Joan Singer Spicknall became instantly intrigued with composer, Aaron Copland's piano music after a performance of his PIANO SONATA while an undergraduate student at the Peabody Conservatory of Music (Johns Hopkins University). Although she rushed out to buy a copy of that work to have the composer autograph it at an upcoming Peabody Festival Concert, it was not until many years later that she embarked on what has become an ongoing in-depth study of his life and music. As a student, she was aske