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.

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

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

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