Composer Jennifer Higdon has won a Pulitzer Prize and THREE Grammy awards! With a long list of prizes and commissions to her credit, she  has a substantial output of songs, as well as vocal chamber music and songs with orchestra.

Her songs are available for purchase on her website.

Recordings featured in this episode, performed by Toni Marie Palmertree, soprano, Zachary Dean Smith, tenor, and Ellen Rissinger, pianist:

• Lilacs
• To Home
• Morning Opens

Recorded at Morningstar Studios in Norristown, PA.

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So Lit Song Lit is a production of Cincinnati Song Initiative. You can learn more about  their network of podcasts at cincinnatisonginitiative.org/podcasts.

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You can find out more about Zach on his website, https://www.zacharydeansmith.com/

This episode is sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University. Learn more about CMU and apply today.