Jessie Montgomery is a violinist and composer raised in Manhattan, New York. She grew up in an arts-focused household: her father was a musician and her mother was a theater actress and storyteller. Following in her parents’ footsteps, she started her music career by taking violin lessons at Third Street Music School Settlement in New York, one of the oldest community organizations in the country. A rising star in today’s classical music scene with works performed by orchestras across the country, she has made a name for herself composing music described as “wildly colorful and exploding with life.”
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How the sections of music are put together... the structure F E AT U R E D W O R K
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FUN FACTS: • Jessie Montgomery maintains an active performing career in addition to composing, traveling the world playing violin. • She attended New York University to study composition for film and multimedia. • One of the unique aspects of her music is her use of various genres such as folk music, spirituals, improvisation, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, and elements of poetry.
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BORN: December 8, 1981, in New York, New York