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
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!
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
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’”
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
“Black Justice” (2020-2022) by Ori Carino
Ori Carino was born in a functioning art gallery loft on Houston st. Downtown Manhattan 1982. A life-long artist, He was raised among many pivotal artists of the 80s art movement of the Lower East Side.
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
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.
“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.”