“Yeh approached Montgomery, the recent recipient of the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition, about a possible concerto two years ago or so, and the composer was enthusiastic about the possibility. ‘It just made a lot sense,’ Montgomery said. ‘Writing for percussion is new to me, and I thought this would be a good, big way to get into the world of percussion, and my music is rhythmically inspired, so it felt like a natural way to communicate that.'”