Mission Statement

COPLAND HOUSE is dedicated to nurturing and renewing America’s musical heritage, and to fostering greater public awareness and appreciation of our nation’s composers and their work. Building upon Aaron Copland’s seminal artistic and personal legacies, we further this mission through composer residencies; live, broadcast, and recorded performances; and educational and community outreach programs.

Latest News

November 21, 2014

Copland House Announces CULTIVATE 2015

Fellowship applications for Copland House’s CULTIVATE 2015 emerging composers institute are now available.

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September 8, 2014

2014 GALA: “THE AWAKENED PALATE”

Beloved chef Lidia Bastianich and 2006 CH Resident Daniel Brewbaker team up for this year’s culinary and musical gala.

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March 4, 2014

Letter from Home

Hot of the press, read the latest edition of Letter from Home!

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December 12, 2013

NEA GRANT AWARDED

Copland House is 1 of only 2 lower Hudson Valley arts organizations to receive support for concerts and radio broadcasts by Music from Copland House, as well as related educational activities.

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October 11, 2013

CULTIVATE 2014 Application Posted

Fellowship applications for Copland House’s CULTIVATE 2014 emerging composers institute are now available.

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Now at Copland House

ANDREA CLEARFIELD is an award-winning composer of music for orchestra, chorus, chamber ensemble, dance, and multimedia collaborations. Among her works, which have been performed throughout the U.S. and abroad, are ten cantatas, including composed for The Philadelphia Orchestra. She has been awarded fellowships at the American Academy in Rome, Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio Center, MacDowell Colony and Yaddo, among others. She received a doctorate in composition from Temple University, where she was honored as a Distinguished Alumna. She is also the founder and host of the renowned Philadelphia Salon concerts featuring contemporary, classical, jazz, electronic, and world music since 1986, and which was winner of Philadelphia magazine’s “Best of Philadelphia” Award. She is currently writing an opera on the life of the great Tibetan yogi, Milarepa, based on a libretto by Jean-Claude van Itallie and Lois Walden.