Meredith Monk is a composer, singer and interdisciplinary artist based in New York, USA. A pioneer in what is now called extended vocal technique, she has been performing and creating work for more than 50 years. In 2019, a restored film of her masterwork, Quarry: An Opera in Three Movements (1976), screened at Anthology Film Archives, New York. Monk’s newest music-theatre piece, Cellular Songs, premiered at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in March 2018 and continues to tour internationally.