When anyone is creating anything, it has no choice but to be in that stream. The art I create and the art my colleagues create is part of it. But the question is: how long will it last in the stream? I think of it really as an enormous river, with its shores very distant from each other, and only time will tell what's going to last in the end. It seems to me that all music of our time is connected, but I never think about where I am in the river or how I would be placed by others inside of it.
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 should be able to spea… - Jennifer Higdon
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 should be able to spea…
- Jennifer Higdon
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 not sure why that is. Some k… - Jennifer Higdon
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 not sure why that is. Some k…
As a consequence, I think of the idea of 'common practice' at any time as something that can only be seen by looking backwards. Maybe around the turn… - Jennifer Higdon
As a consequence, I think of the idea of 'common practice' at any time as something that can only be seen by looking backwards. Maybe around the turn…
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 c… - Jennifer Higdon
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 c…
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 are valid; the imp… - Jennifer Higdon
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 are valid; the imp…
When anyone is creating anything, it has no choice but to be in that stream. The art I create and the art my colleagues create is part of it. But the… - Jennifer Higdon
When anyone is creating anything, it has no choice but to be in that stream. The art I create and the art my colleagues create is part of it. But the…
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 people work. When I thi… - Jennifer Higdon
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 people work. When I thi…
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 far apart fro… - Jennifer Higdon
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 far apart fro…
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 diffe… - Jennifer Higdon
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 diffe…
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