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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February 14, 2026
2026 Fellows Named
6 New CULTIVATE Fellows Named
September 6, 2025
2025 RESIDENCY AWARDS ANNOUNCED!
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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!
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SOFIA JEN OUYANG’s music explores the poetic and philosophical dimensions of sound as a site of entanglement, identity, and being. She has been recognized by two BMI Composer Awards, the John Eaton Memorial Competition, Fontainebleau Opus One International Composition Prize, and Columbia University’s Douglas Moore Prize. Her works have been performed by Ensemble Modern, Orchestra of St. Luke’s, Juilliard Orchestra, New York Virtuoso Singers, JACK Quartet, Wet Ink and Riot Ensembles, and presented at the Lucerne, MATA, and Mixtur Festivals, Lincoln Center, Frankfurt Opera, and Arvo Pärt Center. She has also collaborated across disciplines with theater director Zhou Ke, choreographer Fran Diaz through the New York Choreographic Institute, and choreographer Kate Sponenburg through the Columbia Ballet Collaborative. She has been Artist-in-Residence of Telos Consort, a DeGaetano Composer Institute Fellow, and a Fromm Foundation Fellow at Composer’s Conference. A graduate of Columbia University, where is currently a Doctoral candidate, she is Music Director of the Westside Chamber Players, and Performing Arts Curator at The BLANC.
Next Events
Sunday, May 17, 2026 at 3:00pm
FROM THE OLD WORLD TO THE NEW
Kendal-on-Hudson, Sleepy Hollow, NY
Music by Parker, Copland, Musto, and Dvorak
By invitation only
Sunday, June 7, 2026 at 3:00 PM
CULTIVATE 2026
Copland House at Bluestone Farm
Six world Premieres by our gifted 2026 Emerging Composer Fellows, commissioned by Copland House especially for this program
Tuesday, June 9, 2026 at 6:30 PM
CULTIVATE 2026
Elebash Hall, The CUNY Graduate Center
Six world Premieres by our gifted 2026 Emerging Composer Fellows, commissioned by Copland House especially for this program