FREE AS A BIRD

(2006)

10 min.

Jazz Orchestra (5 sax, 4 tp, 4tbn, guit, pno, b, dr – optional: soloist sopr.sax, voice)

premiere: Brown Hall, Boston, 15.10.2006

NEC Jazz Composer Orchestra

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Progran Notes:

Freedom to me means being able to live according to ones deepest vision. Often circumstances don’t allow us to live like that. Often we are disconnected with our inner truth and we subconsciously set our limits way below what they could be. My piece tries to talk about one of those rare moments where you feel completely right with who you are at a given time.