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 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

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/

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https://alcguitar.kit.com/posts/july-concerts-and-happenings

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In late February, I spent a few hours in the studio of luthier Pepe Romero Jr. in Southern California.

He and I had met once or twice before over his guitars, but this was the first time we made videos together. 

Happy to share these 4 videos with you.

Feel free to comment on the videos here or on the YouTube videos.

Toru Takemitsu’s arrangement of Harold Arlen’s ‘Over the Rainbow’

My own composition: honey cadence

Francisco Tarrega’s ‘Prudent Étude’

Prelude N. 1 in C Major, BWV 846 by J.S. Bach, arranged by me 🙂

Visit Pepe Romero Jr.’s Website

https://luthier.peperomero.com/

Thank you for an amazing 2024! 

I am incredibly appreciative of the support received this year. 

Some of the concerts and trips would not have been financially feasible without the generosity of individuals and organizations.

Huge shouts to Arun Luthra, Walburga Marder, Marion Singer, Peter & Yukiko Zisa, Mary Rowell, Luigi Oliva and Nicoletta Vismara, Ciro Gentile, Gino D’Ignazio, Camille Lizarribar, Pasquale Tassone, Laura Kuhn, Renee Lewis & Chris Penny, Peter Frewen and Jenie Smith, Wolfgang and Mechthilde Weber, Yael Abrahamsson, Krista Keogh, All Classical Radio, WOMR, John McDonald, Hannabach Strings, New England Conservatory, Boston Mayor’s of Arts & Culture, NEFA, Christopher Bush, Patreon supporters, Laurie Caplan, Caroline, and my amazing wife and muse, Catherine.

Thank you so much!

A recap of a fulfilling and musical 2024!

US Premiere of Heretic by Richard Cameron-Wolfe – Best Performance of 2024 – The Arts Fuse

photo Catherine Larget-Caplan

New album – Spanish Gems – info & listen

New Publication with Edition Peters: Hovhaness, Mystic Flute – score & video

Debut at Symphony Space, Thalia Theater in New York – video

2 Premieres for Choir & Guitar:

• Alan Hovhaness – East Coast Premiere – video & review
• Vineet Shende – New movements of ‘Pravasa – Travels of the Guitar’ at Bowdoin College – video

Residency at the John Cage Trust at Bard College – blog post

Commissioned Douglas Knehans for a new work for guitar + electronics, to be premiered in 2025.

Collaboration with actors —
Recited Shakespeare on stage! 

Hall of Fame inductees for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities at Cherry Creek

Collaboration with poet Charles Coe

Hall of Fame induction to Cherry Creek High School – article

New Lullaby Project concerts and premieres #’s 76, 77, 78 – website

Piano solo ‘Aurore‘ debuted by John McDonald at Tufts University – video

Concerts in Oklahoma, Oregon, Maine, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Tennessee

Joined the New England Conservatory Extension Division – link

Appointed to the Board of the American Composers Alliance

Created 22, 1-minute Guitar Instruction Videos on Youtube, Tiktok, Instagram

Album and concert reviews in Boston Musical Intelligencer, James Wegg Review (JWR), The WholeNote, The Arts Fuse, Fanfare, Take Effect.

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The 11 recordings reached over 10 million streams!

Returned to Europe for the first time since 2019!

Duomo di Milano

Passalacqua in Naples

Passalacqua Cappuccino 

For more photos, videos, and news, follow me on Facebook, Youtube, Tiktok, Instagram, Threads, and LinkedIn! 

Thank you for an incredible 2024!

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I had the pleasure of traveling and sharing music February 28 to March 11 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and in multiple cities in Oregon.

In Oklahoma, I was hosted by Oklahoma City University faculty and good guy Matthew Denman. Over the couple of days, I gave a recital, taught some lessons, and had some pretty amazing traditional Thai food. I performed New Lullaby Project composer Jacob Mashak’s ‘Lulubye,’ and met multi-Grammy winning composer Kitt Wakeley.

The OCU students were fantastic, asking good questions and demonstrating the all important desire to improve and share music. Matt was an excellent host. Check out the Celedonio Romero Guitar Institute, for which he directs. I encourage students of all levels to take part in such a great guitar adventure. 

Kitt Wakeley, Aaron, Matt Denman

Most of my events in Oregon were hosted by Peter and Yukiko Zisa who run the 501c3 CDZ Collegium Musica. This includes co-sponsoring my performances for the Corvallis Guitar Society, George Fox University in Newberg, and at the U&I Event Center in Tigard. They were excellent hosts who connected me with violinist Mary Rowell and made sure all the events came from a place of love for music of the guitar.
Go CDZ!

At George Fox University and U&I Event Center, I was joined by violinist Mary Rowell. We performed 4 movements of John Cage’s ‘Six Melodies,’ two movements of Piazzolla’s ‘Histoire du tango,’ and ‘Revirado’ (unruly) also by Piazzolla. A special extra was having luthiers Jeffrey Elliott and Gregory Miller in attendance, and my school classmate Ross Grogan made an appearance. Super special evening!

For All Classical Radio in Portland, I performed my arrangements of Tárrega’s ‘Capricho Árabe’ with hints of Barrios, as well as a a few pieces with Mary Rowell, including couple of Cage melodies and a two Piazzolla pieces. We performed in front of a live audience and had a blast!

My final concert of the tour was in Astoria, an area I have a long history with since my mother moved there when I was 18. I have performed in the city well over 20x and it was the first place I performed on radio. For this visit I performed in a gorgeous home overlooking the river. Jenny and Ray Lund with Ann Lederer were excellent hosts, and the audience was all I could wish for. 

Check out the photo album below for more photos. IF you have photos from this tour that you’d like to share in a Gallery please email me directly. 

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Guitarist and composer Aaron Larget-Caplan returns to Salem State University for a special one-night-only concert. TICKETS & INFO

The concert, Altered Worlds, begins with Larget-Caplan’s arrangement of J.S. Bach’s Prelude in C Major, WTC I, BWV 846 partnered with Vineet Shende’s (Bowdoin College) Carnatic Prelude N. 1, After J.S. Bach, a re-imagining of the prior as if Bach were from South India. The monumental Legend of Hagoromo by Keigo Fujii explores mystical transformation through the 13th century myth, followed by John Cage’s serene In A Landscape, arranged by Larget-Caplan.

The evening concludes with the theatrical performance and US premiere of Heretic, a micro-opera for guitarist by Richard Cameron-Wolfe. Inspired by Arthur Machen’s haunting 1907 novel The Hill of Dreams, this realization is a multi-media event in collaboration with Salem State University theatre faculty Jerry Johnson and Aaron Larget-Caplan.

“As an artist, I try to push myself into new areas,” said Larget-Caplan, “and Heretic does that very well! Not just because I must sing, act, speak, and play a technically extremely difficult piece, but that each element is to be approached from the theatrical side as well. Collaborating with the theater director Jerry Johnson has enlivened the experience. I’m extremely excited!”

Born Arthur Llewelyn Jones in 1863, Arthur Machen became one of the most influential writers of his generation. He drew on the dark landscapes of his childhood in Wales, together with his adult life in bohemian fin-de-siécle London, to create magical and disturbing tales. His admirers include Stephen King, and H. P. Lovecraft, who described him as one of the four ‘modern masters of the horror story’.

Larget-Caplan will perform Heretic in April 2024 at Symphony Space in New York, Bowdoin College in Maine, and Tufts University in Medford.

Altered Worlds promises to be a new and wonderful adventures for music and theatre lovers!

Richard Cameron-Wolfe, Composer

Jerry Johnson, Director

PROGRAM
Prelude N. 1 in C Major, BWV 846* – J.S. Bach (1685-1750)
Carnatic Prelude N. 1, After J.S. Bach* (2017) – Vineet Shende (b.1972)
The Legend of Hagoromo (1992) – Keigo Fujii (b.1956)
In A Landscape* (1948) – John Cage (1912-1992)
Heretic (2022) – Richard Cameron-Wolfe (b.1943)

*Written for or arranged by Aaron Larget-Caplan

LISTING:
Friday January 26 • 7:30pm
Salem State University in conjunction with the Music and Theater departments presents Aaron Larget-Caplan in Altered World, a solo program exploring transformation.
Composers: J.S. Bach, Vineet Shende, Keigo Fujii, John Cage, and the US premiere of Heretic – a micro opera by Richard Cameron-Wolfe – directed by Jerry Johnson (SSU Theater Faculty).
Information and Tickets: HERE ($10-15)
Location: Callan Studio Theatre, Salem State University, 352 Lafayette Street, Salem, MA 01970 (MAP)
Program Notes for the concert: https://alcguitar.com/blog/heretic-at-salem-state/

Carnatic Prelude N. 1, After J.S, Bach* (2017) by Vineet Shende

Vineet Shende and Aaron

A measure for measure re-imagination of Bach’s Prelude N. 1 in C-Major, WTC I, BWV 846 as if Bach were from South India. A fusion of the Eastern melodic and rhythmic traditions of Carnatic music (raga – scale, taal – rhythmic cycle) and Western harmonic traditions.

Carnatic music does not use harmony as the western tradition, so Shende uses rhythmic flourishes to denote a cadence or phrase ending. The project will continue for a total of 12 Carnatic Preludes by Shende being paired with Larget-Caplan’s arrangements of the original Bach keyboard works for guitar.

The legend of Hagoromo (1992) by Keigo Fujii

Found in variation throughout Asia, the Hagoromo legend describes a young fisherman falling in love with a heavenly maiden who can fly when she wears her magical feathered kimono (Hagoromo). Wanting to prevent her from leaving him, he steals and hides her Hagoromo while she bathes under the autumn full moon. After a time, and unable to go home to the immortal world, she returns his love and they have a child together. While walking her young son, the boy sings a lullaby whose words describe where the Hagoromo is hidden. Donning it and robed in the blue of heaven she ascends again! But she cries in sadness, for she cannot bring her husband and son along. Lovesick and lonely as well, her husband plants the seed of a moonflower for her, and as her tears water it from the world above it grows into the heavens allowing the fisherman to climb up and join her; her tears becoming a rainbow. B

ased on a 16-bar song in the traditional Okinawan mode by Hiroshi Yamanoha (d.1991) about the Hagoromo legend, Keigo Fujii does not adhere strictly to the mode and incorporates many extended techniques and effects to create one of the 20th century’s great masterpieces. Recorded on Aaron’s 2013 album ‘The Legend of Hagoromo’ (Stone Records). SPOTIFY

In A Landscape* (1948) by John Cage, Arr. A. Larget-Caplan

Through composed, the composition can be divided into three parts by the repetition of the opening melodic figure and arpeggio. Choreographer Louise Lippold conceived of the 15 x 15 measures (5-7-3) rhythmic structure.

The work travels the length of the guitar and requires extensive use of campanella, natural and artificial harmonics, tambura, and peaceful control. The arrangement required multiple register adjustments, but no note changes. The most daunting of my Cage arrangements due to extended fixed gamut of tones and the use of two voices that need to resonate throughout, it is also the most lyrical of the mid-period works where one can hear the lines so reminiscent of Satie. I met Cage in Dream, but I fell in love with Cage through In A Landscape. Recorded on Aaron’s 2018 album ‘John. Cage. Guitar.’ (Stone Records) SPOTIFY

Heretic* (1994/2017/2022) by Richard Cameron-Wolfe

This Heretic speaks the unspeakable, thinks the unthinkable, and plays the unplayable. At the outset, Orthodoxy tries to stop him from speaking his first word.

At last, the Heretic addresses us, with “I want to tell you what’s going on here”, but immediately has second thoughts: “You don’t want to know.” He then moves uncomfortably close to the audience and, in a Mephistophelian tone, asks for our “trust”. Then, calmly and conversationally, he refers to Arthur Machen’s book The Hill of Dreams – its contents perhaps holding a key to the nature of the Heretic’s mental state (unreality/alienation). After a robotic, manic, minimalist rant, the Heretic abruptly begins to leave, pauses, and reluctantly returns, apparently to become simply a guitarist.

An extended, abstract, contrapuntal passage follows, punctuated however with comments from the Heretic – alternately introspective and communicative, about beauty, perfection, and art. But the Heretic is, as we suspected, quite mad, regretting this encounter. He pushes us away, turning inward – and we are released, liberated. This performance is the U.S. Premiere.

Heretic will be performed at Bowdoin College (April 6) Symphony Space in NYC (April 20), and Tufts University (April 26).

Larget-Caplan’s arrangements of John Cage’s piano music published by Edition Peters

Upcoming Concerts!

• Friday Jan. 19 – cellist Rafael Popper-Keizer guest artist on the recital series Now Musique, Directed by Aaron Larget-Caplan. INFO

Aaron Larget-Caplan Performs:

• Friday Jan. 26 – Salem State University, Altered Worlds – recital and US premiere of Heretic, a micro-opera by Richard Cameron-Wolfe for solo guitarist. INFO
• Feb. 29 – Oklahoma City University, Oklahoma, Concert+Class. INFO
• March 1 – Spanish Gems – New Album on Tiger Turn (Aaron’s 11th album!)
• March 10 – Astoria, Oregon
• March 19 – King’s Chapel, Boston
• March 28 – Tufts University, Mass, Late-Night Concert featuring the New Lullaby Project
• April 6 – Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine, Residency+Concert – Heretic
• April 7 – Camden, Maine
• April 20 – Symphony Space, New York INFO – Heretic
• April 26 – Tufts University Residency+Concert – Heretic
• May 4-5 – Bowdoin College, Choir+Guitar, Pravasa – Travels of the Guitar by Vineet Shende

Complete Concert Information: ALCGuitar.com/calendar
*more concerts are being added

I’m very excited to be performing three concerts of music featuring guitar with string trio (violin, viola, cello) with the exemplary musicians Robert Lehmann, Kimberly Lehmann, and Rebecca Hartka.

• MANUEL M. PONCE Quartet, for guitar, violin, viola, cello (1946)
• NICOLÁS LELL BENAVIDES Rinconcito (2018) – Maine premiere
• ASTOR PIAZZOLLA from Histoire du Tango (1985)
• Bordello 1900 (guitar/violin)
• Café 1930 (guitar/viola)
• Revirado (guitar/cello)
• ROLAND DYENS Tango En Skai (1985), arranged for quartet
• ANTONIO CARLOS JOBIM Felicidades, Arr. Dyens*
• ANTONIO CELSO RIBEIRO Vain Lullaby (2021) – Maine premiere*
• AGUSTIN BARRIOS Una Limosna por El Amor de Dios (1944)*
• * USM Concert only

CONCERTS:

• Friday November 3 • 1pm • Ellsworth

• Monday November 6 • 7:30pm • University of Southern Maine, Gorham

• Wednesday November 8 • 1pm • Bay Chamber Concerts, Rockport

**Music I Am Interview with Nicolás Lell Benavides: HERE

NOTES (selected): 

Vain Lullaby by Antonio Celso Ribeiro