Meredith Monk [1303053] Gender: Female Popularity: 0.4514 Birthplace: Queens, New York City, New York, USA Birthday: 1942-11-20 Age: 82 years Movies: 19 Links: Homepage, IMDB Biography: Meredith Jane Monk (born November 20, 1942) 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.[1] In 1991, Monk composed Atlas, an opera, commissioned and produced by the Houston Opera and the American Music Theater Festival. Her music has been used in films by the Coen Brothers (The Big Lebowski, 1998) and Jean-Luc Godard (Nouvelle Vague, 1990 and Notre musique, 2004). Trip hop musician DJ Shadow sampled Monk's "Dolmen Music" on the song "Midnight in a Perfect World". In 2015, she was awarded the National Medal of Arts by Barack Obama. Monk in Pieces2025-08-21 Songs of Ascension2019-02-27 Feminists: What Were Th2018-02-19 Meredith Monk: Solo Con2013-10-22 Meredith Monk: Inner Vo2009-10-15 Merce Cunningham: A Lif2001-12-16 Meredith Monk1994-10-11 The Sensual Nature of S1993-01-01 Book of Days1989-10-01 Uncle Meat1987-01-01 Four American Composers1983-12-01 Turtle Dreams1983-09-02 Paris1982-06-01 Making Dances: Seven Po1980-10-01 Fried Shoes Cooked Diam1979-10-01 16 Millimeter Earrings1979-01-01 Quarry1978-08-08 A portrait of Meredith 1974-01-01 Institutional Quality1969-09-27