What can a live hearing of Copland's Piano Concerto offer the modern listener? How does the drama unfold over roughly 18 minutes? This and more in the latest installment of Midday Thoughts.
Sally Bick's Unsettled Scores Available Now
May 13, 2020 | Announcements
Now available from University of Illinois Press, Sally Bick’s Unsettled Scores: Politics, Hollywood, and the Film Music of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler focuses on the film score careers of both composing giants in a new light.
New Book Explores Copland and Mahler
October 22, 2019 | Announcements
Matthew Mugmon takes a look at Copland’s relationship with Gustav Mahler’s music and its effect on his vision for American music in the 20th century in his new book, Aaron Copland and the American Legacy of Gustav Mahler.
Appalachian Spring at 75: Then and Now
By Jennifer DeLapp-Birkett | September 9, 2019 | Articles
To mark the 75th year anniversary of Aaron Copland and Martha Graham's Appalachian Spring this Fall, we take a look at the history of the ballet and what's to come.