Inspired by the immortal Bernstein-Sondheim song Somewhere: there’s a place for you … at this magical evening supporting Copland House, where fearless creatives, virtuosos, audiences, and learners gather, share memorable discoveries, and create exhilarating adventures. Our gala celebrates places -- for artists and the arts to flourish, for people everywhere to feel at home finding comfort and solace, and for communities to thrive in peace and understanding. Our own place, at Copland House, was initially crafted by the love and vision of neighbors, then powered over many years by the warmth of nurturing and compassion ... and is now, after over 25 years nourishing hearts, minds, and souls, near and far, beginning a bold next chapter, creating an even more expansive place where the unstoppable power of ideas and the imagination energizes people and brings them together.

How fitting it is to have the privilege of honoring the incomparable Judith Pisar, whose life has been devoted to making places for arts and artists to flourish, and whom architect Philip Johnson called “America’s cultural czarina in Europe.” Our gala’s musical menu offers Copland House Ensemble performances of American works emerging from ancestries around the world, and features the World Premiere of a new narrator-and-piano version of Aaron Copland’s iconic, timely Lincoln Portrait, rooted in U.S. history, and performed by our honoree together with our own acclaimed place-maker, pianist and Artistic and Executive Director Michael Boriskin.

So, please take your seat as part of the Copland House family, and help shape the future of American music!

(with Leonard Bernstein [above] and John Cage)

HONORARY GALA COMMITTEE (in formation)

Jamie Bernstein

Clive Gillinson

Lisa Schultz and Ezriel Kornel

Anne Dayton and O. Anthony Maddalena

Carol and Robert Morris

Leah Pisar

Robert Sirota

Matias Tarnopolsky