And now, removed from air, I simulate the Breath so well— (2021)

bassoon, percussion cello

written for the 2021 Composers Conference Ensemble

In this piece, And now, removed from air, the performers’ breath and voices join their sound-producing bodies to create a piece of music both visceral and intimate, and where speed and endurance bring the three instrumentalists together into one performing entity—one which beats, scratches, gasps, seethes, and pummels.

Talea Ensemble performs And now, removed from air… at the Americas Society, June 2, 2022 (piece begins at 30:42)