If you have ever been moved by the Copland’s 1940 master work Quiet City you will be absolutely blown away by this wonderful collaborative response to Covid-19 between Winston-Salem Symphony, Terpsicorps Theatre of Dance, and John Jordan Films. The dancers and husband and wife Gavin Stewart and Vanessa Owen move through the film while never touching.
Everything about this film is stunning – the choreography, the musicianship and the cinematography. It deserves to be seen – please share.
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Hello I'm Kevin Lindegaard and I'm a huge fan of the music of Aaron Copland. I hope my blog will help spread the legacy of this colossus of 20th Century Music. I'm no musician myself but I have ears and I will try to communicate what moves me about Copland's music.
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I was well aware that I had become typecast as a purveyor of Americana in music. I knew this was not the whole story, or even the best of the story."
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Most people use music as a couch; they want to be pillowed on it, relaxed and consoled for the stress of daily living. But serious music was never meant to be soporific.
- Aaron Copland
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