Aaron Price
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With music described as "beautiful" and "radiant" by Fanfare Magazine, Aaron Nathan Price infuses lyricism and whimsical, jazz-influenced sensibilities in both his compositions and performances. He is the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of Connecticut Summerfest, and tours internationally as a composer, clarinetist, educator, and ludomusicologist. Aaron currently teaches at the University of Manitoba, and previously served as a Visiting Lecturer in Music at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut.
Aaron has collaborated with a wide breadth of ensembles to premiere new compositions and arrangements, including Apple Orange Pair, Aubarra Clarinet Duo, Doclé Reed Quintet, Duo Alterity, Hub New Music, Khorikos, SMASH Ensemble, and Xelana Duo. Aaron's compositions have been featured at various summer music festivals, including the Valencia International Performance Academy (VIPA) Festival (Valencia, Spain), Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival (New York City), Zodiac Festival (Valdeblore, France), Talis Festival (Saas-Fee, Switzerland), soundSCAPE Festival (Maccagno, Italy) and the Atlantic Music Festival (Waterville, Maine). As a ludomusicologist, Aaron has presented his video game music research at the North American Conference on Video Game Music (NACVGM), the Music and the Moving Image Conference, and Ludomusicology2020.
“Taking a trip into the world of fairytale, Aaron Price’s Merfolk refers to the half-human creatures of legend. This is their siren song: restrained, beautiful, sustained, radiant.”
—Fanfare Magazine, Colin Clarke
“Aaron Price’s music [Aboard the Phantom Train] imagines a supernatural train ride, with the flute and clarinet suggesting train whistles, as the eerie locomotive picks up steam. It is a highly entertaining and well-crafted piece of musical drama.”
—Fanfare Magazine, Peter Burwasser