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Strum: Music for Strings

Strum: Music for Strings

Artist: Jessie Montgomery

Release Date: October 30, 2015

Label: Azica Records

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Works on this Album:

Banner for solo string quartet and chamber orchestra (2017) 8'

solo string quartet and orchestra 2(II=picc).1.1.1 - 1.1.0.0 - perc(1): timp/low tom/kick drum/SD - strings - solo string quartet

Commissioned by the Joyce Foundation and The Sphinx Organization

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Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin (2014) 7'

solo violin

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Source Code for string quartet (2013) 8'

string quartet

Commissioned by the Isaiah Fund for New Initiatives in partnership with Symphony Space

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Break Away (2013) 12'

string quartet

commissioned by PUBLIQuartet for the Music of Now Marathon

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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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Strum for string quartet/quintet (2006, rev. 2012) 7'

string quartet or quintet

commissioned by Community MusicWorks; revision by the Sphinx Organization

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This release is the first album dedicated solely to the music of Jessie Montgomery and marks her debut as a leading composer and performer. Jessie has been recognized as an important emerging composer by the American Composers Orchestra, the Sphinx Organization, the Joyce Foundation and the Sorel Organization through generous grants and fellowships that support and promote her works.