Philly Orchestra to perform free concert outside at City Hall Aug 13, 2008
It will begin at 7 p.m. Associate conductor Rossen Milanov will lead a program that features music of Leonard Bernstein, Giuseppe Verdi, Arturo Marquez, Aaron Copland, and George Gershwin. The Philadelphia Orchestra performs all over the world, but president and CEO James Undercofler says this will be the first time in its 108-year history that it has given a concert at Philadelphia City Hall. (The Delaware County Times, PA)
Pop music: Randy Newman's 'Harps and Angels' a superb effort Aug 8, 2008
Drawing from influences as diverse as Fats Domino and Stephen Foster, Aaron Copland and Professor Longhair, Cole Porter and Memphis Slim, Newman has crafted nine new songs that are earthy and urbane, timely and timeless. (The 10th is a deeply moving, bare-bones remake of Feels Like Home, which Bonnie Raitt sang on the superb 1993 album, Randy Newman's 'Faust. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
The BSO frees up rarely used funds to celebrate Elliott Carter Jul 20, 2008
For the first 10 years, money from the fund went to Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and Lukas Foss. After that, the BSO found the terms so restrictive it rarely used the fund. (Boston Globe)
Winonan singing praises of persistence Jul 18, 2008
The concert will include works by Strauss, Rossini, Aaron Copland, Mark Hayes and Erin Damberger, her friend and piano accompanist. Competition to get into good vocal performance grad schools is fierce. (Winona Daily News, MN)
Beyond 'cow-pat': Ralph Vaughan Williams's complex legacy Jul 15, 2008
The bovine imagery appears in other variations: Aaron Copland is supposed to have said that listening to Vaughan Williams's Symphony No. 5 was like staring at a cow for 45 minutes. Elisabeth Lutyens, an English modernist composer, dismissed the British pastoral school, of which Vaughan Williams was the most prominent figure, with the withering term "cow-pat music.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'Great American Picnic' event celebrates best of the holiday Jul 13, 2008
The Hudson Valley Philharmonic started playing Friday at 7 p.m., from patriotic favorites, like "Stars es Forever," and arrangements by Aaron Copland, to the four U.S. military service divisions' hymns. Molly and Jay Ungar's popular "Ashokan Farewell," themes from "Star Wars" and the highly recognizable song from "Mission Impossible" delighted the audience. (Rhinebeck Gazette Advertiser, NY)
Philharmonic & the Fourth tradition continues Jul 4, 2008
Other highlights of the show will be a Duke Ellington medley, Aaron Copland s Saturday Night Waltz, Victor Herbert s American Fantasy, John Philip Sousa s Liberty Bell March and several compositions by popular movie composer John Williams, including Superman March, from Superman, Hymn to the Fallen, from Saving Private Ryan, and Raiders March, from the Indiana Jones films. The latter selection is particularly timely given the fourth installment in the series, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the... (Scranton Times, PA)
At WCRB, it's a grand old tradition Jul 3, 2008
Like last year, the daytime programming will focus on American music, including compositions by Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and others that Edwards calls "the music well known for the Fourth of July." As a preview for the evening's concert, the programming will also include recordings from the Pops, "music by all three legendary conductors, Keith Lockhart, Arthur Fiedler, and John Williams," says Edwards. "It's all about the ambience and being part of the excitement.". (Boston Globe)
'Portrait' gets inside world of Philip Glass Jun 26, 2008
Glass himself offers some interesting reflections on his two most influential teachers - Nadia Boulanger, the legendary Parisian pedagogue who taught Aaron Copland and so many other American composers, and Ravi Shankar, whose music Glass was transcribing when he had an early creative breakthrough. But beyond that, there is virtually nothing of substance on Glass's body of work. (Boston Globe)
Conservatory presents 'An American Salute' Jun 13, 2008
The program will include selections from "West Side Story" by Leonard Bernstein, "Grand Canyon Suite" by Ferde Grof; and four dance episodes from "Rodeo" by Aaron Copland. The choirs also will perform "Earthsongs" by David Brunner. (NJ.com -- Times)
Go & Do - Things to do Saturday and Sunday Jun 7, 2008
The concert will feature music by American composers Aaron Copland, Leroy Anderson, John Phillips Sousa and rousing popular melodies by Dvorak and Mozart. There will be an "Instrument Petting Zoo" following the concert where kids can meet the musicians and try out an instrument or two. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
A glimpse of the future? Winner of the RSOs Young Artist Competition will play with the symphony at their final concert of the season Friday night May 15, 2008
They are scheduled as follows: June 27, American Fantasy, featuring the music of George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Victor Herbert and more; Aug. 1, Happy Feet, focusing on all things dance, from waltzes to ballet and tap; and on Aug. 29 Score. Favorites from Stage and Screen. (Racine Journal Times, WI)
What's Happening May 8, 2008
" - 8 p.m. today-Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday, Historic Elbert Theatre; $10 in advance; $12 at the door; (706) 283-1049, ext.11. Courtesan, If When, Strezo - 8:30 p.m., Flicker Theatre and Bar. Normaltown Flyers - 9 p.m., Allen's Bar and Grill. Producto, Don Chambers + GOAT - 10 p.m., 40 Watt. Pride Parade, All the Saints, A. Armada - 10 p.m., Caledonia Lounge. DJ Mahogany - 10 p.m., Little Kings. On SATURDAY Holland Park Patriots Football, Cheerleading and Volunteer sign-ups and practice - 9... (Athens Banner-Herald)
Memorial Day concert features Lebanon vocalist May 8, 2008
During one of the band's featured pieces, Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland, Butler will narrate excerpts from several of Abraham Lincoln's speeches, including the Gettysburg Address. Other program numbers include Fanfare for Freedom by Morton Gould, who composed it during WWII for the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; the William Tell Overture by Gioacchino Antonio Rossini, parts of which became famous as the theme song for The Lone Ranger radio and television programs; and Folk Suite by... (Lebanon Express, OR)
Symphony Orchestra to present concert May 3, 2008
The magical evening of American music by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Stephen C. Foster, Henry Mancini, Randall Thompson and other great American composers marks the end of WSO s Fifteenth Anniversary season. We re very excited about the music of this concert, said WSO Maestro Dagang Chen. (Woodlands Villager, TX)
Henry Brant, 94; maverick composer won Pulitizer May 2, 2008
Mr. Brant attended Juilliard and studied privately with Aaron Copland and George Antheil. In New York, Mr. Brant wrote the furthest-out music he could come up with - contrapuntally complex, dissonant, and unconventional in form - but he also became more deeply involved in jazz and popular music and found work during the Depression and the World War II years conducting on radio and orchestrating for films. (Boston Globe)
From Bach to blues, Kalish shows his range May 2, 2008
In relief of the physically and mentally demanding ``13 Ways,'' Kalish played the ``Four Piano Blues'' of Aaron Copland. Meant to be lightweight and popular, they display only an abstract resemblance to the conventional blues. (Kalamazoo Gazette, MI)
Young musician debuts in PBS special May 2, 2008
Concertmaster Andre Hafner, formerly of Rapid City Central High School, led the Interlochen Arts Academy Chamber Orchestra through Simple Gifts from Aaron Copland s Appalachian Spring not once, but four times to capture the best musical performance for the PBS special. Last month in Carnegie s Judy and Arthur Zankel Hall, the ensemble played in front of a packed house of 600 music lovers, which included Hafner s mother, Rebecca, and older sister, Caitlin. (Rapid City Journal, SD)
The Air This Week Apr 22, 2008
6-8 p.m. Historic performances: Aaron Copland (WHRB). 6 p.m. Christopher O'Riley/From the Top (WGBH). (Boston Globe)
The finale that makes staying past intermission worthwhile Apr 20, 2008
He was after a new American idiom, and his gamble was to juxtapose various American styles - jazz, ragtime and blues, along with shades of Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein - making Regina a brave conflation of modern and classical form. Canadian mezzo-soprano Kimberly Barber, in the title role, has a velvet (and leopard skin) voice. (Globe and Mail)
Travis Sullivan's idea: jazz meets Bjork Apr 18, 2008
Sullivan says his inspiration came not so much from tribute bands as it did from the song cycles of classical composers such as Arnold Schoenberg and Aaron Copland. "Copland wrote a song cycle based on Emily Dickinson poems, and Debussy did the poems of Mallarme and other French poets. That was sort of my approach.". (Boston Globe)
Put on some boots and hear the hoots Apr 12, 2008
- Music selections: Prairie Overture by Robert Ward, American Folk Concert for Solo Fiddle and Symphony Orchestra by Marie Rhines, Three Dance Episodes from Rodeo by Aaron Copland and Dances with Wolves by John Barry. - Ticket cost: 12 adult, 8 children, 10 seniors and military personnel. (Gillette News-Record, WY)
UConn's New President To Be Inaugurated Sunday Apr 11, 2008
They finally settled for the more dignified "Fanfare for the Common Man" by Aaron Copland. "I wanted to pay proper respect to tradition on the one hand but balance it with what I think is the fun and modern spirit of the university," Hogan said. (FOX61, CT)
Quotes about Mozart Apr 9, 2008
--- Aaron Copland, Copland on Music, 1960. "I have never known any other composer to possess such an amazing wealth of ideas. I wish he were not so spendthrift with them. He does not give the listener time to catch his breath;". (Suite101.com)
Community events Apr 4, 2008
The Greenville Choral Society s Children s Chorus, Youth Chorale and Bella Voce Singers will offer their spring concert at 7 p.m. at The Memorial Baptist Church, 1510 S.E. Greenville Blvd. Among the works to be performed: London Bridge from Nick Page s Nursery Rhyme Cantata, Didn t My Lord Deliver Daniel, Aaron Copland s I Bought Me a Cat, a Thomas Morley madrigal and two selections from Songs for a Better World. For tickets, call 353-5495, or visit. (The Daily Reflector)
North Iowa Symphony Orchestra to perform Monday Apr 3, 2008
Soloist for the concert will be Matt Jensen, tenor, singing the Old American Songs Set 1 by Aaron Copland ... Old American Songs, Aaron Copland. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Rows-ing the best in us Apr 2, 2008
Rowsey attended the governor's School for the Gifted, an intensive summer program in which he found himself sitting on the lawn of Wolf Trap with American composer Aaron Copland. He took his first trip to Broadway, taking in Shenandoah and The Wiz. (Wood River Journal, ID)
N.I. Concert Band to perform Tuesday Mar 27, 2008
Down A Country Lane, Aaron Copland (transcribed for band by Merlin Patterson). American Riversongs (A Folksong Setting for Band), Pierre La Plante. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
CV Symphony New World’ concert planned Saturday Mar 7, 2008
The orchestra, conducted by Nobuyoshi Yasuda, will perform two selections by American composer Aaron Copland, Fanfare for the Common Man and Rodeo. Copland helped define a 20th century American sound, and his influence on his contemporaries and students has been tremendous. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
Playing its founder’s favorites Feb 22, 2008
The program itself will have multiple pieces that Gatlin loved, including selections from Beethoven, Antonio Vivaldi, Aaron Copland, William Grant Still, Franz Liszt and even the song The Impossible Dream from Man of La Mancha. He was someone who would not let go of that dream, Waters said. (Petersburg Progress Index, VA)
Film society salutes a legend Jan 10, 2008
It will be followed by the 116-minute featured film "Keeping Score: MTT on Music," a behind-the-scenes guided tour of the music of great American composer Aaron Copland (1900-1990), through the eyes of noted San Francisco Symphony conductor Michael Tilson Thomas and the symphony itself. This work, according to film society publicists, offers something both for those familiar with Copland's music and those discovering it for the first time. (Half Moon Bay Review, CA)
DVD year in review: Fans savored these vintage films Dec 28, 2007
William Wyler's movie of Henry James' Washington Square benefited from some of its era's top-of-the-line talent: Montgomery Clift, Ralph Richardson, Wyler himself, a rare Aaron Copland score and a most-deserved-Oscar-winning performance from Olivia de Havilland. Land of the Pharaohs (1955, Warner, unrated, $20). (USA Today -- Life)
Inspired and rapturous rumination Dec 21, 2007
After the positive reaction to the album Michigan, which stretched from folk to Aaron Copland, from solo voice to orchestra and choir, Stevens released Seven Swans, a ruminative album centred on his relationship with his faith and god. The notices were again rapturous but it was the startling Illinois that cemented his worldwide reputation and earned him an invitation to the Sydney Festival 2008. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
URI offers a cornucopia of holiday music, starting Dec. 7 Dec 1, 2007
The program will continue with Gustav Holst s "In the Bleak Midwinter," Holst s most beloved Christmas carol, set to words by Christina Rosetti in 1874; Aaron Copland s "Down a Country Lane," which began as a solo piano work commissioned by Life magazine in 1962 and was later arranged for concert band by Merlin Patterson; and the final work on the program, "Symphony No. 5;" by Don Gillis. Subtitled "A Symphony for Fun," the piece was originally composed for the NBC Orchestra, where Gillis worked... (Westerly Sun, RI)
They're here, queer and art pioneers in Sherry's 'Gay Artists' Nov 26, 2007
Yet during the same decades, gay cultural figures - such as composers Aaron Copland, Samuel Barber and Leonard Bernstein and playwright Tennessee Williams - played a pivotal role in shaping what became known as American culture. This seeming paradox has led critics such as Nadine Hubbs to ask how gay men could have contributed so much to national identity "during America's most homophobic era.". (San Francisco Chronicle)
Breathing new life into 20th century music Nov 19, 2007
New Yorker music critic Alex Ross (below) does a good deal to combat that in his new book, "The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century." Ross skillfully places composers like Richard Strauss, Aaron Copland, and Igor Stravinsky in the flesh and blood struggles of their day, giving the work context and vitality. And if the 543-page book isn't enough for you, Ross regularly updates his blog at. (Boston Globe)
Nadia Boulanger: Top Music Teacher Nov 12, 2007
Aaron Copland, the celebrated American composer of Appalachian Spring and the Red Pony, said of Boulanger: "She knew everything there was to know about music; the oldest and the latest music; pre- and post-Stravinsky, and knew it cold. All the technical know-how was at her fingertips. Boulanger's Last Years As a music teacher, Boulanger s genius was to extract the talent of her students measured against her own exacting standards. For 50 years she offered afternoons in her Paris apartment for... (Suite101.com)
Roots of ‘Peace Nov 9, 2007
Among the group's many stellar reviews, Jennifer Shepard of The Living Church Magazine described their show as Garrison Keillor meeting Aaron Copland on Bourbon Street. The trio excells at taking traditional hymnody and re-spinning it in the genre of jazz. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Today In History - October 30, 2007 Oct 30, 2007
In 1944, the Martha Graham ballet Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland, premiered at the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C., with Graham in a leading role. In 1945, the U.S. government announced the end of shoe rationing, effective at midnight. (CBS2.com, CA)
Lincoln bicentennial events to include modern dance at Ravinia Oct 28, 2007
Welz Kauffman, Ravinias CEO and president, said he wanted something different, knowing the bicentennial would be filled with tributes to reflect on Lincolns time, or such famous works as A Lincoln Portrait by Aaron Copland, which features excerpts from different Lincoln speeches. I thought it would be wonderful to have something about Lincoln looking forward really a sort of legacy project, something that would embrace both the romance and the myth of the past, along with where... (The Pantagraph newspaper)
Mario Lanza tribute premieres Oct. 28 in Westerly Oct 26, 2007
"Buchi is well known to Westerly audiences. He appeared at the Colonial Theatre in 1995, and more recently in the Granite Theatre s production of the Ken Ludwig comedy "Lend Me a Tenor," which features an operatic tenor a little down on his luck. Buchi and his wife Jane Brendler visit her family s summer home in Weekapaug for a month every summer, and he knows the community well. Buchi has also sung at private concerts with the Salt Marsh Opera; he s taught at music director Simon Holt s summer... (Westerly Sun, RI)
WHS's Dawn Smith joins URI salute to Rhody music Oct 19, 2007
The URI Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Ann Danis, will perform on Saturday, Oct. 20, also at 8 p.m. The program for their first concert of the season includes "Festival March" from Puccini s "La Boheme" (the opera on which the modern musical "Rent" is based), "Buckaroo Holiday" from Aaron Copland s "Rodeo," Grundman s "Two Sketches for Orchestra" (rare pieces among his work since he wrote mostly for wind ensembles), "Leroy Anderson Favorites" arranged by Calvin Custer, and "Berceuse"... (Westerly Sun, RI)
Performing, teaching a passion for Juilliard's four 'workaholics' Oct 16, 2007
The quartet has collaborated with musicians ranging from Aaron Copland to Yo-Yo Ma. It has also won four Grammys, the honored recordings being Beethoven: The Late String Quartets (1985); Schoenberg: Quartets for Strings (1978); Debussy: Quartet in G Minor/Ravel: Quartet in F (1972); and Bartok: The Six String Quartets (1966). (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Claudia Stevens to present ‘Blue Lias' at MUW Oct 4, 2007
Composer Allen Shearer is the artistic co-director of the San Francisco new music presenter Composers Inc. He has received the Aaron Copland Award and residency, the Rome Prize Fellowship (Prix de Rome), a Charles Ives Scholarship, and an Alfred Hertz Fellowship, to name but a few. lue Lias is free and open to the public. (Columbus Commercial Dispatch, MS)
Eudice Shapiro, 93; Hollywood musician Sep 25, 2007
On both series and at the Ojai Music Festival, she premiered works by Aaron Copland, Ingolf Dahl, Lou Harrison, Darius Milhaud and Igor Stravinsky, who became a friend until his death in 1971. Shapiro appeared as a soloist under conductors Eugene Goossens, Fritz Reiner and William Steinberg and played in chamber ensembles that included Artur Schnabel, Bruno Walter, Lili Kraus, Rudolf Firkusny and Milhaud. (Los Angeles Times)
The Next Page: The sound of American music Sep 23, 2007
Fanfare for the uncommon Aaron Copland ... But it serves as good evidence for the claim that Aaron Copland was the greatest American composer of the last century-- a century he spanned, since he died in 1990. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Band opens with three- four punch at Mason, Campbell contests Sep 20, 2007
This year's show is entitled "The West." The show includes the music of Bernard Hermann, Aaron Copland, John Barry and Ennio Morricone. "The West" presents an interesting view on the Wild, Wild, West. (Cynthiana Democrat, KY)
ClassicFest returns to Christ Church Sep 10, 2007
Saturday features "Music from Copland House" starting at 7:30 p.m., with music "under Five Musical Flags" from Manuel de Falla (Spain), Maurice Ravel (France), Frederick Delius (Britain), Louis Moreau Gottschalk (the Confederacy) and Aaron Copland and Paul Schoenfield (United States). Performers are Smith, Muzijevic, violinist Curtis Macomber and soprano Nancy Allen Lundy. (Pensacola News Journal)
Sept. 11 Anniversary Remembered In Queens Sep 7, 2007
Friday September 07, 2007. (Michael O’Kane) Crowds gathered last year at Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village to hold a candlelight vigil to honor the victims lost on Sept. 11 at the World Trade Center. (Queens Chronicle, NY)
Rowland Sturges, at 90; was concert pianist, teacher Aug 19, 2007
A piano prodigy, he traveled to France in 1932 to study for three years with Boulanger, whose students had included the composers Aaron Copland and Virgil Thomson. The artistic experience in Paris was invigorating; the living conditions daunting. (Boston Globe)
Review: Wilder's 'Our Town' gets the operatic treatment Aug 17, 2007
Both Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein floated the idea, only to be turned down by Wilder or his representatives (Copland channeled his "Our Town" thoughts into his classic score for the 1940 film version). Unlike those all-American icons, Rorem has always taken a more cosmopolitan approach to composing, writing music infused with the easy charm and knowing ironies of a European worldview. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Golf through history Aug 5, 2007
The concert will feature works by Aaron Copland, Benjamin Britten, Clara Schumann, Rossini, Poulenc, and Obradors. Shea, a 2003 graduate of Phillips Exeter, recently completed a bachelor of music degree with outstanding vocal distinction at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montreal. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
At Monadnock, an era comes to an end Aug 4, 2007
It's an astonishingly catholic group that includes Aaron Copland, Mario Davidovsky, Charles Wuorinen, and Joan Tower, among many others. John Adams and Peter Sellars first met there. (Boston Globe)
Michael Tilson Thomas With the Los Angeles Philharmonic Aug 4, 2007
Tilson Thomas draws upon an almost unparalleled tank of experience with American music, having associated closely with two of the composers on the program (Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland) and the brother of another (George Gershwin). He knows what makes this music tick; he can capture its idiomatic rhythmic snap, its slang and swing, its brashness and earnest grandeur. (Variety)
Proms: Bournemouth SO/Alsop; Collegium Musicum 90/ Hickox Jul 28, 2007
Alas, by the time Alsop s south-coasters had reached Aaron Copland s bombastic Third Symphony, their energy seemed to be wilting. She shaped the piece so well, especially Copland s trademark accelerandos and mood changes. (Times Online)
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The pieces performed last evening ranged from Aaron Copland s popular Fanfare for the Common Man, to marches by Leroy Anderson and John Phillip Sousa. One of the big crowd pleasers was the WSO s rendition of God Bless America. (Milton Standard Journal, PA)
Strings attached Jul 12, 2007
Fungs freelancing days actually began in KL, before he left for New York to study at the Aaron Copland School of Music. And hes had some pretty good experiences even here in Malaysia. (The Star Online, Malaysia)
Blossom rings in Fourth with few Hellcats Jul 3, 2007
The man is an expert on the music of John Philip Sousa, Aaron Copland and Percy Grainger, and a senior musicologist at the Library of Congress. He loves band music, for crying out loud. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Silvermine begins music season with guitarist Will Ackerman Jul 2, 2007
" The closing concert (Aug. 10) features pianist Michael Boriskin. A musicologist and executive director of the Aaron Copland House in Croton-on-Hudson, N.Y., he is lauded for his ability to create musical adventures for audiences. Says Boriskin, "We have one of the widest and richest repertoires of any instrument bar none. I honestly revel in that. (Stamford Advocate)
More of this story Jun 30, 2007
This evening's performance with the Sinfonia Orchestra features works by composer Aaron Copland. Saturday July 7, 8 p.m.: Alan Chapman and Karen Benjamin celebrate the American songbook with a cabaret-style performance of original songs as well as Broadway classics. (Los Angeles Downtown News, CA)
WCRB revives a classic July Fourth celebration Jun 28, 2007
"Everything from Sousa marches to Aaron Copland," she says. The music will go live with the Pops concert, which is scheduled to run 8:30-10:30 p.m., and will give way to the fireworks at approximately 10:30. (Boston Globe)
Home-GROWN artsfestThe Columbia Festival of the Arts reaches 20 by living UP to its promise Jun 8, 2007
The program will be bursting with symphonic music that's inflected with the sounds of American folk music: John Williams' overture from his score for the 1972 movie "The Cowboys"; Aaron Copland's ballet from "Rodeo"; Richard Hayman's "Pops Hoedown"; the third movement from O'Connor's own Fiddle Concerto; an arrangement of O'Connor's "Appalachian Waltz" for fiddle and strings; and O'Connor's "Fanfare for the Volunteer." ... Looking ahead, he is scheduled to appear with the Baltimore Symphony... (Columbia Flier, MD)
Thomas back on his mission to bring music to kids Jun 7, 2007
The first series focused on revolutionary scores by Beethoven, Stravinsky and Aaron Copland, and the second turns its attention to another trio of European, Russian and American composers: Berlioz, Shostakovich and Ives. The capricious Parisian skies threaten to drench the watercraft and its crew on the midweek shoot. (San Francisco Chronicle)
A symphonic encounter awaits for the SV Orchestra's 2007-08 season May 25, 2007
Although eclipsed in fame by Aaron Copland, Thomson distinguished himself by his Midwestern orientation, said to be spare and direct. His film score, The Plow that Broke the Plains, is one of his better known orchestral works, similar to the fame of his Symphony on a Hymn Tune performed by the Sierra Vista Symphony several seasons back. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Taking Names May 24, 2007
Mr. Simon's song notes will join such musical treasures as the original manuscripts from such European masters as Johann Sebastian Bach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven and Johannes Brahms as well as those of American masters John Philip Sousa, George and Ira Gershwin, Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein. Last night, a gathering of music luminaries celebrated Rhymin' Simon's honor during a gala concert at the Warner Theatre. (Washington Times, DC)
