Meredith Monk Performs "Cellular Songs" At Royce Hall In Los Angeles

Meredith Monk performed Cellular Songs on March 2nd at UCLA’s Royce Hall. Following the celebrated On Behalf of Nature, which offered a liminal space questioning the precarious state of our global ecology, Cellular Songs turns attention inward to the very fabric of life itself. Joined by the women of her acclaimed Vocal Ensemble, Monk combines some of her most adventurous vocal music to date with movement, light, instrumental music and film, as well as a video installation designed specifically for each space. photographs by Julieta Cervantes

Meredith Monk will also be performing at the LA Phil on June 11 &12.

Inspired by the life of explorer Alexandra David-Néel, Meredith Monk’s three-act “quest opera” uses Monk’s inimitable and hypnotic style to explore the loss and rediscovery of our inherent wonder. More than 20 years since Atlas first made its impact, Yuval Sharon will conceive and direct this landmark new production.


Monday Evening Concerts Closes 2018 Season With Meredith Monk & Julius Eastman

For the finale concert of Monday Evening Concert's 79th season, artistic director, Jonathan Hepfer offered a pairing of rarely performed works by the American mavericks Meredith Monk and Julius Eastman. Eastman's Femenine was described by the New York Times as "a longing, tender, grandly unruffled 70-minute masterpiece that takes its place at the pinnacle of the Eastman works that have survived," and Monk’s storied career as a vocalist, composer, dancer, choreographer and filmmaker has influenced luminaries from Bruce Nauman to Jean-Luc Godard. The towering pianists Ursula Oppens and Gloria Cheng join us to present selections from Monk's solo and duo piano catalogue. Eastman and Monk, who were colleagues in real life, are reunited in spirit at MEC’s 2018 season finale. photographs by Lani Trock