Jessie Montgomery
Detroit News
January 29, 2014
Detroiter wins prestigious Joyce Award
Violinist and composer Jessie Montgomery,
who’s worked with Detroit’s Sphinx Organization for years, has won
$50,000 from the Chicago-based Joyce Foundation to create an original
musical composition.
The grant will be used
to write and produce “Banner!” — a tribute to the 200th anniversary of
the “Star-Spangled Banner.” The Sphinx Virtuosi will premiere “Banner!”
in October, and then take it on their organization’s national tour. The
composition reportedly will draw from rock, jazz and folk influences.
Montgomery
is one of four African-American women from the Midwest who won grants
and plan to contribute to dance, theater and classical music.
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