COMING UP FOR AIR

ABOUT THE PROJECT

ABOUT THE PROJECT
THE CONCERTO

THE CONCERTO
WORKSHOPS FOR COMPOSERS

WORKSHOPS FOR COMPOSERS
IN [LOCATION]

IN [LOCATION]

  • The call for scores is open to all!

    Pieces must be limited to the performance of one single cycle of breath. Instructions must be included for the inhalation.

    All flutes available (piccolo, C flute, alto, bass).
    Voice/electronics/speaking/physical movement/objects/tape - all welcome!

    The following durations are just averages - it entirely depends on the material!
    Average duration for inhale with suspension - 40 seconds
    Average duration for inhale without suspension - 15 seconds
    Average duration for exhale with suspensions - 60 seconds
    Average duration for exhale without suspensions - 40 seconds

    I will workshop and record all completed pieces, and will notify you every time I perform your piece in public.

    Please write to me with any questions; pieces do not need to be completed to get in touch in the first instance. 

Sheet music titled 'Anxiety' by Ariella Tanfield for flute, with handwritten notes and markings including 'inhaled', 'normal', 'start calmly', 'getting gradually more agitated', 'slowly then molto accel', 'keep fast tempo', and dynamic markings like
Music sheet titled 'DOOO' with instructions for flute and optional foot stomps, including tempo markings and expressive notes.
Sheet music titled "Breath, Patterns, Bends" by Patrick Ellis, with musical notation, tempo marking of 80, and performance instructions in various passages.
Sheet music titled 'Polar Vortex' by Ewan Campbell for flute, featuring musical notes, performance instructions, and annotations for sound effects.
Hand-drawn musical notation and annotations titled 'Polar Vortex for solo flute' by Ewan Campbell, with various markings, notes, and instructions on a sheet of music.
Sheet music for a flute piece titled "Expel" by Jenny Jackson. It includes performance notes about breath control and dynamics, and instructions for starting slowly with specific breathing and sound techniques.
Sheet music titled "Expel: violent, animalistic - a fast torrent" for flute and voice, with performance instructions and musical notation, including dynamics, tempo, and expressive markings.
Handwritten notes titled 'Feet Can't Fail (slight return)' by Stephen Chase, illustrating a breathing exercise with musical notation and instructions for breathing techniques.
Sheet music with hand-written notes and annotations, titled "just a different wolf" by Kathryn Williams. It features a graphical representation of a breathing pattern for a musical piece, with shaded areas indicating airflow and tongue position, and
Step-by-step hand-drawn instructions for breathing exercise titled 'Need Bigger Lungs' by Louis d'Heudieres. Includes illustrations of a person and a lung machine, with text explaining how to breathe deeply, repeat the phrase 'Need Bigger Lungs,' and
Sheet music and instructions for a comical solo flute piece titled 'One Breath Bop' or 'Little Rabbit Foo Foo Foo Teaches Flute' by John Webb, with detailed performance guidance.
A handwritten sheet of music titled "One Breath" by Lucio Tasca, with notes, musical staff, and instructions indicating the top voice as flute and the bottom voice as voice. The tempo is marked at a quarter note = 35 and is described as quiet and une
A typed poem on white paper, with lines beginning with 'you've been singing along with the radio...' and ending with 'as we'd imagined somebody might'.
Sheet music cover page titled 'Peter the Dolphin' for solo flute, featuring a black-and-white photo of a dolphin leaping out of the water with a child in the background.
A typed document discussing dolphin breathing and a breathing exercise involving pinky finger tremolo or tremolo, with references to an article on The Guardian and a photo credited to The Lilly Estate.
Sheet music titled 'Peter the Dolphin' composed by Yshani Perinpanayagam for solo flute, with musical notes, annotations, and fingerings for flute.
Handwritten sketch titled "ONE, BREATHE" by J.W. featuring a diagram of breathing process. The diagram shows an inflow of air labeled "in" with notes about quick, erratic, unpitched breathing lasting as long as possible, and an outflow labeled "out"
Handwritten sheet music for a solo flute piece titled 'Breatheless' by Charlotte Marlow, with musical notes, annotations, and instructions related to breath and playing techniques.
Diagram of a musical score with annotations, color highlights, and handwritten notes related to finger positioning, breath, and musical techniques, authored by Nina Whiteman in 2017.
Handwritten sheet of music with musical notes, annotations, and lyrics.