On Tuesday, May 26, 1953, Aaron Copland appeared as a witness before the Senate committee headed by Joseph McCarthy. Summoned because of his past relationship with the American government—he served as ...

Has anyone checked Aaron Copland's grave for signs of vigorous rolling? Copland, the great American composer, who was openly gay and whose politics were socialist-leaning, keeps showing up on the ...

The North Carolina Symphony is in the mountains for an America 250 concert at Western Carolina University.

“In those days,” Aaron Copland once said of his early studies, “music was like the inside of a great building that shut out the street noises.” Later Copland was to do more than any other composer of ...

The Boston Symphony’s Serge Koussevitzky hurried offstage, excitedly kissed several dowagers who had come up to congratulate him. He had just conducted the world premiere of Aaron Copland’s Third ...

The late music critic Terry Teachout described Aaron Copland's work as "probably the greatest piece of classical music composed by an American." Musician, author, composer and friend of the show, Rob ...

Carol A. Hess (left), Distinguished Professor of Music, has taken a deep dive into musical diplomacy with her most recent book, “Aaron Copland in Latin America,” published this year. The book cover ...

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 ...