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'''Jessie Montgomery''' (born December 8, 1981, New York City) is an American composer, [[chamber music]]ian, and music educator. Her compositions focus on the [[vernacular]], improvisation, language, and [[social justice]].

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'''Jessie Montgomery''' (born December 8, 1981, New York City) is an American composer, [[Chamber music|chamber musician]], and music educator. Her compositions focus on the [[vernacular]], improvisation, language, and [[social justice]].


== Early life and education ==
== Early life and education ==
Jessie Montgomery was raised in Manhattan's [[Lower East Side]] by playwright and performer [[Robbie McCauley]] and composer Ed Montgomery. She began her violin studies at the [[Third Street Music School Settlement]]. She holds a bachelor's degree in violin performance from the [[Juilliard School]], and completed a master's degree in Composition for Film and Multimedia at [[New York University]] in 2012.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.classicalmpr.org/story/2018/06/25/my-name-is-jessie-montgomery|title=My Name Is: Jessie Montgomery|last=Oglesby|first=Meghann|website=Classical MPR|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
Jessie Montgomery was raised in Manhattan's [[Lower East Side]] by playwright and performer [[Robbie McCauley]] and composer Ed Montgomery. She began her violin studies at the [[Third Street Music School Settlement]]. She holds a bachelor's degree in violin performance from the [[Juilliard School]], and completed a master's degree in Composition for Film and Multimedia at [[New York University]] in 2012.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Edgar |first=Hannah |date=2023-12-20 |title=Chicagoan of the Year for Classical Music: CSO composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery is new here, but her presence is already felt |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2023/12/20/chicagoan-of-the-year-for-classical-music-cso-composer-in-residence-jessie-montgomery-is-new-here-but-her-presence-is-already-felt/ |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=[[Chicago Tribune]]}}</ref>


Starting in 1999, Montgomery became involved with the [[Sphinx Organization]], a [[Detroit]]-based nonprofit that supports young [[African Americans|African American]] and [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] string players. After receiving multiple Sphinx awards and grants as a young performer and composer, she now serves as composer-in-residence for the Sphinx Virtuosi, the organization's professional touring ensemble.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sphinxmusic.org/sphinx-competition-alumni-by-year/|title=Sphinx Competition Alumni by Year {{!}} Sphinx Organization|date=2019|website=The Sphinx Organization|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.sphinxmusic.org/mpower-past-recipients/|title=MPower Past Recipients {{!}} Sphinx Organization|website=The Sphinx Organization|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
Starting in 1999, Montgomery became involved with the [[Sphinx Organization]], a [[Detroit]]-based nonprofit that supports young [[African Americans|African American]] and [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Latino]] string players. After receiving multiple Sphinx awards and grants as a young performer and composer, she now serves as composer-in-residence for the Sphinx Virtuosi, the organization's professional touring ensemble.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Spurgeon |first=Jeff |date=2023-08-25 |title=Sphinx Virtuosi |url=https://www.wqxr.org/story/sphinx-virtuosi/?tab=transcript |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=[[WQXR-FM]] |series=Carnegie Hall Live}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Montgomery devoted her early career to performance and to teaching at organizations such as Community MusicWorks in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|last=Ross|first=Alex|date=4 Sep 2006|title=Learning the Score; A Critic at Large|magazine=The New Yorker|volume=82|pages=82–88|via=ProQuest Music Periodicals Database}}</ref> She co-founded the string ensemble PUBLIQuartet in 2010, and also performs with the Catalyst Quartet.<ref name=":0" /> She has increasingly focused on composing solo, chamber, vocal, and orchestral works. Montgomery has completed commissions for the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], the [[Orpheus Chamber Orchestra]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/orpheus-chamber-orchestra-announces-next-season/|title=Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Announces Next Season|last=Cooper|first=Michael|date=2016-02-10|website=ArtsBeat: New York Times Blog|language=en-US|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref> the [[Albany Symphony Orchestra|Albany Symphony]], the [[Sphinx Organization]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/thoughtful-string-program-from-sphinx-virtuosi/2012/10/11/f9a70328-13be-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html|title=Thoughtful string program from Sphinx Virtuosi|last=Brookes|first=Stephen|date=11 Oct 2012|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> the [[Joyce Foundation]], the National Choral Society, and [[The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America]]. She has received additional grants and awards from the [[ASCAP Foundation]], [[Chamber Music America]], [[American Composers Orchestra]], and the [[Sorel Organization]]. Her music has been performed by the [[Philharmonia Orchestra]], [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra|Atlanta Symphony]], [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra|Dallas Symphony]], [[Minnesota Orchestra]], and [[San Francisco Symphony]], and choreographed by the [[Dance Theatre of Harlem]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/in-a-ballet-across-america-world-premiere-even-the-piano-dances/2019/06/01/6b9b9d58-848e-11e9-9a67-a687ca99fb3d_story.html|title=In a Ballet Across America world premiere, even the piano dances|last=Kaufman|first=Sarah|date=1 June 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref>
Montgomery devoted her early career to performance and to teaching at organizations such as Community MusicWorks in [[Providence, Rhode Island]].<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Ross |first=Alex |date=September 4, 2006 |title=Learning the Score; A Critic at Large |magazine=[[The New Yorker]] |pages=82–88 |volume=82 |issue=27}}</ref> She co-founded the string ensemble PUBLIQuartet in 2010, and performed with the Catalyst Quartet until January 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Barone |first=Joshua |date=September 6, 2021 |title=The Changing American Canon Sounds Like Jessie Montgomery |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/06/arts/music/jessie-montgomery-classical-music.html |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=[[The New York Times]]}}</ref>


She has increasingly focused on composing solo, chamber, vocal, and orchestral works. Montgomery has completed commissions for the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]], the [[Orpheus Chamber Orchestra]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Cooper |first=Michael |date=2016-02-10 |title=Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Announces Next Season |url=https://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/02/10/orpheus-chamber-orchestra-announces-next-season/ |access-date=2019-08-15 |website=ArtsBeat: New York Times Blog}}</ref> the [[Albany Symphony Orchestra|Albany Symphony]], the [[Sphinx Organization]],<ref>{{Cite news |last=Brookes |first=Stephen |date=October 11, 2012 |title=Thoughtful string program from Sphinx Virtuosi |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/thoughtful-string-program-from-sphinx-virtuosi/2012/10/11/f9a70328-13be-11e2-9a39-1f5a7f6fe945_story.html |access-date=August 15, 2019 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> the [[Joyce Foundation]], the National Choral Society, and [[The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America]]. She has received additional grants and awards from the [[ASCAP Foundation]], [[Chamber Music America]], [[American Composers Orchestra]], and the [[Sorel Organization]]. Her music has been performed by the [[Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra]],<ref>{{cite news |last1=Alders |first1=Carine |date=16 May 2024 |title=Dirigente Marin Alsop: 'Ik hoop dat we nu voorbij het kantelpunt zijn en niet weer terugvallen' |url=https://www.preludium.nl/dirigente-marin-alsop-ik-hoop-dat-we-nu-voorbij-het-kantelpunt-zijn-en-niet-weer-terugvallen |access-date=17 June 2024 |work=Preludium}}</ref> the [[Philharmonia Orchestra]], [[Atlanta Symphony Orchestra|Atlanta Symphony]], [[Dallas Symphony Orchestra|Dallas Symphony]], [[Minnesota Orchestra]], and [[San Francisco Symphony]], and choreographed by the [[Dance Theatre of Harlem]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/theater_dance/in-a-ballet-across-america-world-premiere-even-the-piano-dances/2019/06/01/6b9b9d58-848e-11e9-9a67-a687ca99fb3d_story.html|title=In a Ballet Across America world premiere, even the piano dances|last=Kaufman|first=Sarah|date=June 1, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date= August 15, 2019}}</ref>
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In 2014, [[New York Times]] music critic [[Anthony Tommasini]] highlighted her piece ''Banner'' for solo string quartet and string ensemble, commissioned by the [[Sphinx Organization]] and the [[Joyce Foundation]] as a response to the 200th anniversary of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]," for "daringly transform[ing] the anthem, folding it into a teeming score that draws upon American folk and protest songs, and anthems from around the world, including Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban, to create a musical melting pot."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/arts/sphinx-virtuosi-and-catalyst-quartet-at-carnegie-hall.html|title=O Say Can You Hear?|last=Tommasini|first=Anthony|date=2014-10-30|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-08-15|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 2019, ''Fanfare'' also discussed her multicultural New York influences, noting that listeners could expect to hear "English consort, [[samba]], [[mbira]], Zimbabwean dance, swing, techno... occasionally veering, somewhat ecstatically, towards a modern jazz jam session" in her work.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Clarke|first=Colin|date=Jul–Aug 2019|title=Project W|journal=Fanfare|volume=42|pages=445–446|via=ProQuest Music Periodicals Database}}</ref>


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In 2014, ''[[New York Times]]'' music critic [[Anthony Tommasini]] highlighted her piece ''Banner'' for solo string quartet and string ensemble, commissioned by the [[Sphinx Organization]] and the [[Joyce Foundation]] as a response to the 200th anniversary of "[[The Star-Spangled Banner]]", for "daringly transform[ing] the anthem, folding it into a teeming score that draws upon American folk and protest songs, and anthems from around the world, including Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban, to create a musical melting pot".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Tommasini |first=Anthony |date=2014-10-30 |title=O Say Can You Hear? |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/31/arts/sphinx-virtuosi-and-catalyst-quartet-at-carnegie-hall.html |access-date=2019-08-15 |work=The New York Times}}</ref>
In 2016, Montgomery was elected to the board of [[Chamber Music America]].<ref>{{Cite journal|date=Summer 2016|title=Transitions On the CMA Board|journal=Chamber Music|volume=33|pages=6–8|via=ProQuest Music Periodicals Database}}</ref> In 2021, she became the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]]'s Mead Composer-in-Residence.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cso.org/experience/article/3598/jessie-montgomery-named-as-the-csos-next-comp|title = Jessie Montgomery named as the CSO's next composer-in-residence &#124; Chicago Symphony Orchestra}}</ref>


In 2019, ''[[Fanfare (magazine)|Fanfare]]'' also discussed her multicultural New York influences, noting that listeners could expect to hear "English consort, [[samba]], [[mbira]], Zimbabwean dance, swing, techno... occasionally veering, somewhat ecstatically, towards a modern jazz jam session" in her work.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clarke |first=Colin |date=July–August 2019 |title=Project W |journal=[[Fanfare (magazine)|Fanfare]] |volume=42 |pages=445–446}}</ref>
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She is part of the duo big dog little dog with bassist Eleonore Oppenheim. [[New Amsterdam Records|New Amsterdam]] released their first record in 2019.<ref>{{Citation|title=Soundmaking ep. 61: Big Dog Little Dog (Jessie Montgomery & Eleonore Oppenheim) {{!}} Soundmaking|url=https://shows.acast.com/6096360f7374c25cd2af2fa3/episodes/soundmaking-ep-61-big-dog-little-dog-jessie-montgomery-eleon|access-date=2022-02-21}}</ref>


In 2016, Montgomery was elected to the board of [[Chamber Music America]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=Summer 2016 |title=Transitions On the CMA Board |journal=Chamber Music |volume=33 |pages=6–8}}</ref> In 2021, she became the [[Chicago Symphony Orchestra]]'s Mead Composer-in-Residence.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kueppers |first=Courtney |date=June 13, 2024 |title=Jessie Montgomery reflects on her tenure as CSO's composer in residence |url=https://www.wbez.org/wbez-news/2024/06/13/transcript-jessie-montgomery-reflects-on-her-tenure-as-csos-composer-in-residence |access-date=2024-10-02 |website=[[WBEZ]]}}</ref> Her 2021 composition, ''Hymn for Everyone'', composed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, opens the [[66th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy]]-winning album, ''Contemporary American Composers'' (2023).<ref>{{Cite news |title=Grammys 2024: Winners List |work=The New York Times |date=4 February 2024 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/04/arts/music/grammys-winners-list.html |access-date=2024-02-05 }}</ref>
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== Discography ==


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She is part of the duo ''big dog little dog'' with bassist Eleonore Oppenheim. [[New Amsterdam Records|New Amsterdam]] released their first record in 2019.<ref>{{Cite podcast |url=https://shows.acast.com/6096360f7374c25cd2af2fa3/episodes/soundmaking-ep-61-big-dog-little-dog-jessie-montgomery-eleon |title=Big Dog Little Dog (Jessie Montgomery & Eleonore Oppenheim) |series=Season 2 |number=61 |website=Soundcast}}</ref>
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* ''Strum: Music for Strings'' (2015), Azica 71302<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Clarke|first=Colin|date=May–June 2016|title=Review: J. Montgomery|journal=Fanfare|volume=39|issue=5|pages=323–324|via=ProQuest Music Periodicals Database}}</ref>


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== Discography ==
== Works<ref>{{Cite web |title=Works Archive |url=https://www.jessiemontgomery.com/works/ |access-date=2022-09-05 |website=Jessie Montgomery |language=en-US}}</ref> ==
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* ''Strum: Music for Strings'' (2015), Azica 71302<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Clarke |first=Colin |date=May–June 2016 |title=Review: J. Montgomery |journal=Fanfare |volume=39 |issue=5 |pages=323–324}}</ref>


== Works ==
* ''Voodoo Dolls'' (2008), for string quartet or quintet
* ''Banner'' (2014), for solo string quartet and string orchestra
* ''Banner'' (2014), for solo string quartet and string orchestra
* ''Banner'' (2017), for solo string quartet and chamber orchestra
* ''Banner'' (2017), for solo string quartet and chamber orchestra
* ''Break Away'' (2013), for string quartet
* ''Break Away'' (2013), for string quartet<ref>{{Citation|title=Break away: for string quartet|date=2013|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/break-away-for-string-quartet/oclc/1055554259|publisher=Jessie Montgomery Music Publishing|oclc=1055554259|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
* ''Caught by the Wind'' (2016), for orchestra
* ''Caught by the Wind'' (2016), for orchestra
* ''Coincident Dances'' (2017), for orchestra
* ''Coincident Dances'' (2017), for orchestra
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* ''Passage'' (2019), for flute, clarinet, horn, string quartet
* ''Passage'' (2019), for flute, clarinet, horn, string quartet
* ''Shift, Change, Turn'' (2019), for chamber orchestra
* ''Shift, Change, Turn'' (2019), for chamber orchestra
* ''Source Code'' (2013), for string quartet or string orchestra<ref>{{Citation|title=Source code: for string quartet|date=2018|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/source-code-for-string-quartet/oclc/1081317260|oclc=1081317260|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
* ''Source Code'' (2013), for string quartet or string orchestra
* ''Soul Force'' (2015), for orchestra
* ''Soul Force'' (2015), for orchestra
* ''Starburst'' (2012), for string orchestra
* ''Starburst'' (2012), for string orchestra<ref>{{Citation|title=Starburst: for string orchestra|date=2018|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/starburst-for-string-orchestra/oclc/1081331674|publisher=Jessie Montgomery|oclc=1081331674|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
* ''Strum'' (2006 rev. 2012), for string quartet/quintet or string orchestra<ref>{{Citation|title=Strum: for string orchestra|date=2018|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/strum-for-string-orchestra/oclc/1081332991|oclc=1081332991|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
* ''Strum'' (2006; rev. 2012), for string quartet/quintet or string orchestra
* ''Tower City'' (2018), for solo [[carillon]]<ref>{{Citation|title=Tower city|date=2018|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/tower-city/oclc/1045053059|oclc=1045053059|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
* ''Tower City'' (2018), for solo [[carillon]]
* ''Records from a Vanishing City'' (2016), for orchestra
* ''Records from a Vanishing City'' (2016), for orchestra
* ''Rhapsody no. 1 for solo violin'' (2014), for solo violin<ref>{{Citation|title=Rhapsody no. 1: for solo violin|date=2019|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/rhapsody-no-1-for-solo-violin/oclc/1102391540|oclc=1102391540|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>
* ''Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin'' (2014), for solo violin
* ''Rhapsody no. 2 for solo violin'' (2020), for solo violin
* ''Rhapsody No. 2 for solo violin'' (2020), for solo violin
* ''Rhapsody no. 1 for solo viola'' (2021), for solo viola
* ''Rhapsody No. 1 for solo viola'' (2021), for solo viola
* ''Rhapsody no. 2 for solo viola'' (2021), for solo viola
* ''Rhapsody No. 2 for solo viola'' (2021), for solo viola
* ''Hymn for Everyone'' (2021) (in the 2023 [[66th Annual Grammy Awards|Grammy]]-winning album, ''Contemporary American Composers'')
* ''Rounds'' (2022), for piano and string orchestra
* ''Rounds'' (2022), for piano and string orchestra
* ''Study No. 1'' (2023), for percussion quartet
* ''Voodoo Dolls'' (2008), for string quartet or quintet<ref>{{Citation|title=Voodoo dolls: for string quartet (or string quintet)|date=2012|url=https://www.worldcat.org/title/voodoo-dolls-for-string-quartet-or-string-quintet/oclc/1034016301|oclc=1034016301|access-date=2019-08-15}}</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
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Latest revision as of 20:40, 6 November 2024

For the education activist in Exeter, see Jessie Montgomery (Exeter).

Jessie Montgomery (born December 8, 1981, New York City) is an American composer, chamber musician, and music educator. Her compositions focus on the vernacular, improvisation, language, and social justice.

Early life and education

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Jessie Montgomery was raised in Manhattan's Lower East Side by playwright and performer Robbie McCauley and composer Ed Montgomery. She began her violin studies at the Third Street Music School Settlement. She holds a bachelor's degree in violin performance from the Juilliard School, and completed a master's degree in Composition for Film and Multimedia at New York University in 2012.[1]

Starting in 1999, Montgomery became involved with the Sphinx Organization, a Detroit-based nonprofit that supports young African American and Latino string players. After receiving multiple Sphinx awards and grants as a young performer and composer, she now serves as composer-in-residence for the Sphinx Virtuosi, the organization's professional touring ensemble.[2]

Career

[edit]

Montgomery devoted her early career to performance and to teaching at organizations such as Community MusicWorks in Providence, Rhode Island.[3] She co-founded the string ensemble PUBLIQuartet in 2010, and performed with the Catalyst Quartet until January 2021.[4]

She has increasingly focused on composing solo, chamber, vocal, and orchestral works. Montgomery has completed commissions for the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra,[5] the Albany Symphony, the Sphinx Organization,[6] the Joyce Foundation, the National Choral Society, and The Guild of Carillonneurs in North America. She has received additional grants and awards from the ASCAP Foundation, Chamber Music America, American Composers Orchestra, and the Sorel Organization. Her music has been performed by the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra,[7] the Philharmonia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Minnesota Orchestra, and San Francisco Symphony, and choreographed by the Dance Theatre of Harlem.[8]

In 2014, New York Times music critic Anthony Tommasini highlighted her piece Banner for solo string quartet and string ensemble, commissioned by the Sphinx Organization and the Joyce Foundation as a response to the 200th anniversary of "The Star-Spangled Banner", for "daringly transform[ing] the anthem, folding it into a teeming score that draws upon American folk and protest songs, and anthems from around the world, including Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban, to create a musical melting pot".[9]

In 2019, Fanfare also discussed her multicultural New York influences, noting that listeners could expect to hear "English consort, samba, mbira, Zimbabwean dance, swing, techno... occasionally veering, somewhat ecstatically, towards a modern jazz jam session" in her work.[10]

In 2016, Montgomery was elected to the board of Chamber Music America.[11] In 2021, she became the Chicago Symphony Orchestra's Mead Composer-in-Residence.[12] Her 2021 composition, Hymn for Everyone, composed as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, opens the Grammy-winning album, Contemporary American Composers (2023).[13]

She is part of the duo big dog little dog with bassist Eleonore Oppenheim. New Amsterdam released their first record in 2019.[14]

Discography

[edit]
  • Strum: Music for Strings (2015), Azica 71302[15]

Works

[edit]
  • Voodoo Dolls (2008), for string quartet or quintet
  • Banner (2014), for solo string quartet and string orchestra
  • Banner (2017), for solo string quartet and chamber orchestra
  • Break Away (2013), for string quartet
  • Caught by the Wind (2016), for orchestra
  • Coincident Dances (2017), for orchestra
  • D Major Jam! (2020), for string ensemble
  • Divided (2022), for solo cello and string orchestra
  • Duo for Violin and Cello (2015), for violin and cello
  • Five Freedom Songs (2021), for voice, percussion, and string orchestra
  • Hymn for Everyone (2021), for orchestra
  • L.E.S. Characters (2021), concerto for solo viola and orchestra
  • Lunar Songs (2019), for voice and string quartet
  • Overture (2022), for orchestra
  • Passacaglia (2021), for flute quartet
  • Passage (2019), for flute, clarinet, horn, string quartet
  • Shift, Change, Turn (2019), for chamber orchestra
  • Source Code (2013), for string quartet or string orchestra
  • Soul Force (2015), for orchestra
  • Starburst (2012), for string orchestra
  • Strum (2006; rev. 2012), for string quartet/quintet or string orchestra
  • Tower City (2018), for solo carillon
  • Records from a Vanishing City (2016), for orchestra
  • Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin (2014), for solo violin
  • Rhapsody No. 2 for solo violin (2020), for solo violin
  • Rhapsody No. 1 for solo viola (2021), for solo viola
  • Rhapsody No. 2 for solo viola (2021), for solo viola
  • Hymn for Everyone (2021) (in the 2023 Grammy-winning album, Contemporary American Composers)
  • Rounds (2022), for piano and string orchestra
  • Study No. 1 (2023), for percussion quartet

References

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  1. ^ Edgar, Hannah (December 20, 2023). "Chicagoan of the Year for Classical Music: CSO composer-in-residence Jessie Montgomery is new here, but her presence is already felt". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  2. ^ Spurgeon, Jeff (August 25, 2023). "Sphinx Virtuosi". WQXR-FM. Carnegie Hall Live. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  3. ^ Ross, Alex (September 4, 2006). "Learning the Score; A Critic at Large". The New Yorker. Vol. 82, no. 27. pp. 82–88.
  4. ^ Barone, Joshua (September 6, 2021). "The Changing American Canon Sounds Like Jessie Montgomery". The New York Times. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  5. ^ Cooper, Michael (February 10, 2016). "Orpheus Chamber Orchestra Announces Next Season". ArtsBeat: New York Times Blog. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  6. ^ Brookes, Stephen (October 11, 2012). "Thoughtful string program from Sphinx Virtuosi". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  7. ^ Alders, Carine (May 16, 2024). "Dirigente Marin Alsop: 'Ik hoop dat we nu voorbij het kantelpunt zijn en niet weer terugvallen'". Preludium. Retrieved June 17, 2024.
  8. ^ Kaufman, Sarah (June 1, 2019). "In a Ballet Across America world premiere, even the piano dances". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  9. ^ Tommasini, Anthony (October 30, 2014). "O Say Can You Hear?". The New York Times. Retrieved August 15, 2019.
  10. ^ Clarke, Colin (July–August 2019). "Project W". Fanfare. 42: 445–446.
  11. ^ "Transitions On the CMA Board". Chamber Music. 33: 6–8. Summer 2016.
  12. ^ Kueppers, Courtney (June 13, 2024). "Jessie Montgomery reflects on her tenure as CSO's composer in residence". WBEZ. Retrieved October 2, 2024.
  13. ^ "Grammys 2024: Winners List". The New York Times. February 4, 2024. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  14. ^ "Big Dog Little Dog (Jessie Montgomery & Eleonore Oppenheim)". Soundcast (Podcast). Season 2. No. 61.
  15. ^ Clarke, Colin (May–June 2016). "Review: J. Montgomery". Fanfare. 39 (5): 323–324.
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