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
December 17, 2022
CULTIVATED SPACES 3.0 LAUNCHES IN 2023
Newest installment of 6-program online series premieres new works from CULTIVATE 2022.
October 22, 2022
2022 RESIDENCIES ANNOUNCED
6 composers from 5 states have been chosen from 180 applicants for CH’s 2022 Residency Awards.
June 4, 2022
CULTIVATED SPACES 2.0 TO LAUNCH
6-program virtual series returns to premiere new works from CULTIVATE 2021.
March 5, 2022
CULTIVATE 2022 Fellows Announced
6 composers from 5 states have been chosen from over 180 applicants for CULTIVATE’s 10th Anniversary.
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Now at Copland House
Joining us at Copland House is composer, poet, and pianist Chen-Hui Jen. Her music occupies an imaginative, spiritual, and poetic space that often integrates time, sound, color, and word. She writes concert works for diverse instrumentation, including orchestra, chorus, solo, and chamber music for western and Asian instruments, and electronics. A graduate of the University of California at San Diego, she has been commissioned by the League of American Orchestras’ Women Composers' Reading and Commissioning Project, Ensemble 20° dans le Noir, Aurora Borealis Duo, Astralis Duo, The Living Earth Show, Palimpsest Ensemble, Ensemble ISCM-Taiwan, Müller Chamber Choir, Taipei Chamber Singers, and other choral ensembles in Taiwan. Her works have also been performed at the ISCM World Music Days, Acanthes Music Festival, EarShot San Diego of the American Composers Orchestra, People Inside Electronics series, and Taipei International New Music Festival. She is the pianist in the FIU NODUS New Music Ensemble.
Next Events
Thursdays at 5pm
January 12 - February 16
Cultivated Spaces 3.0
A 6-part virtual series spotlighting the world premieres of works written by our amazing CULTIVATE 2022 Composer Fellows, co-presented with our media partner, I Care if You Listen. Featuring by Music from Copland Houses' Moran Katz, Pala Garcia, Alexis Pia Gerlach, and Margaret Kampmeier.
Watch Live or Online Indefinitely
Thursday, February 16 at 7:30 PM
A Standing Witness
Lensic Performing Arts Center, Performance Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM