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Commissioning & Performing Artists & Organizations
Ms. Higdon's works have been commissioned and performed by artists and organizations which have included the following:

• 92nd Street Y - co-commissioned the chamber work String Poetic, with San Francisco Performances, The Carlsen Center, Oberlin College Conservatory, and The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
• Marin Alsop - Principal Conductor of the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra and Music Director of the Cabrillo Music Festival, which included a performance of Fanfare Ritmico in its 2001 season
• American Composers Forum - commissioned the chamber work Short Stories through a CCP Commission and the young concert band work Rhythm Stand as part of the BandQuest series
• American Composers Orchestra - co-commissioned the orchestral work Fanfare Ritmico, with the Women's Philharmonic
• American Guild of Organists - commissioned the chamber work Ceremonies
• Arizona Friends of Chamber Music - commissioned the chamber work An Exaltation of Larks
• ASCAP Foundation - co-commissioned the orchestral work Shine, with the Oregon Symphony
• Bennington College Composers' Conference - commissioned the chamber work Summer Shimmers
• Brannen Flutemakers - commissioned the chamber work Ancient Evenings and Distant Music
• Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival - commissioned the chamber work Piano Trio
• Brooklyn Philharmonic - commissioned the orchestral/vocal work Dooryard Bloom
• Cabrillo Music Festival - the 2001 season included a performance of Fanfare Ritmico
• The Carlsen Center - co-commissioned the chamber work String Poetic, with San Francisco Performances, the 92nd Street Y, Oberlin College Conservatory, and The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
• Chicago Symphony Orchestra - commissioned the orchestral work Loco for the Ravinia Festival
• Carson Cooman - commissioned the chamber work Trumpet Songs
• The Curtis Institute of Music Symphony Orchestra - commissioned the orchestral work blue cathedral
• Cypress String Quartet - commissioned the chamber work Impressions
• Dallas Symphony Orchestra - co-commissioned the orchestral work Percussion Concerto, with The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
• Da Vinci String Quartet - commissioned the chamber work Sky Quartet
• eighth blackbird - co-commissioned the chamber works Zaka and Zango Bandango, both through Meet-the-Composer
• GALA Choruses, Inc. - co-commissioned the choral works Imagine and A Quiet Moment, with Potomac Fever
• Irving S. Gilmore International Keyboard Festival - commissioned the piano work Gilmore Variation
• Green Bay Symphony Orchestra - commissioned the orchestral work Light
• Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra - co-commissioned the orchestral work Percussion Concerto, with The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra
• The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts - co-commissioned the chamber work String Poetic, with San Francisco Performances, The Carlsen Center, the 92nd Street Y, and Oberlin College Conservatory
• Don Liuzzi - commissioned percussion quintet and CD arrangement ZONES
• Laurel Ann Maurer - commissioned the chamber work Legacy
• Left Bank Concert Society - commissioned the string octet Quiet Art
• Meet-the-Composer - co-commissioned the chamber works Autumn Reflection, with Carol Wincenc; Zaka, with eighth blackbird; and Zango Bandango, with eighth blackbird
• Midwest International Band & Orchestra Clinic - commissioned the concert band work Kelly's Field
• The Minnesota Orchestra - commissioned the orchestral work Wind Shear
• Music From Angel Fire Festival - commissioned the chamber work Celestial Hymns and the orchestral work Celebration Fanfare
• National Flute Association - commissioned the solo work Song
• National Symphony Orchestra - commissioned the orchestral work Machine; commissioned the orchestral work Piano Concerto through a grant from The John and June Hechinger Commissioning Fund for New Orchestral Works
• Network for New Music - commissioned the chamber works Lake Blue Sky, wisssahickon poeTrees, and ZONES
• Oberlin College Conservatory - co-commissioned the chamber work String Poetic, with San Francisco Performances, The Carlsen Center, the 92nd Street Y, and The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
• Orchestra 2001 - commissioned the chamber work Night for George
• Orchestra of St. Luke's - commissioned the chamber work Dark Wood
• Oregon Symphony - co-commissioned the orchestral work Shine, with the ASCAP Foundation
• The Orlando Chorale - commissioned the choral work somewhere i have never travelled, gladly beyond
• Philadelphia Chamber Music Society - commissioned the chamber works Scenes from the Poet's Dreams and Voices
• The Philadelphia Orchestra - commissioned the orchestral work Concerto for Orchestra (as one of its Centennial Commissions); co-commissioned the orchestral work Percussion Concerto, with the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Dallas Symphony Orchestra; co-commissioned Concerto 4-3, with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the Wheeling Symphony
• Philadelphia Sinfonia - through Carol Brown, commissioned the chamber work Trio Song
• Philadelphia Singers - commissioned the choral works Sing, Sing; Southern Grace; and O magnum mysterium; the choral work Deep in the Night was commissioned for them by Terri Knowles and Marchall Rutter
• Pi Kappa Lambda National Music Honor Society - commissioned the chamber work Autumn Music
• Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - commissioned the orchestral work Trombone Concerto; co-commissioned Concerto 4-3, with The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Wheeling Symphony
• Potomac Fever - co-commissioned the choral works Imagine and A Quiet Moment, with GALA Choruses, Inc.
• Prism Sax Quartet - commissioned the chamber work Bop
• San Francisco Performances - co-commissioned the chamber work String Poetic, with The Carlsen Center, the 92nd Street Y, Oberlin College Conservatory, and The Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts
• Trinity Presbyterian Church of Atlanta (GA) - commissioned the choral work This Singing Art
• University of Wisconsin-River Falls Department of Music - commissioned the chamber work Wild Man Dances
• Virginia Arts Festival - commissioned the brass & percussion ensemble work Spirit for the Jamestown 2007 - 400th Anniversary Celebration
• West Chester University Chorus - commissioned the choral work Sanctus
• Wheeling Symphony - commissioned the orchestral work Trombone Concerto; co-commissioned Concerto 4-3, with The Philadelphia Orchestra and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
• Carol Wincenc - commissioned the chamber work Autumn Reflection, through Meet-the-Composer
• Women's Philharmonic - co-commissioned the orchestral work Fanfare Ritmico, with the American Composers Orchestra
• Ying Quartet - commissioned the chamber works Amazing Grace and Southern Harmony
• ZAWA! - commissioned the chamber work running the edgE

Institutional Affiliations

• Bard College - New York institution where Ms. Higdon served as a Visiting Assistant Professor in music composition
• Bowling Green State University - Ohio university where Ms. Higdon earned her B.M. in flute performance
• Bravo! Vail Valley Music Festival - Colorado summer music festival where Ms. Higdon served as composer-in-residence
• The Curtis Institute of Music - Philadelphia institution where Ms. Higdon earned her Artist Diploma, and where she currently serves on the music composition faculty
• Green Bay Symphony Orchestra - Wisconsin ensemble for whom Ms. Higdon served as composer-in-residence
• Ithaca College - New York institution where Ms. Higdon served as Karel Husa Visiting Professor of Composition
• Mannes College The New School for Music - institution where Ms. Higdon served as composer-in-residence
• Norfolk Chamber Music Festival - Connecticut summer music festival where Ms. Higdon served as composer-in-residence
• Tanglewood Contemporary Music Festival - Massachusetts summer music festival where Ms. Higdon served as composer-in-residence
• University of Texas at Austin School of Music - institution where Ms. Higdon served as Visiting Composer
• University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia institution where Ms. Higdon earned her M.A. and Ph.D. in composition, and where she served as conductor of the University's orchestra and wind ensemble
• Walden School - summer music camp and festival in Dublin, NH, where Ms. Higdon served as composer-in-residence
• Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra's International New Music Festival - Canadian festival where Ms. Higson served as guest composer
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts- San Francisco arts center where Ms. Higdon served as Wattis Artist-in-Residence

Professional Associations

• American Music Center
• American Society of Composer, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
• International Alliance for Women in Music
• Lawdon Press - the exclusive publisher of Ms. Higdon's works