Meredith Monk
Biography
Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer. From the 1960s onwards, Monk has created multi-disciplinary works which combine music, theatre, and dance, recording extensively for ECM Records.[1] In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Opera and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004). Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2015, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama.
Acting (16 movies)
Songs of Ascension
2019
Quarry
1978
Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 1980
2013
Uncle Meat
1987
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
1983
16 Millimeter Earrings
1979
Turtle Dreams
1983
Book of Days
1989
Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance
2001
A portrait of Meredith Monk
1974
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
2018
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
1993
Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers
1980
Paris
1982
Monk in Pieces
2025
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
1966
Directing (16 movies)
Turtle Dreams
1987
Book of Days
1989
Ellis Island
1981
Songs of Ascension
2019
Ball Bearing
1968
Quarry
1978
Paris
1982
16 Millimeter Earrings
1966
Faces
1994
Children
1967
Quarry
1975
Ellis Island
1979
Hand Mandala
2018
Hand Reflection
2016
Offering Shrine
2021
Rotation
2021
| Title | Year | Job |
|---|---|---|
| Quarry | 1978 | Writer |
| Quarry | 1978 | Original Music Composer |
| 16 Millimeter Earrings | 1979 | Original Music Composer |
| Turtle Dreams | 1983 | Original Music Composer |
| Book of Days | 1989 | Screenplay |
| A Horse Is Not a Metaphor | 2009 | Original Music Composer |