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Alex Shapiro's compositions are published by ACTIVIST MUSIC, an ASCAP publishing company.

Activist Music is a member of the National Music Publishers' Association.

To easily purchase scores and parts, please fill out the Order Form below. Music is available in bound scores, or can be purchased at half-price as .pdf files.
To download a .pdf of the complete Activist Music catalog, please click here
To purchase recordings, go to CD Order Form below.

Activist Music is proud to include these companies among its distributors:






Orders may also be placed with your local music retailer.

New: The leading production music library in America, Omnimusic, has launched its latest special collection titled MusicOutsideTheBox, and it includes many tracks of Alex Shapiro's unique and unclassifiable-sounding music, available to license for film, TV, games, corporate and online media.

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All chamber music scores and parts are 8 1/2" x 11." Concert band works scores are 11" x 17," and their parts are 8 1/2" x 11."

All materials are laser printed on heavy stock, covered, and staple bound; conductor scores for band works are coil bound.

Each set includes information including the duration of the piece, as well as descriptive notes and a brief bio for a printed program. For rehearsal and performance, great care has been taken to provide the best possible page turns for each part.

If requested, a demo CD of the work can be included with the score. Please indicate your wish in the comment area of the PayPal form. Should any questions arise regarding the music, Ms. Shapiro welcomes inquiries via email and responds promptly.

Visit the Works page of this website for publishing details, program notes, score samples and audio clips of each of the pieces in the Activist Music catalog.

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Most scores are also available as .pdf files for HALF of the cost of the printed materials and no shipping or handling fees. All you need is the very latest version of the FREE Adobe Acrobat, linked at left. Email requests to Activist Music

Order Scores: Bound, and .pdf files All prices are in U.S. dollars Postage and handling is just $4.00 for the entire order, no matter how many scores and CDs you choose. The following scores are listed alphabetically:
TITLE NAME: _____A-H_____I-Q_____R-Z_____
Score and parts	Bound Price	Purchase	.pdf price (email request)
Archipelago (string quartet, dbl bass, woodwind quintet) info	$55.00		$27.50
At the Abyss (piano, marimba, vibes and perc.) info	$40.00		$20.00
Below (contrabass flute & CD) info	$25.00		$15.00
Beneath (symphonic wind band & CD) Conductor score, one set of parts, and CD. Please specify number needed for each part. Also available as part of the piece, Immersion. info	$150.00		$75.00
Beneath (symphonic wind band & CD) Conductor score and CD. info	$35.00		$18.00
Bioplasm (flute quartet) info	$40.00		$20.00
Celebrate! (SATB choir & piano) Please specify number of copies needed. info	$2.50 per copy		Email Alex
Celebrate! (SSA choir & piano) Please specify number of copies needed. info	$2.50 per copy		Email Alex
Current Events (2 violins, 2 violas, & cello) info	$45.00		$22.50
Deep (contrabassoon & CD) info	$25.00		$15.00
Deep (contrabass clarinet & CD) info	$25.00		$15.00
Deep (6-string electric cello & CD) info	$25.00		$15.00
Depth (symphonic wind band & CD) Conductor score, one set of parts, and CD. Please specify number needed for each part. Also available as part of the piece, Immersion. info	$150.00		$75.00
Depth (symphonic wind band & CD) Conductor score and CD. info	$35.00		$18.00
Desert Notes (oboe, bassoon & piano) info	$30.00		$15.00
Desert Passage (violin, cello & piano) info	$30.00		$15.00
Desert Passage (violin, tenor saxophone & piano) info	$30.00		$15.00
Desert Run (oboe, clarinet & piano) info	$30.00		$15.00
Desert Thoughts (flute, clarinet & piano) info	$30.00		$15.00
Desert Tide (soprano saxophone & CD) info	$35.00		$18.00
Desert Waves (5-string electric violin & CD) info	$35.00		$18.00
Elegiac (clarinet, cello & piano) info	$30.00		$15.00
Elegy (trumpet, cello & piano) info	$30.00		$15.00
Evensong Suite (flute, clarinet, bassoon & piano) info	$45.00		$22.50
Evolve (electric viola & CD) info	$25.00		$15.00
Five Squared (string quartet) info	$35.00		$17.50
Homecoming (symphonic wind band) Two conductor scores and one set of parts. Please specify number needed for each part. info	$200.00		$100.00
Homecoming (symphonic wind band) Conductor score. info	$35.00		$18.00
Immersion (symphonic wind band & CD) Conductor score, one set of parts, and CD. Please specify number needed for each part. Each movement (Depth, Surface, Beneath) is available separately. info	$350.00		$175.00
Immersion (symphonic wind band & CD) Conductor score and CD. info	$60.00		$30.00
Intermezzo for Cello and Piano info	$15.00		$7.50
Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp info	$15.00		$7.50
Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano info	$15.00		$7.50
Intermezzo for Flute and Harp info	$15.00		$7.50
Intermezzo for Piano info	$10.00		$5.00
Introspect (string quartet) info	$30.00		$15.00
Journey (5-string electric violin & CD) info	$20.00		$15.00
Luvina (solo piano) info	$12.00		$6.00
Music for Two Big Instruments (tuba & piano) info	$25.00		$12.50
Music for Four Big Instruments (tuba, piano, double bass, drum set) info	$40.00		$20.00
Of Air and Touch (oboe & piano) info	$25.00		$12.50
Of Bow and Touch (double bass & piano) info	$25.00		$12.50
Of Breath and Touch (bassoon & piano) info	$25.00		$12.50
Of String and Touch (viola & piano) info	$25.00		$12.50
Of Wind and Touch (baritone saxophone & piano) info	$25.00		$12.50
Of Wood and Touch (cello & piano) info	$25.00		$12.50
Paper Cut (symphonic wind band, printer paper, & CD). Conductor score, one set of parts, and CD. info	$60.00		N/A
Paper Cut (symphonic wind band, printer paper, & CD). Conductor score. info	$10.00		N/A
Piano Suite No. 1: The Resonance of Childhood (solo piano) info	$18.00		$9.00
Piano Trio No. 1: Elegy (violin, cello & piano) info	$30.00		$15.00
Re:pair (flute duet) info	$15.00		$7.50
Re:pair for Clarinet and Bassoon info	$15.00		$7.50
Re:pair for Flute and Bassoon info	$15.00		$7.50
Re:pair for Flute and Oboe info	$15.00		$7.50
Re:pair for Two Baroque Flutes info	$15.00		$7.50
Re:pair for Two Bassoons info	$15.00		$7.50
Shiny Kiss (solo flute) info	$10.00		$5.00
Slip (violin and harpsichord) info	$20.00		$10.00
Slipping (violin, harpsichord and percussion) info	$35.00		$17.50
Slowly, searching (solo piano) info	$12.00		$6.00
Sonata for Piano info	$22.00		$11.00
Spark (solo piano) info	$12.00		$6.00
Surface (symphonic wind band & CD) Conductor score, one set of parts, and CD. Please specify number needed for each part. Also available as part of the piece, Immersion. info	$150.00		$75.00
Surface (symphonic wind band & CD) Conductor score and CD. info	$35.00		$18.00
The Ebb of Memory (string orchestra). Conductor score and one set of parts. info	$175.00		$120.00
The Ebb of Memory (string orchestra). Conductor score. info	$35.00		$18.00
Transplant (organ) info	$12.00		$6.00
Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano info	$35.00		$17.50
Unabashedly (flute/picc, violin, cello and piano) info	$40.00		$20.00
Unabashedly More (flute/picc, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, piano) info	$50.00		$25.00
Unabashedly Said (flute/picc, clarinet, French horn, violin, cello, piano) info	$50.00		$25.00
Vendaval de Luvina (piano & CD) info	$25.00		$15.00
Vista (violin & CD) info	$25.00		$15.00
Water Crossing (Bb Clarinet & CD) info	$25.00		$15.00
Water Voyage (Bb Clarinet Duet & CD) info	$30.00		$15.00

Order CDs and Downloads:

Listen	Recording	Price: (U.S.$)	Purchase
	Notes from the Kelp featuring Eight Shapiro chamber works info about CD	$15.00 or Download:
	An Robert Schumann featuring Slowly, searching info about CD info about piece	$19.00
	Below: Music for Low Flutes featuring Below info about CD info about piece	$20.00 or Download:
	Delicate Balance featuring Water Crossing info about CD info about piece	$11.98 or Download:
	Solo Rumores featuring Luvina info about CD info about piece	$14.00
	Saxtronic Soundscape featuring Desert Tide info about CD info about piece	$16.00
	Trumpet Colors featuring Elegy info about CD info about piece	$14.00
	60x60 2004/2005 (2 CD set) featuring Unhinged info about CD info about piece	$18.00 or Download:
	La Discordantia featuring Slip info about CD info about piece	$18.00 or Download:
	Californian Concert: Music of European Immigrants and Their American Contemporaries featuring For My Father info about CD info about piece	$15.00
	Jenni Scott featuring Shiny Kiss info about CD info about piece	$15.00 or Download:
	Music for Hammers & Sticks featuring At the Abyss info about CD info about piece	$12.00 or Download:
	Coast to Coast featuring Music for Two Big Instruments info about CD info about piece	$15.00
	Above and Beyond featuring Bioplasm info about CD info about piece	$14.00 or Download:
	Beck and Call featuring Of Breath and Touch and Deep info about CD info about Of Breath & Touch info about Deep	$14.00
	Clariphonia: Music of the 20th Century on Clarinet featuring Trio for Clarinet, Violin and Piano info about CD info about piece	$12.00 or Download:
	Teresa McCollough: New American Piano Music featuring Sonata for Piano info about CD info about piece	$12.00 or Download:
	William Garrison Piano Competition featuring Scherzo, from Sonata for Piano info about CD info about piece	$10.00
	Chakra Suite (Download single) info about Chakra Suite	$3.00
	Alex Shapiro: Sampler Request up to 3 downloads of unreleased works (not available on the CDs above). Please include choices in Special Instructions box during checkout. Subject to availablity.	$8.00
Postage and handling is just $4.00 for the entire order no matter how many scores and CDs you choose. Click here to complete your entire order:

Thanks very much for your interest in Alex Shapiro's music.

You may contact Alex Shapiro via email, by clicking here

You can also leave a voice message or a fax at:(270) 916-0093.

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