December 31, 1962:
Jennifer Elaine Higdon is born in Brooklyn, New York, USA, the first of two children of an artist.
June 12, 2002:
Concerto for orchestra by Jennifer Higdon (39) is performed for the first time.
November 14, 2002:
City Scape for orchestra by Jennifer Higdon (39) is performed for the first time.
May 2, 2004:
Thirteen Ways of Looking at the Goldberg for piano by Jennifer Higdon (41) is performed for the first time, in Kalamazoo, Michigan.
September 9, 2005:
Concerto for oboe and orchestra by Jennifer Higdon (42) is performed for the first time, in St. Paul, Minnesota.
October 21, 2006:
String Poetic for violin and piano by Jennifer Higdon (43) is performed for the first time, at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia.
January 10, 2008:
Concerto 4-3 for two violins, double bass, and orchestra by Jennifer Higdon (45) is performed for the first time, at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Philadelphia.
February 6, 2009:
Concerto for violin and orchestra by Jennifer Higdon (46) is performed for the first time, in Indianapolis. It will win the Pulitzer Prize.
April 12, 2010:
Jennifer Higdon (47) wins the Pulitzer Prize in music for her Concerto for violin and orchestra. See 6 February 2009.
November 13, 2010:
Flute Poetic for flute and piano by Jennifer Higdon (47) is performed for the first time, at the Arthur Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.
May 3, 2013:
Hear My Voice for chorus by Jennifer Higdon (50) is performed for the first time, in Cincinnati.
February 9, 2015:
Civil Words, a cycle for voice and piano by Jennifer Higdon (52) to words of various writers, is performed for the first time, in Carnegie Hall, New York.
March 7, 2015:
Concerto for viola and orchestra by Jennifer Higdon (52) is performed for the first time, at the Library of Congress.
August 1, 2015:
Cold Mountain, an opera by Jennifer Higdon (52) to words of Scheer after Frazier, is performed for the first time, in Santa Fe, New Mexico.