Alex Shapiro, composer: Fleas

Circus of Fleas

Cute and short, just like fleas.

(Clarinet, Violin and Piano).
Total duration ca. 2:15 minutes (2018)
Published by Activist Music LLC (ASCAP).
The stand-alone Vivace movement from Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano.
One movement work. 10 pages, 8.5" x 11".

Audio performed by Garrick Zoeter, clarinet;
Akemi Takayama, violin, and Brian Woods, piano, in concert at Shenandoah Conservatory, January 19, 2018.

Also available as:

VIVACE, the third movement of
Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano

Fleas

from,
Three Insanities

(Viola and Harpsichord).
Total duration ca. 4 minutes (2012)
Published by Activist Music (ASCAP).
Commissioned in 2012 by Sherwin Abrams, for Kathleen McIntosh.
One movement work. 7 pages, 8.5" x 11".

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Purchase the score for Circus of Fleas Score and part available from Activist Music for $25.00 print; $10.00 digital.

Life is short. Fleas are short. This piece is short. And fast. Like fleas. Except that unlike fleas, this piece makes a great encore. Fleas: not so much. So step right up! A trio awaits to amuse you with their amazing antics! No fleas were harmed in the making of this music.

Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano is featured on the 2000 CD, Clariphonia: Music of the 20th Century on Clarinet, on Cambria Master Recordings 1125. Click CD for more info.

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Circus of Fleas, page 2

Circus of Fleas, page 9