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
March 6, 2021
CH & I CARE IF YOU LISTEN launch “CULTIVATED SPACES”
6-program virtual series features CULTIVATE 2020 premieres.
February 13, 2021
CULTIVATE 2021 Fellows Named
6 composers have been selected from 150 applicants in 32 states and 4 countries for CULTIVATE’s 10th round.
November 7, 2020
2020 Copland House Residency Awards Announced
Five outstanding composers from four states have received our 2020 Residency Awards, a year curtailed by the COVID pandemic.
February 8, 2020
CULTIVATE 2020 Fellows Named
Copland House has named six composers as 2020 Fellows of its coveted emerging composers institute, selected from 180 applicants in 27 states and 3 countries.
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Copland House Virtual Tour
While we may not be able to welcome you in person, we hope everyone can visit Copland House virtually with this video tour guided by our Artistic and Executive Director, Michael Boriskin.
Now at Copland House
Aiming for a convergence of different points in time and space, much of CHEN YIHAN’s work connects the past to the future, and brings together different corners of the world in an abstract, poetic, and emotional way that transcends culture and epoch. His music is often a play of lines, space, and intensity in a calligraphic way, reflecting his cultural roots in the Chinese arts. His compositions have been performed by the China National Symphony Orchestra, Symphony Orchestra of the National Opera House of China, and The Juilliard Orchestra, among others. Recipient of two ASCAP Foundation Morton Gould Young Composer Awards, he graduated from Juilliard and Indiana University’s Jacobs School of Music, and is currently a doctoral candidate at Princeton University. As a pianist, he won the Grand Prize at the Cincinnati World Piano Competition.
Next Events
Friday, October 29 at 7:30PM [EST]
A STANDING WITNESS
The World Premiere of A Standing Witness, a major collaboration between composer Richard Danielpour and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove. Commissioned for Music from Copland House and renowned mezzo-soprano Susan Graham by Music Accord, this cycle of 14 songs is a sweeping retrospective on pivotal historical events and moments in the U.S. over the past half-century.
Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 7:30PM [EST]
A STANDING WITNESS
The Washington Premiere of A Standing Witness, a major collaboration between composer Richard Danielpour and Pulitzer Prize-winning author and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove. Commissioned for Music from Copland House and renowned mezzo-soprano Susan Graham by Music Accord, this cycle of 14 songs is a sweeping retrospective on pivotal historical events and moments in the U.S. over the past half-century.
The Kennedy Center
Terrace Theater, 2700 F St., NW, Washington, D.C. 20566