New York-based composer Aaron Severini was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts and began studying piano and composition at age eight. Severini’s teachers have included Kendall Briggs, Bright Sheng, and Jeffrey Middleton. His concert works have been performed at The National Arts Club, The Ailey Studios, and Lincoln Center’s Alice Tully Hall and David H. Koch Theater.  He has collaborated with many choreographers including Adam Hendrickson, Christopher Wheeldon, Albert Evans, Melissa Barak, and Benjamin Millepied. In 2008, his piece Flit of Fury for two pianos, performed by pianists Steven Beck and Stephen Gosling, had its world premiere with New York City Ballet with choreography by City Ballet soloist Adam Hendrickson, reviews. A new piece for Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Workshop, for dancer and choreographer Kiyon Gaines, will premiere in Seattle, WA, June 19th, 2010, more info. Film scoring credits include Jerome Robbins’ NY Export: Opus Jazz Documentary (dir. Matt Wolf and Anna Farrell) aired March 24th on PBS, Lessons From a Tailor (dir. Galen Summer), Make Yourself at Home (dir. by Soopum Sohn), and The Art of Leaving (dir. by Brian Kamerzel). Mr. Severini is currently working on a film score for director Godofredo Astudillo, and composing a new work for the New York à Paris festival. Mr Severini is a recipient of the ASCAP Morton Gould Award.