James Nova, Trombone

jimnova@earthlink.net

Jim began playing the trombone at age 9 in his home state of Connecticut. After graduating high school in 1992, he attended the Curtis Institute of music in Philadelphia where he received his Bachelor¹s Degree studying with the Philadelphia Orchestra¹s then principal trombonist Glenn Dodson. In 1996, Jim moved to Boston to pursue a Master¹s Degree at the New England Conservatory of Music, studying with BSO trombonist, Norman Bolter. He completed his Degree in 1998 and freelanced in Boston until 2001, when he moved to Utah.

In addition to his college education, James attended the Pacific Music Festival in Sapporo, Japan during the summer of 1994. He was also a member of the Tanglewood Music Center Fellowship Orchestra for three summers, from 1996-1998.

While in Boston, Jim substituted on a regular basis with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Orchestra, having made CD recordings and television broadcasts with both groups. He is the former second trombonist of the Pacific Symphony Orchestra in Orange County, California,principal of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra, principal of the Vermont Symphony, as well as the assistant principal of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra.

Jim currently is the assistant principal/second trombonist of the Utah Symphony Orchestra and continues to play with the Boston Pops Orchestra as his schedule in allows.