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JENNIFER HIGDON

(b 1962 )

Born in Brooklyn, NY, on New Year’s eve, 1962, Jennifer Higdon is one of the most performed living American composers working today. She is the recipient of many awards, including a Pew Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship and two awards from the American Academy of Arts & Letters. Her list of commissioners ranges from the Philadelphia Orchestra to the St Paul Chamber Orchestra; from Eighth Blackbird to the Tokyo String Quartet; and from The President’s Own Marine Band to such artists as Hilary Hahn and the bluegrass trio, Time for Three.

She holds the Rock Chair in Composition at The Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia.

(courtesy of the composer)


Role: Classical Composer
Album Title	Catalogue No	Work Category

American Music for Percussion, Vol. 1 (New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Epstein)	Naxos 8.559683	Concertos, Chamber Music
Chamber Music - AUERBACH, L. / GARROP, S. / HIGDON, J. / SCHWENDINGER, L.E. / THOMAS, A.R. / TOWER, J. (Notable Women) (Lincoln Trio)	Cedille CDR90000-126	Chamber Music
Chamber Music (Saxophone Quartet) - IVES, C. / HIGDON, J. / STURM, F. / TORKE, M. / BIXLER, D. / MACY, C. (Short Stories) (Ancia Saxophone Quartet)	Naxos 8.559616	Chamber Music
EIGHTH BLACKBIRD: Strange Imaginary Animals	Cedille CDR90000-094	Chamber Music
HIGDON, J.: Piano Trio / Voices / Impressions	Naxos 8.559298	Chamber Music
Violin Recital: Fain, Tim - PUTS, K. / GLASS, P. / KERNIS, A.J. / ZHURBIN, L. / DANIELPOUR, R. / BOLCOM, W. / HIGDON, J. (River of Light)	Naxos 8.559662	Chamber Music, Instrumental
Violin Recital: Koh, Jennifer - HIGDON, J. / HARRISON, L. / ADAMS, J. / RUGGLES, C. (String Poetic)	Cedille CDR90000-103	Chamber Music

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