“Artistic director and pianist Kimi Kawashima has scored one of the season’s most anticipated offerings with a concert highlighting works by Jessie Montgomery, who won the Grammy for best contemporary classical composition this year. Montgomery, who is also a violinist, will perform.

Among the works on the concert will be Musings for two violins (2023), which the composer will perform with fellow violinist Laura Ha. The two violinists also will be featured in selections from Bartók’s 44 Violin Duos. Another Montgomery-Bartók pairing will feature her Rhapsody for solo viola (2021), which will be performed by violist JT Posadas, and Bartók’s Rhapsody for violin and piano.

The concert is packed with little gems. It will open with Montgomery’s D Major Jam (2021), a short work for student musicians which will feature the composer and musicians from Sistema Utah. Other Montgomery works include Duo for violin and cello (2015), featuring Ha on violin and Walter Haman on cello and Source Code (2020), with Fry Street Quartet performing its Utah premiere. “