Meredith Monk

American musician · United States · On the map · Musicians · Born 1942 · age 83

Meredith Jane Monk 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.

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Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship1972

MacArthur Fellows Program

Courage Award for the Arts

Bessie Awards

Officer of Arts and Letters

Doris Duke Performing Artist Award

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In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Grand Opera and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers and Jean-Luc Godard. Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2014, she was awarded a National Medal of Arts.

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