{"id":3276,"date":"2025-11-17T18:26:23","date_gmt":"2025-11-17T22:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/?p=3276"},"modified":"2025-12-02T15:12:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-02T19:12:06","slug":"choir-guitar-denver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/choir-guitar-denver\/","title":{"rendered":"Choir and Guitar in Denver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/composers.com\/products\/cider-meditation?variant=46832528064732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-3282 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cover-Cider-Mediation-234x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cover-Cider-Mediation-234x300.png 234w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cover-Cider-Mediation-798x1024.png 798w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cover-Cider-Mediation-768x986.png 768w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Cover-Cider-Mediation.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a>In December, I return to Denver, Colorado, where I grew up, for a series of concerts with the choir <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kantorei.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kantorei<\/a> under the direction of Joel M. Rinsema, titled &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kantorei.org\/silent-nights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Silent Nights<\/a>&#8216;. We will have 5 performances in the Denver area on the first and third weekends. Of special note, is the premiere of &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/composers.com\/products\/cider-meditation?variant=46832528064732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Cider Meditation<\/a>,&#8217; a piece I wrote this year for Kantorei and commissioned by the Hatala Family. (program below)<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kantorei.org\/news\/an-interview-with-classical-guitarist-aaron-larget-caplan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">KANTOREI INTERVIEW with AARON (click)<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kantorei and Aaron Larget-Caplan for Silent Nights in December #guitar #chorus #denver #music\" width=\"422\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NjQDB166Tow?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Watch a brief 2&#8242; video on FB about Cider Meditation:&nbsp;<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/17k2xE7pFK\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/v\/17k2xE7pFK\/<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">**********<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Aspen Music School and Festival:<\/strong> 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 <a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/calendar.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">calendar<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bravo! Vail:<\/strong> 12\/12 \u2013 performing and discussing being a professional musician at Black Mountain High School and the Community College.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>CCHS:<\/strong> perform Jeffrey Van&#8217;s &#8217;14 Angels&#8217; at Cherry Creek High School with the advanced chamber choir, the Meistersingers, under Sarah Branton on December 5 &amp; 10. (Dec. 5 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kantorei.org\/a-winters-night\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>TAOS:<\/strong> 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, <em>Guitar America 250<\/em>. Info <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/share\/1DA2y31Fcj\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Aaron&#8217;s Concert Calendar <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alcguitar.com\/calendar.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a><\/h3>\n<p><strong>SILENT NIGHTS PROGRAM<\/strong> (Choir-Guitar selections)<\/p>\n<ol class=\"ol1\">\n<li class=\"li1\">Eight holiday works by Jeffrey Van<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Individual holiday works by Ryan Taylor, David Carney, Michael Fink<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\">Two works by Alf Houkom<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><em>Cider Meditation<\/em> by Larget-Caplan &#8211; <em>world premiere <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/composers.com\/products\/cider-meditation?variant=46832528064732\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">(score)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kantorei.org\/concerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3280 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-28-at-8.33.06-PM-1024x429.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-28-at-8.33.06-PM-1024x429.png 1024w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-28-at-8.33.06-PM-300x126.png 300w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-28-at-8.33.06-PM-768x322.png 768w, http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Screenshot-2025-10-28-at-8.33.06-PM.png 1284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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. 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