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Aaron Collier is truly one of the most unique pianists in Lethbridge and indeed Canada. His performances are texturally rich, blending computer technology and the acoustic piano to produce beautiful layered compositions ranging from peaceful soundscapes to insatiable groove-based movements. His modern work as a pianist is informed by more than a decade of international touring as a rock and electronic music keyboardist and controllerist.

Biography
Aaron Collier (1981) is a multi-disciplined music and sound artist. He regularly gives performances as a solo pianist, sound artist, DJ and rock keyboardist. In 2001, he became the keyboardist for Canadian indie rock and electronic group The Jimmy Swift Band, with whom he toured for a decade across Canada, the US, China and Bermuda. In 2008 he co-founded the electro duo Scientists of Sound and continued to tour relentlessly in Canada and in China until 2012. In 2008 he self released an electronic music recording titled Love and shortly thereafter began experimenting with combining improvised piano music and computers. The Bread & Circus Theatre in Toronto served as the initial laboratory for these experiments, which proved to be successful among Toronto audiences. In 2009 he recorded a series of such improvisations for a recording called Neo at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga. Apart from music performance, Collier is an award-winning sound designer for theatre and has worked with companies across Canada, and has also presented his work in performances and conferences in Leeds, UK and Dublin, IE. Most recently he acted as sound and projections designer for the U of L production of Tribes. Presently he is creating a multimedia performance with projections artist Nicholas Bottomley in which he is composing and performing music using only found sounds and recordings from across Canada.