query: who is the director of the boston pops

pos: Boston Pops Orchestra of the Boston Pops Orchestra is Keith Lockhart. In 1881, Henry Lee Higginson, the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, wrote of his wish to present in Boston "concerts of a lighter kind of music". The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded to present this kind of music to the public, with the first concert performed in 1885. Called the "Promenade Concerts" until 1900, these performances combined light classical music, tunes from the current hits of the musical theater, and an occasional novelty number. Allowing for some changes of taste over the course of a century, the early programs were remarkably

pos: Boston Symphony Orchestra show tunes. Arthur Fiedler was the conductor who did the most to increase the fame of the Boston Pops over his tenure from 1930 to 1979. Film composer John Williams succeeded Fiedler as the conductor of the Pops from 1980 to 1993. Since 1995, the conductor of the Boston Pops has been Keith Lockhart. The Boston Symphony Chamber Players were launched in 1964. Today they are the only chamber ensemble composed of principal players from an American symphony orchestra. In addition to regular performances in Boston and Tanglewood, they have performed throughout the United States and Europe. They have also

pos: Keith Lockhart the 2017 Pops season, Lights, Camera…Music! Six Decades of John Williams features Keith Lockhart leading the Boston Pops in a collection of Williams compositions from the 1960s onward, some of which can be considered rarities. From 1998 to 2009, Lockhart was also the music director of the Utah Symphony. In 2010, Lockhart became the principal conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra. He concluded his tenure as principal conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra at the end of December 2017, and took the title of chief guest conductor of the orchestra, effective January 2018. Lockhart is also the Artistic Director of

pos: Evening at Pops guest would sing several of their own hits or songs associated with them, with accompaniment by the Pops. After concluding their set, the guest artist would leave the stage, and the Pops would play one or two closing numbers. The three men who served as Boston Pops Conductor during the show's run – Arthur Fiedler (1970–79), John Williams (1979-95) and Keith Lockhart (1996-2005) – appeared. Gene Galusha provided narration and announced most of the pieces played. "Evening at Symphony", a companion series produced by WGBH and featuring performances of the Boston Symphony Orchestra conducted by Seiji Ozawa, aired on PBS

pos: Boston Pops Orchestra of the Boston Pops Orchestra is Keith Lockhart. In 1881, Henry Lee Higginson, the founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, wrote of his wish to present in Boston "concerts of a lighter kind of music". The Boston Pops Orchestra was founded to present this kind of music to the public, with the first concert performed in 1885. Called the "Promenade Concerts" until 1900, these performances combined light classical music, tunes from the current hits of the musical theater, and an occasional novelty number. Allowing for some changes of taste over the course of a century, the early programs were remarkably

pos: Boston Pops Orchestra elementary school principal from Kingston, Massachusetts, was knocked out in the second round of the inaugural POPSearch, but returned in 2005 to sweep the competition. The POPSearch 2007 grand champion Maria Perry won $5,000 and performed with the Boston Pops on July 3 and 4 in the annual July 4 Extravaganza seen by a live audience of almost a half-million people on the Charles River Esplanade and several million more on WBZ-TV. In the early spring of 2008, Keith Lockhart announced the "Boston Pops High School Sing-Off--A Best of Broadway Challenge," the first-ever Boston Pops musical theater competition for Massachusetts

pos: Keith Lockhart Keith Lockhart Keith Alan Lockhart (born November 7, 1959) is an American conductor. He is currently the Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Chief Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the Artistic Director of the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. Born on November 7, 1959, in Poughkeepsie, New York, Lockhart is the elder of two children born to Newton Frederick and Marilyn Jean (Woodyard) Lockhart, who worked as computer professionals. He grew up in nearby Wappingers Falls and was educated in the public schools of New York's Dutchess County. He began studying piano at age seven.

pos: POPSearch panel of judges, members of the Boston Pops, and the Symphony Hall audience at a special POPSearch concerts hosted by Keith Lockhart, where the contestants will perform with the Boston Pops rhythm section. The final round of POPSearch will take place during the June 28 Boston Pops concert at Symphony Hall, when the three finalists will perform with the entire orchestra for the first time in the competition. Online votes and live voting at Symphony Hall will be combined to determine the POPSearch 2007 winner. The POPSearch 2007 grand champion wins $5,000 and the opportunity to perform with the Boston

pos: Boston Pops Orchestra that aired on 1988. In 1991, the orchestra played Bill Monroe's "Uncle Pen" and other bluegrass classics with Ricky Skaggs and the Kentucky Thunder. Keith Lockhart assumed the post of principal Pops conductor in 1995. Lockhart continues to conduct the Boston Pops today, adding a touch of flamboyance and a flair for the dramatic to his performances. Williams remains the Laureate Conductor of the Pops and conducts a week of Pops concerts every year, two nights at Symphony Hall each spring and two nights at the Ozawa Hall in Tanglewood each summer. Lockhart has brought in numerous pop-music acts and

pos: Keith Lockhart Lockhart graduated in 1981 from Furman University with a double major in German and piano performance. He then went on to get a master's degree in orchestral conducting from Carnegie Mellon University. Lockhart was initiated into Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia fraternity in 1978 by the Gamma Eta chapter at Furman University. Lockhart's conducting career began as the associate conductor of both the Cincinnati Symphony and Cincinnati Pops orchestras, as well as music director of the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra. Keith Lockhart has conducted more than 1,900 Boston Pops concerts, most of which have taken place during the orchestra’s spring and holiday

pos: Jonathan Stuart Cerullo Director and Choreographer. Cerullo directed the original musical "Fools' Paradise", by Jim Camacho. At Lincoln Center, he choreographed the productions of "Picturesque" and "Carnevale!" for the Big Apple Circus. and received a Village Voice 2003 Voice Choices Best Dance Pick. His work for the production was detailed in Backstage, Theatre Artists Take on Challenges of the Circus, by Simi Horwitz. In 2003, Cerullo choreographed Orpheus Descending for Great Performances Evening At Pops with the Boston Pops conducted by maestro, Keith Lockhart. He was Special Effects Movement Consultant to Bette Midler on the film "The Stepford Wives" in 2004. He also

pos: Ina Zdorovetchi Her own teachers included Ion Ivan-Roncea, Ann Hobson Pilot, Cynthia Price-Glynn, Ana Mahonina, and pianist Larisa Jar. Boston Symphony Orchestra (substitute), principal harpist with Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Brevard Music Center Symphony Orchestra. Collaboration with conductors Charles Dutoit, James Levine, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Kurt Masur, Seiji Ozawa, Marek Janowski, Gennady Rozhdestvensky, James Conlon, John Williams, Keith Lockhart. Ina Zdorovetchi appears on over 20 recordings (CD & DVD) alongside Sting, Steven Tyler, Josh Groban, Yo-Yo Ma, Chris Botti, Natalie Merchant, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Boston Pops. Ina Zdorovetchi Ina Zdorovetchi (born 1981) is

pos: Tanglewood Festival Chorus et Chloé" and Brahms's "Alto Rhapsody" and "Nänie". They can also be heard on the RCA Victor disc "A Splash of Pops", as well as on three Christmas albums — "Joy to the World" on Sony Classical and "We Wish You a Merry Christmas" on Philips, both with John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra, and "Holiday Pops" on RCA Victor with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra. The Tanglewood Festival Chorus can also be heard on the soundtracks of four movies, "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom", "Close Encounters of the Third Kind ~ Director's Cut", "Saving

pos: Gabrielle Goodman Boston Pops for eleven performances at Boston Symphony Hall as a soloist for Christmas shows under the direction of Keith Lockhart. The singer had previously appeared as a soloist with the Pops under the direction of Charles Floyd in 2001 for Pops Gospel performance that year. She has performed with the Baltimore, Syracuse, and Yamayuri Symphony Orchestras. She has a four octave vocal range. She has recorded for JMT, Verve, and Polygram and has written and arranged songs for Chaka Khan and Roberta Flack. She has worked as a professor of voice at Berklee College of Music since 1998. Goodman

pos: Erich Kunzel Orchestra (as Principal Pops Conductor) from 1982 to 2002. From the beginning, Kunzel strove to expand the Cincinnati Pops' reach worldwide, with nearly 90 recordings on the Telarc label, most of which became bestsellers. His popular recordings of classical music, Broadway musicals, and movie scores topped worldwide crossover charts more than any other conductor or orchestra in the world. Some of Kunzel's mentees at the Cincinnati Pops would later become notable in their own right, including Keith Lockhart of the Boston Pops and Steven Reineke of The New York Pops. The Cincinnati Pops were especially popular in Asia. The group

pos: The Nevill Feast The Nevill Feast The Nevill Feast is a single-movement orchestral composition by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was commissioned by the Boston Pops Orchestra and completed in February 2003. It was first performed May 7, 2003 by conductor Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops Orchestra, both to whom the work is dedicated. "The Nevill Feast" is composed in a single movement and has a duration of roughly 8 minutes. The work is inspired by great feasts of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, specifically that of the archbishop of York George Neville upon his ascension to the post. Rouse

pos: Keith Lockhart and Christopher Zalesky Lockhart born in 2012.. Lockhart received the Bob Hope Patriot award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society in 2006 and was recipient of the 2017 Commonwealth Award, the highest cultural honor bestowed by the state of Massachusetts. Keith Lockhart Keith Alan Lockhart (born November 7, 1959) is an American conductor. He is currently the Conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, the Chief Guest Conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra, and the Artistic Director of the Brevard Music Center in North Carolina. Born on November 7, 1959, in Poughkeepsie, New York, Lockhart is the elder of two

neg: Steven Reineke as one of North America's leading conductors of popular music. Mr. Reineke is the Music Director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Principal Pops Conductor of the Houston Symphony and Toronto Symphony Orchestra. He previously held the posts of Principal Pops Conductor of the Long Beach and Modesto Symphony Orchestras and Associate Conductor of the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra. Mr. Reineke is a frequent guest conductor with The Philadelphia Orchestra and has been on the podium with the Boston Pops, The

neg: Brockton Symphony Orchestra Beth Denisch's "Golden Fanfare" (1998), and Thomas Oboe Lee's "Sounds of The Islands" (2005). Chairman of the Executive Board is Torben Hansen, and the orchestra's Concert Manager is Branden Quental. The BrSO's musical leadership comprises Musical Director James Orent, a frequent guest conductor and violinist for the Boston Pops and Boston Symphony Orchestra; Assistant Conductor Emilian Badea, who holds a DMA from Boston University and has been a bassoonist with the orchestra since 1989; and concertmistress Kristina Nilsson, co-founder of Boston's Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. Clarinetist and conductor Jonathan Cohler served as the orchestra's Musical Director from 1996 to 2006.

neg: Tanglewood Festival Chorus Tanglewood Festival Chorus The Tanglewood Festival Chorus, directed by James Burton, is a chorus which performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops in major choral works. The Tanglewood Festival Chorus (TFC) was organized in the spring of 1970, when founding conductor John Oliver became director of vocal and choral activities at the Tanglewood Music Center, the summer home of the BSO. Originally formed for performances at the BSO's summer home at the behest of the BSO's conductor designate Seiji Ozawa, the Tanglewood Festival Chorus is the official chorus of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra year-round,

neg: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra Wellesley Symphony Orchestra The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra is an amateur American orchestra based in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It has presented classical, pops, and family concerts since 1948. The Music Director is Max Hobart. The Wellesley Symphony Performs primarily classical works, presenting six concerts each season, including a family concert, with players from the Wellesley Public Schools, and a holiday pops concert. Soloists have included players from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and well known musicians from the Boston area. The Wellesley Symphony is Orchestra-in-Residence at MassBay Community College. Max Hobart has served as Music Director since 1993. The Wellesley Symphony was founded

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra to banquet/cafe seating. In addition, the Pops also plays an annual concert at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade every Fourth of July. Their performance of "The Stars and Stripes Forever" is famous for the unfurling of the American flag that occurs as the song enters its final moments. Identified with its long-time director Arthur Fiedler, in the past the orchestra has recorded extensively, made frequent tours, and appeared regularly on television. The Pops Spring and Holiday seasons allowed the BSO to become one of the first American orchestras to provide year-round employment for its musicians. The current Music Director

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra high school students. Students from high schools throughout Massachusetts were encouraged to submit audition videos of musical theater vocal works for solo, duet, trio, quartet, or quintet to the Boston Pops before May 9, 2008. The winner was featured in the Fourth of July concert on the Esplanade. Boston Pops Orchestra The Boston Pops Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts that specializes in playing light classical and popular music. The Boston Pops was founded in 1885 as a second, popular identity of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), founded four years earlier. Consisting primarily of musicians from the

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra Boston Pops Orchestra The Boston Pops Orchestra is an American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts that specializes in playing light classical and popular music. The Boston Pops was founded in 1885 as a second, popular identity of the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO), founded four years earlier. Consisting primarily of musicians from the BSO, although generally not all of the first-chair players, the orchestra performs a Spring season of popular music and a holiday program in December, the BSO schedule on break at those times. For the Pops, the seating on the floor of Symphony Hall is reconfigured from auditorium seating

neg: Keith Lockhart 4th Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular draws a live audience of over half a million to the Charles River Esplanade and millions more who view it on television or live webcast. Mr. Lockhart has led eight albums on the RCA Victor label, including two—The Celtic Album and The Latin Album—that earned Grammy nominations. Recent releases on Boston Pops Recordings include The Red Sox Album, A Boston Pops Christmas–Live from Symphony Hall, and The Dream Lives On: A Portrait of the Kennedy Brothers, which was a Boston Pops commission premiered in 2010 during the orchestra’s 125th season. Released at the beginning of

neg: Wellesley Symphony Orchestra in 1948. The WSO supports young artists through its Young Soloist Competition, the winners of which are featured at the annual family concert. Wellesley Symphony Orchestra The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra is an amateur American orchestra based in Wellesley, Massachusetts. It has presented classical, pops, and family concerts since 1948. The Music Director is Max Hobart. The Wellesley Symphony Performs primarily classical works, presenting six concerts each season, including a family concert, with players from the Wellesley Public Schools, and a holiday pops concert. Soloists have included players from the Boston Symphony Orchestra and well known musicians from the Boston area.

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra Day celebrations in the country with estimated crowds of 200,000–500,000 people. Also during Fiedler's tenure, the Pops and local public television station WGBH developed a series of weekly televised broadcasts recorded during the Pops' regular season in Symphony Hall, "Evening at Pops". The list of artist-performers during this period includes world-class soloists and contains some historic and legendary names who performed on the many Boston Pops tours that went to hundreds of cities across the country throughout the 1950s through the 1970s. Some shows have holiday–oriented themes, such as Christmas shows featuring performers such as Jonathan Meath, who appeared as

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra Best of the Boston Pops" Concerts, a series that hadn't been featured since 2013. The Pops performed their annual "Gospel Night" with the Boston Pops Gospel Choir and guest star Melinda Doolittle under the direction of Charles Floyd. The orchestra also welcomed back Leslie Odom, Jr. with special guests Renee Elise Goldsberry and Phillipa Soo for "An Evening with Leslie Odom, Jr." For the 2002 Fireworks Spectacular, the orchestra performed with Maureen McGovern, who paid tribute to the centennial of legendary and iconic Broadway composer Richard Rodgers by performing "My Favorite Things" (from "The Sound of Music"), and Barry Manilow,

neg: Hudson Valley Philharmonic professional ensemble, renamed the Hudson Valley Philharmonic Society, Inc. Under his baton, the HVP became a prestigious regional orchestra. The Young People's Concerts program offered today is a direct descendent of the school-day concerts introduced by Claude Monteux. Imre Palló, formerly Director of the Deutsche Opera of the Rhein/Germany and New York City Opera conductor, succeeded Claude Monteux as Music Director in 1976. Pallo introduced the first Hudson Valley Philharmonic opera series in 1978, and in 1979 established a pops series modeled after the successful Boston Pops. Randall Craig Fleischer became the third Music Director of the HVP during the

neg: A Trumpeter's Lullaby A Trumpeter's Lullaby A Trumpeter's Lullaby is a short composition for solo trumpet and orchestra, written by American composer Leroy Anderson in 1949. The two and a half minute piece was premiered on May 9, 1950, by the Boston Pops Orchestra with Arthur Fiedler conducting and French-born American Roger Voisin as trumpet soloist. It was composed at the request of Voisin, who was principal trumpeter of the Boston Pops Orchestra at the time. It was first recorded on June 18, 1950, with Fiedler conducting Roger Voisin and the Boston Pops. Three months later it was recorded with Anderson himself conducting

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra as well as well-known classical pieces, opening up a new niche of popular symphonic music. Of the many musical pieces created for the orchestra, the Pops' most identifiable works were the colorful novelty numbers composed by Fiedler's close friend Leroy Anderson, including "Sleigh Ride", "The Typewriter", "The Syncopated Clock" and several others. Fiedler also initiated what has become a Boston tradition, and keeps growing as the years go by, which is the annual "Holiday Pops" concerts the Boston Pops give every December. Under Fiedler's direction, the Boston Pops sold more commercial recordings than any other orchestra in the world, with

neg: San Francisco Symphony affordable. Arthur Fiedler of the Boston Pops Orchestra was invited by music director Pierre Monteux to lead the Pops Orchestra, which Fiedler did from 1951 to 1978. Besides the regular concerts in the Civic Auditorium, Fiedler led annual performances at Sigmund Stern Grove, as well as occasional performances at Stanford University's Frost Amphitheater and Oakland's Paramount Theatre. While the SF Symphony does not have a specific pops orchestra today, they present pops genre programming periodically throughout the year, particularly in the summer months, with most concerts occurring at Davies Symphony Hall. They also present an annual 4 July concert at

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra Santa with the Boston Pops for ten shows during 2008–2009. After Fiedler's death in 1979, he was succeeded as conductor of the Boston Pops by the noted film composer John Williams. Williams continued the Pops' tradition of bringing classical music to a wider audiences, initiating the annual "Pops-on-the-Heights" concerts at Boston College and adding his own library of well-known film scores (including "Star Wars" and "Indiana Jones") to the orchestra's repertoire. During his time with the Pops, Williams had the honor of performing with Sammy Davis, Jr. as one of the artists for one of the Evening at Pops specials

neg: Pops orchestra (for instance, the Boston Pops Orchestra is composed primarily of Boston Symphony Orchestra members). Pops orchestra 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 organised 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 and Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra) put on pops performances with some regularity, while other pops orchestras are

neg: Johanna Fiedler Johanna Fiedler Johanna Fiedler (September 17, 1945 – May 27, 2011) was an American writer on music and publicist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Fiedler was the daughter of Boston Pops conductor Arthur Fiedler. In 1994 she published a memoir of her father, "Arthur Fiedler: Papa, the Pops and Me". She was educated at Sarah Lawrence College (graduated 1967). She began her career working for the National Symphony Orchestra as their public relations director. She left that post to become editor of concert programs for the New York Philharmonic. She then became chief press liaison for the Metropolitan Opera, a position

neg: Evening at Pops from 1974 to 1979. The long-running show ended after its 2004-2005 season because the Pops' parent organization, the Boston Symphony Orchestra, did not want to continue funding the nearly $1 million production cost of each episode. Evening at Pops Evening at Pops was an American concert television series produced by WGBH-TV. It is one of the longest-running programs on PBS, airing from 1970 to 2005. The program was a public television version of a variety show, featuring performances by the Boston Pops Orchestra. It was taped at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Most shows featured a guest star, usually a

neg: Guy Ferland Massachusetts and attended the acclaimed Hollis Brookline High School in Hollis, NH. His father is Rod Ferland, a high school band teacher who also plays with Massachusetts' Boston Pops Orchestra. Guy Ferland Guy Ferland (born February 18, 1966) is an American film and television director. After Alfred Hitchcock's 1946 film "Notorious" inspired him to become a filmmaker, Ferland went on to study cinema production at the University of Southern California's School of Cinema and Television, graduating in 1988, and received an internship working as a researcher at Creative Artists Agency. He landed a job as film director Joel Schumacher's assistant

neg: Arthur Fiedler free concert series that continues through the present day. Composer John Williams succeeded Fiedler as the orchestra's nineteenth director. His widow, Ellen Bottomley Fiedler, died October 25, 1984, in Framingham, Massachusetts. She was 70. Arthur Fiedler Arthur Fiedler (December 17, 1894 – July 10, 1979) was a long-time conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra, a symphony orchestra that specializes in popular and light classical music. With a combination of musicianship and showmanship, he made the Boston Pops one of the best-known orchestras in the United States. Fiedler was sometimes criticized for over-popularizing music, particularly when adapting popular songs or edited

neg: Richard Hayman Orchestra, where he held the title of Pops Conductor Emeritus, took place on June 27, 2010, to honor his 90th birthday. The St. Louis Metro Singers, who performed with him at many Pops concerts, were also on stage at the event. Hayman is also noted for albums now regarded as Exotica. Hayman died at a hospice in New York on February 5, 2014. He was 93. Richard Hayman Richard Hayman (March 27, 1920 – February 5, 2014) was an American musician who was chief music arranger of the Boston Pops Orchestra for over 50 years and served as a pops

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra similar to the Boston Pops programs of today. The Boston Pops Orchestra had seventeen conductors before 1930, when Arthur Fiedler began a fifty-year tenure as the Pops conductor. Under Fiedler's direction, the orchestra's popularity spread far beyond the city of Boston through recordings, radio and television. Unhappy with the reputation of classical music as being solely for affluent concertgoers, Fiedler made efforts to bring classical music to a wider audience. He instituted a series of free concerts at the Hatch Shell on the Esplanade, a public park beside the Charles River. Fiedler insisted that the Pops Orchestra play popular music

neg: Roger Voisin "Trumpet Concerto", performing with the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1966. Leroy Anderson's "A Trumpeter's Lullaby" was written for Roger Voisin in 1949, and first recorded with Arthur Fiedler conducting Voisin and the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1950. Leroy Anderson states that "(A Trumpeter's Lullaby) had its beginning backstage at Symphony Hall in Boston. In addition to composing and conducting, I was arranger for the Boston Pops Orchestra for a number of years --- and after one of the concerts I was sitting talking with the conductor Arthur Fiedler and the first trumpet of the Boston Pops, Roger Voisin. Suddenly Roger

neg: Peggy Stuart Coolidge Ferde Grofé, who conducted it at Madison Square Garden; it was also played by the Boston Pops Orchestra under Arthur Fiedler. Stuart then studied orchestration. Her orchestral scores "Night Froth", "The Island" (sinfonietta), "Smoke Drift" and "Twilight City" (piano and orchestra) were all premiered by the Boston Pops. During World War II, she was involved in a housing bureau for servicemen stationed in Boston, and often played for hospitalised soldiers. She conducted an all-woman ensemble, and was pianist and assistant conductor of the Women's Symphony of Boston. She founded the Junior League Orchestra in Boston and conducted it for seven

neg: Leroy Anderson youth and eventually became fluent in Danish, Norwegian, Icelandic, German, French, Italian, and Portuguese. At the time he was working as organist and choir director at the East Milton Congregational Church, leading the Harvard University Band, and conducting and arranging for dance bands around Boston. In 1936 his arrangements came to the attention of Arthur Fiedler, who asked to see any original compositions that he could use in his concerts as the 18th conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra at Symphony Hall. Anderson's first work was the 1938 "Jazz Pizzicato", but at just over ninety seconds the piece was too

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra BostonGlobe.com, bso.org (the Boston Symphony Orchestra's website), and on the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular app. POPSearch is the Boston Pops' nationwide talent competition that offers amateur singers the chance to perform with the orchestra at Boston's Fourth of July Extravaganza, as well as on the orchestra's national tour. The winner also receives a cash prize. The "American Idol"–style competition has expanded into a nationwide contest through video submissions on YouTube and voting through BostonPops.org. Tracy Silva, a mother of two from Taunton, Mass., and van driver for special needs children, won the inaugural POPSearch contest in 2004. Frances Botelho-Hoeg, an

neg: Evening at Pops Evening at Pops Evening at Pops was an American concert television series produced by WGBH-TV. It is one of the longest-running programs on PBS, airing from 1970 to 2005. The program was a public television version of a variety show, featuring performances by the Boston Pops Orchestra. It was taped at Symphony Hall in Boston, Massachusetts. Most shows featured a guest star, usually a well known singer or musician, most commonly within popular music or sometimes rock, folk, jazz or other musical genres. After one or two opening numbers by the Pops, the guest would be brought onstage. Usually the

neg: Ester Ferrabini Morgana in the La Scala Grand Opera Company. She also sang in Mexico City in 1917. Her last opera performance was as Carmen in 1924, in Boston, though she performed at a benefit concert for Italian war veterans in Boston in 1925. She also made at least two recordings. Ferrabini lived in Montreal for two years, while her husband was musical director of the National Opera Company of Canada. She then lived in Boston, where her husband was conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. She joined the faculty of the Boston Conservatory in 1920, when her husband became president of

neg: Pasadena Symphony and Pops organization became known as the Pasadena Symphony Association. Extraordinary progress was achieved under the direction of Daniel Lewis, who served as Music Director and Conductor between 1972 and 1984. In 1984, Jorge Mester became Pasadena Symphony's fourth music director. In Fall 2007 the Pasadena Symphony incorporated the Pasadena POPS into its Association under the new name Pasadena Symphony and POPS. In 2007 Maestra Rachael Worby continued on from the previous Pasadena POPS Orchestra, assuming principal POPS conductor position of the Pasadena Symphony Association. In August 2010 Maestro Marvin Hamlisch was appointed principal POPS conductor. After Hamlisch's death in August 2012,

neg: Arthur Fiedler a violinist. He also worked as a pianist, organist, and percussionist. In 1924, Fiedler formed the Boston Sinfonietta, a chamber music orchestra composed of Boston Symphony members, and started a series of free outdoor concerts. Fiedler was appointed the eighteenth conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra in 1930. While the position of conductor of the Boston Pops both prior to and after Fiedler tended to be a phase of a conductor's career, Fiedler made it his life's work, having the position for a half-century. With Fiedler's direction, the Boston Pops reportedly made more recordings than any other orchestra in the

neg: Serpent (instrument) founded the London Serpent Trio. Since then, the instrument has undergone a revival of sorts. In 1987, Simon Proctor wrote the first concerto for the instrument. The "Serpent Concerto" was first performed on 21 October 1989 at the First International Serpent Festival, celebrating the 399th anniversary of the serpent, with serpent soloist Alan Lumsden. Since then, the Serpent Concerto has been performed in public on many occasions, most notably by Douglas Yeo of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops Orchestra, who played the solo part with the Boston Pops under the direction of John Williams. The concerto appears on

neg: Harvard Pops Orchestra Dean of Students at Harvard College in January 1996, the orchestra is the nation's second oldest collegiate pops orchestra. Its official debut took place in April 1996. The orchestra was founded by Eric Damast '97, and was entirely student-run at its inception. In 1998, the orchestra hired music director Allen Feinstein '86, who continues to lead the Pops to this day. Harvard Pops Orchestra The Harvard Pops Orchestra is a collegiate orchestra composed of Harvard students and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The orchestra has about 70 members and specializes in playing a variety of classical repertoire, standard pops works, and

neg: Ralph Gomberg in leading symphony orchestras all over the world including principal oboe and English horn players in Chicago Symphony, Saint Louis Symphony, San Francisco Symphony, Toronto Symphony, Orquestra Simfonica de Barcelona, the Boston Pops, and Israel Philharmonic. He died at age 85 in a hospice in Massachusetts of primary lateral sclerosis. His wife, Sydelle, was Director of the Boston Ballet School, the school of Boston Ballet Company. Ralph Gomberg Ralph Gomberg (June 18, 1921 – December 9, 2006) was the principal (first) oboist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra for 37 years (1950-1987). His brother Harold held the same chair with the

neg: Classical/Pops Festival Bowl Orchestra, Music Director of the Omaha Symphony, and Germeshausen Family and Youth Concert Conductor chair with the Boston Symphony Orchestra (BSO). The orchestra had four concertmasters performing together, something he had never known to happen before. Jonathon Crow, Concertmaster of the Toronto Symphony Orchestra served as the official festival concertmaster. The orchestra was also recognized as uniquely diverse, with some of classical music’s most accomplished African American players, including Ann Hobson Pilot, the legendary principal harpist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra; Owen Young, also of the BSO; and Terrance Patterson, Artistic Director of the Ritz Chamber Players. Besides classical

neg: Brockton, Massachusetts its young people. Brockton is home to the Brockton Symphony Orchestra, a community orchestra founded in 1948. The orchestra performs five or six concerts per season at local venues such as Brockton's West Middle School Auditorium and the Oliver Ames Auditorium in the neighboring town of Easton. The orchestra comprises 65 musicians from the greater Brockton area and its musical director since 2007 is James Orent, a guest conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops. Brockton Summer Concert Series Downtown Brockton Arts and Music Festival - end of August annually Towerfest - Columbus Day Weekend annually Veterans Day

neg: Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts Theatre, the London Philharmonic, the Boston Pops, and the Royal Shakespeare Company. The Center also houses the Jorgensen Gallery, devoted mostly to regional artists, and the 485-seat Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre, featuring performances by the Connecticut Repertory Theatre. The Center was named for UConn president Albert N. Jorgensen, who oversaw construction. The Center's director is Rodney Rock. Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts The Jorgensen Center for the Performing Arts is a public performing arts venue located on the University of Connecticut's main campus in Storrs, Connecticut. Opened in December 1955 and seating over 2,600 people, the Center presents 25-30

neg: James Taylor 1985 at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. She had helped him get off heroin, but the marriage ended in divorce in 1996. On February 18, 2001, at the Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Boston, Taylor wed for the third time, marrying Caroline ("Kim") Smedvig, the director of public relations and marketing for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. They had begun dating in 1995, when they met as he appeared with John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra. Part of their relationship was worked into the album "October Road", on the song "On the 4th of July". The couple

neg: Grant Llewellyn Grant Llewellyn Grant Llewellyn (born 29 December 1960) is a Welsh conductor and Music Director of the North Carolina Symphony. Llewellyn was born in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales. He began developing his conducting reputation in 1985, when he was awarded a conducting fellow position at the Tanglewood Music Center in Massachusetts. There his mentors included Leonard Bernstein, Seiji Ozawa, Kurt Masur and André Previn. He later conducted concerts at the Tanglewood Festival with the Boston Pops and as assistant conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra. From 1990 to 1995, he was associate conductor of the BBC National Orchestra of Wales. He

neg: Boston Symphony Orchestra recorded for RCA Victor, DG, Philips, and Nonesuch. Performing with the BSO and Boston Pops for major choral works is the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. Organized in 1970 by its founding director, John Oliver, the Chorus comprises over 300 volunteer singers. Before the creation of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, and for some time after, the BSO frequently employed the New England Conservatory Chorus conducted by Lorna Cooke DeVaron, Chorus Pro Musica, Harvard Glee Club and Radcliffe Choral Society. In February 2017, the BSO announced the appointment of James Burton as the new conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus and as the

neg: Tanglewood Festival Chorus Classical Album in the nominations announced on December 2, 2009, and won the award for Best Orchestral Performance on January 31, 2010. In 2010, BSO Classics released "Tanglewood Festival Chorus: 40th Anniversary", a collection of the group's unaccompanied recordings from its Tanglewood Prelude performances between 1998 and 2005. Tanglewood Festival Chorus The Tanglewood Festival Chorus, directed by James Burton, is a chorus which performs with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops in major choral works. The Tanglewood Festival Chorus (TFC) was organized in the spring of 1970, when founding conductor John Oliver became director of vocal and choral activities

neg: Pasadena Symphony and Pops have EGOT and also win a Pulitzer Prize (the other is Richard Rodgers). Hamlisch also won two Golden Globes. After Hamlisch's death in August 2012, a search found Great American Songbook star Michael Feinstein, who assumed the post beginning with the 2013 POPS season. In June 2010, American conductor James DePreist was named Artistic Advisor to the Pasadena Symphony and POPS. One of the few African-American conductors on the world stage, until his passing in 2013, DePreist was director of conducting and orchestral studies at the Juilliard School and laureate music director of the Oregon Symphony. Maestro Lockington began his

neg: Light music earlier "promenade concerts" held in London pleasure gardens, a similar spirit embued many of Henry Wood's early Queen's Hall Proms concerts, especially the "Last Night". With the introduction of radio broadcasting by the BBC in the 1920s the style found an ideal outlet. This increased after the launch of the BBC Light Programme in 1945, featuring programmes such as "Friday Night is Music Night" and "Music While You Work". In the United States, "pops orchestra" such as the famous Boston Pops Orchestra began to emerge in the 19th century. The Boston Pops was founded in 1885 as a second, popular

neg: Hatch Memorial Shell Hatch Memorial Shell The Edward A. Hatch Memorial Shell (commonly referred to as the "Hatch Shell") is an outdoor concert venue on the Charles River Esplanade in the Back Bay section of Boston, Massachusetts. The Hatch Shell is best known for hosting the Boston Pops Orchestra annually for the Boston Fourth of July celebration, but is also used for free concerts most weekends and many weeknights during the summer months. The grass pavilion in front of the stage has no permanent seating. There is a memorial nearby to Arthur Fiedler, first permanent conductor of the Pops. The original, wooden shell

neg: A Trumpeter's Lullaby and James F. Burke as trumpet soloist. The first stereo recording was made in October 1956 with Frederick Fennell conducting the Eastman-Rochester Pops Orchestra, recorded in one take without rehearsal. The (uncredited) soloist was Sidney Mear. On the genesis of the piece, the composer states: "("A Trumpeter's Lullaby")...had its beginning backstage at Symphony Hall in Boston. In addition to composing and conducting, I was arranger for the Boston Pops Orchestra for a number of years—and after one of the concerts I was sitting, talking with the conductor Arthur Fiedler and the first trumpet of the Boston Pops, Roger Voisin. Suddenly

neg: Bethel, New York Marsalis, Diane Reeves, Chris Botti, the Goo Goo Dolls, the Boston Pops Orchestra, and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young in its inaugural season. Highlights of the Center's 2007 season were performances by Lynyrd Skynyrd/Marshall Tucker Band, Bob Dylan, Richie Havens/Arlo Guthrie, Earth, Wind & Fire, and repeat performances of the New York Philharmonic and the Boston Pops Orchestra. 2008's season featured The New York Philharmonic, the Boston Pops Orchestra, Steely Dan, the Allman Brothers, and sold-out performances by the Jonas Brothers and the last concert of the season, featuring Heart, Journey, and Cheap Trick. The 2009 season was headlined by

neg: Laurie Holloway Laurie Holloway Laurence Holloway MBE (born 31 March 1938) is a British pianist and composer from Oldham, Lancashire. He is perhaps best known as the Musical Director for Michael Parkinson's chat show firstly on the BBC then ITV. He also was Musical Director for the first three series of "Strictly Come Dancing" on the BBC. He was married to singer Marion Montgomery from the 1960s until her death in 2002. He has appeared with the London Symphony Orchestra, the BBC Concert Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, and the Boston Pops Orchestra as both conductor and lead pianist. His TV work has

neg: New Philharmonia Orchestra of Massachusetts New Philharmonia Orchestra of Massachusetts sThe New Philharmonia Orchestra of Massachusetts, founded in 1995, is a 75-member mostly non-professional regional orchestra based in Newton, Massachusetts. The ""New Phil"" performs in at the First Baptist Church in Newton (Massachusetts), and on occasion at Mission Church in Boston's Roxbury neighborhood, as well as other locations in the region. The founding music director of the orchestra was Ronald Knudsen, a violinist in the Boston Symphony Orchestra since 1965 and occasional guest conductor of the Boston Pops Orchestra. After Knudsen's death in March 2015, Francisco Noya stepped in to conduct the final concert of

neg: Bill Elliott (musician) 2016, Elliott is on the faculty of Boston's Berklee College of Music. He has written over 50 arrangements for the Boston Pops Orchestra and has been guest conductor for the symphony orchestras of seven major cities. Elliott grew up in Wayland, Massachusetts, about 20 miles west of Boston. In 1969, he graduated from Wayland High School, where he played clarinet in the school band. Encouraged by director George Doren, Elliott wrote his first orchestrations for the band to play at football game halftimes. Even as a teenager, he liked swing music, and learned to play Fats Waller-style stride piano; but

neg: Brad Hatfield Sopranos", "ER", "CSI", "Saturday Night Live", "Glee", and "Entourage". Hatfield was co-composer for the FX series "Rescue Me" from mid-season five through season seven. He has performed on dozens of recordings, including albums by the Boston Pops Orchestra, George Russell Living Time Orchestra, and Mike Metheny. His solo piano playing is featured in the opening scene and end credits of Clint Eastwood's "Mystic River". In 2004–2005 and 2007, Hatfield was pianist/arranger and music director for POPSearch, the Boston Pops's nationwide talent competition. Hatfield studied piano performance and composition at Berklee College of Music, and management at Cambridge College. He teaches

neg: Hollywood Bowl Orchestra times until 2014 when Wilkins was promoted to "Principal Conductor." The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra has 80-100 players drawn from the large pool of world-class freelance musicians in the Southern California area, many of whom perform regularly with movie studios, regional orchestras, and other entertainment-related organizations. There is no cross-over between the Hollywood Bowl Orchestra musicians and the regular roster of the Los Angeles Philharmonic. This is in notable contrast to the Boston Pops Orchestra which draws its players directly from the Boston Symphony (i.e. the Boston Symphony without its principal players), or the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra which is simply the

neg: Paul Halley high level arts organizations along the way. Paul Halley's compositions have been performed and recorded by the New Jersey Symphony and John Williams and the Boston Pops Orchestra. After leaving the Cathedral in 1989, Halley founded Joyful Noise, Inc., a non-profit organization, designed to teach children proper vocal technique, music theory, and musicianship. The two groups involved with the organization are Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus, and are both still presently active. He currently holds the position of Music Director at the University of King's College and All Saints Cathedral in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He has a son, Nick Halley, who

neg: Brad Hatfield Brad Hatfield Brad Hatfield (born May 15, 1956, in Columbus, Ohio) is a musician, arranger, and Emmy Award winning composer. He is a regular performer on piano and keyboards with the Boston Pops Orchestra. He has also performed with the Utah Symphony and the Boston Symphony Orchestra. His arrangements, orchestrations and compositions have been performed by the Boston Pops, Houston Symphony, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, and Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Hatfield's songs have appeared in the films "Iron Man 2", "Borat", "Analyze This", "The Break-Up", and "Cop Land". His music has also appeared in more than two dozen television series, including "The

neg: Marianne Gedigian Marianne Gedigian Marianne Gedigian is an American flutist and teacher. She holds a Butler Professorship as Professor of Flute at the University of Texas at Austin Butler School of Music. She has formerly held positions as acting principal flute of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Pittsburgh Symphony, and as principal flute of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra. Gedigian has worked with composer John Williams and can be heard on the film scores for "Schindler's List" and "Saving Private Ryan". Her teachers include Clement Barone, Doriot Anthony Dwyer, and Leone Buyse. She has performed solo recitals on four continents

neg: Jeff Neal Patriots and Tennessee Titans. He also appeared with the group in late 2006 at Symphony Hall in Boston, accompanied by members from the Boston Pops for Doug Flutie Day. Jeff Neal Jeff Neal (born June 15, 1969) is a drummer and vocalist best known for his affiliation with classic rock band Boston from 2002–present. Prior to joining Boston and after graduating from the University of Maine at Farmington with a Bachelor of Science in Secondary Education, Neal (who is originally from Maine) performed for over 15 years in a wide variety of bands touring throughout New England, primarily playing small

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra icons in addition to Broadway greats to play with the orchestra since being named conductor, including Ben Folds, Rockapella, Guster, My Morning Jacket, Aimee Mann, Kelly Clarkson, and Elvis Costello. Glee star Matthew Morrison performed with the orchestra as did Frank Sinatra impersonator Steve Lippia during the 2012 Pops Spring Season. Lippia paid tribute to both greats Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett by performing "Luck Be A Lady" by Frank Loesser (from Loesser's musical "Guys and Dolls") and "I Left My Heart in San Fransisco." During the 2014 Pops Spring Season, the orchestra worked with Jason Alexander (who opened the

neg: New Philharmonia Orchestra of Massachusetts the 2014-2015 season, served as principal conductor and musical advisor for the 2015-2016 season, and was appointed as the orchestra's second Music Director in 2016. Noya is the Resident Conductor of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music Director of the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra — and, like Knudsen, has often guest-conducted the Boston Pops. The orchestra's programs include a mix of familiar and unfamiliar classical repertoire (including collaborations with local choruses), as well as new music, including commissions. In 2005, the New Philharmonia participated in the "Made in America"' commission from noted American composer Joan Tower, and premiered a

neg: Columbus Symphony Orchestra and age. Columbus Symphony Orchestra The Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Columbus, Ohio. The oldest performing arts organization in the city, its home is the Ohio Theatre. The orchestra's current Executive Director is Denise Rehg. Rossen Milanov is the orchestra's music director. The Columbus Symphony offers annually 12 classical concert programs, mostly in pairs of two performances, 6 pops programs, and 2 Concerts for Kids. In the summer the orchestra performs a series of outdoor pops programs, "Picnic with the Pops" and "Popcorn Pops", on the lawn of Columbus Commons. . The Columbus Symphony

neg: Columbus Symphony Orchestra Columbus Symphony Orchestra The Columbus Symphony Orchestra (CSO) is an American symphony orchestra based in Columbus, Ohio. The oldest performing arts organization in the city, its home is the Ohio Theatre. The orchestra's current Executive Director is Denise Rehg. Rossen Milanov is the orchestra's music director. The Columbus Symphony offers annually 12 classical concert programs, mostly in pairs of two performances, 6 pops programs, and 2 Concerts for Kids. In the summer the orchestra performs a series of outdoor pops programs, "Picnic with the Pops" and "Popcorn Pops", on the lawn of Columbus Commons. . The Columbus Symphony also serves

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical The Phantom of the Opera, and The Beach Boys, who performed "Fun, Fun, Fun", "Good Vibrations", and "Surfin' USA". For the 2015 Fireworks Spectacular, Lockhart and the Pops performed with Michael Cavanaugh, Sons of Serendip, and members of the United States Show Troupe. For the 2016 Fireworks Spectacular, Lockhart and the Pops performed with pop stars Demi Lovato, Nick Jonas (both performing on their joint world tour the FutureNow Tour), and Grammy- and CMA-winning country music stars Little Big Town. The 2016 Fireworks Spectacular also marked David Mugar's final Fireworks Spectacular show, which he

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra his annual "Film Night" appearances, in addition to an Opening Night salute to Leonard Bernstein for the occasion of Bernstein's centennial later that year. In addition to celebrating Bernstein's centennial, the orchestra presented concert versions of both "On The Town" and ""West Side Story" In Concert". They "Danced to the Movies," and were joined by tenor Alfie Boe who "Rocked the Pops" with them. The Pops were joined by Ashely Brown, Josh Strickland, Alton Fitzgerald White and Merle Dandridge to perform beloved songs from 9 Tony Award-winning and Academy Award-winning scores to "Disney's Broadway Hits." The orchestra also performed "The

neg: Beebe Freitas rehearsal pianist for Charles Munch, Music Director and Conductor of the Boston Symphony, during their 1958 – '59 season and, during the summer of 1959 performed as soloist with the Boston Pops Orchestra, Arthur Fiedler conducting. While at Juilliard she served as the Choral Rehearsal Pianist from 1959 to 1962 and participated in the Opening Performance of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. Over the next four years she went on to become the rehearsal pianist for the Collegiate Chorale and the Camerata Singers under the direction of Abraham Kaplan, and regularly served as rehearsal pianist for choral works

neg: Bill Elliott (musician) stated, "I teach them what works with players, how players like to work together, and how instruments work together." After returning to Boston, he soon began working with the Boston Pops Orchestra. Over the years, has written more than 50 pieces for them including the orchestra's holiday shows and their Gershwin celebration tour. In 2008, he was the music director for a PBS documentary with Michael Feinstein called "The Sinatra Legacy" which later received an Emmy nomination. This album impressed Ita Cahn, the widow of songwriter Sammy Cahn. She was then producing a musical play in San Diego — an

neg: Jack Everly Franklin College in his home state of Indiana. He lives in Indianapolis. Jack Everly Jack Everly is an American conductor who serves as Principal Pops Conductor with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa, Canada) as well as Music Director for the Symphonic Pops Consortium. Born in Richmond, Indiana, Everly appears as guest conductor with orchestras throughout North America and is a former conductor of the American Ballet Theatre. Jack Everly is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Indianapolis and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Arts Centre

neg: Toshiyuki Shimada Boston Pops Orchestra, Pacific Symphony, Edmonton Symphony Orchestra, and many other US and Canadian orchestras. He has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Itzhak Perlman, Andre Watts, Emanual Ax, Yefim Bronfman, Peter Serkin, Idil Biret, Janos Starker, Joshua Bell, Hilary Hahn, Nadjia Salerno-Sonnenberg, Cho-Liang Lin, James Galway, Evelyn Glennie, Barry Tuckwell, and Doc Severinsen. In addition to these activities, he has held the position as Artistic Advisor of Tulare Country Symphony Orchestra, Music Director of the Nassau Symphony Orchestra, in New York, Music Director of the Cambiata Soloists, a contemporary music ensemble in Houston, Music Director of the Shepherd School

neg: Jack Everly Jack Everly Jack Everly is an American conductor who serves as Principal Pops Conductor with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa, Canada) as well as Music Director for the Symphonic Pops Consortium. Born in Richmond, Indiana, Everly appears as guest conductor with orchestras throughout North America and is a former conductor of the American Ballet Theatre. Jack Everly is the Principal Pops Conductor of the Indianapolis and Baltimore Symphony Orchestras, Naples Philharmonic Orchestra and the National Arts Centre Orchestra (Ottawa). He has conducted the Los Angeles Philharmonic at the Hollywood

neg: Mormon Youth Symphony and Chorus Saturday morning sessions. The MYSC was organized in 1969 with Jay E. Welch as music director and was given a primary commission from the LDS Church to promote a "greater understanding between all peoples and cultures." Welch continued in this position until his appointment as music director of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in 1974. At the peak of its activity, the MYSC performed approximately thirty times each year, including formal concerts in the Mormon Tabernacle, conference appearances, firesides, tours, broadcasts, and recordings. The concert programming was changed to a Boston Pops-style format when Robert C. Bowden became music director in

neg: Boston Symphony Orchestra discrimination on the basis of gender. Elizabeth Rowe claims she is paid much less than the principal oboist, who is male, since 2004 and is seeking more than $200,000 in unpaid compensation from the orchestra. The BSO is trying to discredit the principal flautist's claim that she is being discriminated against because of the unequal pay compared to the BSO's male oboe lead by saying in a court filing that the two wind instruments are not comparable. The Boston Pops Orchestra, the Boston Symphony Orchestra minus its principal players, was founded in 1885, and plays lighter, more popular classics, and

neg: Robert Bernhardt Boston Pops, which he first conducted at John Williams’ invitation in 1992. Along with Boston, he has been a frequent guest conductor of the Edmonton Symphony Orchestra (approaching his 10th season as conductor of their Symphony Under the Sky Festival), the Baltimore Symphony, the Detroit Symphony, the Cincinnati Pops, the Pittsburgh Symphony, the Dallas Symphony, the Houston Symphony, the Seattle Symphony, the Pacific Symphony, the Florida Orchestra, the Las Vegas Philharmonic, and the Santa Barbara Symphony. He has been a guest with the St. Louis Symphony, Virginia Symphony, Phoenix Symphony, and many others. In the world of pops, he was

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra to a composer, that composer being John Williams. They recorded a new CD, , which was released during the season. The orchestra had two pre-season events which marked the first time the orchestra had ever used Symphony Hall before May: "Celebrating John Williams!" and ""E.T." in Concert." The Pops opened the season with Queen Latifah, and went on to host such events as "Mamma Mia! Mother's Day with the Music of ABBA," working with Ben Folds, "Gospel Night" in its 25th anniversary with Floyd and the Boston Pops Gospel Choir; Leslie Odom, Jr. in his orchestral debut after starring in

neg: Ann Hobson Pilot Hobson was selected to play as master harpist in the National Symphony Orchestra in 1966, its first black member, replacing Sylvia Meyer. She continued with the National Symphony till 1969. Hobson was the second harpist with the Pittsburgh Symphony before joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 1969 as Assistant Principal Harp and Principal Harp of the Boston Pops. She was named Principal Harpist of the BSO in 1980. In addition to solo appearances with the BSO and Boston Pops, she has appeared as a soloist with many American orchestras. She has played at the Marlboro Festival, with the Boston Symphony

neg: Douglas Yeo Edward Kleinhammer and Keith Brown. Before joining the Boston Symphony Orchestra/Boston Pops Orchestra in May 1985, Yeo was a member of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, (1981–1985), and was on the faculties of the Peabody Conservatory of Music, in Baltimore, and The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.. His background has included a four-year tenure with the Goldman Band, and performances with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, the Gerry Mulligan Big Band, and orchestras for numerous Broadway shows. In 1998, he was named Music Director of the New England Brass Band, which has released four compact

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra produced for over 40 years. In October 2016, the Boston Pops agreed to take over the management of the annual July Fourth fireworks concert on the Esplanade and to take on the responsibility for finding a corporate sponsor for the $2 million cost. On March 7, 2017, it was announced that Eaton Vance and Bloomberg L.P. had been signed on as sponsors of the concert under a three-year deal, and that the telecast of the event would move from WBZ-TV/CBS to Bloomberg Television. For the 2017 Fireworks Spectacular, Lockhart and the Pops performed with actor Leslie Odom, Jr. (of Hamilton:

neg: Cincinnati Pops Orchestra have been nominated for Grammy Awards. In May 2008, the Pops received an invitation to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the only American orchestra to play the opening weekend. After Kunzel's death on September 1, 2009, John Morris Russell was named in December 2010 as the new director of the Pops, effective September 1, 2011. Cincinnati Pops Orchestra The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is a pops orchestra based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, founded in 1977 out of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Its members are also the members of the Cincinnati Symphony, and the Pops is managed by the same

neg: North Hills High School have included, Dr. William Revelli, Dr. Richard Strange, Dr.James Neilson, Dr. James Dunlop (PSU), Mr. Vaclav Nelhybel and in March 1973, Arthur Fiedler, Director of the Boston Pops Orchestra. ( References: MENC Music Educators National Conference January 19–22, 1973, Boston North Hills Symphony Band Bio Sheet, and.) The NHHS Symphony Band was awarded the first Sudler Flag of Honor by the John Phillip Sousa Foundation in 1983. The NHHS Symphony Band has won the highest honors in its section at the Carnegie Awards Festival sponsored by Carnegie Mellon University. It has performed at the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association State Convention

neg: Erich Kunzel the University of Cincinnati. He was also a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity. In 1965, Kunzel began the country's first winter pops series, the "8 O'Clock Pops". When the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra board of trustees created the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra in 1977, Kunzel was named conductor. The Pops became the larger of Cincinnati's two orchestras, as all of Max Rudolf's symphony orchestra also played for the Pops year-round. At the invitation of Arthur Fiedler in 1970, Kunzel guest-conducted over 100 concerts with the Boston Pops Orchestra. He remained active with symphony, leading the Indianapolis Symphony

neg: Nathaniel Johnson (broadcaster) with numerous albums from the RCA Living Stereo series and the "Toscanini Edition". In addition, Johnson supervised the remastering of an award-winning collection of Boston Symphony albums featuring music by French composers, conducted by Charles Münch. Over several years, Johnson also supervised the restoration of numerous recordings by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops Orchestra for RCA Red Seal Records and RCA Victor. In 1999, while supervising classical reissues at BMG/RCA, Johnson initiated a revolutionary audiophile series of high-end compact discs, “High Performance,” featuring outstanding analogue LP masters of performances by the Boston Symphony and Boston Pops Orchestras. In addition,

neg: Keith Lockhart seasons in Boston’s historic Symphony Hall. Mr. Lockhart has also led annual Boston Pops appearances at Tanglewood, 43 national tours to more than 150 cities in 38 states, and four international tours to Japan and Korea. He and the Pops have made 79 television shows for the long-running television show "Evening At Pops" and participated in such high-profile sporting events as Super Bowl XXXVI, the 2008 NBA finals, the 2013 Boston Red Sox Ring Ceremony, the Red Sox Opening Day game at Fenway Park in 2009, and Game 2 of the 2018 World Series at Fenway Park. The annual July

neg: Steve Sexton had him working alongside such artists as Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, Michael Bublé, Anne Murray, and top orchestras such as the London Symphony Orchestra and the Boston Pops Philharmonic orchestra and worked with John Williams. He served as Anne Murray's Musical Director for 25 years with responsibilities as her pianist, conductor, arranger, and on occasion her producer. He was the Music Director for many of her television shows, including "Friends & Legends" (2008), "The Music of My Life" (2005), "Intimate Evening with Anne Murray" (1998), "The Sounds of London" (1985), "Anne Murray's Winter Carnival in Quebec" (1984), and "A Special

neg: POPSearch POPSearch POPSearch is the Boston Pops' nationwide talent competition that offers amateur singers the chance to perform with the orchestra at Boston's Fourth of July Extravaganza, as well as on the orchestra's national tour. The winner also receives a $5,000 cash prize. In its third year, the American Idol-style competition has expanded into a nationwide contest through video submissions on YouTube.com and voting through BostonPops.org. Deadline for applications is May 23. This year's competition opened on May 9, and the winner will be announced at the Boston Pops concert on June 28. Singers may audition for POPSearch 2007 in any

neg: Boston Pops Orchestra and the Hatch Shell celebrated its 100th anniversary. The orchestra performed with Toby Keith, who performed "Courtesy of the Red, White and Blue" and "American Soldier". They also performed with the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Renese King (who sang "We the People" (the theme song for "Visions of America")), and they performed "", with Lisa Hughes, Jack Williams, Jeremiah Kissel and Will LeBow. The Pops specifically commissioned the piece by Peter Boyer and Lynn Ahrens to be used during their 125th season. For the 2014 Fireworks Spectacular, the orchestra performed with Julia Udine and Ben Jacoby from the 2014 U.S. touring

neg: John McLaughlin Williams pianist Angelin Chang, who also received a Grammy. Williams has received a total of four Grammy nominations. Williams has also served as assistant conductor of the Britt Festival in Oregon. As a violinist, he has appeared as a soloist around the United States and was an active freelancer in the Boston area, where he was assistant concertmaster of the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra and played as a substitute with the Boston Symphony. Williams was also a member of the Houston Symphony, and was concertmaster of the Virginia Symphony. His first solo violin recording is set for release and contains world

neg: The New York Pops The New York Pops The New York Pops is the largest independent pops orchestra in the United States, and the only professional symphonic orchestra in New York City specializing in popular music. Led by Music Director Steven Reineke, the orchestra performs an annual subscription series and birthday gala at Carnegie Hall, enjoying one of their highest subscription renewal rates. The New York Pops annual birthday gala is celebrated each spring, raising funds for the orchestra and its PopsEd programs. Now in its 33rd season, The New York Pops celebrates the diversity of popular music's evolving songbook. Every concert is a

neg: Steven Tyler and Voice Rehabilitation. In the words of Tyler: "He just took a laser and zapped the blood vessel." After a few weeks of rest, Tyler and the rest of Aerosmith entered the studio on May 20, 2006, to begin work on their new album. Tyler's first public performance after the surgery was July 3–4, 2006, with Joe Perry at the Hatch Shell in Boston, with the Boston Pops Orchestra. The duo sang "Dream On", "Walk This Way", and "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing" as part of the Boston Pops July 4 Fireworks Spectacular. Tyler's throat surgery was featured