very difficult: circular breathing, improvisation.
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 they piece sould be: I knew the piece had to be joyous, but I also felt it should be serious in 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 another — one sense of "one" in the title, but also my growing abilities as an improviser and a circular breather — another sense of being "one" of the people who can do those things. This piece is dedicated to Marion Leary and Lara Kelly.
2003.
performance history: 6 March 2009. The Space (Long Island City, Queens). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, flute. 5 April 2008. The Tank (NYC). thingNY: Andrea La Rose, flute. 13 March 2008. Issue Project Room (Brooklyn). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, flute. 5 October 2007. Yippie Museum Café (NYC). thingNY: Andrea La Rose, flute. 30 September 2007. Galapagos (Brooklyn). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, flute. 13 January 2007. BAM Café Live (Brooklyn). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, flute. 19 January 2006. Knitting Factory Old Office (NYC). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, flute. 12 November 2005. Feedback Series at UCAL (Philadelphia). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, flute. 18 February 2005. Chez Bushwick (Brooklyn). Anti-Social Music: Andrea La Rose, flute. 11 March 2004. Elebash Recital Hall, The Graduate Center CUNY. Andrea La Rose,
flute. 1 December 2003. Levenson Recital Hall, Brooklyn College. Andrea La Rose, flute.
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