Aaron Copland grew up in Brooklyn far from the mainstream elegance of Carnegie Hall. The son of a Jewish shopkeeper, he went to public school, took piano lessons, and was mitzvahed at the Kane ...
Martha Graham Dance Company reminds us that our city continually reinvents itself, with or without disasters like the ...
Read more Born in a humble street in Brooklyn, the son of Lithuanian immigrants, Copland is generally regarded as the first indisputably great American composer. The piano came easily to him and, ...
Lemn Sissay explores Copland's music from Rodeo with beautiful animation. Originally composed in 1942 for a ballet called Rodeo, the Hoe-Down features two American square dance tunes and fuses ...
The Northwest Wind Symphony's first concert of the year will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18. It will be held at Corbet Theatre on the College campus. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at ...
Benjamin Baron Benjamin Baron, clarinet. at Zankel Hall, Carnegie Hall. Photo credit: Jennifer Taylor Salvatore Di Vittorio ...
Step. The initial melody leaps about - it can’t keep still. Aaron Copland created this music to be danced to inspired by music cowboys liked to dance to. It has a party atmosphere. The tempo of ...