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.

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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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June 3, 2013

CULTIVATE 2013 FELLOWS ANNOUNCED

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

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Now at Copland House

Christopher Theofanidis will be in residence from January 23 thru March 3. He regularly writes for a variety of musical genres, from orchestral and chamber music to opera and ballet. His work, Rainbow Body, is one of the most performed orchestral works of the past decade, and has been programmed by over 125 orchestras internationally. His music has been played by the New York Philharmonic, London Symphony, Philadelphia Orchestra, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and Moscow Soloists, and he has a long-standing relationship with the Atlanta Symphony and Maestro Robert Spano. In 2007, he was composer of the year for the Pittsburgh Symphony, for which he wrote a violin concerto for Sarah Chang. He has written widely for the stage, from a work for the American Ballet Theatre to multiple dramatic pieces, including The Refuge for the Houston Grand Opera and Heart of a Soldier for the San Francisco Opera. His large-scale piece, The Here and Now, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, based on poetry of Rumi, was nominated for a 2007 Grammy Award. He is currently on the faculty of Yale University and has taught at the Peabody Conservatory and The Juilliard School.