Songs of Ascension

Songs of Ascension
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Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released	May 13, 2011
Recorded	November 2009 at Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.
Genre	Minimalism
Length	67:27
Label	ECM New Series
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Meredith Monk chronology
Beginnings (2009)Beginnings2009 Songs of Ascension (2011) Piano Songs (2014)Piano Songs2014

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

Track listing

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

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Clusters 1"	3:17
2.	"Strand (Gathering)"	1:55
3.	"Winter Variation"	1:51
4.	"Cloud Code"	3:31
5.	"Shift"	1:51
6.	"Mapping"	2:07
7.	"Summer Variation"	3:16
8.	"Vow"	3:12
9.	"Clusters 2"	2:27
10.	"Falling"	2:54
11.	"Burn"	4:16
12.	"Strand (Inner Psalm)"	3:12
13.	"Autumn Variation"	2:48
14.	"Ledge Dance"	1:50
15.	"Traces"	1:20
16.	"Respite"	5:56
17.	"Mapping Continued"	1:29
18.	"Clusters 3"	2:09
19.	"Spring Variation"	4:03
20.	"Fathom"	4:37
21.	"Ascent"	9:26

Personnel

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