ADVENTUROUS JAZZ SINCE 1973
Aardvark’s 47th Annual Christmas Concert will be a special celebration of Duke Ellington (1899-1974) in his 120th birthday year. Duke’s music will include “Come Sunday,” “Almighty God Has Those Angels,” and “The Shepherd.” The orchestra will also perform jazz arrangements of carols like What Child Read More …
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra continued its 47th season with wide-ranging originals by music director Mark Harvey, including the premiere of his piece Greta (for teen climate activist Greta Thunberg) and the Boston premiere of his 2019 composition Consecration. Harvey’s rambunctious political satire was on display Read More …
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra (Mark Harvey, director) opened its historic 47th season with a Duke Ellington Celebration, including classics and sacred music featuring the First Parish of Concord choir, directed by Elizabeth Norton, with Nikki Turpin, narrator. The concert was sponsored in collaboration with The Read More …
Mark your calendars now for upcoming Aardvark Jazz Orchestra concerts in Spring 2020 Saturday, May 2, 2020, at 7:30 pm The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra: Salute to Duke Ellington Dana Center Koonz Theatre Saint Anselm College Manchester NH 03102 Saturday, May 16, 2020 at 8:00 pm Read More …
In case you missed it: Last summer, in New Hampshire, the Aardvark Jazztet, comprised of members from the larger orchestra, performed two shows in August, in Claremont and Cornish, New Hampshire. Saturday, August 3, 2019 at 6:30 pm Aardvark Jazztet: Duke Ellington Celebration Mark Harvey, Read More …
A Personal Appeal From Mark Harvey: Dear Aardvark Fans, In 1974, Brazilian trumpeter Claudio Roditi and I co-led an exciting ensemble in Boston called the Allstars Big Band. Claudio went on to international fame with many artists including Paquito D’Rivera and Dizzy Gillespie’s United Nation Read More …