<P> Jennifer Higdon ( born December 31 , 1962 ) is an American composer of classical music and composition teacher . She has received many awards including the 2010 Pulitzer Prize in Music for her Violin Concerto and a 2009 Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Classical Composition for her Percussion Concerto . </P>
contemporary female composer who has won the pulitzer prize in the 20th or 21st century
Jennifer Higdon