INDIEWORKS has recently selected “The Trial of Bastiano di Bologna” (Music and Lyrics by Aaron Jensen) as part of the inaugural season of Bite-Sized Broadway: A Mini-Musical Podcast. Each episode will features a new 10-20 minute work, fully produced and orchestrated, and performed by some of the best voices on Broadway. The titular role of…
Aaron was delighted to provide music, lyric, orchestration, and dramaturgical support for the CTC New York Ensemble production of Henry Box Brown. The musical is currently enjoying further workshops, and is slated to play the London West End in 2022.
In summer, 2017, Aaron workshopped his original musical Everything There is to Know at the Toronto Fringe festival, produced by Musicals Canada and David Warrack. Everything There is to Know tells the story of a swashbuckling young girl, a merry band of adventurers, a broken family, and the end of the world. Both timeless and…
Aaron participated in Driftwood Theatre’s Trafalgar 24, a theatre experiment/gala where twenty-four artists receive a scant 24-hours to write, rehearse and perform six site-specific plays in Whitby’s beautiful 19th century castle. TRAFALGAR 24 is a theatrical event unlike any other, where the audience is right on top of the action as each of the 10-minute…
Aaron composed/arranged a 55-minute musical/theatrical presentation called 14 Characters which was premiered by Countermeasure at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. “This show is packed with some fabulous and beautifully sung songs. So watch out world because here they come and in no short measure or in talent.” (EAST COAST FM) *****”A stunning hour of world-class a…
In 2007, Aaron was commissioned to compose his first full length musical, O.E.D.: Dementia, Devotion and the Writing of the Oxford English Dictionary. He co-wrote the work with Toronto singer-songwriter, Caylie Staples. The musical was premiered at the E.A.Rawlinson Centre in Prince Albert, SK. with a live band, and cast of fifty.
