Caroline Shaw interviewed by Pablo Held

When I asked my friend Percy Pursglove what he had been listening to lately, he told me about the piece “Partita for 8 voices” by Caroline Shaw. He said he had listened to the piece while driving in his car, but eventually he not only had to stop the car, but also stop the music - because he was so blown away by what he heard!!
(I’m always looking for recommendations of this kind: when friends, colleagues or heroes of mine recommend something that they obsessing about)
So on my way home I started listening to the piece and I was blown away as well! I couldn’t stop listening, had it running on repeat for a long time like I usually do when discovering a new piece. I immediately started checking other works by Caroline that were equally fresh and inspiring and also found lots of interviews that were really insightful.
I’m so happy my friend Percy recommended listening to her work and I’m excited to share my interview with Caroline Shaw with all of you now! We talk about a lot of things, ranging from composition, inspirations, notation, working methods of the incredible vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth and much more! Enjoy!
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[@jeremyn.4753]

Thanks for taking the time to interview those great people

[@PabloHeldmusic]

I'm having a great time talking to them. Thanks for checking out the interviews!!

[@jimpeter3453]

Gotta love this wonderful woman. Her work has given me many smiles. Regards from Baltimore.

[@matthirn7858]

Caroline shared how returning to the area where she grew up in North Carolina and looking out at the Sound gave her a sense of not being able to capture the past that she knew there and not knowing the future. The North Carolina writer Thomas Wolfe famously wrote, "You can never go home again." How fitting for her to mirror in her music what Wolfe shared in his writing.

[@giorgioacccc]

Thank you both. This is amazing!!!

[@oxiary]

Amazing interview !!
I love how every artist has a playlist to spark themselves

[@yaneevt]

thank you, guys, for a lovely interview!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Thanks! It was a pleasure to get to talk to Caroline!

[@tomgreenbranch6015]

What a lovely conversation with Ms Shaw. Such a fascinating artist!

[@PabloHeldmusic]

That’s so true, she’s fascinating!

[@leighrobison9388]

Reminds me of working on performance art pieces with friends at st. Mary’s ...poetry, music, art, dance collaborating simultaneously...then Kerry Kreiman and I doing Accumulations perf. Art pc. W/ her class at Culvermil.acad....she’s now Creative Dance Dallas Ft. Worth....she’d love to do this....such fun to do!!!

[@edwardmorris8141]

I love this

[@PabloHeldmusic]

❤️

[@apolloniomaiello2775]

Wow warum entdecke ich das Interview jetzt erst 😛😛😛😛❤️

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Es war immer da und hat nur auf dich gewartet!

[@user-ev1ev5ql2y]

is this interview transcribed (written) somewhere?

[@PabloHeldmusic]

Not yet, Odile!