As we head into the last few weeks of a truly unusual year, we’re grateful that we’ve been able to continue making music. Despite unprecedented challenges, our artists, recording partners, and staff at studios around [...]
Working with composers in the 21st Century connects one with inspiring people–a fact which we can attest to, in particular through our dozens of Recording Opportunity initiatives. Over the past decade, these projects have brought [...]
Image: Karl Blench (right) and cellist Patrick Moore at the world premiere of Dan Brown’s Wild Symphony We recently caught up with composer, conductor, and orchestrator Karl Blench. Karl’s music has been performed throughout the United [...]
A recording and mixing engineer and record producer for over 30 years, Leslie Ann Jones has held staff positions at ABC Recording Studios in Los Angeles, the Automatt Recording Studios in San Francisco, Capitol Studios in [...]
Navona presents WINDOW PANES, a cross section of works by compositional veteran Elizabeth R. Austin. The collection is the first to comprise a lifetime of the American's works into one album: and as the title [...]
We’re entering the home stretch of possibly the most unique year of music-making that many can recall. Thanks to the resilience of our artists, partner ensembles, and session producers and engineers, the studios have not [...]
It’s official—the music of #1 New York Times bestselling author Dan Brown’s best-selling Wild Symphony will come roaring to life onstage at the Croatian National Theater in Zagreb on October 9, 2020 at 2 PM [...]
We recently caught up with Colonel Jim Keene and producer Dan Merceruio to discuss their recent Navona Records album SOUNDTRACK OF THE AMERICAN SOLDIER, performed by The United States Army Field Band. Colonel Jim Keene became [...]
We’ve just wrapped another full month of sessions at home and abroad. While we’re looking forward to kicking off September sessions, we wanted to take a moment to look back on the music made in [...]
This past June, 19-year-old violinist Diana Adamyan was selected as the prizewinner in Armenia’s 2020 Khachaturian Violin Competition. As part of her win, the world-class Armenian musician has been awarded a recording contract with PARMA Recordings. [...]
