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Aardvark celebrated 49th Annual Christmas Concert on Zoom

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The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, led by Mark Harvey of Arlington, presented its 49th annual Christmas concert on Zoom, including conversation with Fred Bouchard, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15. This encore presentation of Aardvark’s 2013 performance of the Ellington/Strayhorn Nutcracker Suite was free. Veteran jazz Read More …

CategoriesConcerts & EventsTagsChristmas, concert, duke ellington, ellington, jazz, virtual, zoom

49th Season Fall Preview

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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 …

CategoriesConcerts & EventsTagsanselms college, beverly, boston, concert, duke ellington, ellington, history, jazz, live music, music

11/6 NH: Salute to Duke Ellington

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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 …

CategoriesConcerts & EventsTagsanselms college, concert, duke ellington, ellington, jazz, live music

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra at Christmas Concert

10/24 49th Season Kickoff: Salute to Duke Ellington

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The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra, Mark Harvey, music director, celebrated 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 long Read More …

CategoriesConcerts & EventsTagsbeverly farms, concert, ellington

ICYMI: 47th Annual Christmas Concert

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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 …

CategoriesConcerts & EventsTagsboston, Christmas, concert, fund-raiser, jazz

Fall ’19: MIT Concert Featured World Premiere of “Greta”

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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 …

CategoriesConcerts & EventsTagsCambridge, concert, Fake News, jazz, MIT, politics, Putin, Trump

Looking Back: A Duke Ellington Celebration

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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 …

CategoriesConcerts & EventsTagsconcert, concord, ellington

ICYMI: Aardvark Jazztet Performed in NH

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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 …

CategoriesConcerts & Events, Friends of AardvarkTagsconcert, ellington, jazz, New Hampshire

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra features Ricky Ford saxophonist

Recent Concert: Aardvark Jazz Orchestra with Guest Artist Ricky Ford, Music by Duke Ellington and Mark Harvey

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The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra continued its 46th season on Saturday, April 6, 2019 at 8:00 pm, with a show on MIT’s main stage, Kresge Auditorium, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139. The concert was presented by MIT Music & Theater Arts. Acclaimed tenor saxophonist Ricky Read More …

CategoriesConcerts & EventsTagsCambridge, concert, MIT, Ricky Ford

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