Jennifer Higdon uses the word accessible when talking about her music. In an interview for NPR, Higdon was asked about this:

 

NPR:

You are unapologetic about your music being described as "accessible." That's a word many composers would not want associated with their music. 

 

HIGDON:

It doesn't bother me in the least. Because I think the whole point of what I'm doing is to speak to people. To me, "accessible" is an incredible compliment.

 

NPR:

And I guess it shows, because your music receives hundreds of performances a year and you have a stack of commissions waiting for you.

 

HIGDON:

There definitely is a demand. And for me, it means I'm on my true path. George Crumb, in my lessons with him, used to talk about how you have to feel, on a gut level, good about what you're writing. You have to feel that what you're doing is what is true to you. I'm not sure all artists experience that, because they have external pressures to do specific things. But I think because my dad, the entire time I was growing up, said you have to question everything, I questioned everything and I didn't take some things too seriously. I'm very fortunate to not have had restrictions put on me at a young age.