pops orchestra
{{Short description|Type of orchestra}}
A pops orchestra is an orchestra that plays popular music (generally traditional pop) and show tunes as well as well-known classical works. Pops orchestras are generally organized in large cities and are distinct from the more "highbrow" symphony or philharmonic orchestras which also may exist in the same city. This is not to say that the distinction is complete; many symphony orchestras (for instance, the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, and Kansas City Symphony) put on pops performances with some regularity, while other pops orchestras are actually second identities of the "highbrow" orchestra and composed largely of the same players (for instance, the Boston Pops Orchestra is composed primarily of Boston Symphony Orchestra members).
In the United Kingdom
- English Pops Orchestra{{cite web |url=http://www.englishpopsorchestra.com |title=www.englishpopsorchestra.com |publisher=www.englishpopsorchestra.com |accessdate=2013-10-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822232746/http://www.englishpopsorchestra.com/ |archivedate=2013-08-22 }}
- Welsh Pops Orchestra
- Belfast Pops Orchestra
In the United States
- American Pops Orchestra{{cite web|url=http://theamericanpops.org/ |title=theamericanpops.org |publisher=American Pops |date= |accessdate=2016-12-18}}
- Atlanta Pops Orchestra
- Austin Pops
- Binghamton Philharmonic
- Bob Lappin and The Palm Beach Pops{{cite web|url=http://www.palmbeachpops.org |title=Home Bob Lappin |publisher=Palm Beach Pops |date=2013-09-06 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}
- Boston Pops Orchestra
- Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra
- Carolina Pops Orchestra{{cite web|url=http://www.carolinapops.com |title=CarolinaPops.com |publisher=Carolina Pops |date= |accessdate=2013-10-30}}
- Chattanooga Pops{{cite web |url=http://www.chattanoogapops.com |title=Pops on the River 2013 - Home |publisher=Chattanoogapops.com |date= |accessdate=2013-10-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103015138/http://www.chattanoogapops.com/ |archive-date=2013-11-03 |url-status=dead }}
- Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
- Cleveland Pops Orchestra
- Dallas Pops{{cite web|url=http://www.dallaspops.com/ |title=Dallas POPS |publisher=Dallas POPS |date= |accessdate=2013-10-30}}
- Davenport Pops Orchestra{{cite web|author=|url=http://www.yale.edu/pops |title=Davenport Pops Orchestra |publisher=Yale.edu |date= |accessdate=2013-10-30}}
- [https://denverpopsorchestra.org/ Denver Pops Orchestra]
- Detroit Symphony Orchestra
- Golden State Pops Orchestra[http://www.gspo.com] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100515120339/http://www.gspo.com/|date=May 15, 2010}}
- Harvard Pops Orchestra
- Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
- Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra
- Indian River Pops Orchestra
- Minneapolis Pops Orchestra
- National Symphony Orchestra
- The New York Pops
- Orlando Pops Orchestra
- Panama City POPS Orchestra{{cite web|url=http://www.panamacitypops.org/|title=Panama City POPS Orchestra}}
- Pasadena POPS
- Philly Pops
- Reno Pops Orchestra
- Salt Lake Pops Orchestra{{cite web|url=http://www.saltlakepops.com/|title=Salt Lake POPS Orchestra|access-date=2014-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151106235810/http://www.saltlakepops.com/|archive-date=2015-11-06|url-status=dead}}
- San Francisco Pops Orchestra
- Tucson Pops Orchestra{{cite web|url=http://www.tucsonpops.org/ |title=Tucson Pops Orchestra - Home |publisher=Tucsonpops.org |date=2013-09-29 |accessdate=2013-10-30}}
- University of Michigan Pops Orchestra
In the Philippines
In Argentina
In Indonesia
In Australia
- Australian Pops Orchestra{{cite web|url=http://www.apoconcerts.com.au/|title=Australian Pops Orchestra|accessdate=2014-09-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141213205300/http://www.apoconcerts.com.au/|archive-date=2014-12-13|url-status=dead}}
- Brisbane City Pops Orchestra{{cite web|url=http://www.bcpo.org.au/|title=Brisbane City Pops Orchestra}}
- Queensland Pops Orchestra{{cite web|url=http://www.popsorchestra.com.au/ |title=Queensland Pops Orchestra |publisher=Popsorchestra.com.au |date= |accessdate=2013-10-30}}
In France
- Sinfonia Pop Orchestra