At New York City Ballet, Peck’s “Copland Dance Episodes” brings the composer’s three classic ballet scores under one roof, at last. By Joshua Barone and Mark Sommerfeld Vivian Perlis founded Yale’s ...

Gunslingers and ballet go together like murderous rage and opera. Which is to say, really well, actually. See for yourself as Center Dance Ensemble presents The Bad and The Beautiful, a season ...

Before we hear music by Aaron Copland, we hear Copland's own voice. In a 1980 NPR interview, Copland talks about his ballet, "Appalachian Spring." Then we hear a concert performance of the piece from ...

Through this writing activity students will explore how Aaron Copland uses music to convey a sense of landscape and time. Composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990) was hugely influential in the development ...

Copland himself is the key explicator of his own extraordinary musical career, from piano lessons in Brooklyn and study with Nadia Boulanger, a fling as a wild-eyed modernist, and finally to his ...

There is something foundational about composers recording their own music. Though the necessary technology didn’t exist to capture the likes of Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and others who performed much of ...

This July 4, you’ll definitely hear music composed by Aaron Copland. In fact, if you’re listening to Classical IPR, I can guarantee you’ll hear multiple pieces by Aaron Copland today. His music is ...

A Chat with Aaron CoplandBefore music by Aaron Copland, we hear Copland's own voice. In a 1980 NPR interview, Copland talks about his ballet, "Appalachian Spring." Then we hear a concert performance ...