Samuel Adler Composer; Professor Emeritus, Eastman School of Music; Professor of Composition, The Juilliard School "...I handed Hanson's letter to Copland who opened it immediately. His face brightened, and yet there were tears in his eyes as he read the letter..."
	John Duffy Composer; Founder and Former Executive Director of Meet The Composer "The AMC was a rich haven for me during my student days. How glad I was to be there..."
	Sylvia Goldstein Former Senior Vice-President, Boosey & Hawkes "While working to find a place for his own music in the repertoire, Aaron Copland always had time for others..."
	Patrick Hardish Composer; Co-Director, Composers Concordance (Next Concert: Wednesday, November 17, 1999) "Otto Luening was a great mentor and influence as well as being a close personal friend..."
	Vivian Perlis Director, Oral History of American Music, Yale University "As we turned the pages of one workbook labeled "Juvenilia," Copland gleefully read the instructions from Goldmark: 'No parallel fifths! No fourths! No octaves!'..."

·Samuel Adler

·John Duffy

·Sylvia Goldstein

·Patrick Hardish

·Vivian Perlis

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