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Memorable Moments
from At The Hop!
July 2018 The Philly POPS enters its 40th
Anniversary Season. At the Wawa Welcome America festival, Frank Giordano and the POPS were honored as the “2018 Welcome America
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Honoree” in recognition of the
Salute Series and POPS in Schools program.
September 2015 The Philly POPS performs for Pope Francis on Independence Mall.
June 2015 Launch of POPS in Schools kicks off with a presenting sponsorship of the Philadelphia School District’s All City Jazz Festival.
June 2018 The Philly POPS announces the appointment of Music Director-Designate Todd Ellison.
December 2014 Launch of POPS Outside! brings the vibrant programming, musicians and featured guest artists of the POPS family to a growing list of holiday tree lightings and celebrations around the Delaware Valley.
September 2017 The Philly POPS announces the appointment of Principal Guest Conductor David Charles Abell. July 2017 The Philly POPS BIG Band debuts on July 4 at the 25th anniversary of the Wawa Welcome America concert on the Parkway. July 2016 In addition to July 3’s traditional POPS on Independence concert, the POPS brass percussion ensemble performs at Philadelphia’s televised July 4 Celebration of Freedom ceremony. December 2014 The Philly POPS salutes military and first responders by giving away 2,000 free tickets to the inaugural I’ll be Home for Christmas: A Salute to the Military and First Responders concert. July 2013 Music Director Michael Krajewski takes over the “baton” of The Philly POPS. July 2012 Frank Giordano takes the reins as President and CEO of the The Philly POPS.
May 2016 The Philly POPS partners with the Mann Center for the Performing Arts for Philadelphia’s first-ever Memorial Day concert: Memorial Salute.
December 2001 The Kimmel Center opens with The Philly POPS as a founding resident company.
December 2015 The Philly POPS performs with renowned tenor Andrea Bocelli at the Wells Fargo Center. 1999 The Philly POPS is designated as the official Pops Orchestra of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. 1979 The Philly POPS is founded by Moe Septee.
