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Aaron Siegel collaborates with, and is inspired by, a number of challenging thinkers and artists. His work ranges from solo piano compositions and electronic music to improvised ensembles and multi-channel sound installations. Trained as a percussionist in the Washington, DC area, Aaron lived in Ann Arbor, MI for six years while he pursued Bachelor’s degrees in music and English literature at the University of Michigan. In the fall of 2000, Aaron relocated to Brooklyn, New York where, for two years, he curated over 75 concerts for the Eggwolf Series of New and Improvised music in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

His compositions have been featured on bills by the new music presenters Wet Ink Musics, as well as at the annual AugustArt festival in Times Square, Manhattan. Other works have been performed at Wesleyan University and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC. In November of 2004, the Flux String Quartet premiered Siegel's Wait, for string quartet, at Crowell Concert Hall in Middletown, CT. A new solo piano piece entitled A Diminished Thing, commissioned by the Argentinean pianist Walter Frank, was featured in a New York City recital in September 2005. His work has been supported by the Consulate General of Argentina, and grants from Wesleyan University and Meet the Composer. Siegel has studied composition with Nora Davenport, Stephen Rush, Alvin Lucier, Ron Kuivila and Anthony Braxton. He has an MA in composition from Wesleyan University.

Siegel’s multi-channel sound works and sound sculptures have been installed in Chicago, IL at the Myopic Bookstore and as part of the No Echo and For a Long Time festivals. In January 2005, Siegel installed Sounding Place, a group of five new sound works, in the Zelnick Pavilion in Middletown, CT. He has lectured on his work at the Cybersonica Festival of Sound and Art in London, UK, the Art Academy in Dusseldorf, Germany and the University for Art and Design in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Aaron has shared the stage as a percussionist with several well-known improvisers, in addition to his many peers, including: Fred Lonberg-Holm, Scott Rosenberg, Guillermo Gregorio, Stephen Rush, Boris Hauf, Jason Roebke, Nate Wooley and Sean Meehan. He is a member of Memorize the Sky, The Anthony Braxton Sextet, Chorus of Seeds. Rainer and Low and Away, all of which represent long-standing improvisational relationships. As part of these and other ensembles, Aaron has toured extensively in the United States and Europe.

Aaron’s recent recordings are a limited edition CD of electronic music entitled Rooms and Spaces, and a forthcoming solo percussion CD to be released on Longbox Recordings. 1999's Shy Moments features 8 compositions for quartet, and there are three 3" recordings documenting the music of Memorize the Sky. His playing is featured on 2+2 Compositions, on 482 Music featuring Anthony Braxton, Matt Bauder and Zach Wallace, and several forthcoming documents of the Anthony Braxton Sextet and the Anthony Braxton Creative Orchestra. One of his tape pieces was selected to be part of a compilation entitled A Call for Silence that was curated by the London-based Sonic Arts Network.