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Aaron Larget-Caplan Guitarist: Free Noontime Concert!

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Eastside Jewish Commons
Portland OR, United States

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Enjoy our free monthly concert series with top musicians!

Aaron Larget-Caplan Guitar America – Revolutionaries and Rockstars

The American story through guitar, poetry, and protest.

Larget-Caplan’s ‘Guitar America – Revolutions in Music’ explores pre-Civil War music through the World Wars, 20th century composers including Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and John Cage, pop-culture icons Paul Simon and Eddie Van Halen, as well as new works by living composers Ian Wiese, Michael Nix, and Larget-Caplan’s Bill of Rights, Amended, a poetic presentation of the words of James Madison. 

All ages, free, registration requested, consider donating to EJC programming at checkout.


“A riveting artist” (The Washington Post), international guitarist, composer, and Colorado native, Aaron Larget-Caplan performs music from his latest album ‘Guitar America 250 – Revolutionaries and Rockstars’.

Pack a lunch or stop by one of the many pods at 24th and Glisan, bring your food in (no pork or shellfish, please), and come and hear the music! Small concerts that are semi-acoustic and always enlivening. All are welcome. What better thing is there to do on a Friday afternoon?!

Special Co-Sponsor to the concert: Casa Della Zisa Collegium Musica

Casa Della Zisa Collegium Musica is a non-profit is a 501(c) non-profit dedicated to bringing community together through music and cultural exchange.

More about Aaron Larget-Caplan

A daring and trailblazing classical guitarist and 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 14-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.

“Aaron Larget-Caplan is a master arranger and master guitarist. Guitar America 250 is fantastic.” – Fanfare

“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

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Portland OR, United States

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