Copland’s Rodeo is a piece of music so American, it was used in a beef commercial in the 1990s: ...

Aaron Copland grew up in Brooklyn far from the mainstream elegance of Carnegie Hall. The son of a Jewish shopkeeper, he went to public school, took piano lessons, and was mitzvahed at the Kane ...

The Southwestern Ohio Symphonic Band is set to perform its spring concert in Hamilton as part of the band’s 55th anniversary season.

Wrexham Symphony Orchestra will stage a performance of “East Meets West” at the William Aston Hall this month. The concert, ...

Read more Born in a humble street in Brooklyn, the son of Lithuanian immigrants, Copland is generally regarded as the first indisputably great American composer. The piano came easily to him and, ...

Aaron Copland’s score to Martha Graham’s classic ballet offered the gift of simplicity, an evocation of open landscape and, most important, of spiritual renewal. Its promise of a new life proved balm ...

The Kettle Moraine Symphony will be performing American composer Aaron Copland’s Appalachian Spring and Quiet City in an ...

Step. The initial melody leaps about - it can’t keep still. Aaron Copland created this music to be danced to inspired by music cowboys liked to dance to. It has a party atmosphere. The tempo of ...

The Northwest Wind Symphony's first concert of the year will take place at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 18. It will be held at Corbet Theatre on the College campus. Tickets are $12 and can be purchased at ...

Lemn Sissay explores Copland's music from Rodeo with beautiful animation. Originally composed in 1942 for a ballet called Rodeo, the Hoe-Down features two American square dance tunes and fuses ...