Monk, Meredith.

  • St. Mark’s Poetry Project: 1976 New Year’s day (Parts 1 and 2 only)

    Recording of the annual benefit performance for the St. Mark’s Poetry Project on January 1, 1976. There are three parts, though the archives has only Parts One and Two. Part One performers include Paul McCandless on tabla; Ed Sanders; John Cage; Robert Wilson and Christopher Knowles; Anne Waldman; Victor Bockris reads “Phone Numbers” and William…

  • Quarry / by Meredith Monk ; interview by Charles Ruas.

    Charles Ruas interviews Meredith Monk about the adaptation of her opera Quarry for radio. Meredith Monk is an American composer, singer, director and choreographer who is a pioneer in what is now called interdisciplinary performance. The theater piece Quarry was first performed at the off-Broadway theater, La MaMa, in New York. The story is about…

  • Meredith Monk and John Zorn and Fred Frith / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Len Perskie.

    Performance music documentary. Composer Monk brings the ancestral power of the voice into contemporary music through humming, nonsensical syllables, tongue clicks and other sounds. Zorn, a saxophonist, and First, a guitarist, combine old instruments into a truly avant garde musical form.|MEREDITH MONK AND JOHN ZORN and FRED FRITH / produced by Elisabeth Perez-Luna and Len…

  • Meredith Monk : voices ancient and future / produced by John Biliberto and Kimberly Haas.

    Weekly radio documentary which explores the merging of music and technology. Monk, a composer of music for between,on and six female voices, discusses the roots of her music. her songs are influenced by Balkan choral styles, Middle Eastern modes, Appalachian shape-note singing, and Inuit Eskimo mouth music.|MEREDITH MONK : VOICES ANCIENT AND FUTURE / produced…

  • Quarry / by Meredith Monk ; interview by Charles Ruas.

    Composer and choreographer Meredith Monk is interviewed by WBAI’s Charles Ruas. Monk discusses the evolution of her music from the 1960s through the 1970s. Following the interview is a performance of Monk’s Quarry, an opera for radio for WBAI’s Audio-Experimental Theatre program. Reel 1 of this program features the interview, Reel 2 contains the performance.…