Composer Portraits
Caroline Shaw
Thursday, February 6, 2020, 8pm
Miller Theatre at Columbia University
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Composer, violinist, and singer Caroline Shaw became the youngest recipient ever of the Pulitzer Prize in Music in 2013, and she’s since taken both the pop and classical music worlds by storm. A “breakout star of New York’s contemporary classical scene” (The Guardian), Shaw is a unique creative voice whose music paints luscious soundscapes with moments of discord and unexpected resolutions. The Attacca Quartet and Sō Percussion, both close collaborators of the composer, perform a program of her works from the last decade.
Read the Q&A with Melissa Smey about this Portrait by writer Lara Pellegrinelli
Performers
- Attacca Quartet
- Sō Percussion
- Caroline Shaw voice
Repertoire
- selected songs from Let the soil play its simple part (2019)
- Narrow Sea (2017)
- Blueprint (2016)
- Entr’acte (2011)
- Punctum (2009/2013)
Additional Information
This performance is currently sold out, but tickets may be available on standby. A standby line will form at 6 p.m. on the night of the performance and any available seats will be sold on a first-come, first-served basis, for that evening's performance only. Discounts (including senior and student pricing) do not apply for standby sales; all standby tickets will be $40; $35; $20 each.
Major support for Composer Portraits is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Photo by Kyle Dorosz for Miller Theatre.
