So the choice was made to emphasize the composer’s fascination with teamwork and community, as epitomized by the genre of string quartet-for which, she says, she always has a piece in the works-and by her collaboration with Sō Percussion on a recent piece and a forthcoming album. A properly comprehensive one would presumably take all day, not Thursday’s two hours. Shaw’s concert was reportedly sold out far in advance.Īs Miller’s executive director Melissa Smey said in a recent interview, there are “at least five different ways” to do a Composer Portrait of Shaw. Many a worthy musician has been fortunate to draw half a house to his or her Composer Portrait at Miller. Judging from her “Composer Portrait” concert at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre Thursday night, the composer-singer-violinist-violist-producer has everything else pretty much covered.įrom snagging a Pulitzer Prize at age 30 to fulfilling commissions from Renée Fleming and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, from accompanying and remixing Kanye West to playing a rather unflattering version of herself in the streaming series Mozart in the Jungle, this busy artist has staked out a sizable territory in the consciousness of music fans. Photo: Kait MorenoĬaroline Shaw probably doesn’t do windows.

Caroline Shaw collaborated with colleagues in her “Musical Portrait” Thursday night at Miller Theatre.

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