For Flute with Bb foot or Alto Saxophone

Duration: 60sec minimum

A dreamy, rhythmically alive piece that gives the performer genuine interpretive freedom — tempo manipulation, exaggerated phrase endings, forward momentum when the melody turns percussive. The returning melodic theme is the anchor; everything else moves around it.

Written against the assumption that contemporary classical music requires reverential silence.

Two scores included in the Flute version: a free version and a Moderato version.

In the free score, found only for the flute, only the boxed sections have a fixed pulse (98–104 BPM). Note durations indicate relative length rather than strict rhythm. Chords indicate pitch groups for guided improvisation. In the Moderato score, tempo can still be manipulated — arpeggiated fragments accelerated, phrases stretched.

Both versions invite the performer to actively shape timbre and sound colour. The piece can be performed once or in multiple variations, changing colour with each pass.

Read about the virtual workshop where this piece was discussed and performed here.

Program note

[Sometimes] Music is essentially arbitrary and trying to find the correct meaning to what we’re listening to is mildly absurd. Sometimes all it is, is music, and what we make out of it is personal and therefore is true…

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