Au Passage

2024

Voice, Bass Clarinet, Trumpet, Trombone

In January of 2024 I took a solo trip to Paris, and had a truly transformative meal at a restaurant called Au Passage. House made rillettes with a perfectly dressed salad, a duck confit and scamorza tart, the most incredible oyster I’ve ever had in my life, perfectly cooked grilled octopus, and a stunningly delicate lemon sorbet. The oyster alone had me planning my next trip. Toward the end of this meal, I had this really emotional moment of nostalgia and missing my Dad, who passed away when I was a kid. He loved food and restaurant culture and spent a lot of his life in that world. And I thought that this would have been a nice moment to share with him. And in the past I might have let that moment slip away, I might have wanted it to slip away, but this time I tried to focus on it and live in it for as long as possible. Eventually, it slipped away; there was a lot going on, it was a busy night, many distractions. That’s the journey of this piece, wanting to dwell in something so badly but having it ultimately, against your will melt away.

This recording is by Loadbang, who truly brought it to life. Audio was recorded and mixed by me. Video was edited by me and shot by me, Maria Alejandra Bulla, Mathias De Roux, Seare Farhat, and Chenghao Li.