Community Meredith Monk Meredith Monk Education Meredith Monk Meredith Monk Meredith Monk
bio press bibliography chronology how faq awards



Education of the Girlchild

2012 Meredith Monk named
Musical America's
2012 Composer of
the Year
 
2011 Meredith Monk named one of NPR's 50 Great Voices
Courage Award for the Arts from Yoko Ono Lennon
 
2010 American Music Center Letter of Distinction  
2008 premio Arlecchino d'Oro 2008, Mantova Festival, Italy  
2007 Demetrio Stratos International Award for musical experimentation  
2006 American Academy of Arts and Sciences Fellow
United States Artists Fellow
 
2005

ASCAP Concert Music Award

2002

Music Publishers' Association 2002 Paul Revere Awards
Octavio Sheet Music
1st Prize
Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Cornish School of the Arts

 
2001

Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, Boston Conservatory
MacDowell Colony Fellow

 
1999 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, San Francisco Art Institute  
1998 Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts, The Juilliard School  
1996 Samuel H. Scripps American Dance Festival Award
Sarah Lawrence College Distinguished Alumnae Award
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award in Choreography
MacDowell Colony Fellow
 
1995 John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Fellowship  
1994 The Conlon Nancarrow and Yoko Sigiura Fellowship
Norton Stevens Fellow
 
1993 MacDowell Colony Fellow  
1992 Dance Magazine Award  
1989 Doctor of Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Philadelphia  
1988 MacDowell Colony Fellow
Doctor of Arts, Bard College
 
1987 Rockefeller Foundation Distinguished Choreographer Award
Sigma Iota Fellowship, MacDowell Colony
 
1986 National Music Theater Award
German Critics Prize for the Best Record of the Year; OUR LADY OF LATE: THE VANGUARD TAPES
 
1985 Bessie Award for Sustained Creative Achievement
New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship Award in Music Composition
Obie Award for Sustained Achievement
 
1983 Villager Outstanding Composition Award for TURTLE DREAMS
Video Culture/Canada Festival-Toronto, Grand Prize Performance Video, TURTLE DREAMS (WALTZ
International Public Television Conference in Belgium, PARIS selected for screenin
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, First Place for Performance Programming to KTCA-TV Minneapolis, for PARIS
 
1982 Guggenheim Fellowship
Creative Artists Program Service Award (CAPS)
 
1981 German Critics Prize for Best Record of the Year; DOLMEN MUSIC
CINE Golden Eagle for ELLIS ISLAND
Atlanta Film Festival Special Jury Prize for ELLIS ISLAND
 
1980 New York Dance Film Festival Merit Award for 16MM EARRINGS
Villager Outstanding Production for RECENT RUINS
 
1977 Creative Artist Program Service Award (CAPS)  
1976 Obie Award for Outstanding Production for QUARRY  
1975 Venice Biennale First Prize for EDUCATION OF THE GIRLCHILD  
1974 Brandeis Creative Arts Award  
1972 Guggenheim Fellowship  
1971 Obie Award for Outstanding Production for VESSEL  

Home | Music | Interdisciplinary | Store | Calendar | House Foundation | Sign-up | Join us | Site Map
Myspace | Facebook


Contact: The House Foundation, 260 W. Broadway New York, NY 10013 T | 212-904-1330 F | 212-904-1305 or email
For North American bookings contact: Rena Shagan Associates
For international bookings contact: Thérèse Barbanel, Artsceniques