For a classically trained composer, Jennifer Higdon's musical influences might surprise you.

VOA: special.2010.07.12

He shares the nomination with the movie's music composer,Thomas Newman.

VOA: special.2009.02.20

And some of the composers have these jazzy licks, and there's one composer that has very atmospheric avant garde sound.

VOA: standard.2010.07.01

In addition to touring and recording with his quartet, he's worked as a composer or arranger on the Clint Eastwood films "Mystic River."

VOA: standard.2010.04.16

The Boston Pops and its conductor for 50 years,Arthur Fiedler, had a lot to do with its popularity, according to John Williams, the Hollywood composer who followed in Fiedler's footsteps.

VOA: standard.2010.07.28