Jessie Montgomery : violin Curtis Stewart : violin Nick Revel : viola Amanda Gookin : cello
A New York City native and graduate of the Eastman School of Music, Curtis has performed as a soloist with the National Repertory Orchestra, and at Lincoln Center with “Ljova.” He has made chamber music appearances in the Rochester International Jazz Festival and at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall with the New York Chamber Virtuousi, holding his audiences “spellbound” with his “prodigious technique.”(New York Amsterdam News) An avid teacher, he currently teaches at the Laguardia Highschool for Music & Art and Performing Arts. Curtis’ eclectic background has led him to concerts in many different realms of music from the avant-garde jazz Vision Festival and MTV specials with Wyclef Jean and Yo La Tengo, to stints at the Jazz Gallery with Jason Lindner and Edmar Casteneda. His ensembles “PUBLIQuartet,” and “The Mighty Third Rail” perform frequently at many of New York’s illustrious venues including the Nuyorican Poet’s Cafe, the Stone, Cornelia Street Café, Lincoln Center’s Atirum, and “The Howl Festival“ of the Lower East Side. Curtis has played with many great musicians including Henry Threadgill, Dick Oatts, Jason Lindner, Adam Rudolf, Jason Hwang, Edmar Casteneda, Linda Oh, Chris Dingman, Graham Haynes, Akua Dixon, Dave Liebman, Matt Wilson, Jerome Harris, among many others. A supporter and practitioner of many styles of music, Curtis is excited to continue expanding and blending all the elements of his stylistic and expressive range, developing a unique and relevant voice in New York’s boundless music scene.