Peoria Pops Orchestra

Peoria Pops Orchestra The Peoria Pops Orchestra is a full symphony sound comprised of strings, brass, woodwinds, and perc An orchestra that has the motto: "we make music fun".
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We are the orchestra of the people. No auditions, no overly strict rehearsal requirements, we just want everyone to have a place to play their instrument. Players must be at or above a high school playing level. Rehearsals are held in Peoria at the Bonnie Noble Center on Monday nights from 7-9pm.

Join the Peterson's and 4 of their 8 kids as Peoria Pops members! There are no auditions, players should be at a high sc...
07/15/2023

Join the Peterson's and 4 of their 8 kids as Peoria Pops members! There are no auditions, players should be at a high school level playing ability or above. Our next concert cycle begins August 7th. Even if you haven't played in years, come grow your musical talents with the Peoria Pops!

A huge thank you to both the Moss-Bradley Residential Association, and the Peoria Historical Society for having us out f...
07/05/2023

A huge thank you to both the Moss-Bradley Residential Association, and the Peoria Historical Society for having us out for your 4th of July celebration! We hope to see you again next year🇺🇸🎆

🇺🇸Come celebrate with us🇺🇸
07/02/2023

🇺🇸Come celebrate with us🇺🇸

06/18/2023

Thank you to all those who came out to out Latin Nights concert! If you missed it, don't worry, we'll be back soon😁keep an eye on our page for the next concert announcement.

05/17/2023

Come enjoy a free outdoor concert at our Latin Nights! You'll be able to salsa and samba the night away under the stars in Peoria's Lakeview Park ✨️💃✨️ Don't forget your folding chair or blanket and join us on June 16th starting at 7pm. We hope to see you there!

💚Thank you so much to everyone who came out last night to our Irish🇮🇪Festival concert!💚 And a special thank you to the R...
03/12/2023

💚Thank you so much to everyone who came out last night to our Irish🇮🇪Festival concert!💚
And a special thank you to the Roundstone Buskers for providing an awesome after party!

We'll see you again on June 16th, 7pm in Lakeview Park!

Do you have your tickets yet?! Buy ahead or at the door. Come enjoy our fabulous Pops Orchestra and featured local artis...
02/26/2023

Do you have your tickets yet?! Buy ahead or at the door. Come enjoy our fabulous Pops Orchestra and featured local artists joining us for the evening including The Roundstone Buskers!

01/02/2023

Dust off the 🎷🥁instrument case🎺🎻 in the back of your closet, and be a part of an ensemble again! We accept string, wind and percussion instrumentalists who last played at a high school level or higher. At pops we understand that while music enriches our lives greatly, we all have other important commitments too. So, our rehearsal schedule is flexible to accommodate musicians' lives. Register for the 2023 season via the peoria park district online registration, and come join us because 🎶"we make music fun!"🎶

The Peoria Pops Orchestra is a full symphony sound comprised of strings, brass, woodwinds, and percussion. We play popular music many will know and love.

Looking to make a new years resolution of playing your instrument again? Peoria Pops is the place for you! We accept all...
12/26/2022

Looking to make a new years resolution of playing your instrument again? Peoria Pops is the place for you! We accept all string, wind and percussion players with a minimum of a high school level playing ability. Our Orchestra specializes in being a safe environment for musicians to rediscover their love of music because, "we make music fun!" No auditions to stress over, and a flexible rehearsal schedule to accommodate musicians' lives.

Registration is now open through the Peoria park district webpage. If you have questions about how to get started, message us on Facebook!

12/21/2022

Hello all! We are excited to see you tomorrow for the concert ☃️ Just a quick update, our concert will begin at 7pm. Daylight savings reset our event accidentally, but the house will open at 6:30pm and the concert will start at 7pm sharp!

11/21/2022

Christmas Rocks at the Pops! promises a holly jolly time for the whole family as kids 12 and under are only$5 admission! There'll be a visit from Santa 🎅 as well as that nasty wasty skunk, Mr. Grinch. From traditional tunes 🎄to the electrifying songs of the Transierian Orchestra 🎸this concert will be rockin!

Thank you to everyone who came out to the "Magic of Halloween" concert last night!🎃👻Happy Halloween🎃👻
10/08/2022

Thank you to everyone who came out to the "Magic of Halloween" concert last night!
🎃👻Happy Halloween🎃👻

Join the Peoria Pops Orchestra on October 7th at 6:30pm for this special family friendly event. Feel the excitement and ...
08/30/2022

Join the Peoria Pops Orchestra on October 7th at 6:30pm for this special family friendly event. Feel the excitement and wonder of the season as you hear your Disney favorites brought to life! The orchestra will play music from the Avengers, Star Wars, Little Mermaid, Lion King, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Frozen and more!

Tickets: $15
Seniors and Students $12 w/ Valid ID
Kids 10 & Under: FREE if They Wear a Costume

https://www.scottishritepeoria.com/upcoming-events/2022/10/7-magic-of-halloween

Thank you to all who came to support our Irish Heritage concert last night! A big shout out to the crew at the Scottish ...
03/17/2022

Thank you to all who came to support our Irish Heritage concert last night! A big shout out to the crew at the Scottish Rite Theatre and the Celtic Cross Pipes and Drums for sharing their talents to make this experience absolutely fantastic!

🍀Our Irish Heritage concert is almost a month away🍀 We have several special guests joining us to make the night even mor...
02/11/2022

🍀Our Irish Heritage concert is almost a month away🍀 We have several special guests joining us to make the night even more magical! Come celebrate St. Patrick's Day with the Pops and grab your tickets here: https://www.showclix.com/event/an-irish-heritage-celebration/listing

Tickets for An Irish Heritage Celebration in Peoria from ShowClix. Celebrate St. Patricks Day with the Peoria Pops Orchestra at the Scottish Rite Theatre! Everyone's a little bit Irish on St. Patrick's Day! Come celebrate early with the Peoria Pops. The concert will feature a mixture of traditional

Peoria Pops is welcoming new musicians! Want to pick up your instrument again, or miss playing in an ensemble? Come join...
01/09/2022

Peoria Pops is welcoming new musicians! Want to pick up your instrument again, or miss playing in an ensemble? Come join us cause "we make music fun!" There is no audition process to worry about, we just ask that players be at a minimum of a high school level playing ability. Rehearsals are Monday nights from 7-9pm in the basement of the Bonnie Noble Center in Peoria. Our first rehearsal will be January 24th. For information about registration fees in order to participate please visit: https://webtrac.peoriaparks.org/wbwsc/webtrac.wsc/search.html?type=Music&subtype=&age=&keyword=Pops&primarycode=&module=AR

At Peoria Pops Orchestra, "we make music fun!" We are a full symphony orchestra with saxophones added into the mix! Players from all instrument families are welcome to join. No auditions are required, we only ask that players be at high school level playing ability. The group rehearses on Mondays fr...

We'd like to thank Re/Max Traders Unlimited for having us be a part of their Community Elf on the Shelf this year!
12/18/2021

We'd like to thank Re/Max Traders Unlimited for having us be a part of their Community Elf on the Shelf this year!

Welcome to Day 17 of our Community Elf on the Shelf! Today we’re excited to bring you Peoria Pops Christmas Extravaganza at Five Points in Washington, Wednesday 12/22 at 6 p.m. Visit https://rem.ax/Peoria_Pops_Christmas_Extravaganza for more information & a link for tickets.

Guess how many elves in the photo and you will be entered into a drawing for a gift basket full of your favorite Peoria Region Company Products and Gift Cards. (Hint: Don’t just count the elves in the preview, but click on the photo to open it) Visit our page daily, like the post and comment with your guess. All correct guesses will be entered in the drawing. Share the post each day for an extra chance to win (be sure to make your post public so we can see it). Comments will only be counted if entered by midnight directly under that day’s post on our Company page, not on any shared posts. Contest runs through Christmas & the winner will be notified on December 29th. RE/MAX Traders Unlimited employees and agents are not eligible to enter.

12/07/2021

Here's a sneak peak at the Christmas cheer we are ready to share! There's still time to get your tickets (https://fb.me/e/1grckqorP) or you can purchase them at the door. We are so excited to see everyone on December 22nd at Five Points in Washington🎅🎄☃️

10/27/2021

Pops is back for live concerts just in time for our annual Christmas concert. More details will be coming soon, but for now mark your calendars for 7pm December 22nd at Five Points in Washington!🎄🎶🎄🎶

03/05/2021

Peoria pops is coming back to rehearsal in April! Currently rostered musicians get any and all music dropped off to the front desk at Bonnie Noble or the after hours drop box outside the front doors ASAP. New musicians looking to join us, stay posted for more info coming soon :)

12/03/2019

Here is a sneak peek at one of the pieces you’ll hear at our concert this Friday night at Five Points Washington! 😊🎅🏻🎶 Get your tickets at www.fivepointswashington.org.

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎶🎹🎻🎺🎷🎼🎅🏻Mark your calendars for our Christmas concert on December 6 @ 7pm a...
10/01/2019

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! 🎶🎹🎻🎺🎷🎼🎅🏻
Mark your calendars for our Christmas concert on December 6 @ 7pm at Five Points Washington!
Tickets available at www.fivepointswashington.org.

We were honored to play for the Teen Challenge banquet at the Civic Center tonight!
09/25/2019

We were honored to play for the Teen Challenge banquet at the Civic Center tonight!

07/05/2019

A little bit of our performance at the Pettengill-Morron Historical House today!

12/17/2018

🎁🎶 Give yourself the gift of music by joining The Pops! 🎶🎁 We welcome string, brass, woodwind, and percussion players alike! No audition is necessary, but at least a high school level playing ability required. Our next season begins on January 14th, for more information email [email protected] we hope to see you soon.

09/08/2018

Come play with us!!!

We are getting ready to begin or fall season and would love to have you join our ensemble. String players, brass, woodwinds, percussion, all are welcome. Remember, there are no formal auditions to worry about and we accept as many musicians as possible. There is a small registration fee of $10 in order to participate for this season.

For more info about joining us for the fall season, email us at: [email protected]

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Just bring your instrument to our first rehearsal on Monday, September 10th in the basement of the Bonnie Noble Center in Peoria running from 7-9pm. We hope to see you soon!

07/09/2018

Interested in picking up your musical instrument again? Peoria Pops would love to have you join our ensemble and "we make music fun"! String players, brass, woodwinds, percussion, all are welcome. There are no formal auditions to stress over and we accept as many musicians as possible. For more information email us at: [email protected] to join us for our fall season starting September 10th. We hope to see you soon!

05/04/2018

We're excited for Mardis Gras in May on the 12th! Here's a small sample of what we've been preparing. We hope to see you on Water Street from 4-6pm. (See the comment section on this post for a link to the detailed event page)

Closing night! Members of the Peoria Pops have been providing pit orchestra performances for Peoria Christian High Schoo...
04/28/2018

Closing night! Members of the Peoria Pops have been providing pit orchestra performances for Peoria Christian High School's production of Disney's The Little Mermaid. Congrats musicians, actors, directors, and crew on a wonderful production.

03/18/2018

Thank you to all those who attended our concert Friday night! We hope you enjoyed :) keep an eye on our page here for updates and info about our next concert.

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04/04/2017

Highlights; violins as ukuleles, Aaron Copeland, tightening up phrases, Chicago. What were your favorite moments tonight?

03/18/2017
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Our orchestra’s is partnered with the Peoria Park District and aim to provide a performance space for as many local musicians as we can. For anyone who played in school, or other civic instrumental ensembles, and wants to keep playing or return to playing their instrument at a high level we have a place for you. No matter is you play a string instrument, brass, woodwind, or percussion, all are welcome. For more information on becoming a member of the Peoria Pops Orchestra please email: [email protected]


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Hey Peoria Pops! We are so thankful for you! Thank you for joining us for Chitty Chitty Bang Bang! You all are the best!
Music is, in my opinion, one of the greatest and most sincere forms of self-expression. That is why I’m deeply grateful for groups like the Peoria Pops Orchestra, as well as the Giulio Gari Foundation. The foundation focuses on discovering talented singers and promoting the opera worldwide. One of the ways they do this is through their online series, the Salon Series, which airs over Facebook Live and is accessible to anyone with an internet connection. The series features performances by a different singer every episode and exposes them to new, diverse audiences. Their most recent episode showed an incredible performance by Sylvia D’Eramo and Chris Carbin, a married couple who’ve worked together in the past and have an amazing story. Their newest episode will air on November 17th; however, all other episodes are free and available to watch on the foundation’s page and their YouTube channel. I strongly encourage anybody who is interested to check them out!
Do you have an event post to share about the 4th of July?
The temperature is perfect and there's a slight breeze... It's a great night to come see Peoria Pops Orchestra Swing Band play at Rotary Park in Washington. They're here until 8pm tonight, thanks to their sponsors Washington Christian Village, and playing a wide range of music.
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas from your former director! I really miss the Pops especially our Christmas production.
The Peoria Pops Orchestra playing the Charlie Brown Christmas Theme. ❄️☃️🎄
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* Confirmed All Ages Show

FRIDAY 12/7
* Easy Riders at Contemporary Art Center of Peoria 5pm

* Mark Stuart Lucia Nights Concert at Bishop Hill Creative Commons 5pm

* James Herr Acoustic at Michael's Italian Feast, Germantown Hills 6-10pm (Open Mic 8-10)

* Snow Ball V: Steady Flow, Mt. Joy, Flora Cash, & Billy Raffoul at Monarch Music Hall 6pm

* Three & A Half Men at Schnucks on North Knoxville 6-9pm

JT Doubet at American Legion Post 16 (Canton) 6-10pm

Mudbone and Margaritas at The Pub (Henry) 7pm

* Peoria Pops Orchestra at Five Points Washington 7pm

Open Mic at Wolf Hollow Archery 7pm

Mal N Tone Acoustic Jams at Last Call 8pm

The Parke at Capitol Street Sports Bar And Grill 8pm

The Midnight Devils at Twisted Spoke Saloon 8:30pm

Darel Monteith Trio at Tannins & Hops 8:30-11:30pm

Open Mic with The Highway Kind Music at Red Barn 9pm

The Road Less Traveled at Martini's on Water Street 9pm-1am

DIZGO at Kenny's Westside Pub 10pm-2am

SATURDAY 12/8
* Mindy Watkins Music w/ Sam at the West Town Tap 6pm

Whiskey Bent at Kep's Sports Bar & Grill 8pm

The Static at Peoria Pizza Works~Peoria Heights 8pm

Lindsay Ell at Crusens Farmington 8pm

Mank & Sass at POUR BROS. Craft Taproom 8pm

* This One's Pink and Mojo: A Tribute to Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers at Monarch Music Hall 8pm

2nd Nature at Capital Street Sports Bar & Grill 8:30pm

* Pocket Mouse at W.E. Sullivan's Irish Pub and Fare 8:30pm

Off The Cuff at Da Joint 9pm

Harlan, Meister, Mitts - hmm at MD's Sports Bar & Grill 9pm

Asbury Fox at Rocks Bar & Restaurant 9pm

The Holdouts at Last Chance Bar & Grill 9pm

Major Malfunction at Red Barn 9-12:30pm

* Jason Gray & Stars Go Dim w/ Jilian Linklater at Bishop Hill Creative Commons 9pm

Dexter O'Neal and Funk Yard at Crusens War Memorial 9pm-1am

Lexxii Leigh at Twisted Spoke Saloon 9pm-1am

The Memphis Dives at Buddes Bar Budde (Galesburg) 9:30pm

The Spirit: a Tribute to the Wood Brothers at Kenny's Westside Pub 10pm-2am

Photo: PhanieRae & the Soul Shakers at Kenny's 12/1/2018
It was great to see you all! Hope to see you again soon!
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