Strum for string orchestra (2006, rev. 2012) 8'
string orchestra minimum string count: 3/3/3/2/1
commissioned by Community MusicWorks; revision by the Sphinx Organization
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Upcoming Performances 
Sibelius Hall Ankkurikatu 7, Lahti Touhill Performing Arts Center 1 Touhill Circle, St. Louis, MO 
Multiple locations in southern Scotland and northen England 
Times-Union Center for the Performing Arts 300 Water Street, Suite 200, Jacksonville, FL 
Frauenthal Center 425 W Western Ave STE 200, Muskegon, MI Lensic Performaning Arts Center 211 West San Francisco Street, Santa Fe, NM 
Ambassador Auditorium 131 S St John Ave, Pasadena, CA 
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR Reynolds Auditorium 301 N. Hawthorne Rd., Winston-Salem, NC 
Orpheum Theater 57 S Kellogg St, Galesburg, IL
BRASS WITH BRAWN (Lahti Symphony Orchestra performs Strum)
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St. Louis Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Scottish Chamber Orchestra performs Strum
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Jacksonville Symphony performs Strum
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West Michigan Symphony performs Strum
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Santa Fe Pro Musica performs Strum
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Pasadena Symphony performs Strum
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Serenade in the Wind (Portland Youth Philharmonic performs Strum)
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Winston-Salem Symphony performs Strum
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Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra performs Strum
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Performance History 
Muliple locations in the Netherlands 
Saint Paul’s Syracuse 220 East Fayette Street, Syracuse, NY 
The Rady Shell 222 Marina Park Way, San Diego, CA Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts 390 King St W, Kingston, ON 
Racine Memorial Hall 72 7th St, Racine, WI 
Thunder Bay Community Auditorium 1 Paul Shaffer Dr, Thunder Bay, ON P7B 6C7 
Berliner Philharmonie Herbert-von-Karajan-Straße 1, Berlin 
Multiple locations in Maryland and Deleware 
Piedmont Park Oak Hill 371 10th St NE, Atlanta, GA 
Gardner Theatre 725 Hamilton Road, Lancaster, PA Kotkan konserttitalo Keskuskatu 33, Kotka 
Barossa Arts Centre 130 Magnolia Rd, Tanunda, SA 
O'Reilly Theater 621 Penn Ave, Pittsburgh, PA Silver Center for the Arts (Plymouth State University) 114 Main St, Plymouth, NH 
Dollar Bank ain Stage Stanwix Street and Ft. Duquesne Boulevard Intersection, Pittsburgh, PA 
Brattleboro Music Center 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro, VT 
Wesley United Methodist Church 114 W Broadway St, Winona, MN 
L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center 1002 Sam Nixon Dr, Pocatello, ID 
Chenery Auditorium 714 S Westnedge Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 
Ozinga Chapel at Trinity Christian College 6601 W College Dr, Palos Heights 
Vaasa City Hall Senaatinkatu 1, Vaasa, Ostrobothnia 
George Washington Masonic Memorial 101 Callahan Dr, Alexandria, VA 
Minnesota Orchestra Hall 1111 Nicollet Mall, Minneapolis, MN 
Boettcher Concert Hall 1000 14th St, Denver, CO 
Vert Auditorium 480 Southwest Dorion Avenue, Pendleton 
La Casa De Cristo Church 6300 E. Bell Rd, Scottsdale, AZ 
Southbank Centre Belvedere Road, London 
Merkin Concert Hall 129 W 67th St., New York, NY 
Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ 
Long Center for the Performing Arts 701 W Riverside Dr, Austin, TX 
Holy Rosary Cathedral 2104 Garnet St, Regina, Saskatchewan 
Southbank Centre Belvedere Road, London 
Sala São Paulo Praça Júlio Prestes, 16 - Campos Elíseos, São Paulo 
Heinz Hall 600 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA Kimmel Center 300 South Broad St., Philadelphia, PA 
Yavapai College Performing Arts Center 1100 East Sheldon St., Prescott, AZ 
Boettcher Concert Hall 1000 14th St, Denver, CO 
Windsor Castle Windsor SL4 1NJ 
Gershwin Performing Arts Center 24801 Monroe Ave, Murietta, CA 
Kammerphilharmonie Frankfurt Frankfurt 
Nagaoka Lyric Hall 3 Chome-1356-6 Senshu, Nagaoka, Niigata 
Frankling Park Conservatory & Botanical Gardens 1777 E Broad St, Columbus, OH 
St. Mary of the Assumption 1505 White Pine Canyon Rd, Park City, UT 
Wintergreen Resort 39 Mountain Inn Loop, Nellysburg, Virginia 
Venetian Theater at Caramoor 149 Girdle Ridge Rd, Katonah, NY 10536 
Davies Symphony Hall 201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, CA 
Church of the Covenant 67 Newbury Street, Boston, MA Catalina Foothills High School 4300 E Sunrise Dr, Tucson, AZ 
Walt Disney Concert Hall 111 S Grand Ave, Los Angeles, CA
Sinfonia Rotterdam performs Strum
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Symphonia performs Strum
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San Diego Symphony performs Strum
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Kingston Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Racine Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Thunder Bay Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester performs Strum
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Mid-Atlantic Symphony performs Strum
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Atlanta Symphony Orchestra performs Strum (Concerts in the Park)
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Lancaster Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Kymi Sinfonietta performs Strum
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Adelaide Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Spring into Summer (Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs Strum)
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Strum at New Hampshire Music Festival
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Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs Strum (Three Rivers Arts Festival)
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Heaven’s Border (Juno Orchestra performs Strum)
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Winona Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Manhattan Skyline (Idaho State-Civic Symphony performs Strum)
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Family Discovery! (Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra performs Strum)
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SOARING STRINGS: An Orchestral Celebration of Matthew Mantell (Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra performs Strum)
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The Land of Opportunity (Vaasa City Orchestra performs Strum)
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Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic performs Strum
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Minnesota Orchestra plays Strum
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Lift Every Voice Youth Concert (Colorado Symphony performs Strum)
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Some Like It Scot! (Oregon East Symphony performs Strum)
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Arizona Musicfest Festival Orchestra performs Strum
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London Mozart Players perform Strum
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Strings of Modus Operandi Orchestra perform Starburst and Strum
Tucson Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Austin Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Regina Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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The Philharmonia Orchestra (UK) performs Strum
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Sphinx Virtuosi performs Strum and Divided with Tommy Mesa, cello at Sala São Paulo
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Sphinx Virtuosi performs Strum and Divided with Tommy Mesa, cello | Philadelphia Chamber Music Society
Arizona Philharmonic performs Strum
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Colorado Symphony performs Strum
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Philharmonia Orchestra (UK) performs Strum
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California Chamber Orchestra performs Strum and Records from a Vanishing City
Kammerphilharmonie Frankfurt performs Strum
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Affinis Festival Orchestra (Japan) performs Strum
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ProMusica Columbus performs Strum
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Utah Symphony Orchestra performs Strum at Deer Valley
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Wintergreen Music Festival performs Strum
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Orchestra of St. Luke’s performs Strum at Caramoor
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San Francisco Symphony performs Strum
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Orchestra Without Borders Boston performs Strum
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Tucson Symphony Orchestra performs Strum
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Los Angeles Philharmonic performs Strum
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Press
Review: Omega Ensemble’s vibrant virtuosos dance the night away
By Steve Moffatt
Published June 21, 2023
The Daily Telegraph
“The dance theme of the evening got off to a lively start with Strum, a folk music inspired work by New York composer Jessie Montgomery, its title coming from the…
Review: Ecstatic Dances (Omega Ensemble)
By Hugo Mathers
Published June 21, 2023
Limelight
“The evening began with Montgomery’s Strum, an all-strings affair, with plucked and strummed violins producing stunning layers of rhythmic and harmonic ostinati. Having grown up on New York’s Lower East…
Recordings 
Dancing Circles in the Night
Artist: Mimesis Ensemble
Release Date: October 1, 2020
Label: Arabesque Records