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      <title>Caroline Shaw: inventive and singular composer and musician</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[shaw&#xA;&#xA;Caroline Shaw is a fairly young person who&#39;s done a lot of interesting music. She has focused on voices in the past.&#xA;&#xA;iframe width=&#34;560&#34; height=&#34;315&#34; src=&#34;https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/beU5DSlX40s?si=HmTUc-SbByezydn0&#34; title=&#34;YouTube video player&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allow=&#34;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#34; referrerpolicy=&#34;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#34; allowfullscreen/iframe&#xA;&#xA;However, to say she&#39;s a vocal composer is wrong. She&#39;s composed and arranged a lot more interesting music than that.&#xA;&#xA;For example, here&#39;s the entire soundtrack for the TV-series Fleischman is in Trouble:&#xA;&#xA;iframe width=&#34;560&#34; height=&#34;315&#34; src=&#34;https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0paFG8ZxYpg?si=2Gg-xmU6Po9Ta7jC&#34; title=&#34;YouTube video player&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allow=&#34;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#34; referrerpolicy=&#34;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#34; allowfullscreen/iframe&#xA;&#xA;Her vocal arrangements at times remind me of both baroque voices and what Hildur Guðnadóttir did with some music she composed for Chernobyl).&#xA;&#xA;However, Shaw&#39;s most recently-released work, or, The Whale, which she&#39;s made with Andrew Yee, is very good in ways different to her earlier work:&#xA;&#xA;iframe width=&#34;560&#34; height=&#34;315&#34; src=&#34;https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4XcfurcC2Y0?si=GaBXdka4-Q-6nw0q&#34; title=&#34;YouTube video player&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allow=&#34;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#34; referrerpolicy=&#34;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#34; allowfullscreen/iframe&#xA;&#xA;Here&#39;s a live session with Shaw and Yee from 2023:&#xA;&#xA;iframe width=&#34;560&#34; height=&#34;315&#34; src=&#34;https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AVDp5kydIg4?si=qmuBx8DhiPvV2hCw&#34; title=&#34;YouTube video player&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allow=&#34;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#34; referrerpolicy=&#34;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#34; allowfullscreen/iframe&#xA;&#xA;Here&#39;s a 22-minute interview with Shaw on her musical roots, creativity, and collaboration.&#xA;&#xA;#music #MusicTips #CarolineShaw #NeoClassical #soundtrack ]]&gt;</description>
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<p>Caroline Shaw is a fairly young person who&#39;s done a lot of interesting music. She has focused on voices in the past.</p>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/beU5DSlX40s?si=HmTUc-SbByezydn0" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

<p>However, to say she&#39;s a vocal composer is wrong. She&#39;s composed and arranged a lot more interesting music than that.</p>

<p>For example, here&#39;s the entire soundtrack for the TV-series <em>Fleischman is in Trouble</em>:</p>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/0paFG8ZxYpg?si=2Gg-xmU6Po9Ta7jC" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

<p>Her vocal arrangements at times remind me of both baroque voices and what <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hildur_Gu%C3%B0nad%C3%B3ttir">Hildur Guðnadóttir</a> did with some music she composed for <em><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chernobyl_(miniseries)">Chernobyl</a></em>.</p>

<p>However, Shaw&#39;s most recently-released work, <em>or, The Whale</em>, which she&#39;s made with Andrew Yee, is very good in ways different to her earlier work:</p>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/4XcfurcC2Y0?si=GaBXdka4-Q-6nw0q" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

<p>Here&#39;s a live session with Shaw and Yee from 2023:</p>

<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AVDp5kydIg4?si=qmuBx8DhiPvV2hCw" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe>

<p>Here&#39;s a <a href="https://www.wshu.org/music/2025-06-21/caroline-shaw-on-her-musical-roots-creativity-and-collaboration">22-minute interview with Shaw</a> on her musical roots, creativity, and collaboration.</p>

<p><a href="https://thoughts.pivic.com/tag:music" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">music</span></a> <a href="https://thoughts.pivic.com/tag:MusicTips" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">MusicTips</span></a> <a href="https://thoughts.pivic.com/tag:CarolineShaw" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">CarolineShaw</span></a> <a href="https://thoughts.pivic.com/tag:NeoClassical" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">NeoClassical</span></a> <a href="https://thoughts.pivic.com/tag:soundtrack" class="hashtag"><span>#</span><span class="p-category">soundtrack</span></a></p>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2026 07:27:23 +0200</pubDate>
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