Guitar America 250: An Album Release Concert

Join acclaimed Boston guitarist and composer Aaron Larget-Caplan for the release concert of Guitar America 250, a sweeping musical tribute to 250 years of American creativity and courage. Taking place Saturday, April 11 at 4pm in the beautiful Chapel of the Arlington Street Church, this one-hour program traces the nation’s evolving voice through music of revolutionaries, abolitionists, suffragists, immigrants, and rock legends.

The program features works by iconic composers and songwriters including Leonard Bernstein, Irving Berlin, Julia Ward Howe, John Stafford Smith, J. Rosamond Johnson, Paul Simon, and Eddie Van Halen, alongside Boston-based composer Ian Wiese.

Larget-Caplan will be joined by Jeffrey Lependorf, director of the John Cage Trust, for a special spoken presentation of Mureau, John Cage’s evocative collage of texts by Henry David Thoreau and Cage himself.

CDs will be available for purchase and signing. Tickets may be purchased online or at the door. Seating is limited—reserve now for this powerful and timely celebration of America’s musical heritage.

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