Hoff-Barthelson / Copland House Commissions

In an ongoing colla­bora­tion with the Hoff-Barthelson Music School in nearby Scarsdale, NY, one commission is offered annually to a Copland House Resident to create a brief, intermediate-level composition for a student chamber ensemble. The composer coaches the student performers as they prepare the work for its premiere at Hoff-Barthelson’s spring New Music Festival. The experience gives these young people a hands-on encounter with the creative process, the opportunity to work directly with a top-flight professional composer, and the excitement of bringing a brand new work to life for the first time. Composers selected have won the Pulitzer Prize, Grammy Award, and many other top honors; these gifted artists (like 2011 Commissionee ERIC MOE, in photo) may also co-direct a work­shop session in the school’s innovative Compose Yourself program that encourages musical creativity in young people.

Previous Winners

2019: Remy LeBoeuf 2018: Lansing McLoskey 2017: Steven Snowden 2016: Gerald Cohen 2015: Raymond Lustig 2014: Gregg Wramage 2013: Pierre Jalbert

2012: Joel Hoffman 2011: Eric Moe 2010: Mikel Kuehn 2009: Mark Kilstofte 2008: Kathryn Alexander 2007: Daniel Brewbaker

2006: Andrew Norman 2005: Richard Festinger 2004: Judith Lang Zaimont 2003: John Anthony Lennon 2002: James Grant 2001: Dan Coleman