PUBLIQuartet & Big Dog Little Dog: Music of Jessie Montgomery
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Jessie Montgomery — Voodoo Dolls
Jessie Montgomery — Break Away
Jessie Montgomery — In Color
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.
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About PUBLIQuartet
Applauded by The Washington Post as "a perfect encapsulation of today’s trends in chamber music," and by The New Yorker as "independent-minded," the Grammy-nominated PUBLIQuartet's modern interpretation of chamber music makes them one of the most dynamic artists of their generation. Dedicated to presenting new works for string quartet, PUBLIQuartet rose on the music scene as winner of the 2013 Concert Artists Guild's New Music/New Places award, and in 2019 garnered Chamber Music America’s prestigious Visionary Award for outstanding and innovative approaches to contemporary classical, jazz, and world chamber music. PQ's genre-bending programs range from 20th-century masterworks to newly commissioned pieces, alongside re-imaginations of classical works featuring open-form improvisations that expand the techniques and aesthetic of the traditional string quartet.
PUBLIQuartet has served as artist-in-residence at top institutions including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and National Sawdust and has appeared at a wide variety of venues and festivals, from Carnegie Hall and the Newport Jazz Festival to The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Their latest album, the GRAMMY-nominated Freedom and Faith, debuted atop the Billboard Classical Charts in May 2019. The 2019-2020 season brings a diverse array of programs to venues across the United States and abroad, including an appearance at the String Quartet Biennale in Amsterdam.PUBLIQuartet's commitment to supporting emerging composers inspired their innovative program, PUBLIQ Access, which promotes emerging composers and presents a wide variety of under-represented music for string quartet–from classical, jazz and electronic, to non-notated, world and improvised music. Other unique projects include MIND|THE|GAP, a series of group-composed works developed by PQ to generate interest in new music while also engaging traditional classical music audiences. These unique creations range from Bird in Paris (Claude Debussy meets Charlie Parker) to more recent extended works including What Is American? (an exploration of Dvorak's beloved "American" String Quartet) and Sancta Femina (based on themes by three medieval and baroque female composers).
Founded in 2010, PUBLIQuartet is currently based in New York City.
https://www.publiquartet.com/