An Evening of Chamber Works by Raven Chacon

Diné composer, musician, and artist Raven Chacon became the first Native American to win a Pulitzer Prize in music for his work, Voiceless Mass in 2022 and was the recipient of a prestigious MacArthur Fellowship in 2023. This unique event is part of Chacon's multi-venue Yale residency and features the premiere of a Schwarzman Center commissioned solo work for double bass performed by sound artist Ross Wightman '20MM, who will also lead Yale students, faculty, and guest artists, including violinist Maiani da Silva of Eighth Blackbird, cellist Rhonda Rider '80MM, and vocalist Royce K. Young Wolf, PhD, in an evening of performances of Chacon’s earlier works.

Another public engagement in the residency will include Chacon performing in the CCAM Sound Art Series at the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media.t.

Raven Chacon at Yale is a series of multidisciplinary engagements from April 3-8, initiated by the Yale Center for Collaborative Arts and Media (CCAM) Sound Art Series and produced in partnership with Yale Schwarzman Center, the Yale Peabody Museum, the Yale University Art Gallery, the Yale School of Music, the Music in Schools Initiative, and the Yale College Department of Music’s New Music Fund.