April 18, 2022
PUBLIQuartet & Big Dog Little Dog: Music of Jessie Montgomery

PUBLIQuartet
Big Dog Little Dog
Jessie Montgomery
Eleonore Oppenheim

Lower East Side native Jessie Montgomery composes music that is “turbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life” (The Washington Post); she is currently Composer in Residence at the Chicago Symphony. An accomplished violinist, her chamber music combines elements of vernacular styles, improvisation, and themes of social justice the speak powerfully to performers and audiences alike. PUBLIQuartet (of which she was a founding member) joins her current ensemble, Big Dog Little Dog, for an exploration of her music.

Program

Astor Piazzolla - Libertango

Jessie Montgomery — Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin

Montgomery — Voodoo Dolls

Montgomery — Break Away

Montgomery — In Color for tuba and string quartet

Big Dog Little Dog — Selections TBA

Group Improvisation

Watch & Listen

PUBLIQuartet performs Voodoo Dolls by Jessie Montgomery

Jessie Montgomery performs her own Rhapsody No. 1 for solo violin

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