Banner for solo string quartet and string orchestra (2014) 8'
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Commissioned by the Joyce Foundation and The Sphinx Organization
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Review: The NSO explores the sound of America in compelling season prologue
“Montgomery takes a multilayered approach to her interpretation of the anthem, stitching its melodies into a patchwork of a dozen other work songs, folk songs, freedom songs and anthems of…
Season Highlights: A bumper crop of new operas tops a hearty fall classical harvest
The National Symphony Orchestra soft-launches its 94th season at the Kennedy Center on Sept. 14 with “Echoes of America: Music of Carlos Simon, Aaron Copland & Jessie Montgomery,” featuring bass-baritone Morris Robinson…
Review: Ecstasy (Adelaide Symphony Orchestra performs Banner)
“Montgomery’s Banner was commissioned in 2014 to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the writing of the Star-Spangled Banner which became America’s national anthem. As an African American, Montgomery felt that the anthem didn’t apply…
Review: An American portrait in disparate voices
“Montgomery’s ‘Banner,’ from 2014, ingeniously casts a string quartet as the individual “soloist” both vigorously supported by and at times vigorously challenged by the collective in the form of the…