Meredith Monk talks about how her music is inspired by nature, “the cosmic orchestra” in Monk in Pieces (all images courtesy 110th Street Films) “She, among all of us, was the uniquely gifted one — is ...

Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, director/choreographer and creator of new opera, music theater works, films and installations. A pioneer in what is now called "extended vocal technique" and ...

In 1983, as an Orwellian 1984 loomed, the American composer, choreographer and dancer Meredith Monk found herself in Berlin. Nowhere was the Cold War more proximate than in this walled city, as Soviet ...

One of the quiet revelations of "Meredith Monk: The Recordings" (ECM New Series) is that Monk herself confides that it was Janis Joplin who set her –and her voice– free. The 13-CD set chronicles the ...

National Sawdust will host an album listening party for Meredith Monk’s Cellular Songs on Thursday, December 4, 2025 at 7:30 p.m. at 80 North 6th Street in Brooklyn. Attendees will experience the full ...

If Meredith Monk had a business card, she might need to print on both sides to adequately represent her career. Few artists have opened their minds as wide or embraced as much as Monk has over a span ...

3 A DRAG QUEEN CHRISTMAS Unveil 2026 Tour Dates Across the U.S. Widely acclaimed composer, performer, singer and creator Meredith Monk announces her robust 2019-2020 season, which is set to include a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Except here, in a biodoc that manages to trace the ancient magic of Monk's creativity without making any claim to understand where ...

Listen to recordings by Maria Dueñas and Daniil Trifonov, works by Thomas Adès and Tania León, and more. Meredith Monk’s “Cellular Songs,” a Kurt Weill rarity and a new take on Bach’s “Well-Tempered ...

impermanence is the ninth recording by Meredith Monk for ECM, six years removed from her previous recording, mercy (ECM, 2002). An interdisciplinary artist whose works combine vocals (with extended ...