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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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.
February 10, 2024
New CULTIVATE Fellows Named
Out of nearly 150 applicants from 30 states and 3 countries, 6 composers from 6 states are selected.
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October 14, 2023
2023 Residents Announced
10 Composer, 9 States, 215 applicants … learn about our 2023 Residents.
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February 18, 2023
2023 CULTIVATE Fellows Named
6 composers from 5 states chosen from over 130 applicants.
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Now at Copland House
Ushering in the warm weather here at Copland House is Leah Reid. Leah is a composer, sound artist, researcher, and educator, whose wide-ranging works include opera, chamber, and vocal music, acousmatic and electroacoustic compositions, and interactive sound installations. Recipient of a 2022 Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship, she has also won the American Prize, first prizes in the International “New Vision” Composition Competition, KLANG! International Electroacoustic Composition Competition, Musicworks’ Electronic Music Competition, Sound of the Year’s “Composed with Sound” Award, the Pauline Oliveros Award, and prizes in the Iannis Xenakis International Electronic Music Competition. She has also received fellowships from the Hambidge Center, MacDowell Colony, Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, Ucross Foundation, and Yaddo. Her compositions have been presented at festivals, conferences, and major venues throughout the world, including Aveiro Síntese (Portugal), BEAST FEaST (England), Espacios Sonoros (Argentina), EviMus (Germany), ICMC (USA, Ireland, & Chile), IRCAM’s ManiFeste (France), Los Angeles Philharmonic's Noon to Midnight (USA), Matera Intermedia Festival (Italy), Série de Música de Câmara (Brazil), Tilde New Music Festival (Australia), and WOCMAT (Taiwan), among many others. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Music Composition at the University of Virginia.
Next Events
Sunday, May 5 at 3:00 PM
FIESTA MUSICAL por Cinco de Mayo
Dating back over 150 years, Cinco de Mayo celebrates friendship and neighbors helping neighbors -- specifically the United States and Mexico. This free, hour-long program for families (kids over 8 years old) and the community brings together dazzling music by U.S. and Mexican composers in a joyous and fun-filled party in sound!
Ossie Davis Theatre, New Rochelle Public Library, 1 Library Plaza, New Rochelle, NY
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Tuesday, June 11 at 6:30 PM
CULTIVATE 2024
Six World Premieres by our 2024 Emerging Composer Fellows which Copland House has commissioned especially for this program. Featuring new works by JaRon Brown, Claire Hu, Kevin Kay, Celka Ojakangas, Sofia Rocha, and Connor Elias Way.
Elebash Hall, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY
Free tickets and More information coming soon!