Sing for Hope Pop-Up Piano Concert: Aaron Burnett

Aaron Burnett

Join saxophonist, keyboardist, composer, producer & dj, Aaron Burnett, for a pop-up concert on our Myrtle Avenue Plaza. Burnett will be playing “Sunlight Comforter,” the vibrantly painted piano from artist Arianna Santoriello as part of the 2024 Sing for Hope Pianos project.

Come enjoy Aaron’s concert, see Arianna’s work, and plan your moment to play a song or two. The Sing for Hope Pianos are for everyone and anyone to enjoy regardless of your skill level.

Please also consider joining for the second pop-up concert in this series as part of the Myrtle Avenue Summer Nights series on Friday, 6/21, at 5:30 pm featuring Kateryna Matvieienko.

Arianna Santoriello
Sunlight Comforter, 2024

The Sing for Hope Pianos
From the Bronx to Beirut, the Sing for Hope Pianos program is a global arts initiative that creates artist-designed pianos; places them in public spaces for anyone and everyone to enjoy; then transports and activates them year-round in permanent homes in schools, hospitals, transit hubs, refugee camps, and community-based organizations. Sing for Hope has provided more pianos for under-resourced public schools than any other organization in the world.

Want to play our Sing for Hope piano?
Here’s the when & where:

  Dates: June 11 – June 30, 2024

  Hours: Sunday – Thursday, 9 AM – 8 PM; Friday – Saturday, 9 AM – 9 PM

 Location: Myrtle Avenue Plaza at 536 Myrtle (Grand Ave and Steuben St.)

About Aaron
Born on October 14, 1981 in Lemoore, CA, Aaron Burnett began studying classical saxophone at the age of 9 and became interested in jazz performance at UNC Greensboro from 1999-2001, then he studied at Berklee College of Music for classical composition from 2005-2008, graduating with a degree in Professional Music.

Shortly after graduating from Berklee, Aaron toured in Esperanza Spalding’s Radio Music Society from 2012-2013 performing on Jay Leno, David Letterman, The Daily Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, and in 49 countries around the world.  After moving to Brooklyn, NY, Aaron also received the Jerome Foundation Emerging Artist Grant in 2015, and has also received multiple additional grants and residencies at Roulette Intermedium in Brooklyn.  Aaron has since been awarded 2 Grammy certificates for his contributions and feature on Spalding’s Grammy winning album “12 Little Spells” and 2021 album “Apothecary Song Wright’s Lab”.  He has also performed with many other great musicians such as Vijay Iyer, Teri Lyne Carrington, Kurt Rosenwinkel, Jeff Tain Watts, Ravi Coltrane, Joss Stone, Corrine Bailey Rae, and more.

Aaron Burnett also has released 5 albums, “I Thoth So” on Truth Revolution Records followed by 2018’s “Anomaly”, and 2020’s Jupiter Conjunct, the latter two of which were both released by Fresh Sound Records.  “Anomaly” received a 3.5 star rating from DownBeat Magazine while “Jupiter Conjunct ” with Esperanza Spalding as a guest received a 4 star review in Jazziz Magazine.  Constant creative expansion is a mantra of Aaron’s and we can look forward to continued innovation and musical creativity through his work.

Thanks to Sing for Hope, NYC Department of Transportation, and the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music.