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Composer/Percussionist
Aaron Siegel's work ranges from solo compositions and chamber music
to improvised ensembles and collaborative theater pieces. He produces
concert events and recordings involving his own music and collaborations
with other members of the experimental arts community.
Siegel’s music has been presented by Roulette, The Chocolate Factory,
Ulrichsberg Kaleidaphon, Wet Ink Musics and AugustArt. Other works have
been performed at the Friends Meetinghouse in Manhattan, the Corcoran
Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Chashama Art Space in Times
Square. Siegel’s music has been performed by the Flux String Quartet,
pianists Emily Manzo and Walter Frank, cellist Sarah Biber and the Aaron
Siegel Ensemble. In the spring of 2007 the New York-based mixed chamber
ensemble Till by Turning commissioned and performed Chalk Line (for
piano, bassoon, violin, viola and cello). In May 2008, Siegel will premiere
a major new work, commissioned by the Jerome Foundation for the Flux
String Quartet and 4 actors at the Chocolate Factory Theater in Long
Island City.
His work has been supported by grants from Meet the Composer, the Jerome
Foundation, The American Composers Forum, the American Music Center,
the Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Wesleyan University, and by the Consulate
General of Argentina. He has presented 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. Siegel
has studied with Nora Davenport, Stephen Rush, Alvin Lucier, Ron Kuivila,
Anthony Braxton and Bunita Marcus. He has an MA in composition from
Wesleyan University.
Aaron has shared the stage as a percussionist with Anthony Braxton,
Scott Rosenberg, Jessica Pavone, Stephen Rush, Andrew Raffo Dewar, Jason
Roebke, Nate Wooley, Ben Hall, Matthew Welch, Taylor Ho Bynum, Sean
Meehan, John Zorn and others. He is a member of Memorize the Sky, The
Anthony Braxton Sextet, White, Blue, Yellow and Clouds, The Pavones,
Assembly and his own group, Where from Here. In 2006, he founded the
Aaron Siegel Ensemble, a New York-based group that performs his music
in concert and on recordings. As part of these and other ensembles,
Aaron has toured extensively in the United States and Europe.
In September 2007, Brooklyn-based Peacock Recordings released the first
recording of the Aaron Siegel Ensemble, Every Morning, A History, which
was praised by Signal to Noise as being representative of the flowering
DIY chamber music scene in Brooklyn. 2007 also saw the release of the
self-titled Memorize the Sky (2007, 482 Music) that documents a collaboration
with Zach Wallace and Matt Bauder. The Cabinet, a solo percussion CD
(2006, Longbox Recordings) was praised by The Wire in as “an exquisite
set that has a meditative ease and grace.” He has released limited
edition CDs of his electronic music including Rooms and Spaces and Sounding
Place. His playing is featured on several recordings with Anthony Braxton
including the mammoth 9-CD Box Set, 9 Compositions (Iridium) 2006. 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.
Aaron is on the staff of the Weill Music Institute at Carnegie Hall.
He lives in Brooklyn, NY with his wife, Zoe.
Aaron Siegel
445 45th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11220
apsiege@yahoo.com
