Jake Heggie

Quick Facts

Full Name	Jake Heggie
Occupation	Composer
Date Of Birth	Mar 31, 1961(1961-03-31)
Age	63
Birthplace	Florida
Country	United States
Birth City	Florida
Horoscope	Aries

Jake Heggie Biography

Jake Heggie is one of the most popular and richest Composer who was born on March 31, 1961 in Florida, Florida, United States. American composer known for his operas “Dead Man Walking” from 2000 and “The End of the Affair” from 2004.

He and playwright Terrence McNally were frequent collaborators.

In 1972, Heggie’s father committed suicide after a long battle with depression. Shortly thereafter, Heggie began writing music. A few years after his father’s death, the family moved to the San Francisco Bay Area, where Heggie completed high school and continued his studies in piano.

As a teenager, Heggie studied composition privately with Ernst Bacon from 1977 to 1979. After graduating from high school, he spent two years studying at the American College in Paris. He later continued his studies at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where his teachers included Roger Bourland, Paul Des Marais, David Raksin, and Paul Reale, and where he won the Henry Mancini Award in 1987. Heggie graduated from UCLA with a Bachelor of Arts in 1984 and returned for graduate school from 1986 to 1988.

He married his partner Curt Branom in 2008.

Jake Heggie Net Worth

Jake Heggie is one of the richest Composer from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Jake Heggie 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He studied music at the University of California under the pianist Johana Harris, to whom he was married in 1982.

He opened an opera in 2010 based on the classic novel ‘Moby Dick’ by Herman Melville at The Dallas Opera.

Jake Heggie (born March 31, 1961) is an American composer of opera, vocal, orchestral, and chamber music. He is best known for his operas and art songs as well as for his collaborations with internationally renowned performers and writers.

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In the fall of 1994, Heggie began a friendship with mezzo-soprano Frederica von Stade when she starred in the world premiere of Conrad Susa’s The Dangerous Liaisons. On opening night, he decided to give her Three Folk Songs as a gift, and when Heggie visited von Stade during intermission, she was playing the arrangements at the piano. She became an enthusiastic champion of his work and suggested that they begin performing together in recital. In 1995, with von Stade’s encouragement, Heggie entered the Schirmer American Art Song Competition and won with “If you were coming in the fall…” (text by Emily Dickinson).

Facts & Trivia

Jake Ranked on the list of most popular Composer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Jake Heggie celebrates birthday on March 31 of every year.

Heggie has three collections of songs published by G. Schirmer in 1998 to 1999 (Associated Music Publishers): The Faces of Love, Book 1 (soprano), The Faces of Love, Book 2 (mezzo-soprano), and The Faces of Love, Book 3 (medium voice)

Who is Jake Heggie?

Jake Heggie is the American composer of the operas Dead Man Walking (libretto by Terrence McNally), Moby-Dick (libretto by Gene Scheer), It’s A Wonderful Life (Scheer), If I Were You (Scheer), Great Scott (McNally), Three Decembers (Scheer), For a Look or a Touch (Scheer) and Two Remain (Scheer), among others.

How old is Jake Heggie?

61 years (March 31, 1961)