This site situates my music in the context of creative entrepreneurship, experimental solo trumpet playing, spirituality, and Judaism. My trumpet playing is a reflection of the different systems of knowledge I’ve become well-versed in over the years. As a performing artist, I exist within the paradigms and structures of the classical tradition, but I also draw way outside their lines. My music has led me to create events in the desert, parties in beach towns, and planning windows of paradise through the arts. It has also led me to engage in conversations with elected officials to reinvigorate local creative economies. I work with composers to breathe the mysticism of ordinary life into being. And I enter and take others into states of heightened awareness and consciousness. Fundamentally, at the end of the day, my music is about bringing peace and justice to this world, much in alignment with the mitzvah of tikkun olam.
This site situates my music in the context of creative entrepreneurship, experimental solo trumpet playing, spirituality, and Judaism. My trumpet playing is a reflection of the different systems of knowledge I’ve become well-versed in over the years. As a performing artist, I exist within the paradigms and structures of the classical tradition, but I also draw way outside their lines. My music has led me to create events in the desert, parties in beach towns, and flash mobs; it has also led me to engage in conversations with elected officials to bring music to the political and civic spheres and to measurably deter violent crime. I work with composers to breathe the mysticism of ordinary life into being. And I enter and take others into states of heightened awareness and consciousness. Fundamentally, at the end of the day, my music is about bringing peace and justice to this world, much in alignment with the mitzvah of tikkun olam.
RACC/Hoyt Arboretum partnership concert with music by Justin Ralls, Poul Ruders, and John Williams. October 1st, 6PM. Location: Hoyt Arboretum, Natural Amphitheater (adjacent to Bamboo Grove and Stevens Pavilion). Please RSVP here. Donations strongly encouraged and different price points are available. Click here
Hoyt Arboretum, Natural Amphitheater
| October 1st, 6PM | RACC/Hoyt Arboretum partnership concert with music by Justin Ralls, Poul Ruders, and John Williams. October 1st, 6PM. Location: Hoyt Arboretum, Natural Amphitheater (adjacent to Bamboo Grove and Stevens Pavilion). Please RSVP here. Donations strongly encouraged and different price points are available. Click here | Hoyt Arboretum, Natural Amphitheater |
Aaron Kahn is an experimental trumpet soloist, creative entrepreneur, marketing writer, community engagement specialist, event producer, music educator, and public safety advocate. His artistic mission is to push creative boundaries, expand the imagination, and champion various humanitarian, environmental, political, and forward-moving spiritual causes – all in the name of individual and collective liberation. He studied Music and Cognitive Psychology at McGill University in Montreal, QC, Canada; got his Bachelor’s of Fine Arts from the California Institute of the Arts; and received his Master’s of Music in performance from the University of Oregon.
A long-time student of internationally-renowned musician and pedagogue Brian McWhorter, his career began when he accepted a Graduate Teaching Fellowship at the University of Oregon in 2015. During his tenure at the UO, he was also invited to join the Britt Festival Orchestra under the direction of Teddy Abrams in 2016 for a project at Crater Lake composed by New York-based composer Michael Gordon, in honor of the centennial of the National Parks Service. He is also working on a commission with world-renowned composer Fredrick Kaufman. Aaron also enjoys a small private trumpet studio and is eager to be branching out into more avenues for pedagogy, music and otherwise.
