Now Hear This ‘Copland’ Preview
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Event Description
The Colorado College Summer Music Festival will be featured in the acclaimed PBS documentary series Now Hear This. The episode “Copland: Dean of American Music” was filmed at locations on the CC campus and in the greater Pikes Peak region during the final week of the 2021 Summer Music Festival. Familiar scenes will include Tutt Library, Shove Chapel and the Garden of the Gods.
The public is invited for an early release preview of the Copland segment at 5 p.m. Monday, Feb. 21 at Packard Hall, which includes an episode screening and an appearance by Scott Yoo, the host and executive producer of Now Hear This and the conductor and festival artist of the Summer Music Festival. Yoo is also a renowned violinist, conductor of the Mexico City Philharmonic, and music director at Festival Mozaic in California.
Reserve free tickets to attend this early release screening and Q&A session with Yoo by visiting www.coloradocollege.edu/other/summermusicfestival. Colorado College President L. Song Richardson will provide opening remarks prior to the screening.
The episode focuses in part on American composer Aaron Copland and his training, his attraction to American folk music, and the relationship between student and teacher. Copland is best known for his works “Fanfare for the Common Man,” “Appalachian Spring,” “Symphony No. 3” and “Clarinet Concerto.”
As Yoo previously told the Colorado Springs Gazette: “If Copland never existed, every soundtrack you hear to every movie would sound different. It’s just shocking when you hear Copland film music. You think you’re listening to another film composer, but it’s Copland. His DNA is in every composer that came after him.”
All members of the public ages 3 and older attending a Colorado College-sponsored, indoor public event are required to wear a KN95 or similar filtration mask and those 12 and older must present proof of vaccination along with a valid photo ID.
For parking information, call the Summer Music Festival office at 719-389-6552. Visit www.coloradocollege.edu/other/summermusicfestival to learn more about the Summer Music Festival at Colorado College.
