Aaron Jay Myers

Composer

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Dinnosaur Annex - Presences
Nov
9
4:00 PM16:00

Dinnosaur Annex - Presences

Nov 09, 2025, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM

Christ Church, 569 Main St, Fitchburg, MA 01420, USA

Dinosaur Annex Music Ensemble initiates its 51st Season with a visit to Fitchburg, MA! The event showcases music by composers connected to Central Massachusetts. A pre-concert talk on the history of classical music in Fitchburg precedes the musical program.

TICKETS

Compositions
Trevor Berens: Pisces Rising
John Aylward: The Undulations of Water
Brittany Green: Intersections
John Newell: Pieces of Time
Aaron Jay Myers: Save One Life, You Save the World Entire
Carlos Simon: where two or three are gathered

Musicians
Sue-Ellen Hershman-Tcherepnin, flute
Seychelle Dunn-Corbin, baritone saxophone
Robert Schulz, percussion
Lilit Hartunian, violin
Anne Black, viola
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello

The concert is made possible by the Massachusetts Cultural Council; the Fitchburg Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency; the Fitchburg Historical Society; and the Alice M. Ditson Fund.

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Rhizaria / Dysthymia / AGĒŌTAN at O'Brien's Pub
Apr
28
8:00 PM20:00

Rhizaria / Dysthymia / AGĒŌTAN at O'Brien's Pub

My black/death metal band, Rhizaria, is playing at O’Brien’s Pub with Dysthymia and Agēōtan

Doors 7pm, Show at 8pm

21+

$10 in advance, $12 at the door

Get Tickets HERE

Rhizaria (black/death metal) https://rhizaria.bandcamp.com/album/demo
Dysthymia (black metal - DSBM) https://dysthymiaband.bandcamp.com/
Ageotan (antifascist black metal): https://ageotan.bandcamp.com/track/the-scythe-of-olde

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NakedEye Ensemble - music for avid ears
Mar
16
4:00 PM16:00

NakedEye Ensemble - music for avid ears

NakedEye Ensemble presents pieces from their album A Series of Indecipherable Glyphs, including my piece, Strabismus, for flute, clarinet, tenor saxophone, electric guitar, electric bass, cello, piano, and drum set.

Music by Richard Belcastro, Molly Joyce, Rusty BanksAaron Jay Myers, and Frank Zappa

Sunday, March 16, 4:00pm
Black Squirrel Club
1049 Sarah St, Philadelphia, PA 19125

Get TICKETS HERE

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Music & Rebels
Feb
7
7:30 PM19:30

Music & Rebels

In honor of the 250th anniversary of Concord’s role in the American Revolution, the program will feature the world premiere of Unrest by local composer and CCM faculty member Aaron Jay Myers, commissioned by Concord Conservatory.

Friday, February 7, 2025, 7:30 pm

Purchase tickets in advance or payable at the door for this event. ($25 General Admission and free for students 18 and under)

Join CCM faculty speaker Jackson Carruthers as he recounts how each featured musical selection broke with the conventions of its time, launching the artform and its audience into the next era.

CCM faculty artists soprano Rose Hegele and cellist Steve Marotto, along with guests, violinist Nicole Parks, pianist Elaine Rombola Aveni, and percussionist Matt Sharrock will perform this array of boundary-breaking music. 

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NakedEye Ensemble
Nov
13
7:30 PM19:30

NakedEye Ensemble

An Evening With NakedEye Ensemble

West Art
800 Buchanan Avenue, Lancaster, PA

Doors at 7pm, music begins at 7:30
$16 in advance, $20 at the door
Buy tickets
HERE

Are you ready to explore the edges of musical convention? Critcially acclaimed ensemble NakedEye brings their 2022 album A Series of Indecipherable Glyphs to West Art, a collection of works for chamber ensemble that take inspiration from rock and minimalist music. Featuring searing electric guitar parts, growling saxophone solos, virtuosic piano riffs, and compelling percussion, NakedEye plays captivating music by:

Frank Zappa: Sinister Footwear II
Whitney George: [These Hands] Hold Nothing
Rusty Banks: Dum Spectas Fugio
Molly Joyce: Less is More
Aaron Jay Myers: Strabismus
Richard Belcastro: Nepetalactone

Led by pianist Ju-Ping Song, this collection of incredible musicians makes music come alive in a dynamic way that few can.

More details on the venue website HERE.

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Jul
25
8:00 PM20:00

Semiosis Quartet at HSCI

Semiosis Quartet performs my piece I’ll Swallow Your Soul alongside several other pieces at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee College of Music’s High School Composition Intensive (HSCI), at which I am composition faculty.

8:00pm

The Boston Conservatory - Seully Hall

8 The Fenway, Boston

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May
13
7:00 PM19:00

Semiosis Quartet at United Parish in Brookline

Semiosis Quartet presents an evening of music at United Parish in Brookline, MA at 7pm

Aaron Jay Myers - I’ll Swallow Your Soul
Caroline Shaw - Entr’acte
Carlos Simon - Loop
Jessie Montgomery - Duo for Violin and Cello
Aaron Jay Myers - For the World is Hollow, and I Have Touched the Sky
Darien Thomas - Fluid

Suggested donation $10-15 at the door.


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May
7
7:00 PM19:00

From the US to Hungary

NYC's Noise Catalogue comes to Boston to give a concert with violinist (and violist) Nicole Parks. They are performing music of composers with ties to the US and Hungary, including my violin duo For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky.

Sunday May 7th, 2023 - 7pm
New School of Music in Cambridge
25 Lowell St
Cambridge, MA 02138
Suggested Donation - $10-15

Hanjali - co-composed by Madeline Hocking and Dániel Matei of Noise Catalogue
Fluid - Darian Thomas
Compare the Way We Move - Molly Herron
On/Zeker - Anthony Green
For The World Is Hollow And I Have Touched The Sky - Aaron Jay Myers
Selections from 44 Duos - Béla Bartók
Invertita - Traditional Hungarian, arr. Madeline Hocking

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