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Grammy-nominated composer Missy Mazzoli was recently hailed as "one of the most inventive and surprising composers working in New York today" (The New York Times) "Brooklyn's post-millennial Mozart" (Time Out New York), and praised for her "apocalyptic imagination" (Alex Ross, The New Yorker). Mazzoli's music has been performed worldwide by the Kronos Quartet, Eighth Blackbird, pianist Emanuel Ax, Opera Philadelphia, Scottish Opera, LA Opera, Cincinnati Opera, New York City Opera, Norwegian National Opera, Detroit Symphony, LA Philharmonic, Minnesota Orchestra, Boston Symphony, Sydney Symphony, JACK Quartet, cellist Maya Beiser, violinist Jennifer Koh, pianist Kathleen Supové and many others. In 2018, she made history by becoming one of the first two women (along with composer Jeanine Tesori) to be commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. That year she was also nominated for a Grammy in the 'Best Classical Composition' category for her work Vespers for Violin,recorded by violinist Olivia De Prato. This work is included on Missy's first orchestral album, released in March 2023 on BIS Records. The album, as well as Mazzoli's compositional style, has been praised by many on its recent release, including VAN Magazine, which states "... the familiar reflections of Mazzoli's geologically layered orchestral textures are a fulcrum that tilts the listener between polarities".