Joan Tower

Joan Tower

(1938 - ) the pioneering Grammy-winning American composer, curator of this series, who continues to be internationally commissioned and performed after 65 years of composing

Caroline Shaw

(1982 - ) the two-time Grammy winning, Pulitzer prize winning, super-imaginative American composer, founder of Roomful of Teeth

Jessie Montgomery

(1981 - ) the Grammy award winning Black American composer and violinist, Musical America’s Composer of the Year 2023

Missy Mazzoli

(1980 - ) the American composer, first woman to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera and first person to win the inaugural Music Critics award for best opera in 2017

Jennifer Higdon

(1962 - ) the multi Grammy award and Pulitzer prize-winning composer, flautist, and long time professor at the Curtis Institute