{"id":2359,"date":"2023-05-22T13:22:14","date_gmt":"2023-05-22T17:22:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2023-08-30T22:15:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T02:15:26","slug":"aaron-aca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/aaron-aca\/","title":{"rendered":"Published Composer &#8211; American Composers Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am very proud to announce that I am now affiliated as a composer with the American<a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACA-Title.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-2397 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACA-Title-300x113.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"113\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACA-Title-300x113.png 300w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/ACA-Title.png 482w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> Composers Alliance (ACA):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/aaron-larget-caplan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/aaron-larget-caplan<\/a><\/p>\n<p>My first collection of compositions, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/aaron-larget-caplan\/honey-cadence-six-meditations-guitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">honey cadence<\/a>,<\/em> are officially published today and available worldwide!<\/p>\n<p>Purchase the physical score through the ACA or on my Bandcamp page <a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.bandcamp.com\/merch\/honey-cadence-sheet-music-collection\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a> PDFs of the scores area also available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/aaron-larget-caplan\/honey-cadence-six-meditations-guitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/aaron-larget-caplan\/honey-cadence-six-meditations-guitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-2360 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cover-honey-cadence-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cover-honey-cadence-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cover-honey-cadence-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cover-honey-cadence-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cover-honey-cadence-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Cover-honey-cadence-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Based in NYC, the ACA is a nonprofit composer service organization dedicated to the publishing and promoting of American contemporary classical music through concerts, grants, collaborations, and recordings.<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 1937 by Aaron Copland, I am humbled to join this historic organization with its powerful and inclusive vision, and to be affiliated with such a truly fantastic group of composers, a few of whom I am honored to have forged friendships with through music. Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/index.php\/content\/about-aca\">ACA<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I was introduced to the organization in 2015 by Thomas L. Read. I have since had the pleasure of working as a performer, grant recipient, and curator with their fearless director Gina Genova.<\/p>\n<p>In 2020 and 2021 the ACA co-published two volumes of scores by 30 composers from my <em>New Lullaby Project<\/em> in the anthologies: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/various-collections-and-anthologies\/nights-transfigured\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Nights Transfigured<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/collections\/hushed-sixteen-21st-century-lullabies-solo-guitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hushed<\/em><\/a>. The first winning multiple Revere Publishing Awards.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/aaron-larget-caplan\/honey-cadence-six-meditations-guitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2361 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/larget-caplan-books-display-01-1024x493.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"493\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/larget-caplan-books-display-01-1024x493.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/larget-caplan-books-display-01-300x145.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/larget-caplan-books-display-01-768x370.jpg 768w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/larget-caplan-books-display-01-1536x740.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/larget-caplan-books-display-01-2048x987.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first collection of my own compositions: <em>honey cadence \u2013 six meditations for guitar solo <\/em>are available today! Gratitude to Simon Berry for his excellent work and patience in bringing this publication to life.<\/p>\n<p>The collection, recorded on the <strong><em>honey cadence<\/em> <\/strong>album has earned over 3-million streams since its release by Tiger Turn in April 2022.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/albums\/B09TQ7831N?ref=dm_sh_am4a_DK7Od76vZca5I4aghc1KAnOJB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/67b1ttYlQrTkCFKjJxWhSX?si=VWODmyeGQzu1Lo53rAMl5w\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a> \u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/honey-cadence-ep\/1612395455\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Music<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/fanlink.to\/honeycadence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1894 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honey-cadence-Cover-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honey-cadence-Cover-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honey-cadence-Cover-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honey-cadence-Cover-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honey-cadence-Cover-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/honey-cadence-Cover.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2431\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8937-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" data-wp-editing=\"1\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8937-189x300.jpg 189w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8937-646x1024.jpg 646w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8937-768x1217.jpg 768w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8937-969x1536.jpg 969w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_8937.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>A few of the ACA composers I have performed:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/index.php\/composers\/francine-trester\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Francine Trester<\/a> \u2013 <em>solos, viola-guitar duo, songs<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/index.php\/composers\/john-mcdonald\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John McDonald<\/a> \u2013 <em>solos, chamber works<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/brian-schober\">Brian Schober<\/a> \u2013 <em>solo<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/tom-flaherty\">Tom Flaherty<\/a> \u2013 <em>cello-guitar duo,<\/em> <em>guitar + electronics<\/em><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/thomas-l-read\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Thomas L. Read<\/a> \u2013 <em>solos, string qrt-guitar, cello-guitar<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Will be playing:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/richard-cameron-wolfe\">Richard Cameron-Wolfe<\/a> \u2013 <em>Heretic \u2013 <\/em>micro-opera (2024)<\/li>\n<li>John Anthony Lennon*&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li>Darleen Mitchell*<\/li>\n<li>David Liptak*<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I look forward to continued collaborations and more musical creations.<\/p>\n<p><em>*To be rescheduled from 2020<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Founding-Members-of-ACA-image-1937.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-large wp-image-2398\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Founding-Members-of-ACA-image-1937-789x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"789\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Founding-Members-of-ACA-image-1937-789x1024.jpg 789w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Founding-Members-of-ACA-image-1937-231x300.jpg 231w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Founding-Members-of-ACA-image-1937-768x997.jpg 768w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Founding-Members-of-ACA-image-1937-1184x1536.jpg 1184w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Founding-Members-of-ACA-image-1937.jpg 1578w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 789px) 100vw, 789px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am very proud to announce that I am now affiliated as a composer with the American Composers Alliance (ACA): https:\/\/www.composers.com\/composers\/aaron-larget-caplan My first collection of compositions, honey cadence, are officially published today and available worldwide! Purchase the physical score through the ACA or on my Bandcamp page HERE. PDFs of the scores area also available [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[392,4,150,169],"tags":[285,394],"class_list":["post-2359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-composing","category-new-lullaby","category-press","category-publishing","tag-american-composers-alliance","tag-honey-cadence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2359"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2519,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2359\/revisions\/2519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}