2025 A Year in Review
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2025 was quite a year. I’m not sure how to express exactly what it was, especially with all that was/is happening outside of my little bubble, but it was quite a different experience from anything prior or from what I expected.
I went into 2024 with a plan: recording, performing, premiering particular works and living life, and besides a few bumps it went well.
2025 began with a lot of questions due to a less than typical performance schedule, which brought a bit of anxiety, but also allowed me to do things I hadn’t done prior: write more music!
January, I attended APAP in NYC to observe and learn. I met so many people in the music industry and was overwhelmed in the best way possible.
February, attended Chamber Music America in Houston. Similar to APAP, but much smaller in scale focusing only on classical music, I met many presenters and wonderful artists!
Podcast for Piano Technicians Masterclasses – Watch
Gave a scholarship to a Cambridge high school student from Mu Phi Epsilon Boston Alumni.
March, Tour in California performing for Ventura Classical Guitar Society, the Bender family in Encinitas, the Athenaeum in La Jolla, and Center for New Music, and a talk for composition class of Ken Ueno at UC Berkeley. AMAZING: visiting Muir Woods!!
Visited luthier Pepe Romero Jr. and recorded multiple videos
Wrote first draft of ‘Cider Meditation’ for choir and guitar.
April, Performed on Bargemusic in Brooklyn, New York for two concert programs; very pleased that the NY composers concert was very well attended. Returned to Maine for a last minute performance at Bowdoin College to premiere a guitar duo by Hayden Byrne.
May, Recorded all of the solos for Guitar America 250 (coming on March 1, 2026!), and reconnected with violinist Irina Muresanu for a recording of our arrangement of ‘Adoration’ by Florence Price. Premiere of New Lullaby Project solo ‘All Through the Night’ by Keane Southard.
June, Attended the Guitar Foundation of America in Louisville, Kentucky. Write and record Bill of Rights, Amended for new album.
July, performed concerts in Boston and a mini-tour along the Maine Coast in Eastport, Steuben, Hallowell, and Kittery.
Recorded Trevor Neal, poet Charles Coe and Jeffrey Lependorf reading works of Francis Harper, Walt Whitman and Henry David Thoreau/John Cage for Guitar America 250 in Newport, Rhode Island and Northampton, Mass.
August, visited Art Omi in Ghent, NY and made a few videos in their SILO, gave livestream for New England Conservatory and an interview performance for WOMR radio.
September, the 2025-26 Season started with a rush of events:
09-9-25, Cage Trust Event – A beautiful event celebrating outgoing JCT director Laura Kuhn.
09-10-25, Hingham Library – My first all-Latin American concert in over 10 years.
09-13-25, Wellfleet Preservation Hall – My first performance in this amazing space!
09-16-25, BU Composition Class – return to BU to speak and share music with young composers.
09-17-25, Radio – WCRI – Conducting Conversations with Mike Maino – Listen
09-28-25, NSM – Convergence Ensemble – Words & Music with poet Charles Coe.
09-30-25, King’s Chapel – bunches of New Lullabies and album preview!
Sign with Rhizome Arts for touring and management – announcement
Article Revelations on Guitar The Provincetown Independent
October, debut with Newport Classical. Premiere of New Lullaby Project solo ‘Night Echoes’ by Jin Hee Han.
WCRI’s Kids Classical Hour – New Lullaby Project – Listen
November, Tufts University all-Latin America program. 
Publication of ‘American Patriotic Songs for Guitar’ with the American Composers Alliance
Publication of ‘Cider Meditation’ for SATB+G with the American Composers Alliance
Music Career Talk for Mu Phi Epsilon Boston Alumni – online
December, 3-weeks in Colorado!
12-05-25, Perform with the Cherry Creek High School Meistersingers and Kantorei
12-6/7-25, Perform concerts of 14 works for choir & guitar with Kantorei – Premiere of ‘Cider Meditation’!
12-8/9-25, 2-day residency in Carbondale and Basalt public/private schools for the Aspen Music Festival
12-10-25, Perform with the Cherry Creek High School Meistersingers
12-12-25, Bravo! Vail – 1-day residency in Edwards in the public middle and high school
12-19/21-25, Perform with Kantorei – Premiere of ‘Cider Meditation’ and Sir Christemasse by M. Ryan Taylor!
Article feature in The Aspen Times on the residencies for the Aspen Music Festival
Over 2-million streams in 2025!
Premieres
- All Through the Night by Keane Southard, guitar solo
- Cloud Lacrymae by Douglas Knehans, electronics and guitar
- Cider Meditation by Aaron Larget-Caplan, choir and guitar
- Coastal Highway by Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar solo
- Night Echoes by Jin Hee Han, guitar solo – New Lullaby #80
- Sir Christemasse by M. Ryan Taylor, choir and guitar
- Suite for a Changing Climate by Hayden Byrne, guitar duo
Premieres (arrangements)
- Adoration by Florence Price, guitar solo
- America* by Paul Simon
- Battle Cry of Freedom* by George F. Root
- Harmony 20, O Give Thanks – James Lyon (From Apartment House 1776)* by John Cage
- Harmony 26, Judea – William Billings (From Apartment House 1776)* by John Cage
- Lift Every Voice and Sing* by J. Rosamond Johnson
- Star Spangled Banner* by John S. Smith
* Featured on Guitar America 250 (Navona, March 2026)
Publications
- ‘American Patriotic Songs for Guitar’ with the American Composers Alliance – HERE
- ‘Cider Meditation’ for SATB+G with the American Composers Alliance – HERE
Videos
Supporters (Spirit, Fractured Atlas, Patreon & Private)
American Composers Alliance, Beverly Abeg, Bender Family, Simon Henry Berry, Christopher Bush, Laurie Caplan, Gene Caprioglio, Charles Coe, Olivier Fanton D’Andon, Stephen Drury, Alex Fedorov, Peter Frewen & Jenie Smith, Gina Genova, Frederic Hand, Paul Hatala, Simon Henry, Steve Hunt, Ross & Cody Jones, Patricia Krol, Laura Kuhn, Catherine Larget-Caplan, Caroline Larget, Patrick Lathrop, Jeffrey Lependorf, Beverly Maher, John McDonald, Melissa & Alex Menter, Marcelino Miranda, Nick and Jessica Morgan, Irina Muresanu, Mu Phi Epsilon Boston Alumni, Trevor Neal, Lubos Naprstek, Will Rowe, K.S., John Weston, Ian Wiese, Peter & Bonnie Yates.
New Article – Aspen Times
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A full circle moment: Aaron Larget-Caplan
Link: https://www.aspentimes.com/news/aspen-music-festival-winter-music-recitals/
Aspen Music Festival and School also supports teachers and students across Roaring Fork Valley. This includes in-school enrichment and its Musical Connections program, which provided outreach by inviting esteemed musician Aaron Larget-Caplan to visit the school this month.
Acclaimed guitarist, composer, and Colorado-based musician Aaron Larget-Caplan returned to Basalt and Carbondale from Dec. 8-9 to work with the students by leading workshops and assemblies as part of Music Connections outreach.
For Larget-Caplan, who attended Colorado Rocky Mountain School, Basalt Middle School, Carbondale Community School, Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork, and Carbondale Middle School, these visits “pay it forward.” He traces it back to a similar school visit he experienced in his youth.
“Growing up in Denver, I remember when the Denver Symphony came to my elementary school. I played the clarinet. He performed a Brahms Sonata, and I thought, ‘Wow.’ When I heard this, I didn’t know this existed, and music really saved my life as a teenager. It improved all my grades, discipline, how I think, and how I learn,” Larget-Caplan said.
Now, as a concert guitarist, he has performed across the U.S., Europe, Russia, and Taiwan. He’s premiered more than 120 solo and chamber works, soloed with orchestras, and led commissioning projects. He has also received multiple awards and held prestigious residencies at the Banff Centre and John Cage Trust at Bard College.
He added, “As soon as I was a halfway decent musician, whenever I came back to Colorado, I wanted to make sure that these kids heard this and had opportunities to hear music.”
He’s also determined to demystify the world of music for young learners.
“You don’t have to be a professional with music,” he said. “There are so many paths. This is not something our society is very warm to unless you’re famous, and I refuse to accept that.”
For more information, visit aspenmusicfestival.com/events/winter-music-2026 or Aaron Larget-Caplan.
Aspen Music Festival and School’s Musical Connections program brings musical experiences to Roaring Fork Schools.Jennika Ingram/Courtesy photo
Residencies in Colorado & Taos Concert
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While out west Dec. 3-22 and between concerts with Kantorei, I will perform twice with the advanced choral group at Cherry Creek High School, my alma mater, the Meistersingers, give a 2-day residency for the Aspen Music Festival and School, a 1-day residency for Bravo! Vail, and a house concert in Taos, New Mexico.
All information can be found on my website calendar.
Aspen Music School and Festival: a two-day residency (12/8-9) where I will visit Lead Guitar programs in Carbondale and Basalt to work with young guitarists and aspiring musicians.
Bravo! Vail: 12/12 – a day performing and discussing being a professional musician at Black Mountain High School and the Community College.
CCHS: I will perform Jeffrey Van’s ’14 Angels’ at Cherry Creek High School with the advanced chamber choir, the Meistersingers, under Sarah Branton on December 5 & 10. (Dec. 5 info)
TAOS: I will return to Taos, New Mexico for a solo performance at the home of dear friend, Cee Bearden in El Prado. The performance includes a preview of pieces from my upcoming album, Guitar America 250. Info HERE.
Azimuth Duo
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Stephen Marotto and I have partnered formerly as a duo of cello and guitar as the AZIMUTH DUO
Azimuth Duo traverses an arc across cultures and continents—where Spanish dances and love songs ignite, tangos smolder with longing, and American dreams shimmer with the promise of new frontiers. Performed by cellist Stephen Marotto and guitarist & composer Aaron Larget-Caplan, this duo blends passion, nostalgia, and discovery into a single horizon-seeking musical journey.
Based in Boston and playing together since 2019 as a duo and as a trio with flamenco dance, the Azimuth Duo is a classical music ensemble passionate in exploring cultural music dimensions, living composers, and presenting in traditional and atypical settings with excitement and precision.
**APAP Showcase Sunday Jan. 11, 6:30pm Regent Parlor @ Hilton Midtown NYC**
Artists
- Stephen Marotto – StephenMarotto.com
- Aaron Larget-Caplan – ALCGuitar.com
Programs Sample
- Albéniz: Asturias,
- Flaherty: Timeflies
- Granados: Spanish Dance #5 “Andaluza”
- Piazzolla: Café 1930 & Revirado
- Price: Adoration
- Rodrigo: Adagio from the Concierto de Aranjuez
- De Falla: Seven Spanish Folk Songs
- Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Besides formal concerts, we are available for:
Community Outreach
- Educational programs in schools
- Community settings
Arts Residencies
- Middle & High Schools
- Community Music Programs
- Conservatories, Colleges & Universities
Contact & Booking Information
Rhizome Arts • www.rhizomearts.com • +1.305.998.9969 • glauco@rhizomearts.com
601 Brickel l Key Drive #700 Miami, FL 33131
¡Con Fuego! – La Conja, Aaron, and Stephen
Choir and Guitar in Denver
In December, I return to Denver, Colorado, where I grew up, for a series of concerts with the choir Kantorei under the direction of Joel M. Rinsema, titled ‘Silent Nights‘. We will have 5 performances in the Denver area on the first and third weekends. Of special note, is the premiere of ‘Cider Meditation,’ a piece I wrote this year for Kantorei and commissioned by the Hatala Family. (program below)
KANTOREI INTERVIEW with AARON (click)
Watch a brief 2′ video on FB about Cider Meditation:
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/17k2xE7pFK/
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While out west, I will also perform at Cherry Creek High School, my alma mater, as well as a give residency for the Aspen Music Festival and School, and a house concert in Taos, New Mexico.
Aspen Music School and Festival: a two-day residency (12/8-9) where I will visit Lead Guitar programs in Carbondale and Basalt to work with young guitarists and aspiring musicians. Details on the calendar
Bravo! Vail: 12/12 – performing and discussing being a professional musician at Black Mountain High School and the Community College.
CCHS: perform Jeffrey Van’s ’14 Angels’ at Cherry Creek High School with the advanced chamber choir, the Meistersingers, under Sarah Branton on December 5 & 10. (Dec. 5 info)
TAOS: I will return to Taos, New Mexico for a solo performance at the home of dear friend, Cee Bearden in El Prado. The performance includes a preview of pieces from my upcoming album, Guitar America 250. Info HERE.
Aaron’s Concert Calendar HERE
SILENT NIGHTS PROGRAM (Choir-Guitar selections)
- Eight holiday works by Jeffrey Van
- Individual holiday works by Ryan Taylor, David Carney, Michael Fink
- Two works by Alf Houkom
- Cider Meditation by Larget-Caplan – world premiere (score)
Music Career Talk
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On Saturday October 25, I was invited by the Mu Phi Epsilon Boston Alumni to speak about my career.
Over the course of just over an hour I highlighted a bit of my studies, a few of my projects including starting the New Lullaby Project, various recordings, how I started arranging and composing, and some of the things that inspired me to build a performance career in classical music.
You are invited to take a listen and of course send me in questions.
A giant thank you to the Boston Alumni for the great questions, listening, and being so supportive over the last 25+ years!
New Lullabies in Newport
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Newport Classical Kid’s Program
Presents
Aaron Larget-Caplan’s New Lullaby Project
October 12, 2025
Program
- A World of Your Own (2012) Jim Dalton
- Remembering (2021) Laurie Spiegel
- Ninna Nanna (2021) Pasquale Tassone
- Berceuse Inquiète (2021) Ronald Pearl
- Night Echoes (2025) – World Premiere (no. 81) Jinhee Han
- Lullaby (2020) Stepan Rak
- Stuff at Night (2024) Larget-Caplan
- Counting Backwards (2021) Anthony Green
- Midnight Train (2021) Ian Wiese
- All Through the Night (2024) Keane Southard
New Lullaby Project
- Begun in 2007 by Aaron Larget-Caplan, the New Lullaby Project present bridge the chasms of fear of contemporary music to audiences and composers in writing for the guitar. Since then it has premiered of over 80 New Lullabies by 75 composers from 12 countries, issued three albums and two anthologies of scores published by the American Composers Alliance.
Who’s afraid of a lullaby?!
- There are two basic types of lullabies: one gives the listeners warmth and protection, while the second tends to be darker with hints of fear. The former calls for good dreams to the wary soul and lets him know that he will awake safely in a better tomorrow. The latter lives on the idea that night and even sleep can be dangerous. Maybe this comes from the folk tradition of tempering our demons by singing to them, voicing our fears that are greater than our worldly matters, or the simple truth that one can catch a cold if one’s feet are not fully covered while sleeping.
Rhizome Arts – New Management
Rhizome Consulting to Represent Acclaimed Guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan for Touring Residencies and Engagements
Boston, Sep. 2025 – Rhizome Consulting (RhizomeArts.com) announces a new strategic advisory and representation partnership with internationally acclaimed guitarist and composer Aaron Larget-Caplan, supporting touring residencies, engagements, and the continued growth of his visionary concert program, Revolutions in Music.
Hailed by The Washington Post as “a riveting artist,” Aaron Larget-Caplan is redefining the classical guitar experience. His electrifying program, Revolutions in Music, reimagines the American sound with daring originality—spanning George Gershwin’s elegance, Leonard Bernstein’s vitality, John Cage’s experimental spark, Alan Hovhaness’s mysticism, and Florence Price’s lyrical beauty. The journey extends further, as Aaron gives new voice to the words of Edgar Allan Poe, the poetry of Paul Simon, and the iconic riffs of Eddie Van Halen—all transformed through six strings.
Rooted in Boston’s revolutionary spirit, Revolutions in Music is more than a concert: it is a bold, genre-defying celebration of liberty, imagination, and 250 years of American voices in guitar composition.
Aaron’s artistry has earned praise from critics around the world:
- “Delicious and poetic.” – Six Strings of the World (Poland)
- “A performer with all the skill and energy required to deliver a truly remarkable contemporary work.” – Classical Guitar Magazine
- “Stunningly played…a fine player, with a keen ear for new music.” – Fanfare
Through this partnership, Rhizome Consulting will provide strategic advisory, representation, and touring support to expand Aaron’s performance and audience reach, develop meaningful residency opportunities, and connect communities with concerts that inspire across generations.
“Aaron is a visionary artist whose work challenges boundaries and inspires audiences in equal measure. We are honored to represent him and to share his remarkable artistry with stages and communities worldwide,” said Glauco Araujo, Creative Director of Rhizome Consulting.
About Aaron Larget-Caplan
Boston-based guitarist, composer, and recording artist Aaron Larget-Caplan is celebrated for his fearless commitment to expanding the guitar’s repertoire and his innovative approach to programming. He has performed worldwide—from Spain and Russia to venues across the United States—and is recognized for his artistry, intellect, and passionate advocacy of new music.
About Rhizome Consulting
Rhizome Consulting (RhizomeArts.com) provides strategic visioning, touring representation, and fundraising expertise for artists, ensembles, and organizations dedicated to cultural impact through the performing arts.
Media & Booking Inquiries
- Rhizome Consulting
- 📧 Kristopher@rhizomearts.com Booking Contact
- 📧Glauco@rhizomearts.com Media Contact
- 🌐 www.RhizomeArts.com
- 🎥 Watch: Aaron Larget-Caplan – Revolutions in Music
Interview – Revelations on Guitar
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Thank you to The Provincetown Independent and reporter Eve Samaha for the wonderful interview about finding guitar and the upcoming concert on Cape Cod in Wellfleet on Saturday Sep. 13.
Read the full article: https://provincetownindependent.org/arts-minds/2025/09/10/revelations-on-guitar/
Autumn 2025 Concerts
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Dear Fans and Friends,
Though summer and the scent of Plumeria linger in the garden amongst the still flirtatious birds, the 2025-2026 music season has begun. I am honored to share so much music with so many. I’m especially excited for the premiere of my first work for choir and guitar, “Cider Meditation” which will be premiered in Colorado in December. The score will be published by the American Composers Alliance.
**Go to my CALENDAR for full concert details**
September – 4 different programs in the month with 5 concerts, including:
- Rune of Hospitality by Alf Houkom for choir and guitar in Boston with Mark David Buckles (9/6).
- A Latin American program in honor Hispanic Heritage Month in Hingham, including 2 premieres by Carlos Mauro (Colombia) and Luis Obregon (Mexico) (9/10).
- Revolutions in Music, multiple premieres for Cape Cod including Cloud Lacrymae for guitar & electronics by Douglas Knehans (9/13).
- Composing for Guitar at Boston University (9/16)
- Words and Music with poet Charles Coe, presented by Convergence Ensemble (9/28).
- An afternoon of New Lullabies at King’s Chapel (9/30)
October
- Debut with the Newport Classical music festival in all-ages New Lullaby Project program (pajamas welcome, milk & cookies to be served alongside contemporary music). New Lullaby Project premiere #79 by Jinhee Han (Korea). (10/12)
- A few days in Portland, Oregon
- Music in Life, A Life in Music – Talk on my career in Music, Mu Phi Epsilon, Boston Alumni
December
- Six Colorado concerts mark my debut with the choir Kantorei directed by Joel Rinsema as well as the world premiere of my composition ‘Cider Meditation’ for choir & guitar!!
- A two-day residency for the Aspen School of Music schools program.
* All events are open to the public
Visit ALCGuitar.com/calendar for concert details
