June 23rd, 2009
Nova’s June Outing
Is tonight, June 23. One night only, at least until next month. Cool down, cool off, and hear Nova play all the favorites tonight!
February 22nd, 2009
February 24: Nova Jazz plays O’Garas
Coming up this Tuesday, Nova once again brings its contemporary music wares to O’Garas Bar and Grill. Well, most of our music is contemporary. Recently, we’ve come into the possession of some classic jazz orchestra transcriptions as recorded by the Duke Ellington and Benny Carter bands. What are these tunes? We may just play them, so come out and hear us!
January 16th, 2009
Happy (Belated) New Year
Wow, it’s already mid-January! Nonetheless, everyone in the Nova Contemporary Jazz Orchestra would like to wish everyone out there a Happy New Year. In addition to our regular performances at O’Garas, (The next one is the 27th of this Month), we have exciting projects planned for 2009. Stay tuned!
December 9th, 2008
Happy Holidays from NCJO and Upcoming Yuletide Concert
As a way of wishing everyone in the Nova Contemporary Jazz Orchestra happy holidays, the band got together for a rehearsal and fine pot-luck meal last Sunday afternoon. We’d like to wish everyone out there happy holidays, too.
Our Christmas concert is coming up at O’Gara’s on December 23rd, where we’ll be reprising some tunes from our CD of last year, An Odd Christmas. In addition, at this event we’ll be assisting the talented composer Dan Cavanagh with the release of his own CD project, titled Pulse. We are indeed fortunate that Dan has contributed so much to the musical life of Nova, and some of his compositions will be featured on our forthcoming CD, A Time of Reckoning.
So come out to O’Gara’s, have a cup of cheer (responsibly of course), and hear some great music!
September 25th, 2008
O’gara’s 9/23/08
I believe we are ready to record. The group sounded great on the tunes we plan to lay down this Sunday at 3:30pm, but show up at 3:00 (hint, hint, reminder)
- Northstar (devich)
- Copperhead (Byers)
- Feets (Peterson)
- Hungarian Lanterns(Stinson)
- We will do “Winter Midnight Jive” if we have time
I have contacted John Hyvarnen about playing guitar on Feets.
See you Sunday,
John Ahern
August 23rd, 2008
Upcoming Performance (and rehearsal)
Coming up on August 26, Nova will be playing its usual gig at O’Gara’s Shamrock room in St. Paul. As preparation for this performance, the band will be rehearsing at John Ahern’s house, where we will be carefully adjusting tempos, articulations, and other important musical details.
Here are some important things to keep in mind about Tuesday night’s performance:
- The performance is in no way connected to the closing of the Olympic Games
- As a consequence, there will be no cute Chinese girl lip syncing
August 5th, 2008
Summer 2008: What’s happening?
The Nova band is currently working on recording its 7th CD! Of course, in the summer individual schedules mean that 16 or 17 musicians are going in 16 or 17 different directions, but the CD is sure to get recorded and we’ll be sure to let you know when it hits the street. By the way, Nova’s 6th CD, An Odd Christmas, was well received. Read a review at All About Jazz dot com.
Dig Nova Live!
At historic O'Gara's Bar & Grill in St. Paul, the Nova Band plays the Shamrock Room the fourth Tuesday of each month, 8 p.m. until 11 p.m.
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