Meredith Monk News

The New School Launches New Masters in Music Degree For Performers/Composers

by Chloe Rabinowitz — February 3, 2020

The New School's College of Performing Arts (Mannes, Jazz, Drama) today announced a new master's degree for creative musicians, the MM: Performer-Composer.

Guitar Mash Brings “Urban Campfire: Queens” to Flushing Town Hall

by Stephi Wild — February 3, 2020

On Friday, February 7, Guitar Mash and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment will bring an audience as diverse as Queens itself to 'mash' with some of the music industry's most acclaimed guitarists and singer/songwriters when Flushing Town Hall hosts the first-ever NYC Urban Campfire: QUEENS

REDCAT Will Present the World Premiere of Jacqueline Bobak's Experimental Opera DADA DIVAS

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 27, 2020

REDCAT, CalArts' downtown center for contemporary arts, will present the world premiere of Dada Divas, an experimental opera by Jacqueline Bobak.

Guitar Mash And The Mayor's Office Of Media And Entertainment Will Present URBAN CAMPFIRE

by Chloe Rabinowitz — January 21, 2020

On February 7, Guitar Mash and the Mayor's Office of Media and Entertainment will bring an audience as diverse as Queens itself to 'mash' with some of the music industry's most acclaimed guitarists and singer/songwriters when Flushing Town Hall hosts the first-ever NYC Urban Campfire: QUEENS.

Irish American Instrumentalist/Composer Seamus Egan Releases First Solo Album in 23 Years

by Sarah Jae Leiber — January 17, 2020

For over twenty years, Philadelphia's Seamus Egan blazed a new trail for Irish music in America.

Michael Cerveris Plays a Solo Show at The Wine Goddess in Chicago

by Stephi Wild — January 10, 2020

Two Time Tony Award and Grammy Winner Michael Cerveris Plays first solo show in Chicago in 16 years Saturday, February 1st, 2020 at The Wine Goddess.

Shakespeare's Globe Announces Casting For THE TAMING OF THE SHREW and WOMEN BEWARE WOMEN

by Stephi Wild — January 10, 2020

Shakespeare's Globe has announced full casting for the next two productions opening in the candlelit Sam Wanamaker Playhouse in February: The Taming of the Shrew, directed by Maria Gaitanidi, and Thomas Middleton's Women Beware Women, directed by Amy Hodge.

La MaMa Presents CEZARY GOES TO WAR, Queer Fantasia on Masculinity

by Chloe Rabinowitz — December 11, 2019

La MaMa, in association with the Polish Cultural Institute and Komuna//Warszawa, is proud to present the U.

Sven Ratzke's WHERE ARE WE NOW Begins Tonight At La MaMa

by Stephi Wild — December 11, 2019

Shen Wei To Receive 2020 Scripps ADF Award

by Stephi Wild — December 3, 2019

The American Dance Festival (ADF) will present the 2020 Samuel H.

Photo Flash: Pioneers Go East's VIRGO STAR At La MaMa

by A.A. Cristi — November 19, 2019

Tony Award-winning La MaMa is currently presenting the world premiere of VIRGO STAR, an intimate interactive performance, written and devised by the Pioneers Go East Collective - Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte and Daniel Diaz, in collaboration with Philip Treviño, Anabella Lenzu and Agosto Machado, a

La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club Awarded $1 Million Grant by The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation

by Chloe Rabinowitz — November 18, 2019

In honor of the centenary of the birth of La MaMa founder Ellen Stewart, the La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club has announced a $1 million challenge grant by The Diamonstein-Spielvogel Foundation toward the restoration and renewal of La MaMa's original home at 74A East 4th Street.

Sven Ratzke's 'Where Are We Now' Comes to La MaMa

by Stephi Wild — November 18, 2019

Photo Flash: Photos Of Clowns Ex Machina In THE BAD'UNS: CLOWN ACTS OF CONTAGION

by A.A. Cristi — November 5, 2019

Check out photos for the all-women clown troupe Clowns Ex Machina in the world premiere of THE BAD'UNS: CLOWN ACTS OF CONTAGION, created and directed by Kendall Cornell in collaboration with the ensemble, running November 7 - 17, 2019 at La MaMa's Downstairs Theatre, located at 66 East 4th Street i

Lincoln Center Commissions Work By Kambui Olujimi, Marking Decade Of Free Performances

by A.A. Cristi — October 29, 2019

Lincoln Center's David Rubenstein Atrium is marking a decade as home to free, eclectic performances and public gathering space.

Melodia Women's Choir Of NYC Presents INCANTATIONS: MYSTICAL, DARKLY TRANSCENDENT MUSIC FOR THE AUTUMN SEASON

by Julie Musbach — October 29, 2019

On the heels of their sold-out spring season, Melodia Women's Choir of NYC, led by Cynthia Powell, presents Incantations, an excursion into the secret recesses of the spirit world.

National Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorale Present THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC

by A.A. Cristi — October 23, 2019

Queer Wild West Comes To La MaMa In Pioneers Go East's VIRGO STAR

by A.A. Cristi — October 16, 2019

Tony Award-winning La MaMa presents the world premiere of VIRGO STAR, an intimate interactive performance, written and devised by the Pioneers Go East Collective - Gian Marco Riccardo Lo Forte and Daniel Diaz, in collaboration with Philip Treviño, Anabella Lenzu and Agosto Machado, and directed by

Meredith Monk Announces 2019–2020 Season

by Kaitlin Milligan — October 16, 2019

Widely acclaimed composer, performer, singer and creator Meredith Monk announces her robust 2019–2020 season, which is set to include a host of performances, residencies and workshops, as well as the distinguished honor of being appointed Harvard University's Fromm Foundation Visiting Lecturer

NYFOS Presents Blitzstein's NO FOR AN ANSWER And Weill's DER SILBERSEE

by A.A. Cristi — October 16, 2019

Steven Blier, Artistic Director a?? Michael Barrett, Associate Artistic Director   presents Marc Blitzstein's No For An Answer and Kurt Weill's Der Silbersee (Silverlake).