POLYPHONOS: Bringing a World of Choral Inspiration (Three Composers at a Time)

In 2006, The Esoterics inaugurated POLYPHONOS, its annual competition for contemporary choral composition. Since its founding, the competition has awarded an international roster of 21 choral composers $1,000 to compose a 5-minute piece, as well as an all-expense-paid trip to Seattle to hear the premiere and discuss their work with an always-curious Seattle audience.  Join The Esoterics’ founding director, composer-in-residence, and members of Seattle’s “a cappella addicts” to discuss how POLYPHONOS began and grew, and to read through excerpts of award-winning pieces by such choral luminaries as Abbie Betinis, Bernard Hughes, Christina Whitten Thomas, Eduardo Malachevsky, Joshua Fishbein, Nilo Alcala, Rita Ueda, Shawn Crouch, and Zachary Wadsworth.