Snapshots (2023) 18'
orchestra 3(III=picc).3(III=EH).3(II=Ebcl;III=bcl).3(III=cbn) - 4.3.3.1 - timp - perc(3): anvil/BD/bell/bongos/chimes/cowbell/crot/glsp/marimba/mark tree/ratchet/SD/susp. cym/tam-t/toms/vib/xyl - harp - pno(=cel) - strings
Co-Commissioned by the Dallas Symphony Orchestra (Lead Commissioner), Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, Seattle Symphony Orchestra, with acknowledgment of Amplifying Voices, a New Music USA initiative
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Announcement: Dallas Symphony to perform new Jessie Montgomery commission
Published October 5, 2023
The Dallas Morning News
“Jessie Montgomery’s ebullient music, alive with vernacular influences, has made her one of the highest visibility American composers these days. Snapshots, a Dallas Symphony commission, will be premiered in a program…
Review: Dallas Symphony premieres Jessie Montgomery piece in a razzle-dazzle first half
Published October 14, 2023
The Dallas Morning News
“The piece opens with glowing washes and surges of sound, before brass chatterings set the whole orchestra dancing in dotted and syncopated rhythms, with lots of percussion. A dreamy, shimmering…
Interview: Dallas Symphony Orchestra “Snapshots” World Premiere
Published October 13, 2023
WFAA
“Award winning composer Jessie Montgomery talks about her new piece “Snapshots” being performed by the DSO at Meyerson Symphony Orchestra October 14 & 15″