CONTEMPORARY INSTRUMENTAL LAMENTATION | SUBLIME DISMAY | JOSEPH J WASHINGTON

July 1, 2026

SUBLIME DISMAY

A sonic work presented by THE LIDAR ISLAND CONSERVATORY OF SOUND.

Joseph J. Washington

Instrumental Composition

Composed entirely on an iPhone while Joseph J. Washington was homeless, outdoors, unable to sleep, and exposed to a monsoon, “Sublime Dismay” transforms physical vulnerability into deliberate musical form. Its dark tonality and driving pulse hold beauty and distress together—the sound of time that could have been lost becoming creation instead.

Sound as art, memory, and architecture

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©️2017 JOSEPH J WASHINGTON | ICA | THE ARCHITECTURE OF TRUTH

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