BIOGRAPHY
Raven Chacon is a composer, performer, and installation artist born at Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. A recording artist over the span of 24 years, Chacon has appeared on over eighty releases on national and international labels. He has exhibited, performed, or had works performed at LACMA, The Whitney Biennial, Borealis Festival, SITE Santa Fe, Swiss Institute Contemporary Art New York, and more. As an educator, Chacon is the senior composer mentor for the Native American Composer Apprentice Project (NACAP). In 2022, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his composition Voiceless Mass, and in 2023 was awarded the MacArthur Fellowship.
COURSES TAUGHT
Raven Chacon will be at UC Davis from February 2-6, 2026.
PUBLIC LECTURE
Chacon will give a public lecture on Thursday, February 5, 2026.
PHOTOS
Photographs will be available at the conclusion of the residency.
Banner photo credit: Raven Chacon, A Wandering Breeze, site specific sound installation. Photo by Martin D. Fowler.