Loisaida, My Love (2016) 5'
mezzo-soprano and cello
based on the poem "Loisaida" by Bimbo Rivas (1974)
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Review: Jessie Montgomery Composer Portrait is a Prismatic Snapshot of Her Many Stylistic Influences
Published April 8, 2025
I Care If You Listen
“Source Code for string quartet opened the program with the composer on violin joining violinist Monica Davis, violist Dana Kelley, and cellist Gabriel Cabezas. The quartet fostered the slippery movement…
Review: Grounded in community, Reflections on a Blacknificent 7 afternoon with Resonance Ensemble
Published December 3, 2024
Oregon Artswatch
“Jessie Montgomery’s Loisaida, for soprano/cello duet and chorus is a vibrant love song for Loisaida, a neighborhood in New York’s Lower East Side. Montgomery set the “Loisaida” text, written by poet, educator…
Review: At Jessie Montgomery’s first MusicNOW with the CSO, all the rhythms of two great cities
Published November 2, 2021
Chicago Tribune
“Montgomery’s two offerings reaffirmed exactly why she was tapped as the orchestra’s composer-in-residence, writing with a Technicolor brilliance and harmonic plushness perfect for the CSO’s own heart-on-its-sleeve proclivities.”