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Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center premieres Montgomery’s Musings for Two Violins in a sold-out program, Thursday January 18.

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!

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.

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.

Montgomery’s Grammy Nominated “Rounds” is performed by pianist Awadagin Pratt and string orchestra A Far Cry.

“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

The opening of the 2023/24 Chicago Symphony Orchestra MusicNOW season illuminates works by a dynamic collective of Black composers, the Blacknificent 7.

Jessie Montgomery’s Rounds is performed by pianist Awadagin Pratt and A Far Cry. Click Read More to view the full list of GRAMMY nominations:

The November 9 concert event will mark the culmination of a three-year guest residency partnership.

Montgomery and Tower discuss their cross-generational perspectives on the evolving musical scene, the growing calls for equity and inclusion in music, and what it means to be called “women composers.”