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Performance Program

We are not accepting applications for Performance Program at this time.
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Recording Program Preliminary Round

The 2025 Recording Program Preliminary Round is now open for applications.
Application Deadline: December 19th, 2024 - 11:59PM
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Supplemental Program

We are not accepting applications for Supplemental Program at this time.
The 2025 Recording Program Preliminary Round is now open for applications.
Application Deadline: December 19th, 2024 - 11:59PM
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Aaron Copland
FOUNDER | Aaron Copland

About the Fund

In keeping with his lifelong devotion to contemporary music, Aaron Copland created the Fund and bequeathed to it a large part of his estate. The Fund was officially announced to the public in 1992. The Fund’s purpose is to encourage and improve public knowledge and appreciation of contemporary American music.

The fund operates three grant programs and also grants permission for the use of Copland’s music.