“I love Jessie Montgomery’s “Strum” because I can find myself in it. The way it searches and shifts, changing colors and textures; the way the second violin and viola join…
“Ms Montgomery’s piece was a breath of fresh air. Musical styles from avant-garde jazz to Angolan eqlullabies quarreled and overlapped, keeping our ears pricked for the duration of the piece.…
“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…
“I’m in my fifth year on the board of Chamber Music America, and more than half the board is people of color. It’s very evenly balanced as far as gender…
