Coming Up for Air is a project centred around creatively overcoming my experiences of chronic respiratory conditions through commissioning over 100 pieces limited to a single breath.
The project has been described as "ingeniously inventive" by TEMPO and has been performed internationally (including Bendigo International Festival of Exploratory Music in Australia, Constellation in Chicago, Kammer Klang at Cafe OTO, Deep Minimalism 2.0 at the Southbank Centre; Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Royaumont Abbey in France, Norwegian Academy of Music in Oslo). Every performance is unique, with the content and order of the pieces adjusted to suit the environment. Coming Up for Air was released as a solo album on Huddersfield Contemporary Records, distributed by NMC, described by BBC Music Magazine as "strangely fascinating." The collection is currently being transformed into a concerto by composer Larry Goves, where each breath will be sourced from the Coming Up for Air collection. The concerto will premiere with the Luxembourg Philharmonic in November 2024 as part of the Rainy Days Festival. Coming Up for Air has been widely acclaimed and has been featured on BBC Radio 3 The Listening Service and New Music Show, PBS Melbourne, and RNCM Radio. It has also been covered in Breathe Magazine, BBC Music Magazine, PAN (Journal of British Flute Society), and TEMPO. |
OPEN CALL FOR SCORESComing Up for Air remains OPEN to submissions for single-breath pieces.
What is a single-breath piece?
What happens next?
A few ground rules...
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Let's do this! |