My pieces usually are programmed on concerts in which the other works are standard repertoire. My music always sounds very different when it's on a concert of all contemporary music. It always seems to stick out at an odd angle.… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
In fact, if you take any group of scores, it's likely that fifty to sixty percent are going to be so much alike that it's difficult to tell any difference among them. But I sometimes wonder if that has more… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
We're living in a time when pretty much anything can happen in the music world. There are a lot of musical languages in which… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
I know that my music is heard a lot in commercial circles. In academia, I think my music is taken in differently but I'm… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
You don't need any specialized education and you don't need to know anything about the world in which I work. I think my music… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
I always tell people that my music should speak to them... and that they shouldn't feel obligated to say why or how. All reactions… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
My pieces usually are programmed on concerts in which the other works are standard repertoire. My music always sounds very different when it's on… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
As a consequence, I think of the idea of 'common practice' at any time as something that can only be seen by looking backwards.… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
In fact, if you take any group of scores, it's likely that fifty to sixty percent are going to be so much alike that… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
When we even use the term 'specialized world,' we already have a problem! We're making art; they are making art... these worlds are not… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
When anyone is creating anything, it has no choice but to be in that stream. The art I create and the art my colleagues… — Jennifer Higdon Copy Share Image
