Judith Hamann
Composition
Judith presents a new piece, 'A Coffin Spray (for Jeff), drawn from breath work with the cello on the occasion of a coffin decoration. Moving through an intuitive uncovering of intervals in a responsive unfolding, here two long form improvisations combine into almost a composite instrument at times, alternately merging and phasing. In thinking of a mentor's adage, "just one breath in front of the other," here bow, breath, and entangled bodies of instrument/performer perform a sort of retierative grounding, a leaning into material solidity or transparency of tone. Judith follows the path carved out by the cello, its whirring, humming and spectra, from a grounding into the air.