The Boston Pops News

Halls will be decked. And Santa will, of course, drop by Wednesday when the Boston Pops plays the first of 35 Holiday Pops concerts at Symphony Hall.

A gun was fired at Wharton Center during the College of Music's MSU's Home For The Holidays concert Saturday night - a pop gun, that is.

For year after year, decade after decade, the Boston Pops were one of the most popular orchestras in America.

This time of year, orchestras and choruses nationwide are rehearsing the "Messiah" for holiday audiences.

Music lovers wishing for something new this holiday season can take heed of a newly formed band - Heartland Pops - a group of musicians dedicated to offering a professional and exciting sound for its audiences.

Winter hasn't even arrived but the Boston Symphony Orchestra is already planning for summer.

Conductor Keith Lockhart leads the Boston Pops at the DCU Center in December 2007.

The Topsfield Town Library will present the first free Cafe Concert of the season with a classical duo featuring violinist Elizabeth Larson and cellist Soo Bae on Friday at 7:30 p.m. These young, passionate artists have been performing for most of their lives.

You can argue about the music that results, but the Boston Pops is at least making some interesting moves in its ongoing attempt to hip up the joint.

PINK A recent injury may mean a toning down of the singer's high wire antics in her circus-themed show, but hopefully Pink's voice is still in three-ring shape.

Chelsea Tipton II remembers the first classical composer who got seriously into his head.

Chat at 11 a.m. with Courtney Hollands on upcoming events in Boston. Chat at noon with Matthew Gilbert and Joanna Weiss on TV.

On October 6, 2009 Sony Classical and Integrity Music will release the Handel's Messiah Rocks CD and DVD.

By Leslie Kandell The Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood season attendance figures show a 5 percent increase over last year's. Perhaps the rain's dampening effect was offset by lower gas prices.

Published Tuesday 8 September 2009 07:14pm EST. Exactly 10 years ago, now-world famous composer Nico Muhly, CC'03, moved into his first-year dorm at Columbia.

Chronicle Goes Retro: British Virgin Islands 7:30 p.m. WCVB-TV Mary Richardson travels to the British Virgin Islands and, aboard a 72-foot yacht, she visits Tortola and learns about the sailing life of the Caribbean.

It's a good thing James Taylor put "Shower the People" relatively early in his set list Friday because anything later might have seemed downright cruel.

The Carolina Chamber Music Festival begins its seventh annual season from Sept. 10-19 in downtown New Bern.

Every summer the Boston Symphony Orchestra plays a series of concerts, some of them in an outdoor band shell, under the moniker "The Boston Pops." In lieu of heavy fare like Wagner and Mahler, the orchestra troops out feather-light fare by the likes of John Philip Sousa and film composer John Williams.

Three kinds of music were heard at Tanglewood during the weekend. The Boston Symphony Orchestra presented classical concerts in the Koussevitzky Music Shed Saturday and Sunday; the Boston Pops under Keith Lockhart performed there Friday, and the annual Festival of Contemporary Music got under way with four concerts in the small halls....