
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 |