POPS
4 shows found
Pops 2
Friday, November 9, 2019 | 7:30 p.m.
Huntsville Symphony Orchestra
Gregory Vajda, Music Director & Conductor
This Veterans Day weekend, the HSO brings out the Hollywood big guns to honor the real-life heroes in our community. On the program are sweeping soundtracks by Hans Zimmer, John Williams, and Michael Kamen, plus a stirring Armed Forces service medley and other patriotic favorites including selections by John Philip Sousa, America’s “March King.”
Pops 2
Tuesday, December 31, 2019 | 7:30 p.m.
Huntsville Symphony Orchestra
Gregory Vajda, Music Director & Conductor
Praised by critics for her overwhelming range and high-voltage delivery, fast-rising Shayna Steele’s vocal power is matched only by her versatility—from Broadway productions of Rent and Jesus Christ Superstar to her stage and studio work with Bette Midler, John Legend, Rihanna, and Moby. Tonight Shayna and her world-class band hold court with their favorites and yours: Aretha Franklin, Diana Ross, and many more queens of soul!
Pops 3
Saturday, February 1, 2020 | 7:30 p.m.
Huntsville Symphony Orchestra
Gregory Vajda, Music Director & Conductor
John Williams, the Dean of American film composers, has garnered five Academy Awards, twenty-four Grammys, four Golden Globes, and millions of moviegoing fans. His 1977 score to the original Star Wars is rated by the American Film Institute as the greatest film score of all time. Grab some popcorn and enjoy the best orchestral themes from more than thirty years of Williams classics, performed by your Huntsville Symphony Orchestra.
Pops 4
Saturday, February 29, 2020 | 7:30 p.m.
Huntsville Symphony Orchestra
Gregory Vajda, Music Director & Conductor
February marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of Huntsville’s U.S. Space and Rocket Center, so the HSO is fueling up to celebrate the Rocket City’s starring role in aerospace achievement. Don’t miss stellar themes from 2001: A Space Odyssey and the and the Star Trek franchise, as well as a stunning, immersive multimedia performance of selections from Gustav Holst’s The Planets.