Part of Frank's overall plan was to compose on the Synclavier for the Ensemble Modern so the first order of business was to see how well this plan would work. On the night before the first day of rehearsals, he asked me to reorchestrate his Synclavier composition entitled Igor and arrange it for the Ensemble Modern, preparing printed parts and a conductor's score. Frank replaced the title with "This Is A Test" right before printing out the parts the next morning, just so that the musicians would know the purpose of this short piece. As so often happens, the name stuck.
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