Depth

Alex Shapiro

Alex Shapiro

Subtitle: For Symphonic Wind Band and Pre-recorded Soundscape. From the three-movement suite, Immersion (2010)

General Info

Year: 2010
Duration: c. 7:40
Difficulty: IV (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Activist Music LLC
Cost: Score and Parts (digital) - $150.00

Instrumentation

Full Score
C Piccolo
Flute I-II
Oboe I-II
Bassoon I-II
B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II
B-flat Bass Clarinet
E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II
B-flat Tenor Saxophone
E-flat Baritone Saxophone
B-flat Trumpet I-II
F Horn I-II-III-IV
Trombone I-II
Bass Trombone
Euphonium
Tuba
String Bass
Percussion I-II-III-IV-V, including:

• Bass Drum
• Glockenspiel
• Marimba
• Tam-Tam
• Tubular Bells
• Vibraphone

Errata

None discovered thus far.

Program Notes

Depth brings listeners on a sonic journey into a private, aquatic realm. Beneath the surface of the ocean is a world of liquid beauty and grace hidden from our eyes and from our imagination. Even in this habitat of life and hope, exquisite creatures remain vulnerable to events triggered from beyond their fragile sanctuary. Follow your ears and your heart to the depths of a place we sometimes forget to look.

- Program Note by composer

Commercial Discography

None discovered thus far.

Media

• Audio: Reference recording. University of Minnesota (Minneapolis) Symphonic Band (Jerry Luckhardt, conductor)

State Ratings

None discovered thus far.

Performances

To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project

• Georgia Music Educators Association District 1 - 11-12 Honor Band (Don Schofield, conductor) – 6 February 2016 (Savannah, Ga.)

Works for Winds by this Composer

Adaptable Music

• Passages (Adaptable Band) (2020)

All Wind Works

• Ascent (2020)
• Below (2008)
• Beneath. See: Immersion (2010)
• Bioplasm (2005/2012)
• Deep (2004)
• Depth. See: Immersion
• Desert Tide (2005)
• Even Deeper (2014)
• Homecoming (2008)
• Immersion (2010)
  • Depth (2011)
  • Surface (2011)
  • Beneath (2010)
• Lights Out (2015)
• Liquid Compass (2014)
• Moment (2016)
• Off the Edge (2019)
• Paper Cut (2010)
• Passages (Adaptable Band) (2020)
• Re:pair (2000)
• Rock Music (2016)
• Shiny Kiss (2000)
• Surface. See: Immersion (2010)
• Tight Squeeze (2012)
• Trains of Thought (2015)
• Water Crossing (2002)
• Water Voyage (2007)

Resources

• Alex Shapiro website Accessed 7 July 2020
• Perusal score
• Shapiro, A. (2010). Immersion: Symphony For Winds, Percussion and Pre-Recorded Soundscape [score]. Activist Music: [Friday Harbor, Wash.?].