Archive for January, 2014

Music Ahead in 2014…so far

So much music!

Voice and guitar, New works, House Concerts…Oh my!

2014 will sound great!

CONCERTS (www.AaronLC.com/calendar):

  • Berit Strong at The Boston Conservatory, Feb. 7
  • Betany Coffland & Aaron tour New England, Feb. 20-March 9: Boston, Cambridge, Cape Cod, Connecticut
  • Aaron in Colorado, March. 12-19
  • Memphis International Guitar Festival, April 4-6
  • San Francisco and Bay Area, w/ Betany April 20-28
  • Washington State, May 4
  • Maine, May 11
  • Moscow, St. Petersburg, Russia, w/ the Eductional Bridge Project, May 12-20

UPCOMING COLLABORATIONS:

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Season 3 of GREATER BOSTON HOUSE CONCERTS (www.GBHConcerts.com)
Aaron Larget-Caplan, Director 

Friday Jan. 24 – Salon of Sonatas
Mickey Katz, cello (Boston Symphony Orchestra)
Constantine Finehouse, piano
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com/event/545384

Saturday Feb. 22 – Passion and Thought in Song

2014 House Concerts

2014 House Concerts

Betany Coffland, mezzo-soprano
Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar

Saturday March 8
A journey from Persia to Europe
Lily Afshar, guitar

Saturday April 12
Nedelka Prescod, voice
New England Conservatory
Tourjée Alumni Award Recipient

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NEW LULLABY PROJECT

Entering its seventh year – read blog post HERE

– Premiere number 42 by Scott Scharff on Feb. 7 in Boston

2013 – A Listen Back on a Musical Year

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

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

VIDEOS

  • Granada by Isaac Albeniz
  • España Cañi by Pascual Marquina
  • Shard by Elliott Carter
  • Six Pieces for Violin and Keyboard by John Cage (arrangement by Aaron L-C) 
  • A World of Your Own by Jim Dalton (New Lullaby Project)
  • Tango en Skai by Roland Dyens (with string quartet)
  • Japanese Program http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rRsdqstthxA
  • Fugue, BWV 962 by J.S. Bach

Watch them all at: http://www.youtube.com/aaronlcguitar/videos

Fun with camera:

NEW LULLABY PROJECT

The New Lullaby Project turned 7 in December!

Read the Blog post:

www.aaronlc.com/blog/new-lullaby-project-celebrates-7-years/

Meet the 41 composers at www.NewLullabyProject.com

SOCIAL MEDIA

 

There’s probably a few more items that I missed, but I got to get back to practicing.

Best,

Aaron