Jennifer Higdon

Jennifer Higdon (born December 31, 1962) is an American composer of classical music and flutist.

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December 31 - 1962 - American - Composer - Classical music

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She was born in Brooklyn, spent her first 10 years in Atlanta and studied at Bowling Green State University (for a degree in flute performance) and the University of Pennsylvania. Her Concerto for Orchestra (2002) was commissioned by the Philadelphia Orchestra and City Scape (2002) by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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Brooklyn - Atlanta - Bowling Green State University - University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Orchestra - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra

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Her composition teachers include Ned Rorem and George Crumb. She met her champion, Robert Spano, in 1985, when Spano was teaching a conducting course at BGSU. Higdon now teaches at the Curtis Institute of Music. She is also serving as the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Composer of the Year in 2005-2006. Her musical style, redolent of the music of Michael Daugherty, uses elements of traditional tonality and octatonic scales.

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Ned Rorem - George Crumb - Robert Spano - Curtis Institute of Music - Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Michael Daugherty - Octatonic scale

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