James Nova, trombonist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, will present a guest artist recital and master class at the West Virginia University Creative Arts Center, Tuesday, Feb. 17. Both events are free and open to the public.

The class will be held at 6 p.m. in Bloch Learning and Performance Hall (Room 200A) and will be centered on technology and music. The class will also feature WVU music students working on orchestral excerpts.

The master class will be followed by the recital that evening at 8:15 p.m., also in Bloch Hall. It will feature trombone and piano repertoire to be announced.

Nova’s visit is part of the partnership between the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra and the College of Creative Arts that also brings the orchestra to the WVU Creative Arts Center three times each school year as part of the Canady Symphony Series.

Nova joined the Pittsburgh Symphony in 2009 and previously served eight seasons as the assistant principal/second trombonist of the Utah Symphony Orchestra. He attended the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, before moving to Boston to pursue a master’s degree on a full scholarship at the New England Conservatory of Music. In addition to his college education, James attended the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan, and was also a member of the Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship Orchestra for three summers. After finishing his master’s degree, he freelanced in Boston for several years, substituting on a regular basis with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Orchestra, making several recordings and television broadcasts with both groups as both principal and second trombone. He joined the Utah Symphony Orchestra in 2001.

For more information, see Nova’s website at www.jimnova.com.

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CONTACT: Charlene Lattea, College of Creative Arts
304-293-4841 ext. 3108, Charlene.Lattea@mail.wvu.edu

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