Caroline Shaw in Los Angeles

Caroline Shaw is an American composer, violinist and singer, born in Greenville, North Carolina, in 1982. She writes contemporary classical music and is a member of the vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth. She is best known for Partita for 8 Voices, which received the Pulitzer Prize for Music; her catalogue also includes the Attacca Quartet album Orange and the vocal work Narrow Sea. In 2015, Shaw joined Kanye West for performances of 808s & Heartbreak at the Hollywood Bowl. She later developed a concert collaboration with Sō Percussion around Let the Soil Play Its Simple Part, presenting the project at the Barbican in London.