Starburst for string orchestra (2012) 3'
String Orchestra minimum string count: 3/3/3/2/1
commissioned by the Sphinx Organization
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Upcoming Performances 
Various locations across New England 
New England Conservatory — Brown Hall 30 Gainsborough St, Boston, MA, United States 
Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ, United States 
Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St John Ave, Pasadena, CA, United States 
Boettcher Concert Hall Denver Performing Arts Complex 1000 14th Street, Denver, CO, United States 
Pennfield High School Auditorium 8299 Pennfield Rd, Battle Creek, MI, United States 
Merkin Concert Hall 129 W 67th St., New York, NY 
Her Majesty's Theatre 219 Exhibition St, Melbourne, VIC, Australia 
Benaroya Hall 200 University St, Seattle, WA, United States 
St Andrews, Glasgow, and Edinburgh 
Lensic Performing Arts Center 211 W San Francisco St, Santa Fe, NM, United States 
Peace Concert Hall 300 S Main St, Greenville, SC, United States 
Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Hope Street, Liverpool, England, United Kingdom
ready or not revisited | Palaver Strings performs Starburst
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New England Conservatory presents Starburst
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Tucson Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Pasadena Symphony performs Starburst
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Colorado Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Battle Creek Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Manhattan School of Music Symphony performs Starburst
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Melbourne Symphony Orchestra performs Strum and Starburst
Seattle Symphony performs Starburst
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra performs Starburst
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Santa Fe Symphony performs Starburst
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Greenville Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Royal Liverpool Philharmonic performs Starburst
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Performance History Various locations across New England Merinos AKKM Santral Garaj, Atatürk Kongre Kültür Merkezi, 16099 Osmangazi̇, Bursa, Turkey Boettcher Concert Hall Denver Performing Arts Complex 1000 14th Street, Denver, CO, United States 
Mobile Symphony Orchestra 257 Dauphin St., Mobile, AL, United States 
Johns Creek United Methodist Church 11180 Medlock Bridge Road, Johns Creek, GA, United States 
St. Philip's Episcopal Church 204 West 134th Street, New York, NY, United States 
Paramount Theatre Middletown 17 South St., Middletown, NY, United States 
St Bartholomew the Great W Smithfield, London, England, United Kingdom 
Roy Thomson Hall 60 Simcoe St, Toronto, Ontario, Canada 
Westlands Entertainment Venue Westbourne Cl, Yeovil, England, United Kingdom 
Davies Symphony Hall 201 Van Ness Ave., San Francisco, CA, United States Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center 4915 East Campus Drive, Alexandria, VA, United States 
Lake George Music Festival 7 Stone Pine Lane, Queensberry, NY, United States 
Finnish House of Nobility Ritarikatu 1, 00170, Helsinki, Finland 
WWU Performing Arts Center 516 High St, Bellingham, WA, United States Mount Saint Mary College - Aquinas Hall 330 Powell Ave, Newburgh, NY, United States 
The VETS 1 Ave of the Arts, Providence, RI, United States 
Multiple locations near San Francisco 
Memorial Auditorium 736 Georgia Ave, Suite 101, Chattanooga, TN, United States 
North Coast Harbor Cleveland, OH, United States 
Greensboro Symphny Orchestra 200 N. Davie Street Suite 301, Greensboro, NC, United States 
Severance Music Center 11001 Euclid Ave, Cleveland, OH, United States 
Wattenbarger Auditorium 1150 N. Dixiw Ave., Cookeville, TN, United States Kahilu Theatre 67-1186 Lindsey Rd, Waimea, HI, United States 
Lyman Center for the Performing Arts 501 Crescent Street, New Haven, CT, United States 
RedHouse Arts Center 400 South Salina Street, Syracuse, NY, United States 
Debartolo Performing Arts Center 100 Performing Arts Center, Notre Dame, IN, United States 
Gallo Center for the Arts 1000 I St, Modesto, CA, United States 
Robert M. & Janet L. Archer Auditorium 1440 King Rd, Ashland, OH, United States Cordiner Hall 46 S Park St, Walla Walla, WA, United States 
Chicago Symphony Center 220 S Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 
First Church Cambridge 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA, United States Sarah Lawrence College - Reisinger Hall 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY, United States 
Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall 555 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Rehoboth Church of God 1170 Blue Hills Avenue, Bloomfield, CT, United States 
Kraushaar Auditorium 1021 Dulaney Valley Rd, Towson, MD, United States Keppel Auditorium 2300 W Innes St, Salisbury, NC, United States 
Minnesota Orchestra Hall 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN, United States St John’s Smith Square St John’s Smith Square, London, United Kingdom 
Milton Court Concert Hall Silk St, London, United Kingdom 
Kaul Auditorium 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR, United States 
Judith and Thomas L. Beckmen YOLA Center 101 South La Brea Avenue, Inglewood, CA, United States The Sheldonian Theatre Broad St, Oxford OX1 3AZ, United Kingdom Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL 1 Touhill Circle, St. Louis, MO, United States 
Miller Symphony Hall 23 N 6th St, Allentown, PA, United States 
Harris Theater 205 East Randolph, Chicago, IL 
The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts 300 S Broad St, Philadelphia, PA, United States 
Boettcher Concert Hall Denver Performing Arts Complex 1000 14th Street, Denver, CO, United States 
Clark State Performing Arts Center 300 S Fountain Ave, Springfield, OH, United States 
Naugatuck Valley Community College Fine Arts Center 750 Chase Pkwy, Waterbury, CT, United States 
Adelaide Town Hall 128 King William St, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia 
Karlsrogården Vandrarhem Öxneredsvägen, Vänersborg, Sweden 
Thaxted Parish Church Watling St, Thaxted, Essex, United Kingdom 
St Clement Danes Church Central Church of the Royal Air Force, Strand, London, United Kingdom 
Around Scotland , United Kingdom 
Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp 300 E Crystal Lake Rd, Twin Lake, MI, United States 
Unitarian Church of All Souls 1157 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY, United States 
Wayzata Central Middle School 305 Vicksburg Lane, North Plymouth, MN, United States 
Number 8 8 High St, Pershore, England, United Kingdom 
Temple Theatre 201 N. Washington Ave., Saginaw, MI, United States 
Kennedy Center 2700 F St NW, Washington, DC, United States 
Boettcher Concert Hall Denver Performing Arts Complex 1000 14th Street, Denver, CO, United States 
Merkin Concert Hall 129 W 67th St., New York, NY 
Visalia Fox Theatre 308 W Main St, Visalia, CA, United States 
Ohio Theatre 39 E. State Street, Columbus, OH, United States 
Chautaqua Auditorium 900 Baseline Road, Boulder, CO 
St. Columba Church 1800 E 2nd Ave, Durango, CO 
Wintergreen Resort 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Nellysburg, Virginia 
Royal Northern College of Music 124 Oxford Rd, Manchester, United Kingdom 
Rash Field 201 Key Hwy, Baltimore, Maryland 
White Concert Hall 1700 SW Jewell Ave, Topeka, KS 
First Presbyterian Church of Atlanta 1328 Peachtree Street Northeast, Atlanta, GA 
Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore, London, England, United Kingdom
ready or not revisited | Palaver Strings performs Starburst
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Bursa Regional State Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Colorado Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Mobile Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Johns Creek Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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The Unsung Collective performs Starburst
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Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance performs Starburst
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Toronto Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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San Francisco Symphony performs Starburst and Strum
United States Marine Band performs Starburst
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Lake George Music Festival presents Starburst
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Kamarikesä Festival presents Starburst
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Bellingham Festival of Music presents Starburst
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Greater Newburgh Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Rhode Island Philharmonic performs Starburst
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Marin Symphony performs Starburst
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Chattanooga Symphony performs Starburst
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Cleveland Orchestra performs Starburst at Total Eclipse Fest 2024
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Greensboro Symphony performs Starburst
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Cleveland Orchestra performs Starburst
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Bryan Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Kamuela Philharmonic Orchestra performs Starburst
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New Haven Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Symphoria performs Starburst
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Conductor Cynthia Katsarelis and members of the South Bend Symphony perform Starburst
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Modesto Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Ashland Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Walla Walla Symphony performs Starburst
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Chicago Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Du Bois Orchestra performs Starburst
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Westchester Chamber Soloists performs Starburst
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Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Hartford Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Baltimore Chamber Orchestra performs Starburst
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Salisbury Symphony performs Starburst
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Minnesota Orchestra performs Starburst
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Southbank Sinfonia performs Starburst
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Britten Sinfonia performs Starburst
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Portland Chamber Orchestra performs Starburst
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Youth Orchestra Los Angeles performs Starburst
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Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective performs Starburst
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Family Concert: A Zoo Called Earth (Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst)
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Allentown Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Chicago Philharmonic performs Starburst
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Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia performs Starburst
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Colorado Symphony performs Starburst
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Springfield Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Waterbury Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst and Divided
Vitality (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst)
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Skallsjö Sommarorkester performs Starburst at the Evolution Music Festival
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Thaxted Festival (London Mozart Players perform Starburst)
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A Quixotic Lunchtime Concert At St Clement’s (Nonesuch Orchestra performs Starburst)
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Concerts for a Summer’s Night (Scottish Ensemble performs Starburst)
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Grand Rapids Symphony performs Starburst
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Musica Viva New York performs Starburst
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Impressions of America (Wayzata Symphony Orchestra performs Starbusrt)
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ROCOCO (Orchestra of the Swan performs Starburst)
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Beethoven’s Immortal 5th (Saginaw Bay Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst)
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Let’s Build an Orchestra! featuring Philharmonia Fantastique (National Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst))
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Colorado Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Strings of Modus Operandi Orchestra perform Starburst and Strum
Sequoia Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Columbus Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst
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Colorado Music Festival performs Starburst
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Music in the Mountains performs Starburst
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Wintergreen Music Festival performs Starburst
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Manchester Camerata and students of the Royal Northern College of Music perform Starburst
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Baltimore Symphony Orchestra performs Starburst at Rash Field
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Sunflower Music Festival performs Strum and Starburst
Challenge The Stats Juneteenth Orchestra performs Starburst
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CBeebies: A Musical Trip to the Moon (Starburst at BBC Proms)
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Press
Interview: Jessie Montgomery: Conjuring Memories
By Frank J. Oteri
Published April 26, 2016
New Music USA
“What sets Montgomery’s own music apart from so many of her antecedents as well as peers is how deeply immersed she has been for most of her life in the…
Review: Du Bois Orchestra Serves Up a Feast of Music by Black Composers
By Aaron Keebaugh
Published February 19, 2024
The Arts Fuse
“As cheerful and vivacious as its title implies, Starburst transforms simple gestures into an animated — and at times prickly — dialogue. Conductor Dominique Hoskin’s direction created a picture rife with…
Concert review: Hilary Hahn (violin) Kaleidoscope Chamber Collective
By Charlotte Gardner
Published September 22, 2023
The Strad
“Jessie Montgomery’s Starburst (2012) – all the above strings players plus violinists Melissa White, Nathan Amaral and Graham Mitchell, violist Rosalind Ventris and bassist Graham Mitchell – sounded as per…
Recordings 
Flight: Migration Music Part 2
Artist: The Knights, Lara Downes, Ivalas Quartet
Release Date: October 22, 2021
Label: Rising Sun Music
Strum: Music for Strings
Artist: Jessie Montgomery
Release Date: October 30, 2015
Label: Azica Records