Songs of Ascension

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Released May 13, 2011 Label ECM New Series Artist Meredith Monk Producer Manfred Eicher		Length 67:27 Songs of Ascension (2011) Piano Songs (2014) Release date 13 May 2011 Genre Minimal music

Recorded November 2009 at Academy of Arts and Letters, New York. Nominations Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Classical Similar Book of Days, Dolmen Music, Impermanence, Turtle Dreams, Facing North

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Songs of Ascension is the thirteenth album by Meredith Monk, released on May 13, 2011 through ECM New Series.

All tracks written by Meredith Monk, except "Vow" co-written with Mieke van Hoek and "Clusters 3" co-written with Bohdan Hilash.

Musicians

Sasha Bogdanowitsch – vocals

Heather J. Buchanan – conductor

Sidney Chen – vocals

Emily Eagen – vocals

Ellen Fisher – shruti box, vocals

Katie Geissinger – shruti box, vocals

Ching Gonzalez – shruti box, vocals

Bohdan Hilash – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, khene, shruti Box

John Hollenbeck – percussion, shruti box, vocals

Ha-Yang Kim – cello, vocals

Meredith Monk – shruti box, vocals, mixing

Holly Nadal – vocals

Toby Newman – vocals

Courtney Orlando – violin, vocals

Bruce Rameker – shruti box, vocals

Todd Reynolds – violin

Peter Sciscioli – vocals

Nadia Sirota – viola, vocals

Allison Sniffin – shruti box, vocals

Production

Manfred Eicher – production, mixing

James A. Farber – engineering, mixing

Marion Gray – photography

Sascha Kleis – design

Paul Zinman – engineering

1Clusters 13:17
2Strand (Gathering)1:55
3Winter Variation1:51

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