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 ...

Lemn Sissay explores Copland's music from Rodeo with beautiful animation. Originally composed in 1942 for a ballet called ...

While Jimmy Carter could not fulfil his goals as president, the values he stood for – honesty, compassion, morality – endure.

The evenings will include classics by Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, a world premiere by Marina Lopez, and a saxophone ...

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, ...

brought a reconfigured “highlight” version of Graham’s “Dark Meadow,” and it updated Agnes de Mille’s “Rodeo” with a bluegrass adaptation of Aaron Copland’s original score.

“The season will showcase the diversity and evolution of the American choral tradition, bringing to the forefront the voices of celebrated composers like Aaron Copland and Leonard ...

Bus: Q34 to Queens College, Q88 to Horace Harding Exp. – Reeves Ave. Located in the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College, the focal point of this 487-seat concert hall is the ...

Graham collaborated with innumerable twentieth-century greats, including composer Aaron Copland (Appalachian Spring) and visual artist Isamu Noguchi, and was sought out by well-known classical ballet ...

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 ...