Join the August 5th kick-off concert for CULTIVATE, Copland House’s new, innovative all-scholarship, creative workshop for young composers at the start of their careers. For one week, five gifted, emerging American composers—Nathan Heidelberger, Roger Zare, Michael Djupstrom, Reena Esmail, and…
“You had to hear it…Fain was astonishing.”
The Reviews Are In — Tim Fain Spring 2012 tour : Chicago Tribune “…in many ways most rewarding,[this] piece on the bill also was the most recent — “Chaconne” from the Partita for Solo Violin that Glass composed for Fain…
Copland House Comes to Manhattan by Sedgwick Clark
The following post comes from Sedgwick Clark’s very own blog “Why I left Muncie” (a MusicalAmerica.com blog) For years I’ve been tempted by Music from Copland House concerts, at Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark home in New York’s lower Hudson…
Preview: Oliveira in Evansville
On Saturday February 18th, Elmar Oliveira plays Samuel Barber’s Violin Concerto with the Evansville Philharmonic. When choosing soloists for the concert, find out why music director Alfred Savia said, “Elmar was my absolute first choice.” Read more here.
WQXR – Q2 Feature: Aaron Jay Kernis – A Colorist of Maximal Proportions
WQXR-Q2 highlights the music of this Pulitzer Prize and Grawemeyer Award-winning American composer. Check out this thoughtful overview and listen to his music.
SF Chronicle lists Kernis Symphony No. 2 in Top 10 Classical CDs
San Francisco Chronicle reader John Rogers of New London, NH asked music critic Joshua Kosman for an introductory list “to the world of fine orchestral compositions of the last 50 years.” Kosman called Aaron Jay Kernis’ Symphony No. 2 “An…