Valerie A. Higgs has musically directed/conducted/accompanied various theater productions in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago and the DC Metro area. In 1996, Valerie music directed the world premiere of The Three Willies, a musical theater work conceived by the late jazz violinist and composer, Leroy Jenkins, in collaboration with multimedia performance artist/poet, Homer Jenkins, and choreographer/dancer, Rennie Harris at the Painted Bride in Philadelphia. She was nominated for a Washington Area Theatre Community Honors award for Outstanding Musical Direction for Kensington Arts Theatre's production of Jekyll & Hyde in 2011 and chosen by DC Metro Theater Arts as Best of 2012 Musical Director for Quotidian Theatre’s production of "The Dead". She has been teaching since 1987.
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