We’re raising money to bring the works of our 2022/23 commissioned composers to life! It’s part of our mission to bring new music to audiences, and that includes paying talented composers for their services in creating new works to premiere. Bringing new music to life is simply not possible without the help of new music lovers like you! 

Gilbert Galindo will be composing 'Nada te Espante' for AEON Ensemble.
Gilbert Galindo writes “richly rendered music” (Thought Catalogue) of “undeniable power” (The Kansas City Star) with an intriguing palette of colors. A Tejano upbringing in west Texas combines with a love of modes, blues, and jazz to inform Galindo’s rhapsodic abstract lyricism. Galindo’s experience in New York’s electronic music scene as a DJ and producer also adds a unique level of kinetic and kaleidoscopic depth to his writing. FULL BIO HERE

Joshua Coyne will be composing 'Visions of Mary' for AEON Ensemble.
Joshua Coyne is a violinist, composer, arranger, and Music Director based in New York and working in New York, New Jersey, and Washington, D.C. He has been recognized nationally and is known for his command of music and broad versatility both onstage and off. He’s received training from the Peabody Conservatory, and the Manhattan School of Music. Coyne works in a broad range of music genres, including classical, opera, musical theatre, jazz, Gospel and more, and is particularly interested in developing multi-disciplinary projects of scope combining musical genres as well as vocal, instrumental, dance, and spoken word performance. 
 

Alfonso Piacentini will be composing 'TBD' for AEON Ensemble.
A native of Puerto Rico, Alfonso J. Piacentini holds a B.M. of Orchestral Percussion Performance from the Conservatory of Music of Puerto Rico and is currently pursuing his M.M. in Orchestral Conducting at the Boston Conservatory. He is trained extensively in Latin percussion as well as in composition. He has been mentored in choral, orchestral, and band conducting with prominent figures such as Mo. David Effron, Mo. Rafael Irizarry, Ma. Ruth Reinhardt. 

How much does it cost to write a piece?
How much does it cost to play one?

New Music Box, New Music USA, and Chamber Music America state that for a piece between 5-15 minutes for 5-10 musicians, composers should charge anywhere between $5,000-12,000. If you think those numbers are high, consider how many hours, how much research, and how many years of experience and skill it takes to compose. Creating a compelling piece of art may take weeks, months, or even years! Did you know -- Frederic Chopin would typically spend 6 weeks on the first draft of a single page of music. That means it took him almost 4 months to complete a single piano work! 

In addition to composer fees, there are the costs that come with performance. These include:

We’re so fortunate to have been awarded $3000 by the Queens Council on the Arts to premiere Gilbert Galindo’s piece. Your ongoing support also means the world to us.

We are crowdfunding $5,000 to guarantee that all of these wonderful composers will be HEARD. 

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ÆON Ensemble is a NYC-based collective for contemporary concert music and synaesthetic collaborations. In fluctuating configurations, ÆON has premiered over 35 new works at venues as black tie as Carnegie Hall, Symphony Space, and the DiMenna Center, and Princeton University, and as DIY as The Baumann, The Cell, The City Reliquary, and your local dive bar. The goal of these concerts is to provide an immersive musical experience at an array of accessible venues at a price that makes attendance possible for everyone.

See us LIVE in August:

August 6: Avoid the Day Bookstore. Event here!
August 19: Fundraiser Launch Party at the City Reliquary. Event here!
August 29: AEON premieres Cello Concerto No. 2 by Peteris Vasks in Boston. Event here!

AEON’s core members are:

Asia Mieleszko - voice, conductor

Alfonso Piacentini - percussion, composition, conductor

Anna Willson - voice

Gerson de la Rosa - percussion

Sam Strickland - voice

Valeriya Sholokhova - cello