Caroline Shaw

Caroline Shaw
Shaw in 2020
Born
Caroline Adelaide Shaw

(1982-08-01) August 1, 1982 (age 42)
Occupations
  • Composer
  • violinist
  • singer
WorksList of compositions
Websitecarolineshaw.com

Caroline Adelaide Shaw (born August 1, 1982) is an American composer of contemporary classical music, violinist, and singer.[1] She is best known for the a cappella piece Partita for 8 Voices, for which she won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Music.[2] Shaw received the 2022 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Narrow Sea.

  1. ^ Wilhoite 2015, § para 1.
  2. ^ Underwood 2016, p. 209.