Hailed by The Washington Post as "a savvy, sensitive composer with a keen ear, an innate sense of form and a generous dash of pure esprit," Pulitzer prize-winner Jennifer Higdon contributes an ingenious concerto for chamber ensemble and orchestra to the New Creations Festival’s finale. The highlight is the world première of a work from the imagination of Canada’s master composer, R. Murray Schafer.

At 7:20pm, enjoy contemporary American music by eighth blackbird.

Gary Kulesha chats with Jennifer Higdon & R. Murray Schafer during intermission.

Stay after the concert and hear French-Canadian juno nominee Le Vent du Nord.