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performed by University of Texas at Austin flutists Timothy Hagen, Catherine Baker, Charlotte Daniel, and Blair Francis

"The title of this piece first came to me while I was thinking about creating intensity in
music and about the challenge of writing a piece that is full of tension. "Steeley" is from
the metal steel, which implies intensity. "Pause" carries two meanings in the context of
the piece. In the first, it represents the moments of silence in the piece, which, because of all the musical activity occurring around them, are within themselves intense. And
secondly, "Pause" means to take a moment, which is about the duration of this work,
since the longer intensity goes on, the less intense it becomes." - Jennifer Higdon