On July 9th, Andris Nelsons conducts the Boston Symphony Orchestra in a program including works by Brahms, Habibi and Montgomery featuring Julia Bullock, soprano and Hilary Hahn, violin
Orchestra collective The Knights perform L.E.S. Characters with violist Masumi Per Rostad at the Naumburg Bandshell in Central Park, June 27th
“Transfigure to Grace made plain what Chicago audiences already know: Montgomery is behind some of the most idiomatic and irresistible string writing being penned right now.”
Riccardo Muti conducts the world premiere of Jessie Montgomery’s Transfigure to Grace with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra May 11 – May 16
Musical America has named Jessie as Composer of the Year, alongside other award recipients Hilary Hahn, Seymon Bychkov, and Yuval Sharon.
Beginning in Fall 2022, Jessie will join the The Bard College Conservatory of Music alongside fellow composer Missy Mazzoli.
Taking effect in July 2021, the three-year residency includes — among else — the commissioning of three new works for the orchestra, and curation of CSO MusicNOW.
Jessie speaks with Gustavo Dudamel and curates a special LA Phil SOUND/STAGE program, including Records From a Vanishing City and music by Ellen Reid.
NYYS’s first album includes Soul Force, alongside works by Valerie Coleman and Florence Price.