Meredith monk choreography classes

Meredith Monk is a composer, singer, filmmaker, and director/choreographer. An innovator in what is now called “extended vocal technique” and “interdisciplinary performance,” she has created more than 200 works.

She is a recipient of numerous awards, including a MacArthur Fellowship, two Guggenheim Fellowships, three “Obies,” and a “Bessie” for Sustained Creative Achievement.

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She was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2006.

In 1968, Monk founded The House, a company dedicated to an interdisciplinary approach to performance. She formed Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble in 1978 to perform her unique compositions.

In 1999, she performed a Vocal Offering for His Holiness, the Dalai Lama as part of the World Festival of Sacred Music in Los Angeles. In 2000, her music was honored by a three concert retrospective titled Voice Travel as part of the Lincoln Center Festival.

Monk’s first orchestra piece, Possible Sky, premiered in 2003 in Miami and