How do artists refresh their creative lives? Every week, one of our favorite artists will take over our Instagram to reveal his or her favorite forms of down-time. On Monday, Q2 Music compiles the takeover into a web feature. Follow the live takeovers on our Instagram account and catch the write-up from the latest feature below.
New York-based musician and composer Caroline Shaw is an avocado-lover, Grammy Award–winning singer in Roomful of Teeth, violinist in ACME, collaborator of Kanye West and the youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Music (2013). Between rehearsing Steve Reich's Music for 18 Musicians and recording sessions with a long-time friend, Caroline finds peace in her urban garden.
Wednesday, July 20 - 9:42 am:
good morrrrrning... zzzzz... hi, wonderful cool amazing q2 community. i'm going to walk you through my day today. it's not particularly typical, but no day ever is. this is july 20th 2016, and hello.
so. breakfast. i'm obsessed with soft-boiled eggs. i keep trying to get the perfect texture, but it's a little different every time. what's perfect anyway? here's today's egg, on miso couscous, with pepper & salt & dill from my fire escape. (i just realized i didn't wash the dill. oops! fine?!! fine. i think it's fine.) music: couperin's "les baricades mistérieuses" [violaine cochard, harpsichord] (stitched together using videoshop. nice editing-on-your-phone app, once you get used to it.)
2:10 pm:
rehearsed with Ensemble Signal this morning for steve reich's music for 18 musicians - performance tomorrow night at @lincolncenter THIS PIECE. i cannot contain my joy. every time. those shifts. video includes Lisa Moore, Mike Compitello, Mellissa Hughes, Martha Cluver, and Matt Evans, Amy Garapic, and Carson Moody of Tigue Music
4:21 pm:
i'm only home a few scattered days a month, but july has been kindly allowing me to tend to my little fire escape garden.
10:01 pm:
richy!!! he's in town for a few days so we did a little singing & recording together this evening. richy writes beautiful songs. the first time we met was about five years ago, recording his music for heart and breath, another one of my favorite pieces. love love. and with this i'm signing off for the evening. thanks, q2, for letting me crash your insta for a day. bye! -caroline