Jessie Montgomery’s “Rounds” Wins 2024 GRAMMY® Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Watch Montgomery’s acceptance speech and learn more about her GRAMMY®-Winning composition.
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World Premieres of Chicago Symphony Commissions by Montgomery & Curtis Stewart
On March 3rd, the second MusicNOW concert of the 23/24 season highlights world premieres of works by violinist/composers Curtis Stewart and Montgomery.
Jessie Montgomery takes up Two-Week Residency with Orchestre National de Bretagne
The orchestra performs Montgomery’s Coincident Dances on 2/9, and a Valentine’s day concert features her Peace for violin and piano and Musings for two violins.
NY Premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s “Musings”
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center premieres Montgomery’s Musings for Two Violins in a sold-out program, Thursday January 18.
Jessie Montgomery interviewed on latest episode of Sunday Baroque podcast
Jessie speaks with Suzanne Bona about her life as a musician and how she expresses her creativity in a few of her non-musical passions, too. Click read more to listen to the full episode!
Compositions by Jessie Montgomery Recently out of Exclusivity
Works include Grammy-nominated composition “Rounds” for piano and string orchestra, “Hymn for Everyone” for orchestra, and “Five Freedom Songs” for voice, percussion, and string orchestra.
Jessie Montgomery named 2023 Chicagoan of the Year for Classical Music by Chicago Tribune
The article highlights collaborations with other Chicago-based musicians and ensembles, Montgomery’s tenure as the CSO composer-in-residence, and the Dec. 3 MusicNOW concert.
GRAMMY® Awards: Consider Voting “Rounds” for Best Contemporary Classical Composition
Montgomery’s Grammy Nominated “Rounds” is performed by pianist Awadagin Pratt and string orchestra A Far Cry.
STILLPOINT, featuring Jessie Montgomery’s Grammy nominated “Rounds,” earns spot in NPR’s Top 50 Albums of 2023
“Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds, a mini-piano concerto, is built on a traditional foundation, allowing a stormy cadenza and flourishes of high Romanticism.” — Tom Huizenga for NPR
CSO MusicNOW: Montgomery and the Blacknificent 7
The opening of the 2023/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW season illuminates works by a dynamic collective of Black composers, the Blacknificent 7.