Jennifer Higdon

Higdon is one of five composers commissioned by violinist Joshua Bell for a five-movement suite for violin and orchestra. The suite, titled Elements, will have its preview at two concerts of the 2023 Colorado Music Festival.

Higdon will participate in residencies across the country, as part of the New Music for America commission. Her visits will be with the Delaware Symphony, the Glens Falls Symphony, the Harrisburg Symphony, the Metropolitan Youth Symphony of Portland (Oregon), the Knoxville Symphony, and the Metropolitan Youth Orchestra of New York.

Higdon has been commissioned to write a string quartet for the Buffalo Chamber Music Society, to commemorate its 100th season. The Azuri Quartet will premiere the new work.

Higdon was recently inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. The honor of election is considered the highest form of recognition of artistic merit in the U.S.

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.

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Lawdon Press is pleased to announce this new recording of Concerto 4-3. Under the baton of Xian Zhang, Higdon partnered with the trio, Time for Three, and the Philadelphia Orchestra to make this dynamic recording. The CD is available on amazon.com and deutschegrammophon.com and on all streaming services.

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.