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 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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Now at Copland House
Chinese-born WANG XI’s music explores bold, dramatic storytelling and narrative complexities, and has been showcased by the Philadelphia and Minnesota Orchestras, and Atlanta and Dallas Symphonies, among others. She has received a Guggenheim Fellowship, Charles Ives Fellowship from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a MacDowell Colony residency. She has also been commissioned by the Fromm Foundation at Harvard University, League of American Orchestras, Shanghai Philharmonic, and World Association for Symphonic Bands and Ensembles, and has collaborated with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Osmo Vänskä, Fabio Luisi, Mei-Ann Chen, Karen Gomyo, and other prominent artists and ensembles. A graduate of the Shanghai Conservatory, University of Missouri-Kansas City, and Cornell University, she began her musical journey in China at age five. She is currently an award-winning professor of composition at Southern Methodist University.
Next Events
Sunday, August 30, 2026 at 3:00pm
FROM AMERICA'S GLIDED AGE
Copland House at Bluestone Farm
Monday, September 14, 2026 at 6:00pm
COPLAND HOUSE GALA
Kaplan Penthouse, Lincoln Center