Alex Shapiro, composer: Works

Catalog of Concert Works

Alex Shapiro

Alex at work in her studio while in residence at The MacDowell Colony, coffee and binoculars close at hand.

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–Alex

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Solo Piano	Sonata for Piano (1999; 16')	Solo Violin	Desert Waves (with audio track; 2001; 10')
	Intermezzo for Piano (1998; 3')		Journey (with audio track; 1999; 7')
	Piano Suite No. 1: The Resonance of Childhood (1996; 12')		Vista (with audio track; 2005; 8')
	For My Father (1996; 5')	Solo Viola	Evolve (with audio track; 2006; 8')
	Slowly, searching (2009; 6')		Desert Waves (with audio track; 2001; 10')
	Luvina (2007; 5')	Solo Flute	Shiny Kiss (1999; 4')
	Vendaval de Luvina (with audio track; 2010; 6')		Below (contrabass flute with audio track; 2008; 10')
	Spark (2011; 7')		Below (bass clarinet with audio track; 2010; 10')
	Complete Solo Piano Collection (2012; Eight works)	Solo Clarinet	Water Crossing (with audio track; 2002; 10')
Solo Organ	Transplant (1999; 4')	Solo Sax	Desert Tide (with audio track; 2005; 10')
Solo Percussion	Kettle Brew (2012; timpani, percussion; 8')	Solo Contrabass Clarinet	Deep (with audio track; 2004; 8')
Solo Tuba	Deep (with audio track; 2004; 8')	Solo Contrabassoon	Deep (with audio track; 2004; 8')

Harpsichord
Transplanted (viola and harpsichord; 2012; 4')	Slip (violin and harpsichord; 2001; 9')
Slipping (violin, harpsichord and percussion; 2006; 9')

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; 4')
Of Song and Touch (euphonium and piano; 2011; 10')	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano (1998; 4')
Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Piano (2010; 4')	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp (1998; 4')
Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Harp (2010; 4')	Intermezzo for Cello and Piano (2011; 4')
Transplanted (viola and harpsichord; 2012; 4')	Water Voyage (clarinet duet with audio track; 2007; 8')

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')
Flea Circus (recording only: clarinet, violin and piano; 2008; 1')	Elegiac (clarinet, cello and piano; 2010; 8')

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')	Plasma (flute quartet: 2 bass fl, 2 alto fl, 2 C fl, 1 picc.; 2004; 1')
Five Squared (string quartet; 2008; 4')	Phos Hilaron (flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano; 1999; 3')

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

Sextets
Unabashedly More (flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano; 2010; 11')	Unabashedly Said (flute/piccolo, clarinet, French horn, violin, cello and piano; 2011; 11')
Perpetual Spark (flute/piccolo, violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano; 2011; 7')

Large Chamber Ensemble
Archipelago (string quartet, double bass, woodwind quintet; 2009; 13')	The Ebb of Memory (string orchestra; 2010; 8')
Bioplasm (flute choir; 2011; 12')

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 audio track; 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 audio track; 1999; 7')
Desert Passage (violin, tenor saxophone and piano; 2001; 10';	Elegy (trumpet, cello and piano; 2004; 8')
Vista (violin and audio track; 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 audio track; 2006; 8')	Slipping (violin, harpsichord and percussion; 2006; 9')
Perpetual Spark (flute/piccolo, violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano; 2011; 7')	Five Squared (string quartet; 2008; 4')
Archipelago (string quartet, double bass, woodwind quintet; 2009; 13')	Elegiac (clarinet, cello and piano; 2010; 8')
Unabashedly More (flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano; 2010; 11')	The Ebb of Memory (string orchestra; 2010; 8')
Transplanted (viola and harpsichord; 2012; 4')	Unabashedly Said (flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano; 2010; 11')

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')	Bioplasm, for flute choir (flute choir; 2011; 12')
Re:pair (flute and bassoon; 2001; 7')	Deep (contrabassoon with audio track; 2004; 8')
Re:pair (clarinet and bassoon; 2008; 7')	Intermezzo for Flute and Harp (2008; 4')
Re:pair (flute duet; 2000; 7')	Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Piano (2010; 4')
Re:pair (bassoon duet; 2001; 7')	Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Harp (2010; 4')
Re:pair for Two Baroque Flutes (flute duet; 2000; 7')	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano (1998; 4')
Elegiac (clarinet, cello and piano; 2010; 8')	Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp (1998; 4')
Desert Notes (oboe, bassoon and piano; 2001; 10')	Water Crossing (clarinet with audio track; 2002; 10')
Desert Tide (soprano saxophone with audio track; 2005; 10')	Water Voyage (clarinet duet with audio track; 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')	Of Breath and Touch (bassoon and piano; 1999; 10')
Desert Thoughts (flute, clarinet and piano; 2008; 10')	Of Air and Touch (oboe and piano; 2001; 10')
Unabashedly (flute/piccolo, violin, cello and piano; 2006; 14')	Archipelago (string quartet, double bass, woodwind quintet; 2009; 13')
Unabashedly Said (flute/piccolo, clarinet, french horn, violin, cello and piano; 2010; 11')	Below (contrabass flute with audio track; 2008; 10')
Unabashedly More (flute/piccolo, clarinet, violin, viola, cello and piano; 2010; 11')	Evensong Suite (flute, clarinet, bassoon and piano; 1999; 17')
Perpetual Spark (flute/piccolo, violin, viola, cello, double bass and piano; 2011; 7')	Plasma (flute quartet, recording only; 2 bass fl, 2 alto fl, 2 C fl, 1 picc.; 2004; 1')
Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano (1998; 12')

Works with flute
Shiny Kiss (solo fl)	Desert Thoughts (fl, cl., pno)
Re:pair (fl, ob)	Bioplasm (fl quartet)
Re:pair (fl, bn)	Bioplasm, for flute choir
Re:pair (fl duet)	Evensong Suite (fl, cl, bn, pno)
Re:pair for Two Baroque Flutes	Unabashedly (fl/picc, vln, vc, pno)
Intermezzo for Flute and Harp	Unabashedly More (fl/picc, cl, vln, vla, vc, pno)
Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Piano	Unabashedly Said (fl/picc, cl, hn, vln, vc, pno)
Intermezzo for Bass Flute and Harp	Perpetual Spark (fl/picc, vln, vla, vc, db bs, pno)
Archipelago (str qt, dbl bs, w.w. quint)	Below (contrabs fl, audio track)

Works with clarinet and saxophone
Intermezzo for Clarinet and Piano	Water Crossing (cl, audio track)
Intermezzo for Clarinet and Harp	Water Voyage (cl duet, audio track)
Re:pair (cl, bn)	Desert Tide (sop sax, audio track)
Trio for Clarinet, Violin & Piano	Of Wind and Touch (bari sax, pno)
Elegiac (cl, vc, pno)	Evensong Suite (fl, cl, bn, pno)
Desert Run (ob, cl, pno)	Unabashedly Said (fl/picc, cl, hn, vln, vc, pno)
Desert Thoughts (fl, cl, pno)	Unabashedly More (fl/picc, cl, vln, vla, vc, pno)
Desert Passage (vln, tenor sax, pno)	Archipelago (str qt, dbl bs, w.w. quint)

Works with oboe and bassoon
Deep (contrabn, audio track)	Of Air and Touch (ob, pno)
Re:pair (fl, ob)	Of Breath and Touch (bn, pno)
Re:pair (fl, bn)	Desert Run (ob, cl, pno)
Re:pair (cl, bn)	Desert Notes (ob, bn, pno)
Re:pair (bn duet)	Evensong Suite (fl, cl, bn, pno)
Archipelago (str qt, dbl bs, w.w. quint)

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')	Of Song and Touch (euphonium and piano; 2011; 10')
Unabashedly Said (flute/piccolo, clarinet, french horn, violin, cello and piano; 2010; 11')	Archipelago (string quartet, double bass, woodwind quintet; 2009; 13')

Concert Wind Band
Homecoming (wind band; 2008; 8')	Paper Cut (wind band, printer paper, audio track; 2010; 5')
Immersion (wind band and audio track; 2011; 23') Three movements, each of which may be programmed separately:
Depth (wind band and audio track; 2011; 8')
Surface (wind band and audio track; 2011; 4')
Beneath (wind band and audio track; 2011; 11')
Tight Squeeze (wind band, audio track; 2013; 3')

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')	Kettle Brew (2013; timpani, percussion; 8')

Electronics
Deep (with contrabassoon or other low wind; 2004; 8')	Desert Waves (with 5-string electric violin or viola; 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 (with soprano saxophone; 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; 10')	Vendaval de Luvina (with piano; 2010; 6')
Paper Cut (with wind band, printer paper; 2010; 5')	Immersion (with wind band; 2011; 22')
Depth (with wind band; 2011; 8')	Surface (with wind band; 2011; 4')
Beneath (with wind band; 2011; 11')	Tight Squeeze (wind band, audio track; 2013; 3')
Kettle Brew (2013; timpani, percussion; 8')

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 without musicians bringing it to life. To see a list from 2000-2009 of some of the wonderful players who have performed and recorded this music, click here

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Alex kayaking off the coast of Malibu.

For Print Media

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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 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 JW Pepper.
Alex Shapiro's scores can also be purchased through Hickey's Music Online.
Alex Shapiro's scores can also be purchased through Harrassowitz.
Alex Shapiro's brass music can also be purchased through Just for Brass.
Alex Shapiro's woodwind music can also be purchased through Just for Winds.
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.
Alex Shapiro's percussion music can also be purchased through Steve Weiss Music.
Have a film, TV, corporate or online media project that needs some interesting music? Many of Alex Shapiro's pieces, along with offerings from other fine composers, can be licensed through the special collection called *MusicOutsideTheBox, from Omnimusic*.
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.