BOSTON, MA (Top40 Charts/ Boston Symphony Orchestra) Boston Pops, Keith Lockhart, And Rockapella Bring Boston's Beloved Holiday Tradition To Cities Across The Midwest And NortheastThe
Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart will bring New England's beloved Holiday Pops to nine cities across the Midwest and Northeast during the orchestra's 2011 holiday tour. The tour kicks off in Iowa City, Iowa, on November 27 this season, when the Pops will join forces with pop vocal sensation Rockapella, to share the music of New England's favorite holiday tradition.
HOLIDAY POPS PROGRAM DETAILS
Capturing the magic of the Christmastime season, and the winter charms of New England, the
Boston Pops will perform their signature Sleigh Ride, a suite from The Nutcracker, and other Yuletide favorites. Rockapella, one of the most in-demand pop vocal groups in the world, will perform with the Pops on holiday classics such as Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,
Silver Bells, andof course,
Santa Claus Is Coming to Town. At each concert a different local personality will narrate a performance of A Visit from St. Nicholas ("'Twas the Night Before Christmas"), which will be followed by a guest appearance by
Santa Claus himself. The entire audience will be invited to join in a traditional
Boston Pops holiday sing-along to bring each special performance to a close.
Boston Pops Holiday concerts began in 1974 with a three-concert series at Symphony Hall. Since then, public demand for the performances has grown, and this holiday season the
Boston Pops will offer 37 concerts in a festively decorated Symphony Hall, in addition to the Holiday Tour.
HOLIDAY POPS PERFORMANCES SCHEDULED IN NINE U.S. CITIES
The series begins on Sunday, November 27, at 7pm at the Carver-Hawkeye
Arena in Iowa City, Iowa. On Monday, November 28, and Tuesday, November 29, "America's Orchestra" will perform at 7:30pm at the Fox City Performing Arts Center in Appleton, Wisconsin, before a Wednesday, November 30, performance in Chicago, Illinois, at 7:30pm to be held in Roosevelt University's Auditorium Theatre.
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Boston Pops will then head back to its Northeast stomping ground for a Friday, December 2, 8pm performance at the Providence Performing Arts Center in Providence, Rhode Island, and a Saturday, December 3, performance at 8pm held at the University of Connecticut's Jorgensen Auditorium in Storrs, Connecticut. The orchestra will appear in two states on Sunday, December 4. The first stop is CW Post University's Tillis Center in Greenvale, New York, at 2pm. On that same day the orchestra will perform at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey, at 7:30pm. The
Boston Pops holiday tour wraps up with two performances later in the holiday season. On Saturday, December 17, the orchestra will appear at the Verizon Center in Manchester, New Hampshire, at 7:30pm. On Sunday, December 18, at 2:30pm the orchestra will perform at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium in Lowell, Massachusetts. These holiday concerts coincide with the
Boston Pops' holiday series at Symphony Hall in Boston, which runs from December 7 to 24 this year.
TICKET INFORMATION
November 27 at 7pm, Carver-Hawkeye Arena; Iowa City, Iowa
Tickets, priced at $45 to $90 (for adults); $22.50 to $45 (for children 17 and younger); and $25 for college students, may be purchased by calling 319-335-1160 or 800-HANCHER from Mon - Fri: 10am -5:30pm, by visiting https://www.hancher.uiowa.edu/tickets.html
November 28 and 29 at 7:30pm, Fox City Performing Arts Center; Appleton, WI
Tickets, ranging from $55 to $105, may be purchased at the Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 982-2787, or by visiting https://www.ticketmaster.com.
November 30 at 7:30pm, Auditorium Theatre, Roosevelt University; Chicago, IL
Tickets, priced at $32 to $127, may be purchased by calling (800) 982-ARTS or by visiting the Auditorium Theatre Box Office located at 50 East Congress Parkway Mon - Fri: Noon - 6pm. Please call (312) 922-2110 for weekend box office hours. Tickets may also be purchased at Ticketmaster by visiting
https://www.ticketmaster.com
December 2 at 8pm, Providence Performing Arts Center; Providence, RI
Tickets, priced at $58 to $130, are available for purchase at www.ppacri.org , by phone at (401) 421-2787, or at the PPAC Box Office located at 220 Weybosset Street in downtown Providence Mon - Fri:, 10am - 5pm; Saturday, 10am - 2pm and through curtain time on show days.
December 3 at 8pm, Jorgensen Auditorium, University of Connecticut; Storrs, CT
Tickets, priced at $35 to $65, may be purchased online at www.jorgensen.uconn.edu, by phone at 860-486-4226, or at the Box Office located at 2132 Hillside Road Unit 3104 Storrs, CT 06269 Mon - Fri: 11 am - 5 pm.
December 4 at 2pm, Tillis Center, CW Post University; Greenvale, NY
Tickets, priced at $50 to $120, may be purchased by calling 516.299.3100, or visiting the Box Office at 720 Northern Boulevard Brookville, NY 11548-1300 Mon - Sat from 1-6 pm. Tickets may also be purchased online at https://www.ticketmaster.com/
December 4 at 7:30pm, New Jersey Performing Arts Center; Newark, NJ
Tickets, priced at $36 to $125, may be purchased at the Box Office located at One Center Street in Newark, Tuesday through Saturday from noon to 6pm, and Sunday from noon to 5pm. Tickets may also be purchased at www.njpac.org or by calling 1-888-GO-NJPAC Monday-Saturday from 10am to 6pm, and Sunday from noon to 5pm.
December 17 at 7:30pm, Verizon Center; Manchester, NH
Tickets, priced at $41 to $125, may be purchased at Verizon Wireless
Arena Box Office, Monday through Friday 9:30am to 5:30pm and
Saturdays 10:00am to 2:00pm, or at any Ticketmaster location. Tickets may also be purchased by calling Ticketmaster at (800) 745-3000 or by visiting www.ticketmaster.com
December 18 at 2:30pm, Lowell Memorial Auditorium; Lowell, MA
Tickets, priced at $40 to $126, may be purchased at the Lowell Memorial Auditorium Box Office Monday - Friday 10:00am - 6:00pm & Saturday 10:00am - 3:00pm, by calling the Box Office at (978) 454-2299, or online at https://tickets.lowellauditorium.com.
