bio
Aaron Meicht
I am a composer and performer. My practice embraces electroacoustic composition and collective/free improvisation. I also write music for theater, film and dance productions.
Music Projects include the releases of several albums on Scrapple Records. My music has been presented at the Ontological-Hysteric Theater, ABC No Rio, Rattlestick Theater, The Politics of Ecstasy Festival at HAU (Berlin), the Munich Experimental Music Festival, Ausland (Berlin), Kulturhaus Mitte (Berlin), the BOA Festival (Antwerpen), Falaises (Paris), Studio des Islettes (Paris), The Khyber (Philadelphia) Les Variations Anecdotiques (Paris) Cafe Uebereck (Berlin) and the Knitting Factory. From 2007-08 I was composer-in-residence at the Rattlestick New Music Series. I also perform regularly with the New York based ensemble Object Collection.
Theater Credits: (NYC) Baruch Performing Arts Center, The Flea, Fordham University, Juilliard, Katharsis Theater Company, Keen Company, Prospect Theater, Rattlestick Playwrights Theater, Second Stage, SPF, Women's Project; (Regional) Passage Theater, Shakespeare Theater (DC), Westport Country Playhouse. Film Credits: (features) Perception; (shorts) Little Pumpkin, Assailables, Stricken.
I am a member of the Broken Chord Collective which is a sound design and music production group that composes and designs music and sound for theater, film, and dance.
Projects in Development include Bernal, a theatrical music work in collaboration with writer/actor Scott Blumenthal. Sections have been performed in NYC throughout 2008. Information on the development of this work and samples can be found here.
People I have collaborated with include: Alex Barreto G. Douglas Barrett, Matt Bauder, Scott Blumenthal, Eric km Clark, Brendan Dougherty, Andrew Drury, Charlie Evans, Peter Evans, Kara Feely, Gisburg, Greg Haines, Alex Hamlin, Guido Hennebohl, Travis Just, Juno Kang, Christian Kesten, Adam Lane, Lukas Ligeti, Paula Matthusen, Devin Maxwell, Seth Meicht, Brian Mitchell, Matt Mitchell, James Moore, Matthias Muller, Keith O'Brien, Nils Ostendorf, Michael Pisaro, Katie Porter, Mike Pride, Craig Shepard, John Mark Sherlock, Meg Stuart, Steve Swell, Quentin Tolimieri, Jacob Wick, Jeremy Woodruff, Nate Wooley, Harris Wulfson, Bobby Zankel.
I live in New York City with my wife Valerie Morel.
photo taken by devin hartman at Ausland in Berlin (15 March 2009)