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Composer-in-residence<\/h2>\n
Cali is also welcoming Artist-in-Residence Jessie Montgomery, an acclaimed composer, violinist and educator.<\/p>\n
\u201cJessie is one of the most talented composers and innovative artists I know,\u201d says Mazzocchi.<\/p>\n
A recipient of the ASCAP Foundation\u2019s Leonard Bernstein Award, Montgomery\u2019s works are performed frequently worldwide by leading musicians and ensembles. Her compositions have been described as \u201cturbulent, wildly colorful and exploding with life<\/a>\u201d and interweave classical music with elements of vernacular music, improvisation, language and social justice.\u201cMusic is my connection to the world,\u201d Montgomery explains. \u201cIt guides me to understand my place in relation to others and challenges me to make clear the things I do not understand. I imagine that music is a meeting place at which all people can converse about their unique differences and common stories.\u201d\u201cI am honored that Jessie agreed to join us on this amazing journey this year at our school,\u201d adds Mazzocchi.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Finally, the reimagined 2021-22 professional residency program includes a rotation of 10 ensembles and solo artists on campus for weeklong visiting residencies across the academic year for the first-ever Cali Immersive Residency program<\/a>.The artists bring star power, stunning technique and a range of musical genres. They include: choral octet VOCES8<\/a>; the charismatic \u201cclassical-meets-rock-star-duo\u201d Peter Dugan and Charles Yang<\/a>; electro-acoustic violist Trevor New<\/a>; composer and soprano Kamala Sankaram<\/a>; JACK Quartet<\/a>; the phenomenal Kronos Quartet<\/a>, and, finally, the legendary Wynton Marsalis.\u201cEach week long residency will contribute to an ongoing exploration of the ever-changing landscape of music today, introducing students by example to a future that will be, at times, less traditional,\u201d says Mazzocchi. \u201cThrough the multiple opportunities to learn from guest artists, students will learn more broadly not only about music of the future but also their careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The weekly residencies will each include individual and ensemble coaching, seminars, guest lectures, public discussions, campus-wide presentations and community events, and culminate in two concerts: one on campus in Leshowitz Recital Hall and one in New York City in the Merkin Concert Hall, co-presented with the Kaufman Music Center. (Tickets will be available at kaufmanmusiccenter.org\/mch\/series\/bridges<\/a>.)<\/p>\n \u201cThe goal of these residencies is to break students out of their silos,\u201d explains Mazzocchi.<\/p>\n \u201cSchools of music by their very nature tend to be siloed within themselves. You have music majors \u2013 performance majors, music education majors, music therapy majors. And then you have brass and woodwinds and strings. You have composition. There\u2019s jazz and classical. And then the school of music can get siloed in and of itself from the rest of the university.\u201d<\/p>\n With the residencies, Mazzocchi is looking to bring diverse students and educators together not just from the Cali School, but from across the entire University.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m incredibly excited about these residencies. They\u2019re the right fit and they make sense in every way,\u201d says Mazzocchi. \u201cI\u2019m so pumped for this year.\u201d<\/p>\n Story by Staff Writer Mary Barr Mann<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Groundbreaking ensemble showcases Cali School\u2019s innovative approach to artists-in-residence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":189,"featured_media":210923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-210922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210922"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210931,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210922\/revisions\/210931"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/john-j-cali-school-of-music\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/div>\nWeekly immersive residencies<\/h2>\n