Articles by or Interviews with MM
"From the Black Death to AIDS: Cinematic Visions and Community in Book of Days" by Robert J. Blanch; Extrapolation, Vol. 48, No. 2; The University of Texas at Brownsville and Texas Southmost College; 2007
"Aterforum, Meredith Monk al Comunale" by Alessandro Taverna; La Nuova; June
9, 2007
"Meredith Monk, una bicicletta per orchestra" by Andrea Spinelli; Il Resto
Del Carlino; June 8, 2007
"Meredith Monk, Still Cooking" by Heuwell Tircuit; San Francisco Classical
Voice; May 8, 2007
Georgian; April 2007
Articles about MM in Newspapers/Magazines
"Vi er her for a fad et til a leva” by Solveig Grodem Sandelson; Stavanger
Aftenblad; October 6, 2007
"Tutto il fascino della vita per voce, musica e danza" by Andrea Ghisellini;
Il Resto Del Carlino; June 9, 2007
"Energia rock e precisione della classica" by Alessandro Taverna; La Nuova;
June 8, 2007
"La nuova edizione di Aterforum Meredith Monk protagonista" by Helmut
Failoni; Il Corriere Della Serra; June 7, 2007
"Meredith Monk"; La Repubblica; June 7, 2007
"Due lunghi weekend con la ŒGenius Vocis"; La Nuova; June 6, 2007
Leah Garchik; San Francisco Chronicle; May 16, 2007
"New CD Sampler: Innovation and Expression"; Boosey & Hawkes Newsletter; Spring 2007
"Counterstream Radio OnDemand: Meredith Monk and Bjork"; www.counterstreamradio.org; March, 2007
Reviews
"Meredith Monk: Ellis Island; Book of Days" by George Dorris; Ballet Review; Summer 2007
"Hitting All the Stops and High Notes of a Subway Ride" by Allan Kozinn; The
New York Times; July 11, 2007
"Il fascino della vecchia avanguardia" by Alessandro Taverna; La Nuova; June
11, 2007
Chapters in Books about MM
Kismaric, Susan; Present Tense: Photographs by JoAnn Verberg; The Museum of
Modern Art, New York, 2007
Mention, Photographs etc....in Newspapers/Magazines
"Anniversary Gallery Postmodern Dance Covers" by Emily Marcel; Dance
Magazine; July 2007
"Da Malina a Peacock, la musica e regina"; La Repubblica; June 7, 2007
"Vocalita al femminile tra musica e teatro" by Alessandro Rigoli; Gazzetta
di Parma; June 6, 2007
"Voce di donna" by Andrea Ravagnan; La Giornale Della Musica; June 5, 2007
Federico Scoppio; Alias; June 2, 2007
"From Music's Persistent Gender Gap, A Festival Arises" by Anne Midgette;
The New York Times; June 1, 2007
Omega Institute for Holistic Studies; 2007
"Arteforum, genius voices e donna" by Alessandro Taverna; La Nuova; May 8,
2007
"Of Note"; Dance Magazine; May, 2007
"MFA Students Make Maps of Places That Don't Yet Exist" by Dave Burdick; Naropa! Magazine; Spring 2007
"The Roots of Shambhala Art" by Kimberley Lueck; The Dot; Spring 2007
"The Week Ahead"; The New York Times; March 11, 2007
"Unplugged offers peek behind the curtain" by Mary Ellen Hunt; Contra Costa Times; March 8, 2007
"Section 5: Visual and Performing Arts- Criticism and Practice"; Bulletin of the American Academy; Winter 2007
Articles by or Interviews with MM
"Otherworldly art: Renowned composer wants others to experience her meditative music" by Marc Shulgold; Rocky Mountain News; April 25, 2006
“A lyrical life” by James D. Watts Jr.; Tulsa World; March
17, 2006
“Songs of life, death” by Joseph Woodard; musicScene; February
10-16, 2006
Articles about MM in Newspapers/Magazines
"Meredith Monk Archive To Performing Arts Library" by John Rockwell; The New York Times; December 6, 2006
“Nove mulheres mostram arte e o poder da voz feminina"
by Paula Rocha; Journal de Noticias; July 7, 2006
“Performance Practice in the Choral Works of Meredith Monk”
by Giselle
Wyers; Choral Journal; May 2006; pp. 43-52
“Mind Bending Monk” by Emily Berman; Urban Tulsa Weekly;
March 2-8, 2006
“The Indescribable Meredith Monk”; Intermission Magazine;
March 2006
“Monk’s vision endures” by Mark Swed; Los Angeles
Times; February 14, 2006
“Meredith Monk’s eerie vocals have led her to unique synthesis
of arts” by
Allan Ulrich; San Francisco Chronicle; February 13, 2006
“Monk’s music not really so ‘simple’”; by
Anne Midgette; Marin Independent
Journal; February 10, 2006
“Monk’s poignant ‘Impermance’ teems with life”
by Georgia Rowe; Contra Costa
Times; February 9, 2006
“Mood Music: Meredith Monk Evokes ‘Impermanence’”
by Felicia M. Tomasko; The
Independent; February 9, 2006
“Ms. Monk’s Master Class: advanced Cries, Clucks And Panda
Chants” by Anne
Midgette; The New York Times; January 29, 2006
Chapters in Books about MM
"Improvisation: Interview with Meredith Monk" Peter Nelson, editor and Frances-Marie Uitti, Issue Editor; Contemporary Music Review; Volume 25 Parts 5 + 6, 2006; pp. 525-530
Reviews
“L.A. Philharmonic cranks the Jukebox” by Mark Swed; The
Los Angeles Times;
March 28, 2006
“Monk’s newest work an ode to loss: ‘Impermanence’
meditates on the passage
of time” by Joshua Kosman; San Francisco Gate; February 17, 2006
Mention, Photographs etc....in Newspapers/Magazines
"Honoring Excellence, Encouraging Youth"; Playback Magazine;
Summer 2006
"Limon Lives On"; Dance Magazine; August 2006
“Linguagem vocal em premeiro lugar” by Carlos Araujo; Diario
Averiro; July 6, 2006
“A voz no feminino"; OAverio; July 6, 2006
“Tradition, Tradition” by Wendy Perron; Dance Magazine;
April 2006
“The Week Ahead”; St. Louis Post-Dispatch; March 16, 2006
“American Composers Orchestra to Auction Ringtones by Philip
Glass and
Meredith Monk” by Ben Mattison; Playbill; March 11, 2006
“Kiki Smith: Keeping the Faith” an interview with Lynne
Tillman; Walker;
March 2006
“Meredith Monk: The Editor as Performer” letter to editor
from Ann Gaydos;
The New York Times; February 19, 2006
“For Dowtown Clubs, the Uptown Classical” by Anne Midgette;
The New York
Times; February 1, 2006
“Art, History and Culture from 1948 to 1986 at the Peggy Guggenheim
Collection”; Italia Mostre; January 30, 2006
“Putting the Money Where Their Dreams Are” by Vincent M.
Mallozzi; The New
York Times; January 19, 2006
“Advice for Dancers” by Linda Hamilton; Dance Magazine;
January, 2006
“The Bessies: Into the Third Decade” by Nancy Alfaro; Dance
Magazine;
January, 2006
Articles by or Interviews with MM
“Words get in Monk’s way” by Alexander Varty; The
Georgia Straight; November
10-17, 2005
“Cracking the secret code to enjoying music” by Kevin Griffin;
The Vancouver
Sun; November 10-16, 2005
“Me and My Pal Bjork” by Tony Montague; The Globe and Mail;
November 11,
2005
“Meredith Monk Magician of the Voice” by Bob Turner; Common
Ground;
November, 2005
“Mimi a vingt ans!” by Paul Duke; Marseille L’Hebdo;
July 27, 2005
“Multi-faceted artist Meredith Monk finds fluidity with Sibelius”;
Sibelius
Press Releases; http://www.sibelius.com/news;
July 13, 2005
“Can’t put a label on Meredith Monk” by Spencer Lathrop;
C-VILLE Weekly;
March 29-April 4, 2005
Articles about MM in Newspapers/Magazines
“Breaking the barrier between sound and movement” by Michael
Clive; Downtown
Express; November 4-10, 2005
“Making Music: Meredith Monk” by Jeremy Eichler; The New
York Times;
November 4, 2005
“Meredith Monk Shows How It’s Done” by Anne Midgette;
The New York Times;
September 11, 2005
“40th Anniversary Season”; Boosey & Hawkes Newsletter;
Fall 2005
“Meredith Monk: 40 Years of Innovation” by Ellen Pearlman;
The Dot; Autumn
2005
“Avec Meredith Monk, y’a d’la voix!” by Patrick
Merle; La Provence (France);
August 1, 2005
“Monk at Carnegie Hall, Lieberson at Lincoln Center” by
Molly De Shong;
Buddhadharma; Summer 2005
“Voice Power: Meredith Monk looks for direct experience with
the ineffable”
by Sigrid Heath; Woodstock Times; May 19, 2005
“Meredith Monk: Interdisciplinary Creator” by Erin Barra;
The Groove; April
20, 2005
“Koboldenek: Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble” by Szazados
Loszlo; Balkon;
April, 2005
“A revelation in sound: Meredith Monk marks 40 years of groundbreaking
vocals” by Darrell Jonsson; The Prague Post (Prague); March 9-15,
2005
“Meredith Monkova se vraci s novym programem” by Pavel
Klusak; Tyden
(Hungary); March 14, 2005
“Performance: Meredith Monk” by Eddie Harrison; Metro (Scotland);
March 11,
2005
“Stringsongs: Kronos Commission is Composer’s First for
String Quartet”;
Boosey & Hawkes Newsletter; Winter 2005
“Monk discusses her creations in pre-concert talk” by Liz
Logan; The Oberlin
Review; February 25, 2005
“Meredith Monk”; The New Yorker; February 7, 2005
Chapters in Books about MM
“Recalling Chögyam Trungpa” compiled and edited by
Fabrice Midal; Shambhala
Publications, Inc. 2005; pp. 467-468
Reviews
“Look and Listen Festival 2005” by Bruce Hodges; Seen and
Heard
(International Concert Review); April 14, 2005
“Komorni carovani Meredith Monkove”; Lidove Noviny (Prague);
March 17, 2005
“Meredith Monk, Tramway, Glasgow” by Amy Parker; The Herald
(UK); March 14,
2005
“Singer’s unique sound clicks at Finney” by Zachary
Lewis; The Plain Dealer;
March 1, 2005
“When the indefinable begs to be written down” by David
Patrick Stearns;
Philadelphia Inquirer; February 13, 2005
“Kronos Quartet, Barbican, London” by Annette Morreau;
The Independent;
January 26, 2005
“Kronos Quartet” by Tom Service; The Guardian; January
25, 2005
“Kronos Quartet, Barbican, London” by Richard Wolfson;
Financial Times;
January 25, 2005
“Ivan Hewett reviews the Kronos Quartet at the Barbican”;
Telegraph; January
25, 2005
Mention, Photographs etc....in Newspapers/Magazines
“Best Meredith Monk Tribute Theo Bleckmann at the BAM Café”
by Peter G.
Davis and Alicia Zuckerman; New York Magazine; December 14, 2005
“And The Bessies Go To”; Dance Spirit Magazine; December
2005
“Meredith Monk Tributes”; New York Magazine; November 14,
2005
“Entertainment Events”; The New York Times; November 9,
2005
“New works mean opera won’t suffer a tragic fate. Bravo!”
by Joshua Kosman,
Chronicle Music Critic; SF Gate http://sfgate.com;
November 1, 2005
“Making Music: Meredith Monk”; Time Out New York; September
8-14, 2005
“Making Music: Meredith Monk”; Newsday; September 11, 2005
“Festival’s mixed bag treats large, generous audiences”
by Paul de Barros
and Judy Chia Hui Hsu; The Seattle Times; September 6, 2005
“Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company”; by Camille LeFevre;
Dance
Magazine; September 2005
“An Interview with Master Visual Storyteller Ping Chong”;
New Victory
Theater; http://www.newvictory.org;
Fall 2005
“Apres Coup”; Marseille L’Hebdo (France); August 3-9,
2005
“Dites 4’33”” by Reno Vatain; La Marseillaise
(France); August 1, 2005
“Fund Facts” by Joanne Sheldon; The Sky Lake Mirror; Autumn
2005
“Ile du Frioul (13): Festival-Atelier MIMI”; Liberation
(France); July 30,
2005
“Meredith Monk, Entre Mod et MIMI”; La Marseillaise (France);
July 29, 2005
“Mimi, un atelier de musiques”; Sortir (France); July 27,
2005
“MIMI ou les airs impertinents” by Gwenola Gabellec; La
Provence (France);
July 4, 2005
“Oreilles de Traverse”; Mouvement (France); July/August
2005
“MIMI tout plein” by Lionel Vicari; Ventilo (France); Summer
2005
“Festival MIMI”; Le Monde (France); Summer 2005
“Le Geste Juste” by Fred Kohn; 02 a Marseille (France);
Summer 2005
“Peter Schickele Hosts 6th Annual Concert Music Awards”;
Playback Magazine;
Summer 2005
“Noteworthy Member News”; Playback Magazine; Summer, 2005
“Portraits of Buddhist Women” photographed by Corey Kohn;
Shambhala Sun;
Summer,2005
“A New-and-Improved Walker”; nwa WorldTraveler; April,
2005; pp. 24
“Groundbreaking Women in Theater: Lighting Designer Beverly
Emmons” by
Adrienne Onofri; www.broadwayworld.com; March 24, 2005
“DJ Spooky: Birth of a Nation remixed” by Larry Katz; Boston
Herald; March
11, 2005
“Recitals: Kronos Quartet”; The New Yorker; February 7,
2005
“An Impressario Explores Life Without P.S. 122” by Phoebe
Hoban; The New
York Times; January 22, 2005.
“Thoughts on the Once and Future Dance Boom” by Anna Kisselgoff;
The New
York Times; January 6, 2005.
“Words to the Wise Performance Artist: Get Help. Collaborate.
Grow.” by
Margo Jefferson; The New York Times; January 1, 2005
“Concerts & Recitals”; Where (London); January 2005
Articles by or Interviews with MM
“Authentic Voice: An Interview with Meredith Monk”; Mountain
Record: The Zen
Practitioner’s Journal; Dharma Communications, Summer 2004; pp.
54-58
“Meredith Monk: Il corpo della voce” by Stefano Miliani;
l’Unita (Italy);
March 26, 2004; pp. 20.
"The Art of Being Present" by Meredith Monk; Buddhadharma;
Spring 2004; pp. 78
"Meredith Monk: Il corpo della voce" by Stefano Miliani;
l’Unita (Italy); March 26, 2004; pp. 20.
Articles about MM in Newspapers/Magazines
“Voices Carry: Choreographers celebrate Meredith Monk’s
musical legacy” by
Gia Kourlas; Time Out New York; November 18-24, 2004; pp.107-108
“Meredith Monk” by Marianne Forster; Dance For You Magazine;
September/October 2004; pp. 22-23
"Moderne Mystikerin" by Tom Gsteiger; Basler Agenda (Germany);
July 8-14, 2004
"Mikrokosmos" by BaZ; Basler Agenda (Germany); July 1-7,
2004
"Monk ou la voix libre" by Celine Musseau; Gironde (Bordeaux);
April 16, 2004
“Life-Enhancing Tales” by Angela Neustatter; The Times
(England); June 29,
2004; pp. 11
“Monk ou la voix libre” by Celine Musseau; Gironde (Bordeaux);
April 16,
2004
"Le magie vocali dell’artista senza confini" by
Felice Liperi; La Republica Roma; March 24, 2004; pp. 10-11
“Writing the Fire” by Marcia B. Siegal; Dance Now; Winter
2003/2004; pp.
47-50
Reviews
“Bravo for Mavericks” by Deborah Jowitt; The Village Voice;
December 8-14,
2004
“A Salute to Meredith Monk Relishes Her Many Incarnations”
by Jack Anderson;
The New York Times; November 26, 2004
“Monkishness: For Monk’s 40th, a Birthday Chorus of Choreographic
Royalty”
by Chris Dohse; The Dance Insider (www.danceinsider.com);
November 23, 2004
“Commemorating the Musical Half of Meredith Monk” by Anna
Kisselgoff; The
New York Times; November 22, 2004
"Eine Schildkrote in der Grossstadt" by Maya Kunzler; Basler
Zeitung (Germany); July 10-11, 2004
“Theatre: Impermanence Project” by Jeremy Kingston; The
Times (England);
July 5, 2004
“Monk in the Hospice: Singing and Dancing Impermanence”
by Josephine Leask;
The Dance Insider (www.danceinsider.com)
July 9, 2004
"New Music N.Y. 1979" by Joshua Kosman; SFGate.com; July
4, 2004.
"Monk in the Cathedral" by Beau Cain; East Bay Voice;
March 23, 2004; www.eastbayvoice.org/arts/Music/monkinthecathedral.html
Mention, Photographs etc....in Newspapers/Magazines
“Glassical Music” by Richard Scheinin; Mercury News; November
4, 2004
“Celebrating Meredith” by Amanda Smith; Dance Magazine;
November, 2004
“See the classics old and new” by Tom Di Nardo; The Daily
News; October 29,
2004
THE Magazine of the Arts; September 2004
“On the Pulse” by Eve Tolpa; Santafean; September 2004
“Bjork’s Saga” by Alex Ross; The New Yorker; August
23, 2004.
“Concert”; Playback; June, 2004; pp. 60
"Sussan Deyhim: Vocadelics"; Time Out New York; January
8 – 15, 2004.
"Concert puts cathedral’s acoustics to good use" by
R.M. Campbell; Seattle
Post-Intelligencer; May 17, 2004;
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/classical/173573_pro17q.html
"Composers, Inc.’s melting pot bubbles over Tuesday",
by Cheryl North; Daily
Review; April 9, 2004
“Sussan Deyhim: Vocadelics”; Time Out New York; January
8 – 15, 2004.
Articles by or Interviews with MM
“Writing the Fire: Composer and choreographer Meredith Monk”
by Marcia B.
Siegel; Dance Now; Winter 2003-2004; pp. 47-50
"Unspeakable Beauty: Meredith Monk’s Wordless World"by
Erik Philbrook; Playback; Fall 2003; pp. 48 - 49
"The Enlightened Monk"by Kim-Kyna Tan; BenQ; Summer 2003;
pp.20–21.
"Possible Sky: An Orchestral First"; Boosey & Hawkes
Newsletter; Spring 2003 pp. 3
"Monk; orchestral first"; Quarternotes; June 2003.
"Spirited Away"by Clara Goh; Where Singapore; June 2003;
pp. 19.
"Have Mercy; Meredith Monk on making music" by Shueh-Li
Ong; theartsmagazine; May- June 2003; pp. 22-23.
"Quarry Reloaded"by Lorne Chambers; Charleston City Paper;
May 28, 2003.
"In Conversation Meredith Monk"with Ellen Pearlman; The
Brooklyn Rail; April-May 2003; pp.38
"Meredith Monk-Mercy"; AK this month; March 2003.
"Macdowell Colony Medal Day 17 August 2003; Presentation Speaker
Meredith Monk"; The MacDowell Colony Newsletter; Winter 2003;
pp.7-8, 10–12.
"Meredith Monk- an Interview" by Joelle Danant; Connections;
Winter 2003; pp. 8 - 11
Articles about MM in Newspapers/Magazines
"Simple Monk" by Clara Chow; The Straits Times; June 14,
2003
"South Carolina"; The New York Times; May 4, 2003
"Monk and Mahler; Lawrence Budmen reviews Tilson Thomas performances
in Miami"; Ensemble -- www.mvdaily.com/articles/2003/04/monk.htm
April 28, 2003.
Eternity and a Year: ECM New Series; 2003 Phil Johnson (The Independent)
Eternity and a Year: ECM New Series; 2003 Geoff Brown (The Times)
"New World Symphony and Artistic Director Michael Tilson Thomas
Announce
April 4 World Premiere"; South Florida's Entertainment News
& Views; April 4 - 10, 2003
"On Monk's Experiment"by Juan Carlos Rodriguez; Miami
Newtimes; April 3 - 9, 2003
"Sound Itself Is No Sound: A journey into process and performance
with Meredith Monk"by Ellen Pearlman; The Brooklyn Rail; April-May
2003; pp. 37 - 38.
"Movements of body and soul"; The Budapest Sun; April
10 - 16, 2003
"Dissonant Thoughts On the Music Pulitzers"by Anne Midgete;
The New York Times; April 9, 2003
"Intangible, mysterious, Monk defies pigeon-hole" by Shawn
Lyons; art matters; March 2003
"Mercy"by Fanck Mallet; de Monde de la Musique; no. 274,
March 2003; pp. 80
"Bang on a Can All Stars with Meredith Monk"; art matters;
March 2003
"Vocalist explores language of senses" by Susan Morgan;
Anchorage Daily News; February 28, 2003; pp. 17 - 18
"Dancing Voice/Singing Body: A description of a weekend workshop"
by Joelle Danant; Connections; Winter 2003; pp. 4 - 5
Reviews
"How she of so few words renders others speechless" by
John Shand; The
Sydney Morning Herald; July 25, 2003
"It’s a bird! It’s an insect! No, it’s Monk-like
folk" by Martin Buzacott;
The Australian; July 28, 2003
"Sweet reign of Mercy" by Clara Chow; The Straits Times;
June 16, 2003
"Discovering Monk’s 'mercy'"by Debra
Kaye; The New Music Connoisseur;
Fall/Winter 2003
"Quiqang Chen/Meredith Monk" (CD Review) by David Sanson;
Mouvement
(France); May/June 2003
"Monk: Mercy"(CD Review); American Record Guide; May/June
2003
"Meredith Monk sorprende ancora, una voce lunare per 'Mercy'" (CD
Review) by
Stefano Merighi; Nuova ve Mattino pd Tribuna TV (Italy); April 14,
2003
"ECM: Une Philosophie de la Douceur" (CD Review); Le
Telegramme (France);
April 9, 2003
"Sterne des Monats" (CD Review) by Tilman Urbach; Fono
Forum (Germany);
April 2003
"Meredith Monk: Mercy" (CD Review); Vibrations (France);
April 2003
"Mercy" (CD Review) by Christopher Ballantine; International
Record Review;
April 2003; pp. 43
"Monk Mercy"(CD Review) by John Story; Fanfare; March/April
2003
"Mercy" (CD Review) by Helmut Failoni; diario della settimana
(Italy); March
15, 2003
"Meredith Monk: Mercy" (CD Review); Ouest France; March
9, 2003
"Meredith Monk: Mercy" (CD Review) by Harri Uusitorppa; Helringin
Sanomat;
March 2003
"Mercy" (CD Review) by Sven Thielmann; Stereoplay (Germany);
March 2003; pp.
141
"Monk, Meredith: Mercy" (CD Review) by Franck Mallet;
de Monde de la Musique
No. 274; March 2003; pp. 80
"Meredith Monk: Mercy"(CD Review) by Diego Fischerman;
Cuarermos de Jazz;
March 2003
"Como suona l’estremismo" (CD Review) by Enzo Siciliano;
Il Venerdi di
Republica (Italy); February 7, 2003
"La pitie chaleureuse" (CD Review) by David Sanson; classica
(France);
February, 2003
"Monk, Meredith: Mercy" (CD Review); Aksentti; February,
2003; pp. 51-52
"Meredith Monk Mercy" (CD Review); WYAT; February 2003;
pp. 14
"Monk: Mercy"(CD Review) by John Milson; BBC Music Magazine
(England);
February 2003; pp.73
"Meredith Monk: Mercy" (CD Review); Jazzit (Italy); January-February,
2003.
"Folk Minimal y Onomatopeyico" (CD Review); Diario de
Sevilla (Spain);
January 30, 2003
"Meredith Monk: Mercy" (CD Review) by Riccardo Bertoncelli;
La Repubblica
(Italy); January 23, 2003
"Psychedelisch; Meredith Monk: Mercy" (CD Review) by Anja
Buhnemann;
Landbote-Spots (Switzerland); January 23, 2003; pp. 15
"Picks of the Week" (CD Review); Commercial Appeal; January
19, 2003
"Meredith Monk; Mercy" (CD Review) by Guido Fischer; Musikexpress
(Germany);
January 2003; pp. 71
"Meredith Monk: mercy" by Wolfgang Sandner (Frankfurter
Allgemeine Zeitung)
Mention, Photographs etc....in Newspapers/Magazines/Books
"Today"; The New York Times; September 14, 2003
"A Three-ring House of Music, willing and Able to Surprise;
An eclectic kickoff for Zankel Hall in a festival of 22 concerts" by
Allan Kozinn; The New York Times; September 12, 2003
"Opening Nights" by Annabelle Kerins; Newsday New York
City; September 12, 2003
"Meredith Monk and Ensemble"; Time Out New York; September
11-18, 2003
"Out with Berlioz, in With Ives" by James R. Oestreich;
The New York Times; September 7, 2003
"Fall arts preview" by Bradley Bambarger; The Star-Ledger;
September 7, 2003
"Jewel Box: Carnegie Hall’s new subterranean space debuts with
a wealth of musical riches" by Steve Smith; Time Out New York; September
4 – 11, 2003
"Today’s Best"; The Sidney Morning Herald; July
23, 2003
"Flash Dance"; The Straits Times; June 13, 2003
"Mercy; Meredith Monk and Ann Hamilton"; Xplosion Arts;
June 9-22, 2003; pp. A2.
"Cirque du Soleil: Varekei" by Aaron Krach; www.gaycitynews.com;
June 2003.
"Merce Cunningham Named 44th MacDowell Medalist";
The MacDowell Colony
Newsletter; Summer 2003.
"Congratulations to…"; The New Music Connoisseur;
Summer
2003
"Singapore Arts Festival 2003"by Ong Keng Sen; BenQ; Summer
2003; pp. 18.
"1971 Arts and Literature" by Carla Blank; Rediscovering
America; Three Rivers Press, New York, 2003; pp. 332-333; includes “Untitled” by
Meredith Monk and special mention of “Vessel”.
Articles about MM in Newspapers/Magazines
"Meredith Monk talks about Mercy" by Ken Smith; Boosey
& Hawkes, www.boosey.com;
December 2002
"Artist News"; Dance/USA Journal Vol. 18, Nos. 2-3
"Creative Ties" by Janis Brenner; Dance/USA Journal Vol.
18, Nos. 2-3
"Mercy"; Time Out New York; December 5 - 12, 2002
"Mercy"; Voice Choices, The Village Voice; December 4
- 10, 2002
"Mercy"; The New Yorker; December 2, 2002
"Meredith Monk ‘Mercy'" by George Varga; San Diego
Union Tribune; November 21, 2002
"Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble"; Boston Globe; November
7, 2002 " Mercy"; The New York Times; September 8, 2002
"Taking A Twirl" by Bill Cunningham; The New York Times;
July 28, 2002.
"Catching Up with Meredith Monk" by Andrew Shapiro; 21st
Century Music; May 2002; pp.1-3.Mention/Photographs, etc...in Newspapers/Magazines/Books:
"From Meredith Monk"; Boosey & Hawkes Newsletter;
May 2002
"Two boundary-pushing artists join forces in 'Mercy'"by
Rod Smith; Star Tribune; February 23, 2002; pp. E1, E12
"Found... and Gone" by Deborah Jowitt; The Village Voice;
February 20-26, 2002
"Body Shots"by Linda Shapiro; City Pages; February 20,
2002; p.36
"Supple Nods To Aging Gracefully" by Jennifer Dunning;
The New York Times: The Arts; February 13, 2002
"Sisters of Mercy: Meredith Monk on Art and War... And the Healing
Power of Performance"by Sara Wolf; LA Weekly; February 8-14,
2002; pp. 38-40
"The Life of Music: A Talk with Meredith Monk"by Karissa
Krenz; Chamber Music; February 2002, Volume 19, Number 1; pp.36-38,
54-56, 58-60
"The Quality of Mercy" by Robert Coe; Tricycle; Winter
2002
"Mercy Me! Meredith Monk's Vocal Anesthesia" by Ken Micallef;
Women Who Rock; Winter 2002/03
Articles by or Interviews with MM
"Singing of Survival" by Barry Bassis; Town & Village;
December 5, 2002
"Monk, Eisenberg and Banhart: Oh Me, Oh My, They're So Unusual"
by Joseph Hooper; The New York Observer; November 29, 2002.
"Nine Great Living NY Composers Who Aren’t Philip Glass";
Time Out New York; November 7-14, 2002; p.10
"Singing the Unsayable" by Ken Smith; Gramophone; November
2002; pp.28-29.
"SoundTracks: November 2002" NewMusicBox; Issue 43- Vol.4,
No. 7
"An Artist Without Borders" by Penny Colston; News &
Advance; October 31, 2002
"Art as Spiritual Practice: Panel Discussion"; PAJ (Performance
Art Journal) 72; September 2002; pp.18-34
"Avant-Garde Directors as Decorators" by Mel Gussow; The
New York Times; July 4, 2002
"Les Voies de l'Âme" by David Sanson; Classica;
July-August 2002; pp.44-45.
"The Musical Magic of Meredith Monk" by Mark van de Voort;
May 2002
"De stem vrij spel geven" by Maarten Beirens; De Standaard;
April 23, 2002; p.14
"MacArthur Geniuses Meredith Monk and Ann Hamilton bring their
one-of-kind performance piece "mercy" to Chicago only three
nights" by Lucia Mauro; UR: Chicago Culture. Chicago Sounds.
Chicago Attitude; March 14-April 11, 2002
"Meredith Monk in concert in Galerie van Hoek/Biz’Art"
by Voorverkoop van Start; Stadsnieuws; March 6, 2002.
"Meredith Monk live in Goirle" by Door Rinus van der Heijden;
Brabants Dagblad; March 4, 2002.
"Mercy" by Laura Molzahn; Reader; March 22, 2002; Vol.31,
No. 25
"Meredith Monk: Music and Mysticism" by Joanne Hinkel;
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago-f NEWS; March 2002
"Singer goes beyond the music" by James Roos; The Miami
Herald; March 1, 2002
"On Meredith Monk" by Rick Moody; Tin House magazine;
Winter 2002; pp.43-53
"NALANDA DEATURE: Interview with Meredith Monk"by Theodore
Bale; Shambhala Meditation Center News; 2002; pp. 8-10
Watch Quicktime interview at Location
One
Reviews
"The Moving Pencil Writes" by Kyle Gann; The Village Voice:
Music; December
18 - 24, 2002
"FRIDAY REVIEW: ON THE EDGE: Hum, howl, yelp and yodel: Neither
easy nor sophisticated, Meredith Monk has created her own
strange musical world" by
John L. Walters; The Guardian-United Kingdom; December 20, 2002
"Meredith Monk mercy"; Entertainment Weekly; December 13, 2002
"mercy: Monk and Hamilton Find the Way" by Peggy Chang;
The Dance Insider;
December 10, 2002.
"POP:STRETCH YOUR EARS" by Phil Johnson; The Independent- United
Kingdom;
December 6, 2002
"Few Words in a Poetry of Sound" by Anne Midgette; The
New York Times;
December 5, 2002
"THE ARTS: Heroic risks, glib favors" by Martin Bernheimer; Financial
Times;
December 5, 2002
"Transfixing Jeanrenaud" by Joshua Kosman; San Francisco
Chronicle; November
24, 2002
"Meredith Monk 'mercy'" by Martin Wisckol; Orange County
Register; November
8, 2002
"Meredith Monk 'Mercy'" by Daniel Buckley; Tucson Citizen; November
7, 2002
"The quality of mercy" by Ted Drozdowski; Boston Phoenix; November
1, 2002
"Meredith Monk mercy" by Raymond Tuttle: www.classical.net; November
2002
CD Review by Rob Cowan; Gramophone; November 2002; p.104
"Monk: mercy" by T. Hashimoto; The San Francisco Examiner;
October 29, 2002
"mercy" review by Deborah Jowitt
"Less is More as Monk Sings the Body Electric" by Paul
Ben-Itzak; The Dance
Iinsider; August 2002
"Muzikale magie van Meredith Monk" by Door Mark vande Voort;
Brabants
Dagblad; April 26, 2002; p. 2
"'Mercy' is strange, yet oddly inviting" by James Roos;
The Miami Herald;
March 9, 2002
"Review: 'Mercy' filled with experimental surprise" by
Rohan Preston; Star
Tribune; February 26, 2002
"In 'mercy,' Looking for Truths in Human Nature"by Mark
Swed; LA Times; February 16, 2002; pp. F1, F22-23
Mention, Photographs etc....in Newspapers/Magazines
"Happy Anniversary Kitchen!"by Linda Weintraub; tema
celeste;
January/February 2002; pp. 102.
Articles
by or Interviews with MM
"Meredith Monk: A Voice
in Motion"by Gus Solomons Jr., photographs by F.Scott Schafer;
Dance Magazine; July 2001, pgs. 46- 49, 70-71
Articles about MM in Newspapers/Magazines
"Take it and run"by Lisa Santandrea; (ai) performance for the planet; Arts international,
Inc., New York; Fall 2001; pp.78-79
"Reviews: Meredith Monk,
SFX Theatre, Dublin"by Michael Seaver; The Irish Times; Thursday,
November 1, 2001
"Previews: Meredith
Monk, SFX City Theatre"; The Event Guide; Dublin; October 24-
November 6; p. 4
"A Monk's Tale",
by Seona Macreamoinn; The Sunday Tribune, Ireland; October 28, 2001
"Maverick visions of
Meredith Monk"; Interview with Deirdre Mulrooney; The Irish Times;
October 25, 2001
"Unconventional Mercy
Delivers its Message", by Barbara Zuck; The Columbus Dispatch;
October 13, 2001
"Vocal Performer Enchants
during Cleveland Debut", by Donald Rosenberg; The Plain Dealer;
10/9/01
"Talented Teams: Ann
Hamilton's projects with husband, others aren't mere installations---they're
experiences"by Barbara Zuck; The Columbus Dispatch; October
7, 2001
"Now Playing in Another
World"by Barbara Moore; photographs by Peter Moore; Aperture
Magazine¨; Summer 2001 (Picture and bio of "Education of
the Girlchild,"1973) pp. 20-21
"Choreographic Explorers
of Unusual Landscapes", by Jack Anderson; The New York Times;
August 12, 2001
"Keeping Two Talents
In Balance", by Apollinaire Scherr; The New York Times; July
15, 2001
"Lovely Images, Uncertain
Message", by Byron Woods; The News & Observer; July 21, 2001
"Meredith Monk; A Voice
in Motion"by Gus Solomons, Jr, photograph by F. Scott Schafer;
Dance Magazine; July 2001
"Mercy on Us: Meredith
Monk's meditation on an outrage"/ First Buzz; Elle Magazine;
August 2001
"Mysteries of Life,
In Images and Music", by Jack Anderson; The New York Times; Monday
July 23, 2001
"Swarthmore will host
Meredith's multimedia"by Elizabeth Zimmer; The Philadelphia
Enquirer
"To get it or not to
get it, that's question of 'mercy'", by Susan Broili; The Herald-Sun;
Durham, North Carolina; Sunday July 21, 2001
"Meredith Monk",
by Rick Moody; Men's Journal; May 2001
"Messages from Atoms: An
invasion from an artist's inner space"by Darrell Jonsson; The Prague
Post; March 21-27, 2001
"Concert as a Manifest
of Personal Independece"by Immo Mihkelson; Postimees; March
22, 2001
"Monk--The Voice with
Thousand Faces"by Mihkel Raud; Eesti Paevaleht; Culture section;
March 22, 2001 (Estonia)
"Beszelgetes Meredith
monk; Hallhatatlan Hangok"by Orban Eszter; Zsollye 2001
"Vocal Pioneer Gives Spontaneous
Concert", by Sergey Chemov; The St. Petersburg Times; March 16, 2001
"From Warm Relations
to Coldness and Dullness"by Anneli Remme;Sl Ohtuleht; March
2001 (Estonia)
"Meredith Monk: Tallinnas
magan ma hasti!"; by Helen Arusoo; Ohtuleht Newspaper (Estonia); March
21, 2001
"Meredith Monk esineb Eestis
Filharmoonia Kammerkooriga", by Helen Arusoo, Ohtuleht Newspaper (Estonia);
March 2001
"Meredith Monk"by Anneli
Remme; Eesti Ekspress (Estonia); March 15, 2001
"Haal kui keel kui energia
kui laul...Ameeriklannast muusik Meredith Monk annab tana erilise
muusikaga kontserdi, kus kohtuvad uus ja iidne"by Immo Mihkelson;
Postimees (Estonia); March 20,2001
"Meredith Monk", by Immo
Mihkelson, March 17, 2001
"Meredith Monk", by Andres
Pold, Staarid Newspaper (Estonia), March 21, 2001
"Magic Frequencies: Meredith
Monk Magyarorszagon", by Halasz Tamas, Pesti Musor Magasin (Budapest),
2001
"Monkova: Jak Zpiva Vesmir",
by Vladimir Vlasak, MF DNES (Prague Newspaper), March 28, 2001
"Archa Nabizi Moznost Komunikace
S Vesmirem"by Petr Slaby, Hospodarske Noviny (Prague Newspaper),
March 28, 2001
Chapters in Books about MM
"Mixed Voices: The '60s
Generation", American Marverics; ed. Susan Key and Larry Rothe;
University of California Press, Los Angeles, 2001; pp. 107-110, CD
track 16.
"Body and Spirit",
by Robert Wuthnow; Creative Spirituality: The Way of the Artist; University
of California Press; Los Angeles;2001; pp. 181-184, 191,197-198,260-261,
294.
"art, religion, and
spirituality: a conversation with artists"; by Amei Wallach;
Crossroads: Art and Religion in American Life; edited by Alberta Arthurs
and Glenn Wallach; The New Press; New York, New York; 2001; p. 234-261
"Electronic Music, Mixed
Media, Film, Performance Art", by Christine Ammer; Unsung:A History
of Women in American Music; Amadeus Press; Portland, Oregon; 2001
p. 242-243 with a mention on p. 211
Mention, Photographs etc....in Newspapers/Magazines
Photograph and Listing; What's On; October 18-31, 2001; p.59
"Future Indefinite For American Opera in the New Millenium,
by Joan Peyser; Opera News; August 2001
"New Music for a New Medium"by Terence P. Keegan; www.medialinenews.com,
February 2001, p. 45
"Classical: Keeping Score", by Steve Smith; Billboard Magazine;reference
to new DVD CD Immersion
The Soul of the American Actor, America's Artists' Newspaper Volume
4, No. 1, Spring 2001; photograph
"Big Band Master; John Hollenbeck"by Burt Korall; Modern
Drummer; May 2001
Articles
by or Interviews with MM
"Artist Looks Through Fresh
Eyes", by Shelley Masar; The Octopus (Champaign-Urbana); January28-February
3, 2000.
----MAJOR ARTICLE-----
"Composer First", interview
with Frank J. Oteri, New Music Box editor at Meredith's home; American
Music Center archives; March 16, 2000.
"A Conversation With Avant-Garde
Singer Meredith Monk", by Stacey Kors; www.sonicnet.com/classical/features/Monk_Meredith/071800;
July 18, 2000.
"Das Vogue-Gesprach: Stadt
Als Sucht. Energie-Transfer auf der Strasse, Marchen zwischen Wolkenkratzern
und Nervenkriege im Alltag: Performancekunstlerin Meredith Monk und
Autor Rick Moody uber ihre innige Abhangigkeit von New York City";
interview by author unknown; Deutsch Vogue; April 4, 2000.
"Keeping it Simple: Meredith
Monk Talks About Making 'Folk Music from Another Planet'", by Miya
Masaoka; The San Francisco Bay Guardian; Vol. 34, No. 36 June 7-13,
2000.
"Monk in the Middle: Composer-choreographer
Meredith Monk Looks Back on Her Career While it's in Full Swing",
by Susan Jackson; Time Out New York; July 13-20, 2000, Issue No. 251.
Articles about MM in Magazines/Newspapers
"The Accidental Icon", by
Logan Hill; New York Magazine, July 24, 2000.
"Every Little Thing She Does
is Magic", by Rebecca Missel; Arizona Daily Wildcat(University of
Arizona-Tuscon); February 24, 2000.
"Earthling Superstar", by
Kevin Lynch; The Capital Times(Madison); February 2, 2000.
"Expect Unusual in 'Magic'",
by Diane Windeler; special to The San Antonio Express-News; February
11, 2000.
"Finding the Magic in Something
Very Ordinary", by Andrew Gilbert; special to The Mercury News(San
Jose); March 3, 2000.
"Giving Voice to Art: Meredith
Monk Blends Sound, Movement and Visual Imagery to Create Her Idiosyncratic
Works", by Jeremy Eichler; Newsday; July 16, 2000.
"Intermedia Monk: Meredith
Monk Continues to Stretch the Boundaries of Art in 'Magic Frequencies",
by Donna Perlmutter; Performing Arts; February 2000.
The Magic of Meredith,"by
John Aehl; The Wisconsin State Journal(Madison); January 30, 2000.
"'Magic': Voices Beyond Words",
by Daniel Buckley; Southern Arizona Online (a publication of the Tucson
Citizen: www.tucsoncitizen.com);
February 24, 2000.
"Meredith's Meanings", by
Anita Schmaltz; Metrotimes (Ann Arbor); February 2-8, 2000/
"Meredith Monk: An Alien
X-Rays Earth", by David Dalton; Gadfly; January-February 2000.
"Meredith Monk Does Her Own
Thing...Though it' not Easy to Describe What That Thing Is", by Sara
Freeman; Isthmus (Madison); February 4, 2000
"Meredith Monk to Explain
Vocal Innovations", by Kevin Lynch; The Capital Times(Madison); February
2, 2000
"Music of the Spheres", by
Amy L. Slingerland; Lighting Dimensions; January 2000
"Singer Takes Voice, Show
Beyond Words", by Michael D. Hernandez; El Paso Times; February 18,
2000
"A Folyamatos megujulas
magikus frekvenciai"by Halasz Tamas; Ellenfeny Volume 6 No.
23; Hungary 2001
"Taking Spirituality to the
Cutting Edge", by Anne Midgette; The Los Angeles Times"(Calendar);
February 27, 2000
"Voices From Beyond: Peformance
Artist Meredith Monk Breaks the Sound Barrier in 'Magic Frequencies'",
by Margaret Regan; Tucson Weekly; Feb. 24-Mar. 1, 2000
"Voice Magic: Monk Combines
Opera, Sci-Fi for Musical Adventure", by Richard Nilsen; The Arizona
Republic (Scottsdale); February 17, 2000
Chapters in Books about MM
"Space as Map and Memory: Meredith Monk"by Nick Kaye; Site-Specific
Art; Routledge; London and New York, 2000; pp 119-123; article with
quotes from MM, Jowitt, Banes & Eisenman.
"Meredith Monk: Site-Specific Works"by Nick Kaye; Site-Specific
Art; Routledge,London and New York, 2000; pp 203-214; includes quotes,
and photographs documenting the process of five of MM's works.
"Money/Fame"a compilation of interviews by Linda M. Montano;
Performance Artists Talking in the Eighties; University of California,
Berkeley, 2000; pp 294-300; interview with MM.
Mention, Photographs etc....in Newspapers/Magazines
Photograph and Listing; What's On; October 18-31, 2001; p.59
"Future Indefinite For American Opera in the New Millenium,
by Joan Peyser; Opera News; August 2001
"New Music for a New Medium"by Terence P. Keegan; www.medialinenews.com,
February 2001, p. 45
"Classical: Keeping Score", by Steve Smith; Billboard Magazine;reference
to new DVD CD Immersion
The Soul of the American Actor, America's Artists' Newspaper Volume
4, No. 1, Spring 2001; photograph
"Big Band Master; John Hollenbeck"by Burt Korall; Modern
Drummer; May 2001
"Highlights of Lincoln Center Festival", New York Times; May
2, 2000.
"Tilson Thomas Again Illuminates an American Classic", by All
Ulrich; www.sfgate.com(San Francisco
Examiner); June 10, 2000; reviewed at Davies Symphony Hall for American
Mavericks Festival 2000.
Reviews
"High or Low, Meredith Monk Bends the Melodies", by Anthony
Tommasini; The New York Times; July 24, 2000; reviewed at Alice Tully
Hall July, 21, 2000.
"Magic Frequencies"by Gus Solomons Jr.; Dance Magazine";
February 2000; reviewed at Joyce Theatre, NY November 2-7, 1999.
"Magic Frequencies"reviewed by Marcia L. Ferguson (University
of Pennsylvania) for Theatre Journal; October 2000; reviewed at Lang
Performing Arts Center, Swarthmore College in Nov, 1999.
"Mavericks of All Stripes: Thomas Laces Festival's Stellar Second
Installment with Ives, Monk and Foss."Continued headline: "Appearance
of Monk and her 'Atlas' Opera was Evening's High Point", by Joshua
Kosman; San Francisco Chronicle; June 12, 2000. review of performance
at American Mavericks with the San Francisco Symphony on June 9, 2000.
"Meredith Monk", by RoseLee Goldberg; Artforum; April 2000;
review of "Magic Frequencies"at Joyce Theatre.
"Meredith Monk Makes Rare Appearances, Extaordinary Music"by
Duff MacDonald; Santa Monica Mirror (contributing writer); Vol.1,
Issue 19, Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 1999. Reviews of performance for Dalai Lama
and at the Getty.
"Monk's 'Magical Frequencies' Explores Life, Love, Shopping",
by Mike Greenberg; San Antonio Express-News; date?
"Monk Show Exotic, Spiritual", by Daniel Buckley; Tuscon Citizen;
February 26, 2000; reviewed University of Arizona-Tuscon Centennial
Hall February 25, 2000.
"Monk's 'Soup' Warm but Too Thin", by Kevin Lynch; The Capital
Times (Madison, WI); February 7, 2000; reviewed at the Wisconsin Union
Theater February 5, 2000.
"Sounds of Almost Wordless Songs", by James R. Oestreich; The
New York Times; July 20, 2000; reveiwed at the New York Society for
Ethical Culture (Lincoln Center Festival 2000) July 18, 2000.
"Tuning Into Magic Frequencies is a Pleasurable Experience",
by Nadine Goff; The Wisconsin State Journal; February 6, 2000; reviewed
at the Wisconsin Union Theater February 5, 2000.
"What's a Sci-Fi Chamber Opera? Meredith Monk Charts a Course",
by Susan Isaacs Nisbett; Ann Arbor News; February 10, 2000; reviewed
at Power Center February 9, 2000.
"The Wonder of 'Magic Frequencies"('Meredith Monk's Myriad Talents,
with Stunning Performers and Musicians, Create Something from Nonsense'),
by Mark Swed; Los Angeles Times; February 29, 2000; reviewed at Alex
Theatre February 27, 2000.
"Wordless Voice Evokes Variety of Impressions", by Willa J.
Conrad; Newark Star-Ledger; July 26, 2000; reviewed at the New York
Society for Ethical Culture/LaGuardia High School, New York (Lincoln
Center Festical 2000)
Mentions, Photographs etc...in Books
"In the Middle"by Catherine Brown; Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies 30:3,Duke
University;Fall 2000. (the medieval in Book of Days)
