Uploaded August 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Members of Ensemble Connect perform Jessie Montgomery’s Strum. This performance was part of Ensemble Connect Up Close: Rotae Passionis, which was filmed in Carnegie Hall's Resnick Education Wing on January 31, 2026. For this Up Close concert, the ensemble’s artistic partner was world-renowned conductor, music director, and 2025–2026 Carnegie Hall Perspectives artist Marin Alsop, who curated a program of new music and participated as a conductor. View the full concert here: youtu.be/g4EMeZ4qOqI

Performers
Laurel Gagnon, Violin
Coco Mi, Violin
Abby Smith, Viola
Elena Ariza, Cello

Marin Alsop, Artistic Partner

Valerie Insardi, Lighting Designer


“Strum”
Written by Jessie Montgomery
Jessie Montgomery Music (ASCAP)


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