The final movement of Ludwig van Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, also known as Ode to Joy, has served as an anthem for different regimes around the world, often as a symbol of national pride and praise for socio-economic prosperity.

In Ode to Orderly Joy, the choir sings and chants variations of the familiar composition in confinement, resulting in a haunting and melancholic overtone - a comment on today’s fraught political environment.

*Special thanks: Lonnie Graham, Christopher Kiver, Ann Tarantino, Michele Dunleavy, and the Borland Project Space of Penn State University