There's only one critique I have. You cut the end short. The goosebumps were cut short.

im first clarinet and 1st part for this song is the devil those high notes!!!! are just yea!

Star Wars - Inner City/TIE Fighter Attack

This is a little mashup of music from the ORIGINAL Star Wars Movie that I arranged for trombone choir. Hope you enjoy it!

Inner City/TIE Fighter Attack

Flynn Lives From Tron Legacy arranged by Bob Elkjer, edited by Jim Nova for 11 trombones and performed by Jim Nova

Flynn Lives From Tron Legacy

This is my overdub of my arrangement of Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral from Richard Wagner's opera Lohengrin.

There's a popular trombone choir arrangement of this piece that changes the key from E flat major to B flat major. The B flat arrangement was played at my wedding as the final piece of prelude music to tremendous affect (THANKS TO Rusty McKinney, Bill Zehfuss, Brian Woodbury, Craig Moore, Will Kimball) . It's a fabulous arrangement.

A few weeks ago, as part of a celebratory concert of Wagner and Verdi's 200 birthday, the Pittsburgh Symphony performed Elsa's procession to the Cathedral in it's original key of E flat...it got me thinking..."What would it sound like for trombone ensemble in it's original key of E flat?!?"

Never one to shy away from a challenge, I got the score and went to work on this overdub...which hovers around high E flats, Es and Fs...fairly plentifully... But this key also opens a whole lower octave as well...there are 5 octaves of E flats in the last chord. Pretty incredible sonority! Such an amazing piece.

Elsa's Procession

James Nova joined the Grammy award-winning Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in 2009 as second/utility trombone. In 2012, Nova made his solo debut with the PSO, performing Henri Tomasi’s Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra. Prior to that, he was a member of the Utah Symphony Orchestra where he served eight seasons as assistant principal/second trombone. 
 
Since 2012, James Nova has found a new passion in multitrack recording, also known as "overdubbing." Overdubbing is a process by which a musician records all the parts of a piece of music one by one and layers the recordings on top of each other to create a full ensemble. Nova has released dozens of stunning and virtuosic tracks of his own challenging arrangements of exciting repertoire for trombone choir. The arrangements employ many different trombones: contra bass, bass, tenor, small tenor, alto, and even soprano trombones!
 
James Nova has had a lifelong love of John Williams’ film scores and in December of 2017, he released a new overdub album for trombone choir, A Fall from Light to Dark. Through the chosen moments of John Williams’ masterful scores, this album musically chronicles the rise and descent of Anakin Skywalker as he transforms into Darth Vader. Truly a one-man show, this album’s transcriptions, playing, recording, editing, mixing, and mastering were all done by Nova himself.

James Nova has always been passionate about music education. When not on stage at Heinz Hall with the Pittsburgh Symphony, he can be found at the Mary Pappert School of Music at Duquesne University where he is adjunct trombone faculty, as well as the brass coach of the Three Rivers Young Peoples Orchestras. Given their widespread popularity, Nova’s recordings are playing an impactful role in inspiring the next generation of musicians and budding recording artists and he is frequently invited to teach outside the region. Since 2012, he has completed more than 85 visits to prominent festivals (such as the International Trombone Festival, American Trombone Workshop, and the Korea Trombone Festival, among others) and reputable educational institutions (such as the Curtis Institute of Music, Juilliard School of Music, and New England Conservatory, among others) as the featured artist and educator in concerts, masterclasses, and clinics.

James Nova studied with Glenn Dodson at the Curtis Institute of Music followed by study with Norman Bolter at the New England Conservatory of Music. While in Boston, Nova played regularly with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Orchestra, including recordings and television broadcasts as both principal and second trombone. 

James Nova is an S.E. Shires Artist and performs on his signature line of Greg Black Mouthpieces.

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