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Copland, Aaron

Aaron Copland backstage at Hill Auditorium, 1976

Aaron Copland, Eugene Ormandy, and Leslie Bassett backstage at the May Festival, April 28, 1976

Perfomer (2)
Works by Name (61)
Works by Date Performed (62)

Performances

05-06-1961
Hill Auditorium
- Orchestral Variations
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
- The Tender Land: Suite
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
04-30-1976
Hill Auditorium
- Fanfare for the Common Man
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
- The school for scandal overture; Op. 5
  - Composer: Barber, Samuel
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
- Holidays: Decoration Day
  - Composer: Ives, Charles
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
- Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
  - Clarinet: Webster, Michael
- New England Triptych
  - Composer: Schuman, William
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
- The Tender Land: Suite
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
  - Choir: Festival Chorus
  - Chorus Master: Bryant, Donald

Works (by Name)

Works (by Date Performed)

11-11-1945
Hill Auditorium
- Appalachian Spring: Suite
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Cleveland Orchestra
  - Conductor: Leinsdorf, Erich
10-26-1947
Hill Auditorium
- Appalachian Spring: Suite
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Chicago Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Rodzinski, Artur
10-10-1954
Hill Auditorium
- Old American songs, set 1: Long time ago
  - Composer: Unknown: United States
  - Arranger: Copland, Aaron
  - Soprano: Steber, Eleanor
  - Piano: Quillian, James
05-07-1955
Hill Auditorium
- Old American songs, set 1: The boatmen's dance
  - Composer: Unknown: United States
  - Arranger: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
  - Baritone: Warfield, William
11-26-1957
Hill Auditorium
- Old American songs, set 2
  - Composer: Unknown: United States
  - Arranger: Copland, Aaron
  - Baritone: Warfield, William
  - Piano: Herz, Otto
05-04-1958
Hill Auditorium
- Quiet City
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
  - English Horn: Minsker, John
  - Trumpet: Krauss, Samuel
10-25-1959
Hill Auditorium
- The Tender Land: Party scene and Finale
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Munch, Charles
05-06-1961
Hill Auditorium
- Orchestral Variations
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
10-22-1961
Hill Auditorium
- Quiet City
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Boston Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Mayes, Samuel
  - English Horn: Speyer, Louis
  - Trumpet: Voisin, Roger
03-24-1962
Hill Auditorium
- Billy the Kid
  - Choreographer: Loring, Eugene
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: French, Jerad
  - Costumer: French, Jerad
  - Company: American Ballet Theatre
  - Conductor: Hagen, Walter
  - Dancer: Kriza, John
  - Dancer: Koesun, Ruth Ann
  - Dancer: Marks, Bruce
  - Dancer: Smith, Felix
05-08-1966
Hill Auditorium
- Music for a Great City
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
09-13-1967
Hill Auditorium
- Inscape
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: New York Philharmonic
  - Conductor: Bernstein, Leonard
  Notes: World Premiere
09-21-1974
Hill Auditorium
- Appalachian Spring: Suite
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: London Symphony Ochestra
  - Conductor: Previn, André
10-22-1974
Power Center
- Old American songs, set 1: The dodger (arr. for Choir)
  - Composer: Unknown: United States
  - Arranger: Copland, Aaron
  - Conductor: Smith, Gregg
  - Choir: Gregg Smith Singers
  - Piano: Beegle, Raymond
02-18-1975
Rackham Auditorium
- Duo for Flute and Piano (1971)
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Flute: Rampal, Jean-Pierre
  - Piano: Veyron-Lacroix, Robert
10-17-1975
Power Center
- Appalachian Spring
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Dancer: Monte, Elisa
  - Dancer: Mitchell, Lucinda
  - Dancer: Wengerd, Tim
  - Dancer: Lyman, Peggy
  - Dancer: Gray, Diane
  - Dancer: Hart, Diana
  - Dancer: Homsey, Bonnie Oda
  - Dancer: Maloney, Daniel
10-19-1975
Power Center
- Appalachian Spring
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Dancer: Mitchell, Lucinda
  - Dancer: Kimura, Yuriko
  - Dancer: Lyman, Peggy
  - Dancer: Hart, Diana
  - Dancer: Parkes, Ross
  - Dancer: Homsey, Bonnie Oda
  - Dancer: Maloney, Daniel
  - Dancer: Chao, Jessica
04-28-1976
Hill Auditorium
- Billy the Kid: Suite
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Ormandy, Eugene
04-30-1976
Hill Auditorium
- Fanfare for the Common Man
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Philadelphia Orchestra
  - Conductor: Copland, Aaron
07-11-1977
Rackham Auditorium
- Sonata for Piano
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Piano: Janis, Byron
10-24-1978
Power Center
- Appalachian Spring
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Dancer: Dakin, Christine
  - Dancer: Tyers, Sharon
  - Dancer: Wengerd, Tim
  - Dancer: Lyman, Peggy
  - Dancer: Terborgh, Bert
  - Dancer: Buglisi, Jacqulyn
  - Dancer: Ruddy, Jeanne
  - Dancer: Gray, Diane
11-02-1980
Rackham Auditorium
- Old American songs, set 1: The dodger
  - Composer: Unknown: United States
  - Arranger: Copland, Aaron
  - Baritone: Guinn, Leslie
  - Piano: Fisher, Charles
11-17-1980
Power Center
- Scenes For The Theater
  - Choreographer: Feld, Eliot
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Paull, John H. III
  - Set Designer: Kim, Willa
  - Costumer: Kim, Willa
  - Company: Feld Ballet New York
  - Piano: Longiaru, Peter
11-18-1980
Power Center
- Scenes For The Theater
  - Choreographer: Feld, Eliot
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Paull, John H. III
  - Set Designer: Kim, Willa
  - Costumer: Kim, Willa
  - Company: Feld Ballet New York
11-23-1980
Hill Auditorium
- Quiet City
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Los Angeles Philharmonic
  - Conductor: Giulini, Carlo Maria
  - English Horn: Cowart, Robert
  - Trumpet: Stevens, Thomas
01-26-1982
Power Center
- Seascape
  - Choreographer: Guidi, Ronn
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Artistic Director: Guidi, Ronn
  - Lighting designer: Klemm, Robert
  - Costumer: Stephens, Fran
  - Company: Oakland Ballet Company
  - Dancer: Leedom, Erin
  - Dancer: James, Lance
  - Dancer: Breyer, Johanna
  - Dancer: Reevie, Shirlee
  - Dancer: Taylor, Susan
04-04-1982
Rackham Auditorium
- Sonata for Violin and Piano
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Violin: Krachmalnick, Jacob
  - Piano: Dexter, Benning
10-19-1983
Rackham Auditorium
- El salón México (arr. for Piano)
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Arranger: Bernstein, Leonard
  - Piano: Tocco, James
03-06-1984
Power Center
- Billy the Kid
  - Choreographer: Loring, Eugene
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Artistic Director: Guidi, Ronn
  - Lighting designer: Klemm, Robert
  - Costumer: Fletcher, Robert
  - Company: Oakland Ballet Company
06-30-1984
Power Center
- Appalachian Spring: Suite
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Detroit Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Entremont, Philippe
  Notes: This piece was performed with a simultaneous three-screen photographic presentation by multimedia artist James Westerwater.
07-24-1984
Power Center
- The Wilderness Suite
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Creator: Westwater, James
  - Orchestra: Northwood Orchestra
  - Conductor: Jaeger, Don
03-29-1985
Hill Auditorium
- 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: The World Feels Dusty
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Author: Dickinson, Emily
  - Baritone: Milnes, Sherrill
  - Piano: Spong, Jon
02-08-1987
Power Center
- Appalachian Spring
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Dancer: Foreman, Donlin
  - Dancer: Dakin, Christine
  - Dancer: Sherman, Maxine
  - Dancer: White, Larry
03-29-1987
Rackham Auditorium
- Rodeo: Hoe-Down (arr. for Flute and Accordion)
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Arranger: Cambridge Buskers
  - Chamber Ensemble: Cambridge Buskers
  - Accordion: Ingram, Dag
  - Flute: Copley, Michael
01-25-1988
Rackham Auditorium
- Old American Songs, Set 1: Simple Gifts (arr. for Brass Quintet)
  - Composer: Unknown: United States
  - Arranger: Copland, Aaron
  - Brass Ensemble: Empire Brass
  - French Horn: Hackleman, Martin
  - Trombone: Hartman, Scott
  - Trumpet: Smedvig, Rolf
  - Trumpet: Curnow, Jeffrey
  - Tuba: Pilafian, Samuel
01-26-1988
Hill Auditorium
- Old American Songs, Set 1: Simple Gifts (arr. for Brass Quintet)
  - Composer: Unknown: United States
  - Arranger: Copland, Aaron
  - Brass Ensemble: Empire Brass
  - French Horn: Hackleman, Martin
  - Trombone: Hartman, Scott
  - Trumpet: Smedvig, Rolf
  - Trumpet: Curnow, Jeffrey
  - Tuba: Pilafian, Samuel
03-14-1990
Power Center
- Summer Dance
  - Choreographer: Small, Robert
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Costumer: Bewley, Lois
  - Dancer: Small, Robert
03-16-1990
Power Center
- Summer Dance
  - Choreographer: Small, Robert
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Costumer: Bewley, Lois
  - Dancer: Small, Robert
04-02-1991
Power Center
- Copland Motets
  - Choreographer: Duncan, Randy
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Artistic Director: Duncan, Randy
  - Lighting designer: Young, Catherine
  - Costumer: Sanner, Virgil
  - Company: Joseph Holmes Chicago Dance Theater
  - Choir: The Oriana Singers
  - Dancer: Alvarez, Arturo
  - Dancer: McNamara, Kim
  - Dancer: Turner, Roger
04-03-1991
Hill Auditorium
- Billy the Kid: Suite
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: The New World Symphony
  - Conductor: Thomas, Michael Tilson
10-27-1991
Hill Auditorium
- 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: Going to Heaven
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Soprano: Augér, Arleen
  - Piano: Blier, Steven
10-10-1993
Power Center
- Danzon Cubano
  - Choreographer: Feld, Eliot
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Hughes, Allen Lee
  - Costumer: Kim, Willa
  - Company: Feld Ballet New York
  - Dancer: Gibson, Darren
  - Dancer: Kalmar, Sarah
  - Dancer: Stahl, Julie
  - Dancer: Zobenica, Mitza
11-07-1993
Hill Auditorium
- Old American songs, set 1: Long time ago
  - Composer: Unknown: United States
  - Arranger: Copland, Aaron
  - Baritone: Hampson, Thomas
  - Piano: Rutenberg, Craig
  Notes: Encore
10-23-1994
Rackham Auditorium
- Appalachian Spring
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Conductor: Sussman, Stanley
  - Violin: Jennings, Andrew
  - Violin: Shipps, Stephen
  - Violin: Rust, Elizabeth
  - Violin: Yon, Kirsten
  - Viola: Schotten, Yizhak
  - Viola: Heim, Dan
  - Cello: Rowe, Alicia
  - Cello: Wang, Felix
  - Bassoon: Beene, Richard
  - Clarinet: Ormand, Fred
  - Double Bass: Sankey, Stuart
  - Flute: Buyse, Leone
  - Piano: Collier, Katherine
10-29-1994
Power Center
- Appalachian Spring: Excerpt
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Artistic Director: Protas, Ronald
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
  - Orchestra: Ann Arbor Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Sussman, Stanley
  - Dancer: Herring, Joyce
  - Dancer: Brown, Ethan
10-30-1994
Power Center
- Fanfare for the Common Man
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Chamber Ensemble: University of Michigan Symphony Band
  - Conductor: Reynolds, H. Robert
03-15-1996
Hill Auditorium
- Symphonic Ode
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony
  - Conductor: Thomas, Michael Tilson
03-26-1996
Rackham Auditorium
- Sextet for Piano, Clarinet, Violins (2), Viola, and Cello
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Chamber Ensemble: Michigan Chamber Players
  - Violin: Jennings, Andrew
  - Violin: Neal, Christopher
  - Viola: Divall, Nicole
  - Cello: Elliott, Anthony
  - Clarinet: Ormand, Fred
  - Piano: Katz, Martin
01-28-1999
Rackham Auditorium
- Two Pieces for String Quartet: Rondino
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Violin: Winograd, Peter
  - Violin: Carney, Laurie
  - Viola: Avshalomov, Daniel
  - Cello: Geber, David
  - String Quartet: American String Quartet
04-25-2000
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
- Old American songs, set 2: The Little Horses
  - Composer: Unknown: United States
  - Arranger: Copland, Aaron
  - Mezzo-soprano: Von Stade, Frederica
  - Piano: Katz, Martin
02-20-2002
Hill Auditorium
- Canticle of Freedom: Finale
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Conductor: Turnbull, Walter J.
  - Choir: Boys Choir of Harlem
10-23-2002
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
- Pastorale
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Mezzo-soprano: Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine
  - Piano: Tweten, Robert
  Notes: encore
02-16-2003
Michigan Theater
- Appalachian Spring
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Eos Orchestra
  - Conductor: Sheffer, Jonathan
11-23-2004
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
- 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson: Nature, the gentlest mother
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Soprano: Brueggergosman, Measha
  - Piano: Penna, J.J.
04-02-2006
Rackham Auditorium
- Two Mexican Pieces
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Arranger: Kanengiser, William
  - Chamber Ensemble: Los Angeles Guitar Quartet
  - Guitar: York, Andrew
  - Guitar: Dearman, John
  - Guitar: Kanengiser, William
  - Guitar: Tennant, Scott
10-13-2006
Power Center
- Appalachian Spring
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Lighting designer: Emmons, Beverly
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Costumer: Graham, Martha
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
10-14-2006
Power Center
- Appalachian Spring
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Lighting designer: Emmons, Beverly
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Costumer: Graham, Martha
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
10-14-2006
Power Center
- Appalachian Spring
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Lighting designer: Emmons, Beverly
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Costumer: Graham, Martha
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
11-16-2008
Hill Auditorium
- Symphony; No. 3
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra
  - Conductor: Botstein, Leon
03-22-2012
Hill Auditorium
- Orchestral Variations
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Orchestra: San Francisco Symphony
  - Conductor: Thomas, Michael Tilson
01-26-2013
Power Center
- Appalachian Spring
  - Choreographer: Graham, Martha
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Lighting designer: Rosenthal, Jean
  - Set Designer: Noguchi, Isamu
  - Company: Martha Graham Dance Company
10-11-2019
Rackham Auditorium
- Appalachian Spring: Suite
  - Composer: Copland, Aaron
  - Violin: Lee, Kristin
  - Violin: Hoopes, Chad
  - Violin: Sussmann, Arnaud
  - Violin: Xiang Yu, Angelo
  - Viola: Neubauer, Paul
  - Viola: Lipman, Matthew
  - Cello: Finckel, David
  - Cello: Canellakis, Nicholas
  - Bassoon: Goldberg, Marc
  - Clarinet: Shifrin, David
  - Double Bass: Manzo, Anthony
  - Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
  - Flute: Wilson, Ransom
  - Piano: Chien, Gloria
  Notes: Appalachian Spring Suite for Ensemble (1944; 1958 version)