World's Fair

TTTTBBBB unaccompanied duration: 5" "World's Fair" is a setting of Jenna Goldsmith's evocative poem, written in four haiku stanzas that correlate not only to the seasons, but also to her ancestors. The score is for 8 lower voices, and includes finger snaps, hand claps & foot stomps. The work opens joyfully in spring, summer begins as a work song that then slows in the heat, autumn is somber, and finally winter revisits earlier themes, ending wistfully yet joyfully. Hints of jazz and R&B flavor the rhythmic score. Secular. Commissioned by the Constellation Men's Ensemble. Premiered June, 2025, Chicago. Secular.