The vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth was established in 2009 by singer, composer and conductor Brad Wells with the goal of exploring the expressive potential of the human voice. The group meets every year at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) to study non-Western vocal techniques with teachers from all over the world. The singing traditions they have delved into include Tuvan throat singing, death metal growling, Hindustani music, yodelling, Korean pansori, Broadway belting, Persian classical singing, Georgian music and Sardinian cantu a tenore. Roomful of Teeth has worked with composers such as Rinde Eckert, Fred Hersch, Toby Twining, Missy Mazzoli, Julia Wolfe and Ted Hearne, and performed at venues such as the Lincoln Center, Merkin Hall, (Le) Poisson Rouge, the Carlsbad Music Festival in California and the MIT Sounding festival. The group also regularly gives workshops and masterclasses at schools across the US. Their self-titled debut album, released in 2012, won a Grammy in the category Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance. In 2013, ensemble member Caroline Shaw won a Pulitzer Prize for Musicfor Partita for 8 Voices, which was featured on Roomful of Teeth’s debut album.