No Contest

Instrumentation: SATB Chorus, alto & tenor saxophone, and synthesizer
Year Composed: 2010
Commissioned By: The Laudate Singers

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This atmospheric work consists of a setting of only two words, (Isaiah wins) fractured down into their component phonemes. These phonemes are at first presented in a jumble, and are eventually presented in the correct order to form the words again at the end.

Watch a video of the premiere performance