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

June 2, 2014

ADM ASST OPENING

Copland House, a prominent, not-for-profit, national arts organization based in Westchester County, NY, seeks a part-time Administrative Assistant. The ideal candidate for this diversified position will be a self-starter, fluent with word processing, database, and financial management software, comfortable working independently and multi-tasking. Responsibilities include office work and administration (database maintenance and financial bookkeeping, Website […]

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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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October 8, 2013

2013 Copland House Residency Awards Announced

Eight composers from five states and Great Britain have been selected for coveted, all-expenses-paid residencies during the 2013-14 season at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark house in New York’s lower Hudson Valley.

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Now at Copland House

Keith Fitch is in residence from June 26 through July 25. Keith currently holds the Vincent K. and Edith H. Smith Chair in Composition at the Cleveland Institute of Music, where he also directs the CIM New Music Ensemble. His works have been performed throughout the U.S., Europe, and Japan by The Philadelphia Orchestra, American Composers Orchestra, League of Composers Orchestra, Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, St. Luke’s Chamber Ensemble, Colorado Quartet, Da Capo Chamber Players, and many others. An Indiana native, he began composing at age eight and began formal musical training on the double bass at age eleven. He attended the Indiana University School of Music, and has been honored by ASCAP, the National Society of Arts and Letters, Indiana Arts Commission/National Endowment for the Arts, Fromm Foundation, and Ohio Arts Council.