Exploring the new and neglected
Curated by Aaron Larget-Caplan
Now Musique is a new music series celebrating the recital format of new and often neglected solo and ensemble music with outstanding international artists.
Now Musique goes poetic for Aaron's newest album 'Guitar America 250' with collaborations with Poets Richard Hoffman, Lloyd Schwartz, and John Cage Trust director Jeffrey Lependorf
April 10, 7pm – Wellfleet Preservation Hall, Cape Cod • Guest Felice Coral & Jeannette de Beauvoir • HERE
April 11, 4pm – Arlington Street Church, Chapel, Boston • Guest Jeffrey Lependorf • HERE
April 14, 12:15 – King’s Chapel, Boston • Guest Lloyd Schwartz • HERE
April 19, 6pm – Music Mansion, Providence, RI• Guest Trevor Neal • HERE
April 25, 4pm – UU Northampton • GUEST Jeffrey Lependorf • HERE
April 30, 6:30 – Jacob Edwards Library, Southbridge • Guest TBA
May 16, 2:30 – Upham’s Corner Library, Dorchester • Guest Richard Hoffman
More concert announcements for 2026 coming soon!
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Sunday July 20 • 2pm • Augusta-Hallowell, Maine
The Blanchard Gallery & Now Musique
Aaron Larget-Caplan in Dance-Meditate-Fugue, Music of Bach, Spanish Composers, Florence Price, and Larget-Caplan.
Admission: $20, Free under 18
Location: The Blanchard Gallery, 172 Water Street, Hallowell, ME 04347
Ticket Link: www.eventbrite.com/e/1428921395359 (Limited seating)
Sunday July 27 • 2pm • Cambridge, Mass. Bach & Beer
The Lilypad, 1353 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA 02139
Preludes from the Well Tempered Clavier
Small Preludes & fugues
J.S. Bach: Prelude and “fiddle” fugue
Contemporary music by Composers TBA
Aaron Larget-Caplan, Guitar
Doors open at 1:30pm
$20, under 15 free
Beer available for purchase from the Lilypad
Link: https://www.lilypadinman.com/
Fri Mar 29, 2024 – Plastic Dream Fugue – Aaron Larget-Caplan, Guitar
First Church Boston, 66 Marlborough Street
PLASTIC DREAM FUGUE
7 Compositions written for the New Lullaby Project by Laurie Spiegel, Štěpán Rak, Pasquale Tassone, John McDonald, Charles Turner, Ian Wiese, Dean Rosenthal, Aaron Larget-Caplan, and J.S. Bach, Daniel Felsenfeld, Luis Obregon
May 2023 - Concert • Providence & Boston
CONCERT: Friday May 19, 2023 • Providence, Rhode Island
Now Musique presents 'Sevilla' a celebration of guitar music with Aaron Larget-Caplan and guest artist Grammy Nominated baritone Johnathan McCullough for an exciting evening of guitar solos and songs. Music by Bach, Larget-Caplan, John Musto, and Spanish Composers featured on Aaron's latest album 'Spanish Candy'!
When: 7pm
Location: The Music Mansion, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI 02906 • Venue: https://www.musicmansion.org/
CONCERT: Saturday May 20, 2023 • Boston, Massachusetts
Now Musique presents 'Spanish Candy' a celebration of Aaron's 10th album release. Featuring music by Spanish composers, Isaac Albéniz, Francisco Tárrega, Esteban de Sanlúcar, as well as J.S. Bach, Larget-Caplan, and a premiere by Daniel Felsenfeld.
When: 7pm
Location: Chapel of Arlington Street Church, 351 Boylston St, Boston, MA 02116
February 2023 – Grant Award from the Massachusetts Cultural Council
Read here: https://alcguitar.com/blog/grant-award-now-musique/
June 2022 - Grant Award from the City of Boston
Read here: https://alcguitar.com/blog/grant-award-concerts/
All concerts are Free, open to the public, and lasting under an hour. All-ages are welcome to attend with each concert being an introduction and exploration of the music for guitar. The programs are built around Aaron's New Lullaby Project, with many composers present, and will feature Aaron's own compositions as well. Audience members who to wear PG rated pajamas for concerts 1, 3-5, will receive a New Lullaby Project sticker!
CONCERT 1: Night Songs & Dances
Thursday August 11 • 5:30pm • Concert • Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library, 500 Columbia Rd. Dorchester
Music by New Lullaby Project composers Lynn Job, Stanley Hoffman, John McDonald, Frank Warren, Charles Turner, Larget-Caplan and Spanish Composers.
Preview: Monday August 8 • 11:15am • storytime at UC Library
FB event HERE
CONCERT 2: Frets & Plectrums with Frederick Jodry, harpsichord
Saturday August 20 • 7pm • Concert • St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 14 Cushing Ave. Dorchester, 02125
Music by Bach, Boccherini, Scarlatti, and Larget-Caplan
Repeated 8/21 in Newport, RI & 8/28 in Provincetown, MA w/slight variation
Dorchester FB event HERE
CONCERT 3: Lullings
Thursday September 15 • 5:30pm • Concert • Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library, 500 Columbia Rd. Dorchester
Music by New Lullaby Project composers Ronald Pearl, Tom Nazziola, John Johnstone, Brian Schober, Scott Wheeler, Dean Rosenthal, Larget-Caplan, and Bach
CONCERT 4: Electric Hush
Thursday October 13 • 5:30pm • Concert • Uphams Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library, 500 Columbia Rd. Dorchester
Music by Lainie Fefferman, Tom Flaherty, New Lullaby Project composers Ian Wiese, Gregory Biss, Stefanie Lubkowski, Dennis Bathory-Kitsz, Larget-Caplan.
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Includes two works for electronics and guitar!
CONCERT 5: Catching Dreams
Thursday November 17 • 5:30pm • Upham’s Corner Branch of the Boston Public Library, 500 Columbia Rd. Dorchester, 02125
Music by New Lullaby Project composers Laurie Spiegel, Anthony Green, Jim Dalton, Michael Veloso, Cutris Hughes, Francine Trester, plus works by Vineet Shende & Larget-Caplan.
*Please visit Aaron's Calendar and FB page for program announcements
America – Music by Living American Composers March 2020 - Cancelled
Michael Hall, viola • Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitar
Sunday March 22, 2020 at 7:30pm • Arlington Street Church
The program repeats:
• Marh 19 in Dorchester at Upham's Corner Library •
March 21 in New York City at National Opera Center
• March 22 in Boston • March 23 in Providence at The Music Mansion • March 24 in Boston at King's Chapel
PROGRAM:
Francine Trester: Borrowed Blue
John Anthony Lennon: Infinite Arrow
Darleen Mitchell: Images
Thomas L. Read: Traveller’s Frolic*
Antonio Celso Rebeiro: Melancholy Dressed in Yellow
David Liptak: Freight (Guitar Solo)
Tom Flaherty: Steps and Leaps* (Guitar + Electronics)
Alice Shields: Sri Mata (Viola solo)
David Froom: Shades of Red
Matthew Davidson: Magyar Rondo
*World Premiere
Portraits & Light – Music for viola & guitar
Michael Hall, viola • Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitarSaturday April 13, 2019 at 7pm • Arlington Street Church • Ticket: $25, $20 - students; ONLINE HERE
Works for viola and guitar by Samuel Adler, World Premieres by Francine Trester (USA) and Antonio Celso Ribeiro (Brazil), and solos by Kee Yong Chong (Malaysia), Paul Coletti (UK), Arshia Samsaminia (Iran), and Americans Jim Mobberley, Kevin Siegfried and John Cage.
Michael Hall
Michael Hall, viola, lives in Chicago and is an internationally recognized soloist, teacher, and thought leader. He has over 50 compositions written for him, is a board member of the American Viola Society, and Co-Founder, Artistic Director, and Director of Education of the Bandung Philharmonic - the first professional orchestra in Indonesia.
As a soloist, Michael has appeared in Vienna, Jakarta, Reykjavik, Bangkok, Los Angeles, Bali, New York City, Singapore, Boston, Sorrento and Chicago’s Orchestra Hall. Michael has performed live on NPR, WFMT, and Thailand PBS-TV, and his recordings can be found on the Centaur, Delos, Vienna Modern Masters, Acoma, Albany and Parma labels
Aaron Larget-Caplan
A passionate and creative explorer of music of our time, guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan plays with “astounding technical proficiency and artistic delicacy” (Boston Musical Intelligencer). An international touring and recording artist, Aaron has performed in Russia, Taiwan, Europe and across the United States including El Palacio de Linares in Madrid, Spain, Yelagin and Sheremetev Palaces and the St. Petersburg Conservatory in Russia, Mantova Chamber Music Festival, Corte Eremo and Castillo de Galeazza in Italy, Kaohsiung Music Hall in Taiwan, Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento, CA and Boston's Jordan Hall.
At the age of 16 he made his debut at the Tabor Opera House and has since premiered over 110 solo and chamber compositions, performed with orchestras, created commissioning endeavors, directed concert series, released eight solo albums, published multliple anthologies and arrangements of the music John Cage, and brought classical music into schools and community settings. A gifted speaker and educator, he is sought for his deft programming of new and standard repertoire while connecting with audiences with a Bernstein-esque ease.