AARON LARGET-CAPLAN
Guitar America 250
Revolutions in Music
DATE: Sunday, October 11
TIME: 3 pm (doors open at 2:30 pm)
TICKETS: $25. Tickets available online, at the theatre box office or
by calling 503-436-1242.
Daring and trailblazing classical guitarist and composer, Aaron Larget-Caplan, returns to the Coaster Theatre this fall to perform music from his latest album Guitar America 250 – Revolutionaries and Rockstars!
Guitar America reframes the American story through guitar, poetry, and protest.
Aaron Larget-Caplan’s Revolutions in Music program explores pre-Civil War music through the World Wars, mid-century classical composers including Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, and Irving Berlin, pop-culture icons Paul Simon and Eddie Van Halen, as well as new works by living composers Michael Nix and Larget-Caplan himself. Poetry and writings by Frances Harper, James Madison, and more!
“Larget-Caplan represents the ideal 21st century artist.” – Network for New Music
“Astounding technical proficiency and artistic delicacy”– Boston Music intelligencer
“Guitar America 250 leads us through a compelling narrative of the bounty of American diversity. It lays out the story of America writ large, encompassing the grandeur of the country without grandiose declaration.” – David Liptak, composer
Aaron Larget-Caplan searches for the life in music and music in life. He has performed over 1000 concerts in Europe, Russia, Asia, and the USA, premiered over 120 compositions, directs the Spanish music & dance ensemble ¡Con Fuego!, and curates the New Lullaby Project and the Now Musique recital series. His arrangements and recording of the music of John Cage, published by Edition Peters, have received international accolades, and are the first to be sanctioned by the John Cage Trust.
His 12 solo albums have earned over 13-million streams, and include albums dedicated to J.S. Bach, Cage, American, Japanese and Spanish romantic and flamenco composers, contemporary composers, and his own music.
As a composer he has arranged and composed over 85 solo and chamber works. His first work for choir and guitar, ‘Cider Meditation,’ was premiered in 2025 by the choir Kantorei in Denver, Colorado. The American Composers Alliance publishes his compositions including his collection of guitar solos, honey cadence, and will issue a collection of piano solo in 2026.
Raised in Colorado, he makes his home in Boston with his wife and muse, Catherine. He is on the faculty at the New England Conservatory.
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Coaster Theatre — G (General Audience)
Most people will find this show appropriate for all ages. Although this rating does not signify a program designed for children.
