Meredith Monk

Tuesday, 05 November 2024

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"Sometimes in the past when I was going to perform a piece again I would listen to old recordings and try to reproduce the material. This time I realized that carrying around old information, trying to get everything in, and still be in the moment just doesn't work."

"That inner voice has both gentleness and clarity. So to get to authenticity, you really keep going down to the bone, to the honesty, and the inevitability of something."

"I think about that "empty" space a lot. That emptiness is what allows for something to actually evolve in a natural way. I've had to learn that over the years - because one of the traps of being an artist is to always want to be creating, always wanting to produce."

"It's a continual excavation process, you could say. It's like being an archeologist of your own instrument as a kind of microcosm of the human voice, of human utterance, of sound itself. By digging into my own voice I'm uncovering feelings and energies for which we don't have words - it's like shades of feeling, early human utterance, and essential human nature."

"I think I still have some confusion about the critical mind. But it seems that there's a difference between the critical mind, which is a kind of judgment, and has a harshness built in, cutting off impulses before they can develop, and discriminating intelligence, which can differentiate between what is authentic or genuine and what is contrived or forced."

"I had a number of interests that were all strands of my childhood. I come from a musical family - I'm a fourth generation singer. My mother was a commercial singer and my grandfather had been a bass baritone who came from Russia to the United States, so music was very strong in my family. I loved to sing; even before I spoke words I was singing melodies."

"Yes, the more I go through life I realize that there's really no separation between practice and art at all. The two things more and more become one rather than two different aspects of my life."

"I somehow sensed when I was a teenager that I wanted to do my own work. I was quite clear that I didn't want to be an interpretative kind of artist. I had an intuition about wanting to create my own form, in one way or another, whatever that would be."

"I'm sure that some of the hospice participants will be in the audience. One of them has already died. And, you know, all of us have impermanence in common."

"A group called Rosetta Life, that sends artists out to hospices in England, came to talk to me in February 2003. I lost my partner of 22 years in November 2002, so I was really in my grieving process - I still am - but I was thinking of nothing but impermanence then."

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New Weird Britain in Review for October by Noel Gardner

The Quietus 15 Oct 2024

a real keeper ... His lyrics support this when read ... Meredith Monk and Maggie Nicols come to mind as antecedents of what’s going on here, although Star Quality’s vocals can’t be assessed independently of their production (or vice versa) ... ....

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Column: Gustavo Dudamel and the L.A. Phil kick off a new season from coast to coast, ...

The Los Angeles Times 12 Oct 2024

Dudamel’s response was to commission and premiere even more ... and beyond ... Phil. This time there was no Philip Glass or Meredith Monk or Steve Reich or Nico Muhly or other composers Gershon has championed in his transformative 23 years as music director ... .

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Weekend picks: Savion Glover; the Twin Cities Black Film Festival; ‘Bloom’ in St. Paul

MinnPost 09 Oct 2024

Project 9 ... This weekend, he’s got a varied program in store, with the likes of living composer and sound artist Phyllis Chen and the great Meredith Monk on the bill, along with works by 19th century composers like Clara Schumann and Louise Farrenc ... .

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‘Indra’s Net’ Fills New York’s Park Avenue Armory With Sound and Beauty

New York Observer 07 Oct 2024

The drill hall at the Park Avenue Armory can feel gloomy and imposing but in Indra’s Net, the latest full-length work from Meredith Monk, that emptiness transforms into something patient and ...

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At NY’s beloved Fall for Dance, highlights come from as far as Ukraine and as ...

Wtop 27 Sep 2024

But the best thing about it is still the variety it brings to the stage, with 15 acts over 11 days this year from artists around the world ... Born in St ... “Piano Songs,” a spirited solo for ABT dancer Aaron Bell, to the music of Meredith Monk ... Source .

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At NY’s beloved Fall for Dance, highlights come from as far as Ukraine and as close as a few blocks

North Shore News 27 Sep 2024

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Behind the music - Andrew Hamilton

RTE 27 Sep 2024

We asked Andrew the BIG questions . ... Mozart, Enya, Couperin, Schumann (Robert), Tríona Ní Dhomnaill, Kevin Volans, Whitney Houston, Gerald Barry, Purcell, Louis Andriessen, Erin Gee, Ravel, Meredith Monk, Handel, Rameau, Kristen Wiig and Stockhausen.

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At NY's beloved Fall for Dance, highlights come from as far as Ukraine and as ...

Newsday 27 Sep 2024

But the best thing about it is still the variety it brings to the stage, with 15 acts over 11 days this year from artists around the world ... Sign up ... Born in St ... “Piano Songs,” a spirited solo for ABT dancer Aaron Bell, to the music of Meredith Monk ... ....

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Only Connect: Meredith Monk’s Antidote to What Divides Us

New York Times 22 Sep 2024

“Indra’s Net,” coming to the Park Avenue Armory, shows off the polymathic Monk’s artistry as she enters her 60th season as a performer ... .

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Meredith Monk Finds the Joy and the Necessity of the Collective

New Yorker 20 Sep 2024

Also. First-person documentaries, Remi Wolf’s funky soul pop, the Met Opera’s new season, and more ... .

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Behind the music - Róis

RTE 15 Sep 2024

Fermanagh composer, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and electronic artist Róis has released Caoine, the first single from her new EP Mo Léan, and announced concert dates ... ... Róis plays ... ... Meredith Monk, Marina Herlop and Daniela Lalita ... Couldn't decide.

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Fall arts and entertainment guide: Highlights in classical music

Pioneer Press 08 Sep 2024

The season also brings a new South Asian folk opera, film and music pairings, Schubert inspirations and more. SPCO ... 7 p.m ... Denk will perform contemporary composers as well, with Tania León, Missy Mazzoli, Meredith Monk and Phyllis Chen on the program ... .

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30 Classical-Music Performances We Can’t Wait to Hear This Fall

New York Magazine 30 Aug 2024

Photo-Illustration. Kris Andrew Small; Photos ... It’s enough to make you reassess classical music’s lineage. September. Composer Portrait. Courtney Bryan ... 5 ... Grounded ... Meredith Monk’s latest music-and-dance ritual expands to fit the immense Drill Hall ... ....

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Opera and Dance Fall Preview: A Rich Tapestry of Politics, Myth and Mortality

New York Observer 30 Aug 2024

OPERA ... As a composer, director, performer and innovator in the field of vocal arts, Meredith Monk has redefined experimental music-theater for decades ... Monk performs with her vocal ensemble, accompanied by a sixteen-piece chamber orchestra and chorus ... .

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The Grass is Greener on the Other Side

Eugine Weekly 29 Aug 2024

“You’re supposed to get better as you get older,” says T Bone Burnett, record producer, guitarist and songwriter for over five decades ... The four people Burnett is talking about are Bob Dylan, Ringo Starr, Meredith Monk and Tylwa Tharp ... Email. HP ... 9 ... ....

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