All I Was Doing Was Breathing: from Ecstatic Songs. female choir (SSAA), percussion and cello. Partition vocale/chorale et instrumentale. [Sheet music] Brunner, David L.

“All I Was Doing Was Breathing” is the first in the cycle of “Ecstatic Songs” on texts by Hindu mystic poet Mirabai. ” It was premiered by the Michigan State University Women's Chamber Ensemble at the 2009 ACDA Convention and became the “talk of the convention” for its creativity and impactThis first song is a setting for 4-Part women's chorus. It is marked by sinuous and sensual solo lines, drones, embellishment, rhythmic ostinati and layering of voices and instruments. Instrumentation: female choir (SSAA), percussion and cello