2013 – A Listen Back on a Musical Year

Jan 1, 2014 by Aaron
Arts Residency, Concerts, Contemporary Music, Ensemble, General, Greater Boston House Concerts, New Lullaby Project, Touring
No Comments

Until I put this together I hadn’t realized what a year 2013 was… it was awesome!

A big thanks to all of the Artists who shared in the creative process this year. I have great gratitude to the listeners from around the world who came to concerts, watched videos, bought CD and downloads and made each evening extremely special. Special thanks to my wife Catherine and her sister Caroline for being my partners in this amazing adventure that is a musical life.

To 2014! Another year of Music in Life and Life in Music!

Besides some amazing cups of coffee, here are a few of my musical happenings:

My Greater Boston House Concerts showcased five outstanding Artists: author Glenn Kurtz, pianist Sarah Takagi, Archguitarist Peter Blanchette, The AronBerkner Duo, and composer Kathryn Salfelder.

GBHConcerts on the web: www.GBHConcerts.com
GBHConcerts on FB: www.facebook.com/gbhconcerts (lots of photos)

PREMIERES:

Capricci by Thomas L. Read for string quartet and guitar (iTunes)
Pravasa – Travels of the Guitar by Vineet Shende for SATB choir and guitar (FB photos HERE)
Six Pieces for Violin and Keyboard by John Cage (arrangement by Aaron L-C)
White Potatoes by Charles Turner (New Lullaby Project)
A World of Your Own by Jim Dalton (New Lullaby Project)
Lullaby for Ewe by David Patterson (New Lullaby Project)
Ed è Subito Sera by Ken Ueno (New Lullaby Project)
Wheaton College Composers: Siv Anderson, Gordon Jones, Tim Larson, Montana Rogers (New Lullaby Project)

COLLABORATORS:

Boston Conservatory Feb. 2013

Sharan Leventhal, violin
Irina Muresanu, violin
Robert Sheena, English horn
Oratorio Chorale of Maine
Meghan Jacoby, flute
Betany Coffland, mezzo-soprano
Nicole Parks, violin
Farley Kelly-Masterton, violin
Faith Jones, viola
Nora Karakousoglou, cello
Andrea Nolin, flute
Colin Davis, violin
Natalie Favaloro, violin
Kenneth Stalberg, viola
Sarah Freiberg, cello
Berit Strong, guitar
Olav Chris Henriksen, guitar
Wheaton College Residency

PLACES:

St. Petersburg, Russia with the Educational Bridge Project (FB photos HERE and Read Blog HERE)
Messina, Reggio Calabria and Mantova, Italy (FB photos HERE)
Monaco
France
Highway 101 Tour: Oregon Coast (FB photos HERE)
Highway 101 Tour: Sacramento – San Jose- San Francisco – Willits – Chico – Petaluma
Maine
New York City
Louisville – GFA
Boston and New England