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12.  What other awards has Higdon garnered in her career? 

Jennifer Higdon’s honors include awards from the Guggenheim Foundation; two prizes from the American Academy of Arts & Letters; the Pew Fellowship in the Arts; Meet-the-Composer; the National Endowment for the Arts; and ASCAP. She has also received grants from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts and been a featured composer at festivals such as Grand Teton, Tanglewood, Vail, Norfolk, Winnipeg, and Cabrillo.