Award-Winning Creative Center for American Music and the Arts Begins New Era with Purchase of Vast Additional Property
Cortlandt Manor, NY, March 4, 2024 – Copland House, the award-winning creative center for American music and the arts based at iconic composer Aaron Copland’s National Historic Landmark home in New York’s Lower Hudson Valley, today announces its purchase of a vast school campus on the New York-Connecticut border, heralding a transformational programmatic and institutional expansion. The $3-million, 24-acre complex nestled in the woods in Brewster, New York will become a major satellite venue for Copland House, enabling it to substantially extend its artistic support, audience reach, public presentations, educational engagement, and programs that uniquely embrace and champion the entire artistic process. As home to a vibrant, multidisciplinary creative community centering the arts in ongoing public conversation, the property, known as Bluestone Farm, will stand as a vital meeting place, both live and virtual, where artists, music lovers, cultural adventurers, and newcomers of all ages, backgrounds, and identities are welcomed into an exhilarating world of continuous exploration, discovery, and innovation.
“In a profoundly-changed post-pandemic world, this ambitious venture strongly affirms our belief in the power of ideas, creativity, expressivity, and collaboration to bring people together,” said Copland House’s longtime Artistic and Executive Director Michael Boriskin, a noted pianist, recording artist, producer, and one of Musical America’s “Top 30 Professionals of 2023.” “This giant step provides us with the capacity to deepen our relationships with the music industry, educational and business communities, and general public. It is also a breathtaking way for us to begin celebrating Copland House’s 25th Anniversary – by envisioning our next quarter-century and beyond.”
Read the rest of the press release here: http://www.coplandhouse.org/media/release-Copland-House-Bluestone-Farm.pdf