Jennifer Higdon

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Jennifer Higdon is a Pulitzer Prize–winning American composer renowned for her contemporary classical works and widely performed orchestral, chamber, and vocal music.

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instanceOf American composer
classical composer
composer
human
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition

Grawemeyer Award for Music Composition
NPR Classical 100 list inclusion
Pulitzer Prize for Music
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1962-12-31
educatedAt Bowling Green State University
Curtis Institute of Music
University of Pennsylvania
employer Curtis Institute of Music
fieldOfWork concert music
music composition
opera composition
orchestration
gender female
genre chamber music
contemporary classical music
orchestral music
vocal music
hasWebsite https://jenniferhigdon.com
influencedBy George Crumb
Samuel Barber
popular music
rock music
languageOfWorkOrName English
movement contemporary classical music
notableAwardWork Grammy Award for Best Classical Contemporary Composition
surface form: Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for Percussion Concerto

Pulitzer Prize for Music
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for Music for Violin Concerto
notableStudent various contemporary composers (Curtis Institute students)
notableWork All Things Majestic
City Scape
Cold Mountain
Concerto for Orchestra
Dooryard Bloom
Oboe Concerto
On a Wire
Percussion Concerto
Piano Concerto
The Singing Rooms
Trumpet Concerto
Violin Concerto
blue cathedral
occupation composer
music educator
placeOfBirth Brooklyn
New York
New York City
positionHeld composition faculty member at Curtis Institute of Music
residence Philadelphia

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