The Cleveland POPS Orchestra

Cleveland POPS welcomes the new year with a rousing concert of music from Broadway's contemporary musicals. The concert starts at 9:00 p.m. Broadway singers Rob Evan (Jekyll & Hyde, Les Miserables, Little Shop of Horrors, Trans-Siberian Orchestra) and Capathia Jenkins (Dreamgirls, Bubblin' Brown Sugar, Ain't Misbehavi...n', Children of Eden) will sing selections from Phantom of the Opera, Tommy, Rent, Lion king, Mamma Mia, The Wiz, Hairspray, Dreamgirls and more.

The 2-hour concert will be followed at 11:00 p.m. with social dancing to two different bands in two different locations within Severance Hall.Read More

The Cleveland POPS hoiday show is the perfect outing for the whole family.The orchestra celebrates the sounds of the holiday season as they perform traditional favorites and invite the audience to join in a Yuletide sing-along. Hear the thrilling harmony of the Baldwin-Wallace College Men's Chorus. See Big Screen scene...s from beloved Hollywood film classics. Parents, grandparents and children can visit with adorable, adoptable puppies and kittens in the Palace Theatre lobby before the show and during intermission. Santa Claus will pay a visit and share treats with all the boys and girls. What a great way to start the Holiday season right!
Sponsored by Wells Fargo Advisors

Help The City Mission and Cleveland POPS make this holiday extra special for Northeast Ohio children in need by providing a new toy or game when you come to "Holiday in Toyland"
Cleveland POPS will be collecting new toys and games at our concert on November 29, 2009 to help The City Mission in their drive to help a lot of our city's kids in need have a happier Yuletide season. Please bring an unwrapped new toy or game, suitable for either infants, children or teens, and place it in the special collection bins at the Palace Theatre before the concert. Sports equipment, board games and multi-cultural dolls are especially appreciated. Please avoid bringing magic or violent toys.
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In a swinging musical tribute to the famous big bands of yesteryear, the Cleveland POPS Orchestra presents a salute to Benny Goodman, Harry James, Tommy Dorsey, Gene Krupa and other big band legends. The Cleveland POPS' own clarinet wizard, Maestro Carl Topilow, will be joined by POPS orchestra members Jack Schantz on ...trumpet, Paul Ferguson on trombone, George Judy on drums and dancers Bobby and Brooke Wesner as they fill Severance Hall with the sounds and sights of the swing years. Also featuring Barbara Knight, one of the best jazz vocalists around and acclaimed swing dancers Brooke and Bobby Wesner.

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Join Carl Topilow and the POPS for a "surprise" 200th birthday party in honor of President Abraham Lincoln. Meet our sixteenth president in person and experience authentic music of the Civil War era by our guest artists, Saxton's Cornet Band. They recreate, with astounding historic accuracy, the band music Lincoln hear...d during his stay at the White House. The amazing Mutual Gifts Gospel Choir will also be featured. Hear the theme from the movie "Gettysburg." Aaron Copland's "Lincoln Portrait" as narrated by the President himself, the moving "Ashokan Farewell," Sousa marches, spirituals, a rousing patriotic sing-along and the movingmedley of Armed Forces theme songs.

You've heard Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" many times, but have you heard the not-so-famous, but very funny "1712 Overture" by P.D.Q. Bach (aka: Peter Schekele.) Be prepared for a real treat. Read More

Venice, Naples, Rome, the sights, sounds and especially the music of Italy is intoxicating. We toast the music of Italy, with popular arias and ballads you will all recognize and sing along. Carl Topilow concucts the Cleveland POPS in an evening of Italian favorites, featuring the beautiful voices of reigning tenor Car...l Tanner and fast-rising American soprano Laura Pedersen. You'll hear familiar arieas from "Turandot," "La Boheme," "I Pagliacci" along with beautifully sung Neapolitan ballads. This is truly a night for Bravo, Brava, Bravissimi!Read More