Masterclass: Caroline Shaw

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November 8

10:00am - 11:30am

Newman Center for the Performing Arts, Hamilton Hall

Audience: Alumni,  Current Student,  Faculty,  Families,  Neighbor or Friend,  Prospective Student,  Staff

Free admission to observe
No ticket required

Caroline Shaw is a musician who moves among roles, genres, and mediums, trying to imagine a world of sound that has never been heard before but has always existed. She works often in collaboration with others, as producer, composer, violinist, and vocalist. Shaw is the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in Music, an honorary doctorate from Yale, four Grammys, and a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. She has written and produced for iconic artists and ensembles across the musical spectrum, including Rosal铆a, Ren茅e Fleming, Yo-Yo Ma, Tiler Peck, Nas, Kanye West, the LA Phil, the NY Phil, and others. Recent tv/film/stage scoring projects include 鈥淟eonardo Da Vinci鈥 (Ken Burns/PBS), 鈥淛ulie Keeps Quiet (Leonardo Van Dijl), 鈥淔leishman is in Trouble鈥 (FX/Hulu), 鈥淭he Sky Is Everywhere鈥 (Josephine Decker/A24), vocal work with Rosal铆a (MOTOMAMI), 鈥淭he Crucible鈥 (Lyndsey Turner/National Theatre), 鈥淧artita鈥 (Justin Peck/NYC Ballet), 鈥淢oby Dick鈥 (Wu Tsang), and 鈥淟IFE鈥 (Gandini Juggling/Merce Cunningham Trust). Current touring projects include shows with So Percussion, Ringdown, Attacca Quartet, Roomful of Teeth, Graveyards & Gardens, Gabriel Kahane, and Kamus Quartet. .

Ms. Shaw will work with a Lamont School of Music string quartet who is preparing one of her pieces.

For ticket questions, please contact the Newman Center Box Office at 303-871-7720.

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