Patrick Higgins (musician)

Patrick Higgins is an American avant-garde composer, guitarist, and producer from New York City, known for his work in experimental and contemporary classical music. Higgins plays guitar and composes in Zs, described by The New York Times as “one of the strongest avant-garde bands in New York.” Heralded as a “formidable concert music composer” and “one of the most gifted guitarists working today”, Higgins has received attention for bridging traditions including baroque chamber music, contemporary noise, and 20th century minimalism. Early life and career Higgins was born in 1984 in Manhattan and attended high school at the Urban School of San Francisco. He returned to New York City in 2002 to attend Columbia University, earning a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.A. in Comparative Literature. In 2004, Higgins and Alexander Perrelli formed the duo project Animal. They released their eponymous debut on Unfun Records in 2006, with a second release, the Archaeopteryx split Horror Orr, following a year later. In 2007, Higgins recorded an album of video game-inspired music titled Monkey Mountain (ELE Records, 2012). Music In 2012, Higgins joined a new trio configuration of long-running New York