Jennifer Higdon Age, Birthday, Bio, Zodiac, Family & Fun Facts

Updated at December 15, 2024 by BirthdayDBs Team

Jennifer Higdon Age, Birthday, Birthplace, Bio, Zodiac & Family

Jennifer Higdon Facts

Full Name	Jennifer Higdon
Birthdate	December 31, 1962
Birth Place	Brooklyn, NY
Age (in 2024)	61 Years Old
Zodiac	Capricorn
Occupation	Composer

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Jennifer Higdon Age & Birthday

Jennifer Higdon is best known as Composer who has born on December 31, 1962 in Brooklyn, NY. Currently, Jennifer Higdon is 61 years, 11 months and 15 days old. Jennifer Higdon will celebrate 62nd birthday on Tuesday, 31st of December 2024. Below the countdown to Jennifer Higdon upcoming birthday.

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Jennifer Higdon Biography

About

Classical music composer who was awarded the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her Violin Concerto. She also received a Grammy Award in 2009 for Best Contemporary Composition for her Percussion Concerto.

Before Fame

She was a self-taught flautist who performed in concert band in high school, but had minimal exposure to classical music until college. She majored in flute performance at Bowling Green State University.

Trivia

She used Charles Frazier's "Cold Mountain" as the basis for an opera that was commissioned by Santa Fe Opera and Opera Philadelphia.

Family Life

Her family was residing in Brooklyn when she was born, but they soon moved to Atlanta where she spent the first 10 years of her life. They then relocated to Tennessee. She met her partner Cheryl Lawson in high school.

Associated With

She studied composition under George Crumb at the University of Pennsylvania.

Top Asked Questions about Jennifer Higdon

How old is Jennifer Higdon in 2024?

Jennifer Higdon is 61 years old today.

When was Jennifer Higdon born?

Jennifer Higdon was born on December 31, 1962 in Brooklyn, NY.

What is Jennifer Higdon zodiac sign?

Jennifer Higdon zodiac sign is Capricorn.

What was Jennifer Higdon best known for?

Jennifer Higdon was best known as Composer.

Fun Facts about Jennifer Higdon's Birthday

Here's quick list of some fun facts about Jennifer Higdon's birthday you must know including detailed age calculation, western astrology, roman numeral, birthstone and birth flower.

Jennifer Higdon was born on Monday, 365^th day / 01^st week of 1962
Jennifer Higdon has Capricorn zodiac sign and Earth element based on western astrology
Roman numeral of Jennifer Higdon birthday is XXXI.XII.MCMLXII
Jennifer Higdon's birthstone is Turquoise
Jennifer Higdon's birth flower is Narcissus that symbolize sweetness, self-esteem & vanity
Jennifer Higdon age in year is 61 years old
Jennifer Higdon age in month is 743 months old
Jennifer Higdon age in day is 22630 days old
Jennifer Higdon age in hour is 543120 hours old
Jennifer Higdon age in minute is 32587200 minutes old
Jennifer Higdon age in second is 1955232000 seconds old
Next Jennifer Higdon birthday is on Wednesday, December 31st 2025
Jennifer Higdon age in next birthday (2025) is 62 years old
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Historical Events on Jennifer Higdon Birthday (December 31)

Below are historical events that coincided with Jennifer Higdon's birthday including important historical events as well as births and deaths of historical figures.

Year	Event
1994	The First Chechen War: The Russian Ground Forces begin a New Year's storming of Grozny.
1998	The European Exchange Rate Mechanism freezes the values of the legacy currencies in the Eurozone, and establishes the value of the euro currency.
1999	The first President of Russia, Boris Yeltsin, resigns from office, leaving Prime Minister Vladimir Putin as the acting President and successor.
1999	The U.S. government hands control of the Panama Canal (as well all the adjacent land to the canal known as the Panama Canal Zone) to Panama. This act complied with the signing of the 1977 Torrijos-Carter Treaties.
1999	Indian Airlines Flight 814 hijacking ends after seven days with the release of 190 survivors at Kandahar Airport, Afghanistan.
2000	The last day of the 20th Century and 2nd Millennium.
2004	The official opening of Taipei 101, the tallest skyscraper at that time in the world, standing at a height of 509 metres (1,670 ft).
2009	Both a blue moon and a lunar eclipse occur.
2010	Tornadoes touch down in midwestern and southern United States, including Washington County, Arkansas; Greater St. Louis, Sunset Hills, Missouri, Illinois, and Oklahoma, with a few tornadoes in the early hours. A total of 36 tornadoes touched down, resulting in the deaths of nine people and $113 million in damages.
2011	NASA succeeds in putting the first of two Gravity Recovery and Interior Laboratory satellites in orbit around the Moon.
2014	A New Year's Eve celebration stampede in Shanghai kills at least 36 people and injures 49 others.
2015	A fire breaks out at the Downtown Address Hotel in Downtown Dubai, United Arab Emirates, located near the Burj Khalifa, two hours before the fireworks display is due to commence. Sixteen injuries were reported; one had a heart attack, another suffered a major injury, and fourteen others with minor injuries.
2018	Thirty-nine people are killed after a ten-story building collapses in the industrial city of Magnitogorsk, Russia.
2019	The World Health Organization is informed of cases of pneumonia with an unknown cause, detected in Wuhan. This later turned out to be COVID-19, the cause of the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020	The World Health Organization issues its first emergency use validation for a COVID-19 vaccine.
1984	The birth of Calvin Zola, Congolese footballer
1985	The birth of Jonathan Horton, American gymnast
1985	The birth of Jan Smit, Dutch singer and television host
1986	The birth of Nate Freiman, American baseball player
1986	The birth of Kade Snowden, Australian rugby league player
1987	The birth of Javaris Crittenton, American basketball player
1987	The birth of Danny Holla, Dutch footballer
1987	The birth of Nemanja Nikolić, Hungarian footballer
1990	The birth of Patrick Chan, Canadian figure skater
1991	The birth of ND Stevenson, American cartoonist
1992	The birth of Amy Cure, Australian track cyclist
1992	The birth of Karl Kruuda, Estonian racing driver
1995	The birth of Gabby Douglas, American gymnast
2000	The birth of Alycia Parks, American tennis player
2001	The birth of Katie Volynets, American tennis player
2013	The death of James Avery, American actor (b. 1945)
2013	The death of Roberto Ciotti, Italian guitarist and composer (b. 1953)
2013	The death of Bob Grant, American radio host (b. 1929)
2013	The death of Irina Korschunow, German author and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2014	The death of Edward Herrmann, American actor (b. 1943)
2014	The death of Abdullah Hussain, Malaysian author (b. 1920)
2014	The death of Norm Phelps, American author and activist (b. 1939)
2014	The death of S. Arthur Spiegel, American captain, lawyer, and judge (b. 1920)
2014	The death of Valerian Wellesley, 8th Duke of Wellington, British soldier and politician (b. 1915)
2015	The death of Natalie Cole, American singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1950)
2015	The death of Wayne Rogers, American actor and investor (b. 1933)
2016	The death of William Christopher, American actor (b. 1932)
2018	The death of Kader Khan, Indian actor (b. 1937)
2021	The death of Betty White, American actress, comedian and producer (b. 1922)
2022	The death of Pope Benedict XVI, German Roman Catholic cardinal and theologian, pope (2005-2013) and archbishop of Munich and Freising (1977-1982) (b. 1927)

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