Playwright, songwriter, and voice actor Christian Albright will join the Symphony to narrate Lincoln Portrait live. The ...

What you should know about Aaron Copland's "Appalachian Spring" and "Lincoln Portrait" and Shostakovich’s monumental Fifth ...

Copland most famous composition, and one that some critics call his best, was written for a Martha Graham ballet, and Copland once said the music... 'Appalachian Spring' Let's get this out of the way.

The finest of the works Aaron Copland composed in his American vein is the ballet Appalachian Spring, written in 1943-44 for Martha Graham. The work's premiere took place in the Coolidge Auditorium of ...

Students will explore the connection between music and movement through choreographing aspects of their everyday activities. The ballet Appalachian Spring sprang from a collaboration between composer ...

The powerful, artistic combination of the Martha Graham Dance Company and the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra filled the Crouse-Hinds Theater with a full house of appreciative dance and music lovers on ...

When Martha Graham’s ballet “Appalachian Spring” had its premiere on Oct. 30, 1944, in Washington, D.C., Aaron Copland was the voice of America. He had the gift to be simple. He wrote music that ...

With the pandemic keeping concert halls closed, Times classical music critic Mark Swed has been combing through works that suit the psychology of the moment and giving them a deep listen, covering ...

In her 60 years of dancing, Martha Graham changed the art form, adding psychological, political and social context to her works, often holistically conceived with music and artistic sets in mind.