Garden of Memory 2008

On Saturday, June 21, Sidney Chen of The M6 will be joined by Elisabeth Commanday for a set of solos and duets for unaccompanied voice at Garden of Memory 2008, an annual walk-through concert to celebrate the summer solstice, presented by New Music Bay Area and Lifemark Group Arts.

The event takes place at Chapel of the

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NPR’s All Things Considered

The M6 was featured in an NPR story titled Meredith Monk: Of Posterity and ‘Impermanence’ that aired on All Things Considered on May 13!

NPR’s Lara Pelligrinelli sat in on a coaching that Emily Eagen and Peter Sciscioli had with Meredith on “Long Shadows,” a duet from Facing North, and you can hear a segment of that in this program. She

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About

The M6 is a newly formed vocal ensemble, dedicated to continuing the legacy of legendary composer/singer/director Meredith Monk. The members of the group were among 19 singers chosen from around the world to participate in a professional training workshop offered by Monk and the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall in January 2006, culminating in the Meredith Monk Young Artists Concert at Carnegie’s Zankel Hall.

The M6 has now reconvened as a six-member ensemble to continue learning Monk’s work through direct coachings with the composer herself. Since the majority of Monk’s work is created and taught in the oral tradition, the group is devoted to immersion in this process and believes it is vital in order to assure that her extraordinary work lives on. Individual members are also working to transcribe more of Monk’s work in an effort to help document it for future generations.