Meredith Monk

Beloved for her compelling interdisciplinary approach to music and dance, Meredith Monk is one of the most acclaimed performance artists of her generation. Recognized as a pioneer of the abstract "extended vocal technique," Monk combines sound with choreography, often incorporating other visual elements, to create an art that defies category. While she is most strongly associated with the avant-garde, her music borrows widely from such genres as classical, opera, jazz, folk, and non-Euro-American world traditions. Since her emergence in the late '60s, she has won acclaim for h...