Higdelina

I arrived via BoltBus in not-even-a-little-bit sunny Baltimore yesterday afternoon to see Hilary play Jennifer Higdon’s concerto with the Baltimore Symphony. Before the concert began, Music Director Marin Alsop received a standing ovation when they announced that her contract had been extended, and also audibly exclaimed, “WHOA!!” at Hilary when the concerto ended. Love her without having ever met her.

Even though Molly Sheridan – who also happened to be my date to last night’s concert – was the only person who thought my Pitch Snitch/Gawker Stalker for Classical Music idea was a good one, I’m sticking to it. Here’s one:

On the drive down to Baltimore from Philly while everyone was stuck in traffic, some guy in a car next to Jennifer Higdon’s gestured for her to roll down her window. She did, cautiously, only to have the apparent super fan exclaim, “I love your music! I’m going to the concert in Baltimore!”

I mean…the guy stuck in traffic is like “OMG omg that’s Jennifer Higdon?!” ? Pitch Snitch will be comic gold, I’m telling you.

Speaking of Molly, did everyone see this? “And…can you teach me, how to target reeeal fi-i-ine.”