Alex Shapiro, composer: Dial-a-Mood!

Dial-a-Mood!

Welcome to Alex's original Dial-a-Mood!
(hey, a composer's got to have
a sense of humor!).

It's a way to explore new music
by emotion,
as well as by the more traditional catalog.
And isn't emotion
what music is all about?

Click on the MP3 icon
to hear an excerpt of a piece.
Groovy.
Almost as interactive as the composer.

The sky from Alex's home in the San Juan Islands. Photo by Alex Shapiro.

Please click the PDF icon to download
the complete Activist Music catalog.

A sampling of Alex's chamber music

Click on the title and learn more about it.
Audio files are in streaming MP3 format.

To see the entire catalog,
please visit the Works page.

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	Phos Philaron
Slipping	Journey	Reflect
Scherzo	Music for Two Big Instruments	Unabashedly
Re:pair	Intermezzo	Elegy
Vivace		Below


Ebb				Act
Deep				Bioplasm
Nunc Dimittis				Magnificat
Chakra Suite				Rip

Ascendit Deus		Allegro
Water Crossing	Observe	Lento; Andante
Prelude	Of Breath & Touch	For My Father
Slip	Desert Tide	On My Mother
	Surge

Auroral skies from Alex's home in the San Juan Islands,August 2023. Photo by Alex Shapiro.

A sample reel of Alex's wind band
and orchestra music:


Click the arrow below for a head-spinning tour of some VERY contrasting Shapiro works.

MUSIC FOR LARGE ENSEMBLES: 21 pieces in 21 minutes! Below is a list of what's on the reel. Click any title to see the excerpts, the names of the performers, and to hear any piece in its entirety:	DOWNLOAD to listen later:
	.WAV (better!)	.mp3


GO TO	TITLE	DIFFICULTY

00:26	*TIGHT SQUEEZE, for wind band-adaptable*	Grade 4
01:09	*BENEATH, for wind band or orchestra*	Grade 4+
02:32	*LIGHTS OUT, for wind band-adaptable*	Grade 4
03:28	*MOMENT, for wind band*	Grade 4
04:43	*AIRBORNE, for wind band*	Grade 5
05:42	*BREATHE, for wind band*	Grade 4+
06:40	*PAPER CUT, for wind band-adaptable*	Grade 3
07:30	*REMEMBRANCE, for string orchestra*	Grade 4+
08:37	*OFF THE EDGE, for wind band-adaptable*	Grade 2.5
09:30	*DISTANCED, for wind band*	Grade 4+
10:54	*MASKED, for wind band*	Grade 5
11:45	*DEPTH, for wind band*	Grade 4
12:52	*SURFACE, for wind band*	Grade 5
13:35	*LIQUID COMPASS, for wind band*	Grade 5
15:07	*ROCK MUSIC, for wind band-adaptable*	Grade 2
15:47	*ASCENT, for wind band*	Grade 4+
16:42	*PASSAGES, for any ensemble-adaptable*	Grade 3 and beyond
17:26	*COUNT TO TEN, for any ensemble-flex*	Grade 0.5 and beyond
18:04	*TRAINS OF THOUGHT, for wind band*	Grade 4+
19:06	*HOMECOMING, for wind band*	Grade 5
20:24	*VIRAL, for wind band*	Grade 5

Alex at work in her home studio
on the edge of San Juan Island, WA., February 2024.

If you're also interested in hearing examples of Alex Shapiro's commercial work in jazz, film and television, click HERE!

Contact info and press kit for Alex Shapiro


To contact Alex Shapiro, email is best. Click here to send Alex a note

To download a .pdf of the complete
Activist Music LLC catalog,
please click here

To download a .pdf of a complete
narrative bio and C.V.,
please click here

To obtain a
short program bio for print,
please click here

To download a photograph
for print or web,
please click here

To obtain program notes
for any of Ms. Shapiro's works,
please click here

To learn more
about Alex Shapiro's public
speaking engagements,
please click here

Interact with the composer!
See Alex in the context
of the world around her,
through the nature-oriented lens
of her popular archived blog,
Notes from the Kelp,
and in the social networks-- especially Bluesky.


	Engage HERE!



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Alex is very fortunate to have a fantastic professional associate helping her each day with running her business: meet Laura Krider!

Need assistance with anything from Alex or Activist Music LLC? In addition to always being able to contact Alex, don't hestitate to email Laura.