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Jessie Montgomery

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“One of the most distinctive and communicative voices in the US, as a player and a creator.”
BBC

Third Coast Percussion collaborates with Jessie Montgomery on their lastest album “Standard Stoppages,” out now!

The album features Jessie’s “Study No. 1,” written in collaboration with TCP, and her “In Color Suite,” arranged for percussion ensemble by TCP member Sean Connors

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Performance Today selects Jessie Montgomery as 2025 Classical Woman of the Year

“She creates works that help us understand ourselves and reflect in meaningful ways on the times we live in,” says Fred Child, host and senior editor of the program

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April 3rd: Composer Portraits: Jessie Montgomery at Columbia University’s Miller Theatre

The all-Montgomery program features the premiere of a new work for The Everything Band—eight composer-performers creating music by experimentation, improvisation, and open-ended form

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Jessie Montgomery announces Spring 2025 Season Highlights

Jessie’s busy season includes premieres by the NY Phil and The Everything Band, touring with Third Coast Percussion, works featured in Julia Bullock’s “History’s Persistent Voice” and much more!

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Praise in The Utah Review for “Jessie Montgomery Plays Jessie Montgomery” at NOVA Chamber Music Series

The Utah Review celebrates the concert as a prototype for future programs highlighting the works of a single contemporary figure

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Violinist.com Interview with Jessie Montgomery

“Live music brings people together: ‘There’s the attraction of the music and of the people who are making the music, and once you have everybody in the room, then you start to generate other connections’”

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Dr. Quinton Morris hosts Jessie Montgomery on latest episode of Unmute the Voices

Longtime friends Morris and Montgomery sit down for conversation about the skyrocketing popularity of her music, finding pleasure and motivation in her craft, and work-life balance

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Feb 25 at Chicago Symphony Center: Awadagin Pratt and Sphinx Virtuosi perform Jessie’s Grammy-winning piano concerto “Rounds”

The 18-member ensemble returns to Symphony Center performing masterpieces by prominent Black and Latino composers

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Jessie Montgomery joins Northwestern Bienen School of Music faculty for Winter 2025 term

Jessie’s tenure includes a series of lectures, masterclasses, as well as performances featuring her music beginning Jan 11th with Third Coast Percussion.

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“An early candidate for ‘classic'” — Praise for Jessie’s “Strum” in the latest issue of The Strad magazine!

“Jessie Montgomery’s Strum (2006) is perhaps an early candidate for ‘classic,’ given the frequency of performances, and the Dover found immense pleasure in its gutsy textures and rhythms.”

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Listen on-demand to Jessie’s interview on KJazz 88.1 FM’s “Beyond Symphonic Jazz” with host Mitch Glickman

Hear Jessie speak on her musical upbringing, inspirations, how she draws from and expands on varied musical traditions, and how she first connected with long-time collaborators.

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Hear Third Coast Percussion perform Jessie Montgomery’s “Study No. 1”

Jessie wrote her first work for percussion in close collaboration with TCP, a chance she seized to explore new rhythms and textures, from dipping crotales in water to blowing air into tom-toms.

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