Circular Breathing: Meditations from a Musical Life

by Ann McCutchan

In this collection of personal essays, clarinetist Ann McCutchan uses the metaphor of circular breathing to animate her understanding of her own life as a woman, musician, and writer. Circular breathing is a technique for wind instrument playing in which fresh air is drawn in through the nose at the same time that stored air in the lungs is released by mouth through the instrument. The process allows the player to produce a continuous line of music...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0865347492
• ISBN13: 9780865347496
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: Sunstone Press
• Length: 158 Pages
• Weight: 0.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"