California Pops Orchestra

California Pops Orchestra The nation’s only all-request Pops orchestra, featuring professional musicians in a playful atmosphere, performing big band, jazz, Broadway, pop, and more.

"Your kind of music! Your kind of orchestra!”
This motto is at the heart of the California Pops Orchestra. We have only one goal and that is to bring the best, most entertaining pops shows to the Bay Area. As the nation’s only all-request Pops orchestra you can always count on the California Pops Orchestra’s musicians and featured guests to bring you fun, family-friendly shows with selections from

the full range of the popular music repertoire. Every one of the Pops performers love the music of Broadway musicals, television, Hollywood movies, jazz, pop, comic novelties, and big band. This popular music is often scored for a unique set of instruments found in movie and recording studios but not in classical symphony orchestras. Don’t be surprised if you see flugelhorns, a saxophone section, harmonicas, congas, whips, theramins, accordions and other colorful instruments. The Pops includes many of the Bay Area’s leading musicians with training from very distinguished conservatories including Oberlin, Julliard, and the Eastman School of Music. The Pops also draws from those in business and teaching with a diverse amalgamation of scientists, educators, engineers, marketing, technology leaders and other highly creative individuals. This diversity in background plus a single-minded purpose makes the Pops a delight to play with and a never-ending source of ideas, inspiration and humor. On a serious note, the Pops is building a musical library that includes light classics, jazz, latin, movie, Broadway, TV, cartoon, circus, vaudeville and big band music. Many of these orchestrations are long out of print and represent a uniquely American musical heritage that is quickly slipping away. It is a vital part of the California Pops Orchestra’s charter to preserve this heritage through the purchase, restoration and live performances of this music in our communities. Ask any of our players how you can help with this vital effort. Find us on Twitter at !

Hello friends! Before you know it, May 11 and our final concert for the season will be here, at the San Mateo Performing...
05/03/2025

Hello friends! Before you know it, May 11 and our final concert for the season will be here, at the San Mateo Performing Arts Center. Get your tickets now at www.calpops.org so you don't miss out.

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, time is running out! You won't want to miss our Jolly Holidays Concert this Sund...
12/17/2024

If you haven't gotten your tickets yet, time is running out! You won't want to miss our Jolly Holidays Concert this Sunday. Call now at 650-856-8432 or visit www.calpops.org. See you there!

Happy Jolly Pops Holiday!Have a warm & Merry POPS Christmas with all your favorite holiday music from Movies, Broadway, ...
11/28/2024

Happy Jolly Pops Holiday!

Have a warm & Merry POPS Christmas with all your favorite holiday music from Movies, Broadway, Hit Songs and more played by the California Pops Orchestra!

Show is Sunday, December 22nd (3 to 5pm) at the Capuchino Performing Arts Center, 1501 Magnolia Ave. in San Bruno. The theater and parking faces Millwood Dr.

You and your family can enjoy an afternoon full of classic holiday cheer including White Christmas, The Grinch, Frozen, Charlie Brown, Merry Christmas Darling and so much more.

The children join the orchestra and singer Carly Honfi on stage together for a reading of Twas The Night Before Christmas with special full orchestra accompaniment.

For 35 years the California Pops has been delighting family audiences throughout the Bay Area. Please join us!

Kim Venaas
Conductor

Our holiday celebration is December 22, 3:00 - 5:00, at Cupuchino Performing Arts Center in San Bruno. Purchase your tickets here: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/californiapopsorchestra/201/

We are so excited about our upcoming Family Holiday at the Pops! Don't miss out--tickets are selling fast! Plan to atten...
11/27/2024

We are so excited about our upcoming Family Holiday at the Pops! Don't miss out--tickets are selling fast! Plan to attend on December 22 from 3:00-5:00 at Capuchino Performing Arts Center in San Bruno for an afternoon of holiday cheer and fun for everyone. Get your tickets here: https://www.tix.com/ticket.../californiapopsorchestra/201/

A few pics from our opening concert on September 29, taken by our talented photographer Sam Huie, featuring Carly Honfi,...
10/10/2024

A few pics from our opening concert on September 29, taken by our talented photographer Sam Huie, featuring Carly Honfi, the CA Pops Brass, and Alicia Wilmunder with principal cellist Rachel Xu. Make sure to mark your December calendar for our holiday performance on the 22nd, at the Capuchino Performing Arts Center, or get your tickets at www.callpops.org.

09/30/2024

Pops Goes Wild variety show—did you get to see our opening performance yesterday?? It was a spectacular performance of SO many favorites! Here is 30 seconds of Matthew Hall singing The Best is Yet to Come--just a bit of the wonderful show!

LESS THAN ONE WEEK AWAY! Do you have your tickets yet for Variety Pops on Sunday, September 29?? Don't wait any longer--...
09/23/2024

LESS THAN ONE WEEK AWAY! Do you have your tickets yet for Variety Pops on Sunday, September 29?? Don't wait any longer--call 650-856-8432 or get your tickets at https://www.calpops.org.

Our first concert of the season is coming up! It promises to be exciting and fun--hope we'll see you there!
09/12/2024

Our first concert of the season is coming up! It promises to be exciting and fun--hope we'll see you there!

ANNOUNCING OUR 2024-2025 SEASON!! Another spectacular season featuring the music of Broadway, the movies, the Great Amer...
09/10/2024

ANNOUNCING OUR 2024-2025 SEASON!!
Another spectacular season featuring the music of Broadway, the movies, the Great American Songbook and more. Be sure to get the best seats in the house by clicking here: https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/californiapopsorchestra/201/

Looking forward to celebrating our new season with YOU!

When you think of “American music,” it’s hard to get more American than the rousing pieces composed by U.S. Marine John ...
05/19/2018

When you think of “American music,” it’s hard to get more American than the rousing pieces composed by U.S. Marine John Philip Sousa! Enjoy this well-loved composition, and then join us for more great American music at American Jubilee tomorrow at 3pm!

"The President's Own" United States Marine Band recorded John Philip Sousa's march "The Stars and Stripes Forever" on March, 3, 2009, in the John Philip Sous...

Our last all-request concert of the season is this Sunday at 3pm at Flint Center ... do you have your tickets?!?
05/18/2018

Our last all-request concert of the season is this Sunday at 3pm at Flint Center ... do you have your tickets?!?

Buy California Pops Orchestra - American Jubilee tickets at the Flint Center in Cupertino, CA for May 20, 2018 03:00 PM at Ticketmaster.

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