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Meredith Monk / the House Foundation for the Arts Meredith Monk / Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble 2015-2016 COMPANY INFORMATION PIECE: On Behalf of Nature A new music theater work by Meredith Monk NUMBER OF PEOPLE: 8 performers and 5-6 staff/crew - Total 13-14 SET UP: Two days before first performance STAGE SIZE: Proscenium opening 44’ wide; 16’ wing space left and right; 66’ from plaster line to rear theatre wall including on-stage crossover; Orchestra pit with lifts or platforms for leveling. RECENT VENUES: On Behalf of Nature premiered January 18th, 2013 at Center for the Art of Performance at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA with additional performances at the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center at the University of Maryland, the Edinburgh International Festival, Krannert Center at the University of Illinois, and this season at the Brooklyn Academy of Music and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For her newest music-theater work, Meredith Monk offers a poetic meditation on our intimate connection to nature and the fragility of its ecology. Within this world, Monk evokes the Buddhist notion of the existence of different realm categories—the idea of joining heaven and earth by way of human beings. Drawing additional inspiration from writers and researchers who have sounded the alarm on the precarious state of our global ecology, Monk and her acclaimed Vocal Ensemble create a liminal space where human, natural and spiritual elements are woven into a delicate whole, illuminating the interconnection and interdependency of us all. The Vocal Ensemble consists of multitalented singers / performers / instrumentalists Sidney Chen, Ellen Fisher, Katie Geissinger, Bohdan Hilash, John Hollenbeck, Bruce Rameker and Allison Sniffin. Lighting Design by Elaine Buckholtz; Sound design by Jody Elff; Costume Designer/Scenography by Yoshio Yabara; Production Management by Philip Sandstrom; Technical Direction by Johnny Chanthavong. On Behalf of Nature has received developmental support through residencies at UCLA (April 2012), Centre Culturel Andre Malraux in Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France (May 2012), Le Théâtre De Lorient, Centre Dramatique National in Lorient, France (May 2012), Park Avenue Armory in New York (July 2012/April 2013), Roulette in Brooklyn, NY (October 2012) and Duke University (October 2012). Commissioning funds for the development of On Behalf of Nature were provided by: The Brooklyn Academy of Music for the 2014 Next Wave Festival, ASCAP/American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers, The National Endowment for the Arts, New Music USA, and New York State Council on the Arts PRESS: “a rapturous new work…some of the finest music Monk has yet written.” – Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, January 2013 “If nature were to rise up and speak in defense of itself, its voice might sound like a Meredith Monk theater piece.” – Charles T. Downey, The Washington Post, May 2013 “exquisite...magnificent music...there’s an integrity, a beauty and towering musical talent in Monk’s work that demands respect and love.” – Joyce McMillan, The Scotsman, August 2013 Meredith Monk / Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble 2015-2016 COMPANY INFORMATION PIECE: Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble – 50th Anniversary Concert NUMBER OF PEOPLE: 8 performers and 3 crew - Total 11 SET UP: One day before first performance STAGE SIZE: Minimum performing space of 35 feet (10.67 meters) width by 20 feet (6.1 meters) depth, and minimum 16.5 feet (5 meters) to lighting grid over stage RECENT VENUES: Concert premiere will be at Carnegie Hall in May 2015 ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: The Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble- 50th Anniversary Concert will be the culminating event in a series of performances featuring Monk’s work throughout the 2014-2015 season, as part of her appointment as the Richard and Barbara Debs Composer’s Chair at Carnegie Hall. It features Monk with the extraordinary ensemble of vocalists and instrumentalists that make up Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble. For this evening’s concert, repertoire from several of Monk’s most recent works, On Behalf of Nature (2013), impermanence (2004/2006) and mercy (2001) will be featured, alongside classic works from the 1970s and 1980s, offering an expansive view of Monk’s 50 years of making work. In 1965 Monk began her innovative exploration of the voice as a multifaceted instrument and formed Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble in 1978 to further expand her musical textures and forms. Comprised of some of the finest and most adventurous singers and instrumentalists active in new music, the Ensemble has received multiple awards and critical acclaim, including a 2008 GRAMMY nomination for impermanence. Appearing in festivals, theaters and concert halls around the world, Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble can also be heard on numerous recordings on the ECM New Music Series label. Vocal Ensemble members joining Ms. Monk may include: Allison Sniffin, Katie Geissinger, Sidney Chen, Ellen Fisher, Bruce Rameker, Bohdan Hilash, John Hollenbeck, Theo Bleckmann, Ching Gonzalez and others. PRESS: “A composer, singer and theater artist for whom experimentation has led to wondrous discovery, Monk conjures up a spectrum of colorful and evocative sounds from her one-of-a-kind vocal instrument. The results are haunting, poignant, terrifying and sometimes screamingly funny…Her concert …introduced a musician of boundless imagination and vision. Both alone and with her Vocal Ensemble, she took the audience into enchanting, compassionate and disturbing worlds…the shadings, effects and expressive elements captured the listener’s attentions and never let go.” - Donald Rosenberg, The Plain Dealer Meredith Monk / Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble 2015-2016 COMPANY INFORMATION PIECE: Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble in Concert: The Soul’s Messenger (Quartet Concert) Meredith Monk with Theo Bleckmann and Katie Geissinger in Concert Meredith Monk with Katie Geissinger in Concert Meredith Monk with Theo Bleckmann in Concert NUMBER OF PEOPLE: 4 performers and 3 crew - Total 7 / 3 performers and 3 crew – Total 6 / 2 performers and 1-2 crew – Total 4 SET UP: Same day STAGE SIZE: Minimum performing space of 28 feet (8.5 meters) width by 13 feet (4 meters) depth, and minimum 16.5 feet (5 meters) to lighting grid over stage RECENT VENUES: LACMA, Los Angeles; Fisher Center at Bard College, Annandale on Hudson, NY; Musee du Louvre, Paris; Lublin Philharmonic, Poland; Lincoln Center, New York; Archa Theatre, Prague; Trafo Theatre, Budapest; (Le) Poisson Rouge, New York; Bumbershoot Festival, Seattle, WA; Flynn Center, Burlington, VT; Pulitzer Foundation, St. Louis; La Milanesiana Festival, Milan, Italy; Symphony Space, New York; Opera House, Syria; Norrlands Operan, Sweden; Teatro Ariston, Teatro Communale, Italy; Teatro Municipal Da Guarda, Spain ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble consists of some of the finest and most adventurous singer/ instrumentalists active in new music. Founded in 1978 to further expand Monk's groundbreaking exploration of the human voice and to develop her musical textures and forms, the Ensemble has received multiple awards and critical acclaim, including a 2008 GRAMMY nomination for impermanence. Appearing in festivals, theaters and concert halls around the world, Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble can also be heard on numerous recordings on the ECM New Music Series label. Performances can range in size and instrumentation. Vocal Ensemble members joining Ms. Monk may include: Allison Sniffin, Katie Geissinger, Bohdan Hilash, and Theo Bleckmann. Repertoire varies, consisting of a range from Ms. Monk’s expansive 50 years of composing. Selections may include: MUSIC FOR UNACCOMPANIED VOICE (Songs from the Hill; Light Songs and Volcano Songs (duets)); Selections from FACING NORTH; MUSIC FOR VOICE AND PIANO (1972-2006), which includes Gotham Lullaby, Travelling, Madwoman's Vision, last song, Choosing Companions, as well as selections from THE GAMES and a selection from her more recent music theater pieces, IMPERMANENCE and SONGS OF ASCENSION. PRESS: “Monk demonstrated that her music may, at times, sound serious, but it's performed with a great deal of fun...humor, even, especially in the duet pieces where Monk and Geissinger played off each other to great effect.” – John Kelman, All About Jazz Meredith Monk / Meredith Monk & Vocal Ensemble 2015-2016 COMPANY INFORMATION PIECE: Meredith Monk in Concert NUMBER OF PEOPLE: Meredith Monk and 1-3 crew – Total 2-4 SET UP: Same day STAGE SIZE: Flexible RECENT VENUES: Ms. Monk frequently performs as a soloist, with recent appearances internationally in Amsterdam, Paris, St. Petersburg, Dublin, Singapore, Montpelier, Basel and Ferrara, Italy and in the United States in New York, Colorado, Idaho, New Jersey, Nebraska, Massachusetts, Ohio, California, North Carolina and Illinois. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Meredith Monk's wordless music combines the technical virtuosity of classical music, the poignancy and directness of folk music, the freedom and flexibility of jazz and the excitement of rock and roll. A pioneer in what is now called “extended vocal technique”, she has been dazzling, startling, provoking and delighting audiences since 1965 with her visionary work. The rotating repertoire for her solo concerts is selected from Music for Unaccompanied Voice (1969-1994) Music for Voice and Piano (1972-2004), and includes Gotham Lullaby, Travelling, Madwoman's Vision, Choosing Companions, The Tale, Songs from the Hill, and more recent compositions. For Monk, the voice is a language in itself, which can delineate energies and feelings for which
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