Title: The Way of the Mob
Commission: 2011
Completed: 2012
Instrumentation: chamber ensemble
Premiere Location: Atlas Theater, Washington DC
Premiere Ensemble: Newspeak Ensemble
Notes: Based on the Baltimore Bank Riots of 1835; written for Newspeak Ensemble.

Composer and musician Ruby Fulton (b. 1981) writes music which invites listeners to explore non-musical ideas through sound. Her musical portfolio includes explorations of mental illness, Buddhism, philosophy, psychedelic research, addiction, and chess strategy; and profiles of iconic popular figures like the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat and musicians Syd Barrett and Whitney Houston. She has collaborated on interdisciplinary projects with thinkers and makers in the sciences and literary, movement and visual arts. She teaches composition and music theory at the University of Idaho Lionel Hampton School of Music.