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Musical Connections
The Musical Connections program brings support to the music educators and music students of the Roaring Fork Valley by offering in-school enrichment and programming designed for students involved in their school music programs. Through programs such as AMFS Honor Ensembles, Musicians in Schools, Educational Support, and Musical Connections Concerts, teachers are able to enhance their core curriculum with quality music experiences for all involved students.
The AMFS works with the University of Colorado – Boulder College of Music and professional chamber ensembles to bring residency performance opportunities to the Roaring Fork Valley. The 2025-26 school year includes the following guest artists:
Aaron Larget-Caplan, guitarist
Acclaimed international recording and touring guitarist and composer Aaron Larget-Caplan is an exciting and innovative leader in classical music. Noted as a "master guitarist" by Fanfare and for his “astounding technical proficiency and artistic delicacy” by the Boston Musical Intelligencer, Larget-Caplan has performed throughout the USA Europe, Russia, and Taiwan, including El Palacio de Linares in Madrid, Spain, Sheremetev Palace in Russia, and Palazzo del Te & Ducale in Mantova, Italy.
At 16 he made his debut at the Tabor Opera House and has since premiered over 120 solo and chamber compositions, soloed with orchestras, directed concert series, created commissioning endeavors, curated and published three anthologies of scores, arranged over 85 solo and chamber works, and brought classical music into schools and communities. A gifted performer and speaker, he is sought for his deft programming of new and standard repertoire, while connecting with audiences with a Bernstein-esque ease. A winner of multiple awards, including from the Société Académique Arts-Sciences-Lettres of Paris, France for his trailblazing work in music, he was Musician in Residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts and Creativity, and the first guitairst to be invited for Artist Residency at the John Cage Trust at Bard College.
Mr. Larget-Caplan is currently collaborating with composer Vineet Shende of Bowdoin College for his multi-movement choir & guitar work Pravasa (migration in Sanskrit) and his 12 Carnatic Preludes, After J.S. Bach, a re-imagining of Bach preludes from the Well-Tempered Clavier as if Bach were from South India (Carnatic music). Each prelude is paired with an Aaron's arrangement for guitar of Bach's keyboard prelude.
He is joining us this winter to work with our Lead Guitar and Waldorf students!
Dates: December 8-9, 2025.
The OK Factor and Jaery
Details forthcoming for the 2025-26 school year.
University of Colorado at Boulder Graduate Ensembles
Details forthcoming for the 2025-26 school year.
Our Education Department is happy to assist local music teachers in their classrooms. Please contact the education department at education@aspenmusic.org to set up an appointment.
To learn more, please contact:
Lindsay Bobyak
Manager of Education and Community Programs
Email | (970) 205 5055
lbobyak@aspenmusic.org
To support this program, please contact:
Kat Berg
Donor Stewardship Manager
Email | (970) 205 5061
kberg@aspenmusic.org
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