Born in Brooklyn on November 14, 1900, Aaron Copland was the youngest of five children. American music had no internationally recognized voice of its own when Copland was growing up. His destiny was to supply one. He was the son of Jewish immigrants. Early music training came f...

I attended the Care For Children's Charity Symphony Orchestra's classical concert series "Beethoven's Fifth", on Thursday night, with my mom, in Monmouth, New Jersey. All of the proceeds of this night, went to research for cancer, and to help pay medical bills of children already suff...

Prior to taking the course and attending the concert I did not have any substantial interactions with classical music. At certain moments in my life, I've heard music playing on the radio or TV, but obviously hearing and listening are two different things. Once or twice I liked what I heard, bu...