{"id":1410,"date":"2021-12-29T17:32:02","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T21:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2022-01-20T15:08:39","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T19:08:39","slug":"2021-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/2021-review\/","title":{"rendered":"2021 &#8211; Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><em>2021 was many things, boring wasn\u2019t one of them!<\/em><\/h1>\n<p>I&#8217;m not great at reflecting on the year, so I made a little list of some accomplishments as this year felt extra special:<a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NEWSLETTER-Montage-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1429 \" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NEWSLETTER-Montage-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"915\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NEWSLETTER-Montage-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NEWSLETTER-Montage-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NEWSLETTER-Montage-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NEWSLETTER-Montage-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NEWSLETTER-Montage-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/NEWSLETTER-Montage-scaled.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>13 premieres<\/li>\n<li>2 albums issued<\/li>\n<li>2 anthologies published<\/li>\n<li>12 radio and podcast appearances<\/li>\n<li>6 concerts<\/li>\n<li>4 festivals<\/li>\n<li>3 awards<\/li>\n<li>1 article<\/li>\n<li>450K+ streams!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Not bad for barely leaving home \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>May 2022 be all that you wish for and need. I&#8217;m preparing for some recordings, concerts (fingers crossed), and a surprise or two.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being safe and sharing in my music.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ALC-Signature.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1419\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/ALC-Signature.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"170\" height=\"52\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Aaron Larget-Caplan<\/em><\/p>\n<h1><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Year In Review<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2><strong>Premieres<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Lainie Fefferman \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Q8DplV5mxlI?t=2252\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Carousel<\/em><\/a> \u2013 guitar + electronics<br \/>\nTom Flaherty \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/9o3JP33Iv98\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Steps and Leaps<\/em><\/a> \u2013 guitar + electronics<br \/>\nAlejandro Rutty \u2013 <em>Down with those guitars<br \/>\n<\/em>David Warrin Solomons \u2013 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/O3BerGw6Qbc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Passacaglia<\/a><br \/>\n<\/em>UNC Greensboro Students: Joshua Weitz, Noah Marney, A.J. Lyon \u2013 3 Pieces<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Composers-2021-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1413\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Composers-2021-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Composers-2021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Composers-2021-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Composers-2021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Composers-2021-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Composers-2021-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>New Lullaby Project Premieres<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Curtis Hughes\u00a0\u2013 <em>lullibule<br \/>\n<\/em>John Johnstone \u2013 <em>Blue Lullaby<br \/>\n<\/em>Tom Nazziola \u2013 <em>Lull-a-by-the-sea<br \/>\n<\/em>Ronald Pearl \u2013 <em>Berceuse Inqui\u00e8te<br \/>\n<\/em>\u0160t\u011bp\u00e1n Rak \u2013 <em>Lullaby<\/em><br \/>\nBrian Schober \u2013 <em>A Winter Lullaby<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/New-Lullaby-Composers-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1412\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/New-Lullaby-Composers-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/New-Lullaby-Composers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/New-Lullaby-Composers-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/New-Lullaby-Composers-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/New-Lullaby-Composers-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/New-Lullaby-Composers-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nL-&gt;R top: Johnston, Pearl, Schober<br \/>\nL-&gt;R bottom: Nazziola, Rak, Hughes<\/p>\n<h2><strong>RECORDINGS ISSUED<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5fIhvb26J7V639RThl2t0X?si=g396xlvHTAK5_I5s21p50g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>A Guitar Holiday<\/em><\/a> \u2013 Tiger Turn Records (450K streams!)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5keT3xCArjFWXeuIFxlNQT?si=rrQnnOGTSoigUf2o7u6AQA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Drifting<\/em><\/a>, Volume 3 of the New Lullaby Project \u2013 Stone Records<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2TZFnc0BMssX6FvmL8gPtP?si=VHXguNQXRIi57id-ZvXQ4g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Passacaglia<\/em><\/a> by David Warin Solomons, digital single<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3SQ8wM04jpHcSbPM6Rl2BL?si=RrOQ-IbySHuGsz2aNIk0Og\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discography of 6 Albums<\/a> from 2006-2021 issued online by Stone Records<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Albums-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1411\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Albums-300x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Albums-300x111.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Albums-1024x379.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Albums-768x285.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Albums-1536x569.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/2021-Albums-2048x759.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/composers.com\/news-events\/nights-transfigured-15-solos-guitar-music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Nights Transfigured<\/em><\/a>, Volume 1 of the New Lullaby Project, Pub. American Composers Alliance<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/composers.com\/composers\/collections\/hushed-sixteen-21st-century-lullabies-solo-guitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Hushed<\/em><\/a>, Volume 2 of the New Lullaby Project, Pub. American Composers Alliance<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anthology-Covers-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1414\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anthology-Covers-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anthology-Covers-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anthology-Covers-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anthology-Covers-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anthology-Covers-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Anthology-Covers-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/media.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RADIO &amp; PODCASTS (click&#8211;&gt;Podcast)<\/strong><\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/all-things-cage-radio\/\">All Things Cage<\/a> with Laura Kuhn (3x!)<br \/>\nCaf\u00e9 Classicale with Felice Coral<br \/>\nConducting Conversations with Mike Maino<br \/>\nExploring Music with Tigran Arakelyan<br \/>\nClassical Guitar Around the World with Kevin Collins (2x)<br \/>\nGuitaromanie! with Karl Wohlwend<br \/>\nAll Things Six Strings with Rick Cox<br \/>\nIs That Really Legal with Eric Ruben<br \/>\nJay Talking with Bradley Jay<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Radio-Podcast-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1415\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Radio-Podcast-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Radio-Podcast-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Radio-Podcast-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Radio-Podcast-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Radio-Podcast-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Radio-Podcast-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>FESTIVALS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>New Music Gathering, Portland, Oregon<br \/>\n21<sup>st<\/sup> Century Guitar Festival \u2013 Portugal<br \/>\nGuitar Foundation of America \u2013 Denver, Colorado<br \/>\n&#8216;Institute for Effective Training International Conference&#8217; \u2013 Russia<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Festivals-2021-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1416\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Festivals-2021-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Festivals-2021-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Festivals-2021-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Festivals-2021-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Festivals-2021-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Festivals-2021-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><strong>AWARDS<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Three Revere Awards from the Music Publishers Associations \u2013 Nights Transfigured<br \/>\nGrant Southbridge Cultural Council<br \/>\nSmall Business Association Grants<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Revere-Awards-MPA-Nights-6-21-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1417\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Revere-Awards-MPA-Nights-6-21-300x229.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Revere-Awards-MPA-Nights-6-21-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Revere-Awards-MPA-Nights-6-21-1024x783.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Revere-Awards-MPA-Nights-6-21-768x587.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Revere-Awards-MPA-Nights-6-21-1536x1174.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Revere-Awards-MPA-Nights-6-21-2048x1565.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2><a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/calendar.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CONCERTS<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Tew Recital Hall, UNC Greensboro, North Carolina<br \/>\nFirst Congregation Church Camden, Maine<br \/>\nRobbins Library, Arlington, MA<br \/>\nZalon, Philadelphia, PA<br \/>\nJacob Edwards Library, Southbridge, MA<br \/>\nWindhover, Rockport, MA w\/ amazing Dancers: Michael Trusnovec, Xin Ying, Annmaria Mazzini,, Thryn Saxon<\/p>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/media.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ARTICLES<\/a> (click&#8211;&gt;articles)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Dorchester Reporter \u2013 Larget-Caplan\u2019s new album explores Christmas classics<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2021 was many things, boring wasn\u2019t one of them! I&#8217;m not great at reflecting on the year, so I made a little list of some accomplishments as this year felt extra special: 13 premieres 2 albums issued 2 anthologies published 12 radio and podcast appearances 6 concerts 4 festivals 3 awards 1 article 450K+ streams! 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