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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Announcement: The Sphinx Organization to Make Wigmore Hall Debut in May
“The program opens with Strum by 2024 GRAMMY-winning composer, violinist and educator Jessie Montgomery, the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s current Mead Composer-in-Residence, who has been affiliated with the Sphinx Organization since…
Feature: 5 Minutes That Will Make You Love 21st-Century Composers
“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…
Review: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra continues with thrilling new Live at the Sheldon series
“On “Strum” (2006), which opens with an instantly unforgettable plucked violin part, their 20 rhythmic strings filled every corner and cranny of the Sheldon. In this intimate setting with such…