{"id":56,"date":"2011-04-28T04:51:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-28T04:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/?p=56"},"modified":"2013-06-21T05:38:51","modified_gmt":"2013-06-21T05:38:51","slug":"copland-house-receives-amc-2011-letter-of-distinction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/2011\/04\/28\/copland-house-receives-amc-2011-letter-of-distinction\/","title":{"rendered":"Copland House receives AMC 2011 &#8220;Letter of Distinction&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coplandhouse.org\">Copland House<\/a> has been named a recipient of the American Music Center&#8217;s 2011 Letter of Distinction Award.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The American Music Center has the happy duty of recognizing those who make the biggest contribution to new American music,&#8221; notes AMC President and CEO Joanne Hubbard Cossa. &#8220;Both a historic landmark and a haven for those wanting to hone their craft, Copland House preserves the spirit and history of the field.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>AMC&#8217;s Award is a distinctive honor. Copland House is the <em>only<\/em> composer\u2019s home in the United States devoted to nurturing American composers and their work through a broad range of activities.\u00a0Copland House seeks to honor and preserve America&#8217;s vibrant musical heritage, as it encourages the creation of new traditions. It welcomes all who wish to join on an historic journey to build a unique place where America&#8217;s musical past and future meet. Copland House also features its own ensemble &#8212; Music from Copland House &#8212; which is devoted exclusively\u00a0to performing\u00a0American music.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Boriskin, Copland House Artistic and Executive Director, will accept the award on May 2, 2011 at AMC&#8217;s Annual Meeting and Award Ceremony held at the Chelsea Art Museum in New York City.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Copland House has been named a recipient of the American Music Center&#8217;s 2011 Letter of Distinction Award. &#8220;The American Music Center has the happy duty of recognizing those who make the biggest contribution to new American music,&#8221; notes AMC President&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/2011\/04\/28\/copland-house-receives-amc-2011-letter-of-distinction\/\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":188,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56\/revisions\/188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dworkincompany.com\/pressandevents\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}