Heckscher Foundation – Ithaca College Composition Prize

  2003–04 Winner

Jennifer Higdon (b. Brooklyn, NY, 31 December 1962) is an active freelance composer. She is the recipient of numerous awards, including a Pew Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and two awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her orchestral work "Shine" was named Best New Piece of the Year in USA Today's Top Picks in Classical Music in 1996. Her works are recorded on 2 dozen discs, including a recent release on Telarc of "blue cathedral" by the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. She has received commissions for the Philadelphia Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Pittsburgh Symphony, Chicago Symphony, National Symphony, St. Paul Chamber Orchestra, Cypress String Quartet, and the Ying Quartet. Ms. Higdon is on the composition faculty at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia

Any questions about the competition should be directed to Professor Gregory Woodward (607-274-3688).

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