MEREDITH MONK BIBILOGRAPHY: 2004– 2000
2004
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 ( 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 (
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;
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;
"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.
2003
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 -- 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; 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”.
2002
Articles about MM in Newspapers/Magazines
"Meredith Monk talks about Mercy" by Ken Smith; Boosey & Hawkes, 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 atLocation 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: 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.
2001
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; 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
2000