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Caroline Shaw

Caroline Shaw
2019-20
Past Honorable Mention Mentor

Caroline Shaw is a New York-based musician—vocalist, violinist, composer, and producer—who performs in solo and collaborative projects. She was the youngest recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2013 for “Partita for 8 Voices,” written for the Grammy-winning Roomful of Teeth. Upcoming releases include two albums with Sō Percussion (joined y Dawn Upshaw and Gil Kalish), and a second album with the Attacca Quartet following their 2019 Grammy-winning record Orange. Caroline loves the collor yellow, otters, Beethoven opus 74, Mozart opera, Kinhaven, the smell of rosemary, and the sound of a janky mandolin.