Caroline Shaw

Caroline Shaw is a New York-based musician—vocalist, violinist, composer, and producer—who performs in solo and collaborative projects. She was the then-youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music when selected in 2013 for Partita for 8 Voices, written for the Grammy-winning Roomful of Teeth, of which she is a member. Recent commissions include new works for Renée Fleming with Inon Barnatan, Dawn Upshaw with Sō Percussion, and Gil Kalish, the Seattle Symphony, Anne Sofie von Otter with Philharmonia Baroque, and the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Film scores include Erica Fae’s To Keep the Light and Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline. She has produced for Kanye West (The Life of Pablo; Ye) and Nas (NASIR), and has contributed to records by The National, and by Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry. Shaw has studied at Rice, Yale, and Princeton, currently teaches at NYU, and is a Creative Associate at the Juilliard School.