Miller Theatre presents a Composer Portrait of CAROLINE SHAW, 2/6 1/7/20, 1006 AM

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACTS January 6, 2020 Aleba Gartner, 212/206-1450 Tickets & Information: 212/854-7799 [email protected] millertheatre.com Lauren Bailey Cognetti, 212/854-1633 [email protected]

"Miller’s utterly indispensable Composer Portraits series reaches its 20th season this year, two decades in which these concerts have made or cemented the reputations of dozens of composers.“ —

Miller Theatre at Columbia University School of the Arts

continues its 20th season of Composer Portraits with CAROLINE SHAW

Attacca Quartet and Sō Percussion perform the Pulitzer-winning star composer's from the last decade

Thursday, February 6, 2020, 8:00 P.M. Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)

Tickets: starting at $20; Students with valid ID: starting at $7

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Photo by Kyle Dorosz for Miller Theatre.

From Miller Theatre Executive Director Melissa Smey: "A wonderful facet of our Composer Portraits is that we reflect the breadth of

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creative practice embraced by composers today, and Caroline Shaw does it all: she composes, produces, sings, and plays violin. Here her multiplicity is on display, with a focus on her string quartets, her writing for Sō Percussion, as well as performing as a singer. Another highlight for me is welcoming back Sō Percussion to the Miller stage; they were deeply involved in the Composer Portraits series in its formative years, and it will be a welcome homecoming.”

Composer Portraits Thursday, February 6, 2020, 8:00 P.M. Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway at 116th Street)

Caroline Shaw (b. 1982)

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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.

PROGRAM: selected songs (2019) Narrow Sea (2017) Blueprint (2016) Entr’acte (2011/2014) Punctum (2009/2013)

ARTISTS: Attacca Quartet Sō Percussion Caroline Shaw, voice

Read a Q&A with Melissa Smey and Lara Pellegrinelli: "The Making of the Composer Portrait of Caroline Shaw"

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Composer Portraits at 20

With this new season, Miller Theatre proudly celebrates the 20th season of its influential Composer Portraits series, called "indispensable" earlier this year by Alex Ross in The New Yorker. For twenty years, Miller Theatre’s flagship series has fostered the creation of new work, served as an incubator for emerging artists and a champion of those not yet well known, and created a community of adventurous listeners.

Upcoming Portraits

OSCAR BETTISON: returns to Miller to perform two of the British- American composer's recent chamber concertos (2/20)

DAI FUJIKURA: Champions of Fujikura's music, ICE performs a high-octane program, including a world premiere Miller commission (3/5)

Caroline Shaw carolineshaw.com

Caroline Shaw is a New York-based musician—vocalist, violinist, composer, and producer— who performs in solo and collaborative projects. She was the youngest recipient of the in 2013 for , written for the Grammy-winning , of which she is a member. Recent commissions include new works for Renée Fleming with Inon Barnatan, Dawn Upshaw with Sō Percussion and Gil Kalish, the Orchestra of St. Luke’s with John Lithgow, the Dover Quartet, TENET, The Crossing, the Mendelssohn Club of Philadelphia, the Calidore Quartet, , the Baltimore Symphony, and Roomful of Teeth with . Her work has been premiered by pianist with the Seattle Symphony, with Philharmonia Baroque, the LA Philharmonic, and Juilliard 415.

Shaw’s film scores include Erica Fae’s To Keep the Light and Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline as well as the recent short 8th Year of the Emergency by Maureen Towey. She has produced for (; Ye) and (NASIR), and has contributed to records by The National and Arcade Fire’s Richard Reed Parry.

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Shaw has studied at Rice, Yale, and . She has held residencies at Dumbarton Oaks, the Banff Centre, Music on Main, and the Vail Dance Festival. She currently teaches at NYU and is a creative associate at The Juilliard School.

Attacca Quartet attaccaquartet.com

Praised by The Strad as "stunning" and for possessing "a musical maturity far beyond its members' years," the Attacca Quartet is currently celebrating its 15th season. From sold- out concerts at Carnegie Hall and Radio City Music Hall to National Public Radio's far- reaching Tiny Desk Concerts, the Attacca Quartet celebrates the timeless beauty of the string quartet for a broad audience and this sublime art form.

First prize winners of the 7th Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, top prize and Listeners’ Choice award recipients of the Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition, and Grand Prize Winners of the 60th annual Coleman Chamber Ensemble Competition, the Attacca Quartet has received international acclaim and become one of America’s premier young performing ensembles. They have served as The Juilliard School's Graduate Resident String Quartet, the Quartet in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Quartet in Residence at Texas State University.

The Quartet recently completed The 68, a six-year performance project in New York City featuring the complete string quartets of Franz Joseph Haydn. They are currently producing two new series in the New York area: Recently Added at Brooklyn's National Sawdust featuring the complete string quartets of living composers, and Based on Beethoven, a project juxtaposing the complete Beethoven string quartets with new works from Recently Added.

The Attacca Quartet has released three critically acclaimed albums with Azica Records: Fellow Traveler: String Quartets of John Adams, Franz Joseph Haydn's Seven Last Words (arranged by Andrew Yee) and Songlines: String Quartets of Michael Ippolito.

Sō Percussion sopercussion.com

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works, and an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor, and bedlam” (The New Yorker), Sō Percussion has redefined the scope and role of the modern percussion ensemble.

Sō’s repertoire ranges from classics of the 20th century (John Cage, Steve Reich, Iannis Xenakis) to commissions and new works by contemporary composers (David Lang, , Steven Mackey, Caroline Shaw) to distinctively modern collaborations with artists who work outside the classical concert hall (Shara Nova, choreographer Susan Marshall, Wilco’s Glenn Kotche, The National, Bryce Dessner). The members of Sō Percussion also compose and perform their own works (From Out a Darker Sea and Amid the Noise), employing a uniquely 21st-century synthesis of original music, artistic collaboration, theatrical production values, and visual art. Sō has recorded more than 20 albums including a new album with Caroline Shaw.

Recent highlights include performances of “A Percussion Century” at Carnegie Hall, an exploration of works by John Cage, David Lang, Johanna Beyer, and others, and also featuring the New York premiere of Sō’s newest commission, Forbidden Love, a string quartet by Julia Wolfe; David Lang’s man made and Jean Baptist-Lully’s Le Bourgeois gentilhomme with Louis Langrée and the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; among others in Paris, Klaipėdos, and across the U.S. Sō collaborated with choreographer John Heginbotham in a new ballet, RACECAR, which was performed in The Washington Ballet’s season-opening NEXTsteps production and featured the music of Jason Treuting. This season, Sō celebrates its sixth year as Edward T. Cone Performers-in-Residence at Princeton University and the 12th year of the Sō Percussion Summer Institute (SōSI), an intensive two-week chamber music seminar for percussionists and composers.

Rooted in the belief that music is an essential facet of human life, a social bond, and an effective tool in creating agency and citizenship, Sō Percussion enthusiastically pursues a growing range of social and community outreach: Brooklyn Bound presentations of younger composers; commitments to purchasing offsets to compensate for carbon-heavy activities such as touring travel; and leading their SōSI students in an annual food-packing drive, yielding up to 35,000 meals, for the Crisis Center of Mercer County through the organization EndHungerNE.

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Miller Theatre at Columbia University is the leading presenter of new music in New York City and one of the most vital forces nationwide for innovative programming. In partnership with Columbia University School of the Arts, Miller is dedicated to producing and presenting unique events, with a focus on contemporary and early music, jazz, opera, and multimedia performances. Founded in 1988, Miller Theatre has helped launch the careers of myriad composers and ensembles over the years, serving as an incubator for emerging artists and a champion of those not yet well known in the United States. A four- time recipient of the ASCAP/Chamber Music America Award for Adventurous Programming, Miller Theatre continues to meet the high expectations set forth by its founders—to present innovative programs, support the development of new work, and connect creative artists with adventurous audiences.

Miller Theatre 's 2019-20 Season is supported by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.

Columbia University’s Miller Theatre is located north of the Main Campus Gate at 116th St. & Broadway on the ground floor of Dodge Hall.

Directions and information are available online at millertheatre.com or via the Miller Theatre Box Office at 212.854.7799.

For further information, press tickets, photos, and to arrange interviews, please contact Aleba & Co. at 212/206-1450 or [email protected].

For photos, please contact Lauren Bailey Cognetti, 212/854-1633; [email protected].

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