Past Concerts
Spring '11: Pops Comes of Age - Pops delves into the drama of middle school featuring guest performer Brad Ellis, pianist from Glee!
- Major repertoire: "The School For Scandal," "Wicked," "Pirates of the Caribbean," "Fiddler on the Roof," "Make a Man Out of You," "Danse Bachanale," "Don't Stop Believin'."
Winter '11: JollyPops - Winter Wizardry - Holiday Kids' Concert
- Major repertoire: "Harry Potter," "The Polar Express," "Waltz of the Flowers," "Sleigh Ride," "Charlie Brown."
Fall '11: Pops Gets Gangster - Revisit the era of the Chicago mobster on the run, risking life and limb for the thrill of the chase.
- Major repertoire: "On the Waterfront," "The Pink Panther," "Slaughter on 10th Avenue," "Catch Me If You Can," "Cell Block Tango."
Spring '10: The Phantom of the Opera and the Voice of the Violin - A screening of the original 1925 film The Phantom of the Opera in Sanders Theater, featuring one of Lon's Chaney's greatest performances as the Phantom. The Pops accompanied the silent film, as well as D.W. Griffith's short film The Voice of the Violin.
Spring '10: Pops Scores! - Casey's at the bat alright! Well Harv, it looks like he's ready for an exciting game. Right you are Ken, we're in store for something spectacular tonight.
- Major repertoire: "Casey at the Bat," "Go the Distance," "Summon the Heroes," "Bugler's Dream," "Musical Highlights from Rocky," "Sabre Dance," "Les Toreadors."
Winter '09: JollyPops - Holiday Kids' Concert
- Major repertoire: "Sleigh Ride," music from "Aladdin," dance from "The Nutcracker," "I Love Trash" with Oscar the Grouch, "You're a Mean One Mister Grinch," with holiday sing-a-long and instrument petting zoo.
Fall '09: Pops Phones Home - Pops has an otherworldly adventure.
- Major repertoire: "Themes from E.T. the Extraterrestrial"
Spring '09: Pops Sells Its Soul - Sin never sounded so good.
Winter '09: Cartoons - What's up Doc?
- Major repertoire: "Themes from Spiderman"
Fall '09: Pops Risks it All - Not your typical game of risk.
Spring '08: Pops Gets Enchanted - Pops' take on classic fairy tales.
- Major repertoire: Stravinsky - "Firebired Suite," Tchaikovsky - "Sleeping Beauty," Dukas - "Ther Sorcerer's Apprentice," and Feinstein - "The Red Shoes."
Winter '08: Pops Gone Wild - The animal concert
- Major repertoire: Saint-Saens - "Carnival of the Animals," Strauss - "Die Fledermaus," and John Williams - "Raiders of the Lost Ark."
Fall '07: Pops Jumps the Shark - An underwater adventure
- Major repertoire: Bernstein - "Symphonic Dances from West Side Story," Badelt - "Pirates of the Caribbean," and our own Allen Feinstein's concerto for euphonium, featuring special guest Adam Frey.
Spring '07: Pops Goes Back to the Future - Our 10th Anniversay spectacular in Sanders Theater!
- Major repertoire: John Williams - music from "Back to the Future" and "Star Wars," Gershwin - "Rhapsody in Blue," Green - "Concerto for Time-Travelling Orchestra," and Brubeck - "Interplay," a concerto for classical violin, jazz violin, and fiddle.
Winter '07: Pops Rides the Waves - A Pops double feature
- Major repertoire: accompaniment to the classic silent film "The Mark of Zorro" and an original radio play, by Liz Weinbloom '07 and Ben Green '06.
Fall '06: Pops Gets Cursed - Or, Curse of the Were-viola
- Major repertoire: John Williams - music from "Harry Potter" and "Jurassic Park," Schwartz - "Highlights from Wicked," Saint-Saens - "Danse Macabre," and Berlioz - "Witches' Sabbath."
Spring '06: Pops Strikes it Rich - A celebration of our shiny new endowment
- Major repertoire: Mussorgsky - "Night on Bald Mountain," John Williams - "E.T." and "Scherzo for Motorcycle and Orchestra," Grieg - "Peer Gynt."
Winter '06: Pops Goes West - The cowboy concert
- Major repertoire: Copland - "Rodeo," Williams - "Cowboys Overture," Grofe - "On The Trail."
Fall '05: Pops Hunts For Treasure - The pirate concert
- Major repertoire: Rimsky-Korsakov - "Scheherezade," Smetana - "Moldau," Badelt - "Pirates of the Caribbean."
Spring '04-'05: Murder, We Note - A staged musical murder mystery featuring special guests Tom Lowe, Jess Peritz, and a theremin.
Winter '04-'05: Pops Visits the Moon - The story of a lovesick astronaut and her destiny in the stars.
Fall '04-'05: 'Toon Tunes - A celebration of music used in and written for cartoons, featuring a live performance of the Bugs Bunny classic "The Rabbit of Seville," and an original score to a 1924 cartoon, "The Flying House."
Spring '03-'04: Pops Rocks - An evening of rock-related music, from rock and roll hits , to Rachmaninoff, to that big rock in Indiana Jones.
Winter '03-'04: Love'll Kill Ya - An evening of songs by special guest Larry O'Keefe, composer of the off-Broadway hit, "Bat Boy."
Fall '03: Pops Goes to the Oscars - A celebration of all things Oscar, from Oscar Hammerstein II and Oskar Schindler to Oscar Meyer Weiners and Oscar-the-Grouch. Oh yeah, and the movie awards thing.
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