and piano; 2004; 8')

Concert Wind Band
Homecoming (wind band; 2008; 8')

Choral

Celebrate!
(SATB or SSA choir and piano; 2002; 5')

Percussion
At the Abyss (piano, marimba, vibraphone and percussion; 2003; 14')	Music for Four Big Instruments (tuba, piano, double bass, drum set; 2006; 7')
Slipping (violin, harpsichord and percussion; 2006; 9')

Electronics
Deep (with contrabassoon; 2004; 8')	Desert Waves (with 5-string electric violin; 2001; 10')
Water Crossing (with clarinet; 2002; 10')	Journey (with 5-string electric violin; 1999; 7')
Water Voyage (with clarinet duet; 2007; 8')	Desert Tide (soprano saxophone with CD; 2005; 10')
Plasma (with flute quartet; 2004; 1')	Chakra Suite (with 32-string veena, tabla and guitar; 2005; 10')
Vista (with violin; 2005; 8')	Evolve (with electric viola; 2006; 8')
Just a Minute of Your Time (electronic; 2006; 1')	Unhinged (electronic; 2005; 1')
Below (with contrabass flute; 2008; 9')

Further information

Alex Kayaking

For concerts and recordings, the descriptions found on the individual web pages of each of these pieces, or in the bound scores themselves, may serve as program notes.

A brief program bio can be found here

For more information about Alex Shapiro, please click Biography

A composer's work is purely abstract
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Alex kayaking off the coast of Malibu.

For Print Media

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Activist Music catalog,
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To download a .pdf of a complete
biography for print,
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C.V. for print,
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Recordings

	Information about CDs on which Alex's concert works appear can be found at Recordings
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Publishing information
To easily purchase scores and parts, please visit Activist Music Publishing on the Purchase page of this website. Any inquiries may be directed to Alex Shapiro.
Alex Shapiro's scores can also be purchased through Theodore Front Musical Literature, Inc. Orders may also be placed with local music retailers.
Alex Shapiro's scores can also be purchased through Hickey's Music Online
Alex Shapiro's double reed music can also be purchased through TrevCo Music.
Alex Shapiro's flute music can also be purchased through Flute World.
Alex Shapiro's flute music can also be purchased through Carolyn Nussbaum Music Company.
Alex Shapiro's brass music can also be purchased through BVD Press.
Alex Shapiro's brass music can also be purchased through Tuba-Euphonium Press.	Tuba-Euphonium Press
Alex Shapiro's percussion music can also be purchased through Steve Weiss Music.
Activist Music is an ASCAP publishing company and an elected member of the National Music Publishers' Assn.
Alex Shapiro is an ASCAP writer and retains 100% of all rights to all cataloged pieces.
All works in the Activist Music Publishing catalogue have been copyrighted by Alex Shapiro with the United States Copyright Office at the Library of Congress.