Aaron Copland School of Music

The Aaron Copland School of Music (ACSM) is one of the oldest and most respected departments of Queens College in New York City , founded in 1937, the year Queens College was founded.

The curriculum originally came from Edwin Stringham . Later Saul Novack (board member of ACSM from 1961 to 1966) shifted the focus to Heinrich Schenker's analytical approach .

In 1980, the Department of Music officially became a School of Music , eventually taking the name of the famous American composer Aaron Copland .

Well-known teachers

Sol Berkowitz Hugo Weisgall Jimmy Heath George Pearl Thea Musgrave

Leo force Marcy Rosen David Jolley Carl Schachter Charles Neidich

Stephanie Chase Roland Hanna Maurice Peress Bruce Saylor

Well-known graduates

Arturo O'Farrill Conrad Herwig JoAnn Falletta

Frank Lopardo Erika Sunnegårdh George Tsontakis

Web links

• Aaron Copland School of Music , official website

Individual evidence

1. ^ New York Times : Saul Novack, 79; Nurtured Queens College Music , obituary by Allan Kozinn, March 12, 1998