Truth: Listening to Liberation in Collaboration with the Vocal Arts Ensemble

This Sunday concert:nova will perform in collaboration with Cincinnati’s Vocal Arts Ensemble at the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center. The concert will take place at 3:00pm and will feature several contemporary works that are all linked through the themes of equality and freedom. The program will include: Alvin Singleton: Truth An elegant, minimalist work based [...]

Cincinnati Opera, concert:nova, CSO create tango operita

from Soapbox Cincinnati By Deidra Wiley Necco  “Please, just for me, forget the steps… Hold me, feel the music, and give me your soul. Then I can give you mine.” It is hard to imagine a dance that seems at once as passionate, intricate and alluring as the tango. As daunting as it is seductive, [...]

concert:nova is right in the middle of this month’s Food and Music Festival and will be doing two special concerts in the next few days. Our Salon Serenade will take place this Sunday, March 11 and will feature a delicious brunch catered by Chef Renee Schuler of Eat Well. Our next event will take place [...]

Brass and Beer! concert:nova performs at Arnold’s Bar and Grill

by: Louisa Shepherd concert:nova continues it’s Food + Music festival on Monday March 12 at Arnold’s Bar and Grill Downtown at 6pm. Arnold’s is a historical and legendary downtown Cincinnati destination with a reputation for good food served in friendly surroundings. Arnold’s has actually been around since 1861…It’s one of the oldest bars in the [...]

Interview with Chef David Taylor

By Louisa Shepherd, 2/29/12 C:N’s Food + Music Festival is right around the corner and we are kicking off the series with a concert at La Poste eatery in the Clifton Gaslight on Sunday March 4th at 6pm. The concert will feature French music performed by flutist Randy Bowman and harpist Gillian Benet-Sella as well [...]

Press Release for Food + Music Festival

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Louisa Shepherd Email: concertnova@gmail.com Phone: 513-739-NOVA (6628) concert:nova presents FOOD + MUSIC FESTIVAL CINCINNATI-February 13, 2011-A delight for all the senses, concert:nova’s first annual Food + Music Festival is sure to leave audiences hungry for seconds. This inventive series aims to introduce food lovers to classical music and music fans to [...]

Edwin Outwater: A Dynamic Conductor

Concert:nova is gearing up for our season four finale “The Art of Dance” at the Cincinnati Art Museum, Wednesday July 6th at 7:30pm. Dancers from the Cincinnati Ballet will be dancing to the glorious Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copland and the electric Cave of the Heart by Samuel Barber played by musicians from the Cincinnati [...]

Review by Mary Ellyn Hutton

L, Julie Spangler, R, Greg Tate. Quartet, L to R, top to bottom: Joanne Wojtowicz, Heidi Yenney, Theodore Nelson, Anna Reider   What a piece of work is concert:nova. Apologies to William Shakespeare (“Hamlet,” act 2, scene 2), this cutting edge chamber ensemble keeps expanding the boundaries of classical music in Cincinnati. Thursday night at [...]

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Press release for “Words + Music”

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Adam C. Butalewicz Email: concert:nova@gmail.com Phone: 513-739-6682 Images available upon request concert:nova to Perform Words + Music Program features Shakespeare, Haikus, “Juliet Letters” and special guest Naomi Lewin CINCINNATI – February 14, 2011 –The ground-breaking chamber music ensemble concert:nova will present an eclectic program for romantics and realists alike on February [...]