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The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Mark Harvey, music director, will celebrate its historic 49th season with two live concerts celebrating the legendary Duke Ellington. Click a date below for more information: North Shore: October 24, 2021, Beverly, MA New Hampshire: November 6, 2021,Manchester, NH A force Read More …
The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Mark Harvey, music director, will celebrate the start of its historic 49th season with a live concert celebrating Duke Ellington on Sunday, October 24, 2021 at 7:00 pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 705 Hale St, Beverly, MA 01915 Continuing its Read More …
The Aardvark heads north to New Hampshire with a live concert celebrating Duke Ellington on Saturday, November 6, 2021 at 7:30 pm, at the Dana Center-Koonz Theater, Saint Anselm College, 100 St Anselm Dr, Manchester, NH 03102. Continuing its long tradition of Ellington-inspired concerts, the Read More …
On Sunday, April 18, 2021 at 7:00 pm EST, Aardvark Jazz Orchestra hosted an online video concert experience enjoyed from the comfort of your home. The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra’s Eclectic Excursions featured a reprise of selections from Aardvark’s April 2014 concert at MIT Kresge Auditorium. Read More …
The orchestra hosted a livestream celebration of Aardvark’s new CD, Faces of Souls, on Sun., Nov. 15, 2020 at 7 pm EST. Distinguished jazz journalist Bob Blumenthal interviewed Mark Harvey, and they played excerpts from the CD–music by Mark Harvey on themes of democracy, justice and equality. Read More …
Aardvark continues its 48th season with another video from our archives. As Election Day is less than 2 weeks away, we are thinking about how all of us can stand together to protect our democracy. Please join us in watching Tony Hill’s short film about Mark Read More …
Aardvark’s 48th Annual Christmas Concert was a virtual excursion into Aardvark’s Christmas archives. If you missed the live event, join us now in celebrating Aardvark’s 48th Annual Christmas Concert which revisited the band’s performance of the Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker Suite, originally recorded in December 2013 at Boston’s Emmanuel Church. Read More …
Aardvark’s 47th Annual Christmas Concert was a special celebration of Duke Ellington (1899-1974) in his 120th birthday year. Duke’s music included “Come Sunday,” “Almighty God Has Those Angels,” and “The Shepherd.” The orchestra also performed jazz arrangements of carols like What Child is This, and 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 …