Jennifer Higdon

An arrangement of blue cathedral has been created for band and is now available for rental through Lawdon Press.  Higdon is thrilled that Assistant Director Major Ryan J. Nowlin of "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band arranged the work, and has given his permission for it to be performed by bands around the world.  Scores can be purchased through this website and rental quotes can be obtained by emailing lawdonpress@aol.com.

Higdon has been commissioned by the National Flute Association to write a work celebrating the NFA's 50th anniversary. The soloist will be Valerie Coleman and the premiere will take place on August 13, 2022, in Chicago.

Higdon has been commissioned by New Music for America to write an orchestral suite from her opera Cold Mountain. A consortium of more than 36 orchestras across the United States was created to bring this work to fruition and the Delaware Symphony will perform the world premiere in September, 2022.

Higdon has been commissioned by the American Brass Quintet and the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music to compose a brass quintet. The work will be premiered in October of 2022.

Higdon has written a new work to be performed by the President's Own Marine Band at the WASBE Conference in Prague. Higdon will be present for this premiere and exciting international conference.

The Houston Symphony, under the baton of Robert Spano, will perform the World Premiere of Higdon's double percussion concerto, Duo Duel. The soloists are the Symphony's Matthew Strauss and Svet Stoyanov. Higdon will attend all performances and the Houston Symphony will record the work.

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Lawdon Press is pleased to announce the world premiere recording of Higdon's Love Sweet.  This recording was made with the Lysander Piano Trio and Sarah Shafer, soprano.  This recording is available now for streaming on Spotify and Amazon. On January 8, the CD can be purchased on firsthandrecords.com and amazon.com.

Lawdon Press is pleased to announce this new recording of Voices.  Higdon has enjoyed a working relationship with this terrific quartet for the past three decades and she is honored to be a part of this CD which includes works by women Pulitzer Prize winners. This recording is available on cedillerecords.org and amazon.com.