Meredith Jane Monk was born on November 20,1942 and is an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, filmmaker, and choreographer.
18 Facts About Meredith Monk
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In 1991, Meredith Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Opera and the American Music Theater Festival.
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Meredith Monk's music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers and Jean-Luc Godard.
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Meredith Monk was born to businessman Theodore Glenn Monk and singer Audrey Lois Monk, in New York City, New York.
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Meredith Monk has a bachelor's degree from Sarah Lawrence, where she studied composition with then-graduate student and Alwin Nikolais dancer Beverly Schmidt Blossom.
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At the age of three, Meredith Monk was diagnosed with strabismus and her mother signed her up to a Dalcroze eurhythmics programme, a technique which integrates music with movement.
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Meredith Monk is primarily known for her vocal innovations, including a wide range of extended techniques, which she first developed in her solo performances prior to forming her own ensemble.
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In 1964, Meredith Monk graduated from Sarah Lawrence College after studying with Beverly Schmidt Blossom, and in 1968 she founded The House, a company dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to performance.
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Meredith Monk's performances have influenced many artists, including Bruce Nauman, whom she met in San Francisco in 1968.
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Meredith Monk began a long-standing relationship with the Walker Art Center of Minneapolis, which continues to showcase her work to this day.
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Meredith Monk has written pieces for instrumental ensembles and symphony orchestras.
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Meredith Monk has been composer in residence for Carnegie Hall, concluding in 2015.
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Meredith Monk has won numerous awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship and the Creative Capital Award in the discipline of Performing Arts.
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Meredith Monk has been a MacDowell Fellow six times.
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Meredith Monk has been awarded honorary Doctor of Arts degrees from Bard College, the University of the Arts, the Juilliard School, the San Francisco Art Institute and the Boston Conservatory.
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In 1985, Meredith Monk won an Obie Award for Sustained Excellence for her contributions to the off-Broadway community.
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Meredith Monk was given The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize in 2017.
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Meredith Monk's music was used in films by David Byrne, the Coen Brothers, Jean-Luc Godard, and in The Rapture.