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Jessie Montgomery & Curtis Stewart
Mar 3, 2024 — 4:30 PM
Overview
Chicago Opera Theater Music Director Lidiya Yankovskaya leads musicians from the CSO in a program dedicated to composer-performers: four-time Grammy Award-nominated violinist and composer Curtis Stewart; composer, conductor and educator Tania León; composer and multi-instrumentalist Tyshawn Sorey, and CSO Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery. The program features two world premieres — Resonance by Stewart and Concerto Grosso by Montgomery.
Curated by Mead Composer-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery.
Composers
Program
León
Arenas D'Un Tiempo
Stewart
of Love
Sorey
For Fred Lerdahl
Montgomery
Concerto Grosso [CSO MusicNOW Commission, World Premiere]
Stewart
Embrace
Stewart
Resonance [CSO MusicNOW Commission, World Premiere]
Performers
Extras
Enhance your concert experience with these additional events.
Preconcert Performance at 3:45 p.m. in Grainger Ballroom
Afterparty in the Rotunda
Enjoy casual afterparties and meet-and-greets with the artists and discover new ways to immerse yourself in the imaginative musical worlds of today's most innovative composers.
Sponsors & Partners
Major support for CSO MusicNOW is generously provided by the Zell Family Foundation, Sargent Family Foundation, Sally Mead Hands Foundation, Julian Family Foundation and The Aaron Copland Fund for Music.
Pizza for CSO MusicNOW is generously provided by Jet’s Pizza.
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