Caroline Shaw Lives Life Beautifully: III. Teethful of Awesome

At the pre-telecast award ceremony for the 56th annual Grammy Awards, Cyndi Lauper famously announced the winner of the Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance category: "more like teethfull of awesome!"  Caroline Shaw's background and pedigree as a performer informs the very fabric of her compositional output and the piece she wrote for Roomful of Teeth is no exception. Listen to movement three of Meet the Composer Episode Four as Caroline discusses her inspirations and challenges while writing Partita for 8 Voices, winner of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Music.