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.
Known For
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
Monk in Pieces
Book of Days
Uncle Meat
Four American Composers: Meredith Monk
The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros
Turtle Dreams
Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)
All Movies (21)
- Monk in Pieces2025 · as Self
- Songs of Ascension2019
- Feminists: What Were They Thinking?2018 · as Self
- Meredith Monk: Solo Concert 19802013 · as Herself
- Meredith Monk: Inner Voice2009 · as Self
- Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance2001 · as Self
- Meredith1995 · as Self
- Meredith Monk1994
- The Sensual Nature of Sound: 4 Composers Laurie Anderson, Tania Leon, Meredith Monk, Pauline Oliveros1993 · as Herself
- Book of Days1989 · as Madwoman
- Uncle Meat1987 · as Red Face Girl
- Four American Composers: Meredith Monk1983 · as Herself
- Turtle Dreams1983
- Paris1982 · as Paris Couple
- Making Dances: Seven Post-Modern Choreographers1980
- Fried Shoes Cooked Diamonds1979 · as Self
- 16 Millimeter Earrings1979 · as Herself
- Quarry1978 · as Child
- A portrait of Meredith Monk1974
- Institutional Quality1969
- Water Light/Water Needle (Lake Mah Wah, NJ)1966