“People ask me sometimes, when — when do you think it will it be enough? When will there be enough women on the court? And my answer is when there are nine.” – Ruth Bader Ginsburg Supreme was composed as a tribute to three of the justices currently sitting on the Supreme Court of the United States: Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Elena Kagan, and Sonia Sotomayor. Each of their names is encoded in the piece using a mixture of solfège and pitches’ letter names: RBG (D, Bb, G), SOniA SOToMAyoR (G, A, G, Bb, Eb, D), and ELEnA kAGAn (E, A, E, A, A, G, A). Although I didn’t intend the music to suggest a linear narrative, it is possible that you may hear upbeat confidence (with perhaps a hint of swagger), introspection, and struggle in this piece. How each of those things might relate to the justices, their lives, their time on the court, is up to you, the listener, to decide. Supreme was commissioned and inspired by Carrie Koffman, and is dedicated to her.