"Accessible" can be a dirty word in contemporary classical music. For decades, composers have outfitted their works with gnarly tangles of complexity, and heaven forbid if there's a tune you can hum.

For just the third time in its history, Lancaster Symphony Orchestra will honor a woman with its Composer's Award. Brooklyn native Jennifer Higdon, 45, has been selected as the 47th person to receive ...

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American composer Jennifer Higdon's awards include a Pulitzer Prize and three Grammy Awards. The versatile composer was born in Brooklyn, NY and raised in Georgia and Tennessee. She taught herself to ...

A soldier deserts his duties to return to his beloved and faces some devastating realities along the way. The Central Ohio Symphony will open its 2023-24 season with the Ohio premiere of Pulitzer ...

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Jennifer Higdon taught herself to play the flute when she was 15, but discovered her life's work when a college teacher assigned her to compose a piece of music for the instrument. Turns out, she has ...

Composer Jennifer Higdon during rehearsal at the OK Mozart Festival in Oklahoma. Her music receives over 250 performances each year. "Accessible" can be a dirty word in contemporary classical music.