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

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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June 3, 2013

CULTIVATE 2013 FELLOWS ANNOUNCED

Copland House has announced the Fellows for its CULTIVATE 2013 emerging composers’ institute.

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December 21, 2012

CULTIVATE 2013 ANNOUNCED

Applications are now being accepted for Copland House’s acclaimed new CULTIVATE program (Derek Bermel, Director), an intensive, all-scholarship creative workshop and mentoring program for emerging composers.

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October 23, 2012

2012 Copland House Residency Awards Announced

Eight composers from five states have been selected for coveted, all-expenses-paid residencies during the 2012-13 season at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark house in New York’s lower Hudson Valley.

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Now at Copland House

Tonia Ko will be in residence from December 20 thru January 20. Her music has been performed internationally by orkest de ereprijs, ensemble mise-en, Eastman Wind Ensemble, New Morse Code, Luna Nova New Music Ensemble, Momenta Quartet, and members of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as well as the Tanglewood Music Center, Wellesley Composers Conference, American Conservatory in Fontainebleau, and Brevard Music Center. She received a 2013 Charles Ives Scholarship by the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and has been recognized by the Lin Yao Ji Foundation, New Music USA, Musica Domani International Competition, International Alliance for Women in Music, Austin Peay State University, and Chinese Fine Arts Society. Her own explorations in the visual arts have sparked a curiosity for interdisciplinary connections – recent collaborative projects include a musical for Hong Kong’s Perry Chiu Experimental Theatre and a piece for Periapsis Music and Dance. Born in Hong Kong and raised in Honolulu, she is a graduate of Indiana University and the Eastman School of Music, and is currently a Sage Fellow and Doctoral student at Cornell University.