Newfound Intimacy

commissioned by Tyler Austin and the Maryland Chamber Winds

ensemble Bb Clarinet, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, Bari Sax

duration 3 mins
written summer 2020
for Maryland Chamber Winds’ Digital Premiere Series
premièred summer 2020

Program Note:

Newfound Intimacy was written in response to the discovery that comes with isolation. Each musical line is on a never ending process to become more elaborate and find itself, at times leaving aspects of the performance up to the performers, only to return back to itself in the end.