A pops orchestra is an orchestra that plays popular music (generally traditional pop) and show tunes as well as well-known classical works. Pops orchestras are generally organized in large cities and are distinct from the more "highbrow" symphony or philharmonic orchestras which also may exist in the same city. This is not to say that the distinction is complete; many symphony orchestras (for instance, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Kansas City Symphony) put on pops performances with some regularity, while other pops orchestras are actually second identities of the "highbrow" orchestra and composed largely of the same players (for instance, the Boston Pops Orchestra is composed primarily of Boston Symphony Orchestra members).
The Boston Pops is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in light classical and popular music. The orchestra's current music...
Monteux, conducted his first "8 O'Clock" Pops concert. Over the next four decades, the Cincinnati PopsOrchestra regularly performed for packed houses in...
invited Arthur Fiedler to lead summer "pops" concerts in the Civic Auditorium. Fiedler also conducted the orchestra at free concerts in Sigmund Stern Grove...
The Cleveland PopsOrchestra is a non-profit professional American popsorchestra based in Cleveland, Ohio. As is typical of popsorchestras, the ensemble...
The Atlanta PopsOrchestra was established in 1945 by Albert Coleman. Coleman, a French immigrant, began working at WSB Radio in Atlanta, Georgia in 1944...
The Urbana PopsOrchestra is a symphony orchestra based in Urbana, Illinois which focuses on both performance of orchestral pops music and education of...
The Michigan PopsOrchestra is a popsorchestra made up of students at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. Of the several orchestras at the University...
of the Boston PopsOrchestra for over 50 years, and served as a pops conductor for orchestras including the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the St. Louis...
The Orlando PopsOrchestra is an American orchestra based in Orlando, Florida that specializes in playing classical and film score music. The Music The...
Queensland PopsOrchestra is an Australian orchestra founded by Colin Harper The Queensland PopsOrchestra had its first performance on the 31 December...
Nightmares. Hollywood Bowl Orchestra/John Mauceri 1998 Holiday Pops. Boston PopsOrchestra/Keith Lockhart 1998 Gustav Holst: The Planets; John Williams:...
conductor. He is the Conductor of the Boston PopsOrchestra, the Chief Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the Artistic Director of the Brevard...
Look up Pops or pops in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Pops may refer to: Pops, an informal term of address for a father or elder Pops (nickname), a...
It also survives as Top of the Pops 2, which began in 1994 and features vintage performances from the Top of the Pops archives. Though TOTP2 ceased producing...
The Minneapolis PopsOrchestra is a popsorchestra providing live public performances by 45 professional musicians free of charge at various venues in...
association with the Cincinnati PopsOrchestra, the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra. He lives in Cincinnati with his...
to seven free concerts per year, bringing classical and pops music to communities in Northern Nevada and Northeastern California. Reno PopsOrchestra...
The Johann Strauss Orchestra is a popsorchestra founded in the Netherlands by André Rieu in 1987. The orchestra is well known for performing classical...
The Mike Flowers Pops (also known as MFP, The Pops or The Mike Flowers PopsOrchestra) are a British easy listening band fronted by Mike Flowers (real...
parent Boston Symphony Orchestra. Williams leads the Pops on several occasions each year, particularly during their Holiday Pops season and typically for...
symphony concerts, the orchestra gives pops concerts as the Cincinnati PopsOrchestra. The Cincinnati Symphony is the resident orchestra for the Cincinnati...
New York Pops is the largest independent popsorchestra in the United States,[citation needed] and the only professional symphonic orchestra in New York...
and Boston Popsorchestras. With a combination of musicianship and showmanship, he made the Boston Pops one of the best-known orchestras in the United...
Peter and the Commissar (1964), made with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston PopsOrchestra. In 1966, Hammond organ player Jimmy Smith performed for a jazz album...
American orchestra conductor. Called the "Prince of Pops" by the Chicago Tribune, he performed with a number of leading pops and symphony orchestras, and...
light concert pieces, many of which were introduced by the Boston PopsOrchestra under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. John Williams described him as...
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