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
February 1, 2025
2025 CULTIVATE Fellows Named!
6 Fellows chosen from over 200 applicants in 36 states and 4 countries
November 23, 2024
Caples Jefferson Architects Chosen!
Read all about the outstanding architectural firm selected to plan and guide our transformational expansion: .
September 21, 2024
ANNOUNCING OUR 2024 RESIDENCIES
Learn about our 2024 Residents!
March 4, 2024
COPLAND HOUSE ANNOUNCES MAJOR EXPANSION
Copland House purchases a 24-acre school campus on the New York-Connecticut border, heralding a transformational programmatic and institutional expansion.
Connect with us
COPLAND HOUSE AT BLUESTONE:
Click HERE to lean more about this transformational expansion!
Now at Copland House
MATT BROWNE returns to Rock Hill after having been a 2014 Fellow of our CULTIVATE Emerging Composers Institute, for which he wrote a wonderfully whimsical piece called On the Immortality of a Crab. Colorado-based, Matt strives to create music that meets impresario Serge Diaghilev’s famous challenge to the legendary multi-faceted artist Jean Cocteau: “astonish me!” – through linking the timbral imagination and playfulness of György Ligeti, the shocking and humorous poly-stylism of Alfred Schnittke, and the relentless rhythmic energy of Igor Stravinsky. A Doctoral graduate of the University of Michigan, he has collaborated with the Minnesota Orchestra, Alarm Will Sound, PRISM Quartet, Milwaukee and Albany Symphonies, Eastman Wind Ensemble, and many others. His music has been honored with the ASCAP Foundation Rudolf Nissim Prize, an ASCAP Morton Gould Young Composers award, and a BMI Student Composer Award. While here, Matt will be a Co-Leader of this year's Hoff-Barthelson Music School's Compose Yourself workshop next week. We're so delighted to have Matt back, and help us welcome spring here at Copland House!
Next Events
Tuesday, March 18 at 6:30pm
LIGHTPLAY
Elebash Hall, The CUNY Graduate Center, NYC
Saturday, April 5 at 8:00 PM
Late Night with Leonard Bernstein
Eckhardt-Gramatte Hall, Rozsa Center, University of Calgary