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Aaron Trant has been playing drums and percussion professionally for over 30 years.  His work in jazz, rock, orchestral, avant garde, chamber, and improvised music has made him a staple throughout the United States.  Regularly performing with Vista Philharmonic, Symphony By the Sea, Primary Duo, New Gallery Concert Series, Teatro Nuovo, Landmark Orchestra, Collage New Music, and Boston Modern Orchestra Project. As a composer, Aaron has commissions and performances of his work by Transient Canvas, New Gallery Concert Series, visual artist Yu-Wen Wu, soprano Lisa Saffer, Firebird Ensemble, Endy Emby, Mark Gould, Prana, Primary Duo, After Quartet, the Boston Modern Orchestra project’s Club Cafe Series and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell Percussion Ensemble. His percussion trio, Spiral, can be found on Bachovich Music Publications. Aaron has twice received funding from the New England Foundation for the Arts/Meet the Composer, one of which to compose a new score for the Manfred Noa 1922 German silent film ‘Nathan der Weise.’ The premiere, focusing on religious tolerance, took place at the Coolidge Corner Theater on September 11, 2011 as a ten year memorial to 9/11. Aaron’s playing can be heard on the Tzadik, Mode, New World, Red Chook, and BMOP/Sound labels.