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Aidan Vass
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Aidan Vass (b. 2003) is a Los Angeles-based composer of contemporary classical music. Biography Aidan Vass was born on March 6, 2003, in Providence, RI. He began formal compositional studies with Brett Banducci in 2016, and was accepted into the Nancy and Barry Sanders' Composer Fellowship Program the following year. As a fellow, Vass studied under Andrew Norman, Sarah Gibson and Thomas Kotcheff, and he had performance opportunities with ensembles such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, and the American Youth Symphony, among others. In 2020/2021, Vass was named YoungArts winner in composition, as well as a first place winner of the MTAC Composers Today competition. Since this success, he has been accepted into the Young Composers Guild with MTAC. He was also a finalist for the ASCAP Morton Gould Award, as well as the Young Composers Challenge the same year. In 2020, Vass premiered a multi media cello piece, performed by Michigan-based cellist Andres Ayerbe. This premiere featured a full-fledged animated painting, and received positive acclaim. 2021 will mark the release of his debut album, 8 Sketches for Piano, which also features visual accompaniment. Vass is also active as a pianist, and he has been studying with Nina Kelly since 2015. Works Solo * 2 Cadenzas for Trumpet - for trumpet * 8 Sketches for Piano - for solo piano * Abounding Ideas - for electric keyboard * Explorations (Motion, Pattern, Direction) - for b-flat instruments, oboe, and har * Floura - for solo guitar * From the Fog - for piano and electronic accompaniment * Gray Tree - for solo cello * In Place I, II, III - for felt piano * Point - for solo viola Chamber Music * The Day I Feel Content - for piano trio * found in a church - viola and organ (32′) * Lovey, Swampy. - for 2 violins * Prayer at Winter Solstice (Dana Gioia Text) - art song for piano and soprano * Zero - for mixed ensemble Choral * Laudamus Te - for SSAA divisi a cappella * Speaking Through the Noise - for SATB divisi a cappella Orchestral * Impresa - for chamber orchestra * Overture to the Listener - concert overture for orchestra 
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