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Music Spotlight: Jennifer Higdon

February 27, 2020February 26, 2020 Bethany Bowman

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Nashville — When I created my Music Spotlight column that would tell an artist’s “where they came from” story, never did I ever imagine interviewing the three-time Grammy-winning and 2010 Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer Jennifer Higdon. However, Nashville’s Symphony Publicist Dave Felipe advised that I needed to hear her story, and I am thrilled to tell it.

Commentary: Raise ‘Em Up Trophy High

February 24, 2017February 23, 2017 JC Bowman

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More than three decades of research shows that a focus on “process”—not on intelligence or ability—is key to success in school and in life.