Finding Harmony in the ICU: Jon Armstrong’s Voluntary Breath Transforms Trauma into Monumental Orchestral Art
Executive Overview In the shadowy corridors of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), where human vulnerability is met with the unyielding, synthetic pulse of life support, composer and saxophonist Jon Armstrong found himself engaged in a desperate, profound act of sonic translation. Out of the harrowing experience of his son Breen’s extreme premature birth—arriving at … Read more
