Biography

Aaron Beaumont / The Mots Nouveaux

As a professional pianist and songwriter, Aaron has toured the U.S. and Europe extensively, and his solo project has garnered considerable attention, including radio play on KCRW. L.A. Weekly wrote that Aaron's work brings "a new life to the ancient music-hall/pop piano-man tradition, with clear-headed songs of genuinely witty lyrical oomph and, most of all, a historically informed musical depth--all delivered with style, grace, wit and elan, of course." The artist has undertaken several successful East Coast, West Coast, and European tours, backed by tour press, including TV appearances on networks such as KCRA Sacramento and Park City TV, radio, and continuous online viral promotion. In addition to a steady stream of live and session piano work, Aaron performs as one half of the throwback pop duo, The Mots Nouveaux, alongside co-writer, vocalist, and actress Emma Fitzpatrick.

In 2011, Aaron wrote the music and lyrics to the original musical, Behind Closed Doors: A Second Class Cabaret, which sold out every performance at the historic Hayworth Theater in summer 2011, was nominated for two Broadway World L.A. awards, and made the final round of selection for the 2013 O'Neill National Music Theater Conference. The team completed a successful funding campaign via Pledge Music to finish a studio cast recording.

In 2012, Aaron composed film scores to the forthcoming short films, All the Lovely Wayside Things by Michael Burakow and Tall, Dark, and Handsome by Michelle Draper, and the feature documentary, Until We Have Faces, by Leslie Foster.

In 2013, Aaron has composed the score/musical settings for two theatrical events, Taming of the Shrew by City Shakes at Bergamot Station and Sound/Stage's the Fire Room by Collaborate Arts LA (CARTEL) at El Cid. Aaron also scored a production of the Fire Room, an original play by Meghan Brown, for the Hollywood Fringe Festival June 2013, for which he was awarded the 2013 Hollywood Fringe Fest award for "Best Score/Sound Design." Aaron also scored the short film "Heart", which premiered in the No Budget Film Festival at the famed Vista Theater in September 2013, and the Mots Nouveaux completed their forthcoming debut EP at Hard Drive Studios in North Hollywood. The band celebrated with an album release residency at the Hotel Cafe in September 2013. Aaron toured Europe with Jason Manns in October 2013, completed the cast recording for his musical Behind Closed Doors in November and December 2013, and performed a (nearly) sold out show with Mots Nouveaux at Rockwood Music Hall in NYC in November 2013.

Throughout 2014 The Mots Nouveaux had several show in NYC and LA.

Aaron’s music, as well as The Mots Nouveaux EP and the CD of the musical “Behind Closed Doors” is available on Itunes.

In his spare time, Aaron enjoys playing the piano, traveling, eating, writing songs, making coffee, drinking coffee, purchasing coffee, listening to records, going for brisk walks, going for leisurely strolls, smelling coffee, being near coffee, and composing brief autobiographical sketches in the third person.



Press

"Maybe, just maybe, a new Elton John might be just what the doctor ordered, someone who can bring a new life to the ancient music-hall/pop piano-man tradition, with clear-headed songs of genuinely witty lyrical oomph and, most of all, a historically informed musical depth--all delivered with style, grace, wit and elan, of course. Your candidate for such a new contender might very well be one Aaron Beaumont." John Payne, LA WEEKLY.
"Aaron is one of those musicians that makes it look so easy." Guilt Free Pleasures
"I'm absolutely blown away by this man's music right now. The man creates piano-based soul-tinged songs that ooze with a revivalism of older composing values while yet staying timeless." The Lemur Blog
"With flurries of Wurlitzer, glockenspiel, and reindeer bells layering Aaron Beaumont's tunes, the singer/songwriter seems to have popped out of a music box. In fact, Beaumont recently relocated from Nashville, bringing with him a folky aesthetic chock full of charm and whimsy." Jane McCarthy, Flavorpill
"Aaron couples the insight that one might expect from someone many decades older with the optimism that is associated with someone early on their path. As a lover of both music and words, I felt alternately engaged and overwhelmed by a desire to drink every lyric and note throughout the show." Bre Goldsmith, L.A. Acoustic
"I wasn't alive in the 20s, but somehow, Aaron Beaumont makes me nostalgic for the decade." Impressionable Youth
"Optimistic, heartfelt and slightly quirky, Beaumont stands out in the sea of singer-songwriters who descend upon dark bars in Manhattan... Aaron appears to have a very bright future ahead of him." New York Cool
Maybe, as Aaron Beaumont suggests in the title of his recently reissued debut album, nothing is forever  no, not even goodbye, but some things do come awfully close, and on that list, tastefully ragtime-drenched piano playing and the smooth croon of a natural pop vocalist must rank awfully high. That's good news for Beaumont, whose Nothings Forever (Not Even Goodbye) is filled with impeccably crafted, pleasantly retro songs... In lesser hands, Beaumont's extremely retro vibe would be nothing but a flimsy gimmick, but he's clearly a songwriter who understands the difference between the strongly nostalgic and the simply timeless." Jeff Giles, Eat Sleep Drink Music

(c) February 14th, 2015