happy to be one
Andrea La Rose
About this work:
I was asked to write a piece for a friend’s commitment ceremony that took place in October 2003. At the time, I had been working on circular breathing and improvising for about two years and was starting to feel comfortable with both of those things. I found myself piling on “requirements” as to what the piece should be: I knew the piece had to be joyous, but I also felt it should be serious is some way, but also funky (almost danceable?), and furthermore it should shimmer. I wanted to celebrate not only my friends’ choice to show their commitment to one other — one sense of “one” in the title, but also my growing abilities as an improviser and a circular breather, skills not every “classical” flutist takes on — another sense of being “one” of the people who can do those things. This piece is dedicated to Marion Leary and Lara Kelly.
Year composed: 2003
Duration: 00:07:00
Ensemble type: Solo instrument, non-keyboard:Flute
Instrumentation: 1 Flute