Breathe On Me (2004)

accordion, with pre-recorded and real-time processed audio and video

Written at the request of accordionist Joseph Petric, and premiered in its touring version on August 7th, 2004, this piece mixes the accordion sound with live and prerecorded audio and video processing. In one interpretation it is an Easter piece, moving through the Spirit descending, through the mortification of the flesh, to the Transformation. In another interpretation it is a glorification of the sensuous nature of sound, skin, tattoos, piercings, scars, and breathing.