Aaron Soltis is a music composer and pianist from Massillon, Ohio. He currently studies composition with Octavio Vazquez at the Nazareth University School of Music (NY) and plans to pursue a graduate degree and a career in Film and Media Scoring. His passion and eagerness to explore his love for composing through the lens of film, TV, and games has led to multiple collaborations with the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) as well as multiple competitions and festivals. 

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Aaron has received performances of his works in educational institutes, festivals, and conferences alike. He had a wonderful world premiere of his work Nighttime Veil by the Atlantic Brass Quintet at the Mostly Modern Festival Summer Institute 2024 as well as his choral work Mirage which was written and performed at the Choral Chameleon Summer Institute concert on June 26, 2023.

 

Aaron was announced the winner of the 2024 Zicato Music Call for Scores which featured a recording of his work The Odyssey of a Seafarer by a european scoring orchestra and is currently available for purchase on J.W. Pepper. He is also excited to announce that Seafarer will be performed at the American String Teachers Association National Orchestra Festival in Atlanta, GA by the Dodgen Middle School Chamber Orchestra. 

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Aaron has been announced the winner of the Nazareth University 2025 Composition Competition where he will have his work The Old Year premiered at the Eastern NAFME Conference in April. Aaron has also received Honorable Mention in the “Young Composers Category” for the Ember Ablaze Composer Lab Competition hosted in 2023. His musical theater collaboration with librettist Devin Landis, Lucidity: A New Musical, debuted in 2023 at the SETC Fringe Festival in Kentucky and was selected as the runner-up in the 'Best of Fringe Award' ceremony. 

 

Upcoming performances include the world premiere of the choral work “Hope” is the thing with feathers written for the Gates Chili Middle School Chorus, the world premiere of his choral work The Old Year by the Nazareth University Chamber Singers, and the world premiere of his string quartet Deadly Pursuit at his Senior Composition Recital.