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Pulitzer Prize-Winning Composer Jennifer Higdon

WRTI Your Classical and Jazz Source

Published August 17, 2012 at 4:39 PM EDT

Pulitzer Prize and multiple Grammy award-winning composer Jennifer Higdon has written a large body of work for a range of ensembles, including orchestras, chamber groups, choruses, and wind ensembles. Now, she’s working on her first opera, commissioned by The Santa Fe Opera and The Opera Company of Philadelphia.