Inspired by the silence of days spent in lockdown, Raven Chacon, member of the Navajo Nation, began writing "Voiceless Mass," a 16-minute work for ensemble and pipe organ. It won the Pulitzer in Music
The composer and artist Raven Chacon, a member of the Navajo Nation, at Crow’s Shadow Institute for the Arts, in Pendleton, Ore., Feb. 17, 2019. Chacon’s “Voiceless Mass,” a work for ensemble and pipe organ that “evokes the weight of history in a church setting,” won the Pulitzer Prize in Music on Monday, May 9. (Credits: Celeste Noche/The New York Times)
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