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Nova’s Big Christmas Concert, December 17!

Posted on: by Chris Wiley

The Nova Contemporary Jazz Orchestra’s Christmas Concert is coming soon, on December 17 at 4pm to be exact. Importantly, the method of our Christmas Concert delivery won’t be to put it in a big cardboard box and leave it on your front stoop, making it vulnerable to grinches and thieves who say they’ll “fix it up there” and “bring it back here.” Nothing doing — we have a better idea in mind.

Come to the St. James Lutheran Church in St. Paul and bask in the warm glow of Christmas/Holiday Time music performed by us! Then stay for a cup of cheer afterward! Here are the details:

Nova Plays Ellington Tonight!

Posted on: by Chris Wiley

xmas flugelhornTonight, the Nova Jazz Orchestra will be playing selections from Duke Ellington’s arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.

This will be a joint concert with the Northeast Community Band under the direction of Tim Martin, one of Nova’s fine trumpeters. In addition to other holiday favorites, the Northeast Community Band will perform contrasting versions of Tchaikovsky’s music. Please join us!

Nova Plays Ellington

Posted on: by Chris Wiley

We’re adding another concert for the month of December that will grab the interest of many; our first concert of next month is coming up on Thursday, December 1 — please see our last post. At Washburn High School on December 15 at 7pm, we’ll be playing selections from the Duke Ellington’s arrangement of Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite.

This will be a joint concert with the Northeast Community Band under the direction of Tim Martin, one of Nova’s fine trumpeters. In addition to other holiday favorites, the Northeast Community Band will perform contrasting selections from Tchaikovsky’s Suite. Please join us!