New York, NY –  The new maestro of the kitchen at The Four Seasons restaurant, Chef Fabio Trabocchi, is about to make some beautiful music….and food, with Copland House as it gears up for the fourth in its stunning, one-night-only culinary and musical collaborations featuring world-class chefs in New York.

 

On Sunday evening, October 18 at 5pm, Copland House and The Four Seasons celebrate the vibrant city where the iconic composer Aaron Copland was born, with New York at Night. Chef Trabocchi will dazzle patrons with a specially-created, four-course culinary feast inspired by the artistic magic of past and present master composers, including Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, John Musto, and Derek Bermel -- all dazzlingly “served” by the acclaimed Music from Copland House ensemble and guests, including the soprano Amy Burton and vocalist Darius DeHaas.

 

“This annual Copland House event can be counted upon to uphold the world of original, adventurous music and food, even if other worlds seem to be crumbling around us” hailed Westchester magazine; “they are unforgettable, heavenly, heady, and divine."  Copland House’s previous galas were all sold-out and teamed America’s leading composers with celebrated master chefs:  Daniel Boulud and Richard Danielpour for Troubadours’ Feast at Daniel, Eric Ripert and Ned Rorem, William Bolcom, and others for Paris After Dark at Le Bernardin, and Lidia Bastianich and Aaron Jay Kernis for Optimism at the Table Historic Landmarek at Del Posto.

 

Copland House is a unique creative center for American music. A National Historic Landmark and an Official Project of the White House Save America's Treasures program, Copland’s restored, longtime lower Hudson Valley residence is the only composer's home in the U.S. devoted to nurturing and renewing America's rich musical heritage through a broad range of musical, educational, public, informational, and electronic-media activities.  Copland House recently expanded and is taking over the Merestead estate – a 26 room mansion on 130 acres in Bedford New York, to expand its activities with public programs and collaborative residencies

 

New York at Night is on Sunday, October 18 at 5PM at The Four Seasons restaurant, 99 East 52 Street, New York City, and will include a wide-ranging silent auction, offering intimate house concerts, fine artwork and guided art tours, yachting excursions, jewelry, sporting and musical event tickets, golf outings, and much more. The Gala Chairs are O. Anthony Maddalena and Katherine Petitti Kornel and Ezriel Kornel.  Gala Underwriters are Carol and Robert Morris and Teri and James Babcock.  Tickets start at $500 ($375 tax-deductible), and sponsorships begin at $1,250 for two ($1,000 tax-deductible). For additional information, visit www.coplandhousegala.org or www.coplandhouse.org, call Copland House at (914) 788-4659, or e-mail office@coplandhouse.org.