{"id":3133,"date":"2024-12-29T13:54:51","date_gmt":"2024-12-29T17:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/?p=3133"},"modified":"2025-01-08T23:02:52","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T03:02:52","slug":"2024-highlights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/2024-highlights\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 Music Highlights"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you for an amazing 2024!&nbsp;<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Dec-Thanks-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3175 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Dec-Thanks-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Dec-Thanks-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Dec-Thanks-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Dec-Thanks-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Dec-Thanks-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/2024-Dec-Thanks-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I am incredibly appreciative of the support received this year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Some of the concerts and trips would not have been financially feasible without the generosity of individuals and organizations.<\/p>\n<p>Huge shouts to Arun Luthra, Walburga Marder, Marion Singer, Peter &amp; Yukiko Zisa, Mary Rowell, Luigi Oliva and Nicoletta Vismara, Ciro Gentile, Gino D&#8217;Ignazio, Camille Lizarribar, Pasquale Tassone, Laura Kuhn, Renee Lewis &amp; 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&#8217;s of Arts &amp; Culture, NEFA, Christopher Bush, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/c\/alcguitar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon<\/a> supporters, Laurie Caplan, Caroline, and my amazing wife and muse, Catherine.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much!<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">A recap of a fulfilling and musical 2024!<\/h2>\n<p>US Premiere of <strong>Heretic<\/strong> by Richard Cameron-Wolfe &#8211; Best Performance of 2024 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/best-2024-heretic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Arts Fuse<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3145\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Front-Cover.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3145\" class=\"wp-image-3145 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Front-Cover-300x265.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Front-Cover-300x265.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Front-Cover-1024x904.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Front-Cover-768x678.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Front-Cover-1536x1357.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Front-Cover.jpg 1722w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">photo Catherine Larget-Caplan<\/p><\/div>\n<p>New album &#8211; <strong>Spanish Gems<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/album-spanish-gems.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">info &amp; listen<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Publication with Edition Peters: <strong>Hovhaness, Mystic Flute<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ficksmusic.com\/products\/alan-hovhaness-mystic-flute-arr-for-guitar-peters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">score<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/S77wbP1LtS0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Debut at Symphony Space, Thalia Theater in New York &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/3uyI3mh6y0A?si=fK5MMfm7EG24LjY3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>2 Premieres for Choir &amp; Guitar:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Hovhaness &#8211; East Coast Premiere &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/mWIa67R_08k?si=-AvKoyDLe77klvHv&amp;t=3194\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-scene.com\/2024\/06\/11\/hovhaness-reverent-mystical-haunting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Vineet Shende &#8211; New movements of &#8216;Pravasa &#8211; Travels of the Guitar&#8217; at Bowdoin College &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/crnjd_IBQxc?si=HBRkwfRn3OB34hjT&amp;t=778\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Residency at the <strong>John Cage Trust<\/strong> at Bard College &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/residency-cage-trust\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog post<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Commissioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.douglasknehans.com\/douglas-knehans\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Douglas Knehans<\/a> for a new work for guitar + electronics, to be premiered in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Collaboration with actors \u2014\u2028Recited Shakespeare on stage!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3134\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hall-of-Fame-2024-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3134\" class=\"wp-image-3134 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hall-of-Fame-2024-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hall-of-Fame-2024-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hall-of-Fame-2024-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hall-of-Fame-2024-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hall-of-Fame-2024-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Hall-of-Fame-2024-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hall of Fame inductees for the Arts, Sciences and Humanities at Cherry Creek<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Collaboration with poet <a href=\"https:\/\/www.charlescoe.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charles Coe<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hall of Fame induction to Cherry Creek High School &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/award-hall-of-fame\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">article<\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Lullaby Project concerts and premieres #&#8217;s 76, 77, 78 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alcguitar.com\/newlullaby\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Piano solo &#8216;<strong>Aurore<\/strong>&#8216; debuted by John McDonald at Tufts University &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Gzpa6jz2kuc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">video<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Concerts in Oklahoma, Oregon, Maine, New York, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>Joined the New England Conservatory Extension Division &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/necmusic.edu\/faculty\/aaron-larget-caplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">link<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Appointed to the Board of the <a href=\"https:\/\/composers.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">American Composers Alliance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Created 22, 1-minute Guitar Instruction Videos on <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/playlist?list=PL99ZTOGgZ7qEuVh58_864z78nen8aWS7J&amp;si=NpiJzaCm0cZHM1_h\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youtube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@aaronlcguitar?is_from_webapp=1&amp;sender_device=pc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tiktok<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alcguitar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Album and concert reviews in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.classical-scene.com\/2024\/06\/11\/hovhaness-reverent-mystical-haunting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Boston Musical Intelligencer<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/spanish-gems-the-wholenote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Wegg Review<\/a> (JWR), <a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/spanish-gems-the-wholenote\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The WholeNote<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/artsfuse.org\/286437\/concert-review-cameron-wolfes-heretic-as-played-by-aaron-larget-caplan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Arts Fuse<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/spanish-gems-fanfare\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Fanfare<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/takeeffectreviews.com\/february-2024-2\/2024\/2\/28\/aaron-larget-caplan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Take Effect<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3143\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-28-at-2.57.23\u202fPM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3143\" class=\"wp-image-3143 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-28-at-2.57.23\u202fPM-300x169.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-28-at-2.57.23\u202fPM-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-28-at-2.57.23\u202fPM-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-28-at-2.57.23\u202fPM-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-28-at-2.57.23\u202fPM-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-28-at-2.57.23\u202fPM.png 1728w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The 11 recordings reached over 10 million streams!<\/p>\n<p>Returned to Europe for the first time since 2019!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3164\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3969-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3164\" class=\"wp-image-3164 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3969-215x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3969-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3969-735x1024.jpg 735w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3969-768x1070.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3969-1102x1536.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3969-1470x2048.jpg 1470w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_3969-scaled.jpg 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3164\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Duomo di Milano<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3166\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7414-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3166\" class=\"wp-image-3166 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7414-300x250.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7414-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7414-1024x853.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7414-768x639.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7414-1536x1279.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7414-2048x1705.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3166\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passalacqua in Naples<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3165\" style=\"width: 235px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7696-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3165\" class=\"wp-image-3165 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7696-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7696-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7696-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7696-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7696-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7696-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Passalacqua Cappuccino&nbsp;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more photos, videos, and news, follow me on Facebook, Youtube, Tiktok, Instagram, Threads, and LinkedIn!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Thank you for an incredible 2024!<\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thank you for an amazing 2024!&nbsp; I am incredibly appreciative of the support received this year.&nbsp; 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 &amp; Yukiko Zisa, Mary Rowell, Luigi Oliva and Nicoletta Vismara, [&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":[201,1,150,119],"tags":[285,561,555,331,43,7,523,381],"class_list":["post-3133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-award-and-honors","category-general","category-press","category-touring","tag-american-composers-alliance","tag-charles-coe","tag-cherry-creek-high-school","tag-john-cage-trust","tag-john-mcdonald","tag-new-lullaby-project","tag-spanish-gems","tag-streaming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3133"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3184,"href":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3133\/revisions\/3184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcguitar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}