deep breaths (2020)

Duration 4’ - 9’
Instrumentation bass flute
Premiered July 2020, virtual concert
Commissioned New Music on the Point and the Robert Black Foundation for NMOP’s 10th Anniversary Commissioning Project

Program Note: deep breaths is a variable piece that changes shape and duration each time it is performed based on the performer’s choices in the moment. The piece focuses on the breath as gesture and is influenced by anxiety and its ability to spiral mentally and physically.

Jessie Nucho performing deep breaths at Center for New Music in San Francisco on July 10, 2021.