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Topic: Copland

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 Vital Stats
The Brain has inferred the following facts from reading text collected on the topic:
Most admires:Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,  Chu Mei-Feng
Favorite book(s):"Lady Chatterley's Lover" by D H Lawrence
Currently has on their coffee table:WWF magazine
Favorite composer(s):Rachmaninoff,  Tchaikovsky,  Gustav Mahler
Favorite movie(s):Erin Brockovich,  West Side Story,  The Bodyguard
Favorite sportsperson(s):Hank Aaron (baseball),  Babe Ruth (baseball),  Mickey Mantle (baseball)
Listens to:Classical,  Backstreet Boys,  Elvis Presley
Favorite TV show(s):Charmed,  Late Show with David Letterman,  Days of our Lives
Favorite quote(s):"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end." - Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)
 
 
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John Fielding,
CEO

Aaron Copland Fund Awards Grants to Ensembles Eleventh year of grants through the Performing Ensembles Program The Aaron Copland Fund for Music has awarded grants totaling $500,000 to performing ensembles across America through its 2002 Performing Ensembles Program.
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music has awarded $500,000 in grants to 107 performing organizations through its Performing Ensembles Program, which the AMC administers.
The program has received grants from the Aaron Copland Fund for Music and the Massachusetts Cultural Council; ongoing funding is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Island Fund.
Pete Trengle,
Bass Player

Commentary on the original version for soprano and piano is supplemented by information on Copland's later orchestrations of selected songs, a discussion of performance and interpretation, plus an annotated discography.
The brass section showed brilliance as Copland's Fanfare for the Common Man rang through the auditorium and the orchestra brought haunting beauty to Ravel's Pavane and awesome power to the 1812 Overture by Tchaikovsky.
She has performed throughout Europe while she was attending the Conservatory, and was the featured soloist in Aaron Copland's In the Beginning when the New England Conservatory Chorus made its concert tour to Israel.
Todd Porter,
Gym Attendent

A Aaron Copland School of Music: Queens College’s renowned school of music also opens its door to let the community hear the beautiful sounds produced by its students of all ages and its faculty.
Anita Ganesh,
Poet

Aaron Copland: A Self-Portrait richly demonstrates the breadth of Copland’s activities, his artistic significance, the high esteem in which he was held by his colleagues, his devotion to nurturing young composers and performers, and his quiet dignity and modesty as an individual.
Jack Crawford,
WWII Veteran

In 1987 The Cadets fo Bergen County Drum and Bugle Corps took Coplands origional scores and formulated a show that was to say the very least INCREDIBLE.
David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist

Except for lunches with Miriam Taylor and Aaron Copland, I almost never come into contact with the common man.
Aaron Copland, one of America's great contemporary conductors and composers, offers his insights on American musical history.
Bob Greenberg,
Congressional Candidate

A few years after Copland's death in 1990, a group of local citizens undertook to restore and preserve this historic residence as a living, enduring cultural asset.
 
 
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J.P.VILINSKY
2005-01-26 14:32:32
I AM A COMPOSER SPECIALIZING IN FOR BACKGROUND MUSIC FOR COMMERCIALS I HAVE BEEN THE RECIPIENT OF THE COVERTED CLEO AWARD IN THIS AREA. RECENTLY I HAVE COMPOSED AND ORCHESTRATED A MUSICAL COMPOSITION FOR FILMS. WHERE CAN I GET FUNDING???
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