We finished our first official pops program this weekend (as opposed to some of our similar-to-pops specials that you’ll see throughout the season), which ushered in a new era for us, with Jeff Tyzik as our new Principal pops conductor.
As we were leaving the hall after this afternoon’s matinee, we heard lots of buzz out on the sidewalk, with many people expressing their happiness with the day’s program, and with the excellent performances of trombonist Robert Taylor, Sinatra-style vocalist Steve Lippia, and the entire orchestra.
While this program of Tommy Dorsey and Frank Sinatra standards was hardly adventurous, Tyzik did succeed in building a program which linked the two artists who are not often thought of in the same breath (though Sinatra did work with Dorsey and his orchestra early in his career) by interspersing each artist’s work throughout the program.
If the rest of the pops programs have audiences leaving as happily as this one did, the OSO pops has a bright future.
Also – Principal oboist Marty Hebert was a finalist in the Jeopardy! contestant search here in Portland over the weekend. He may be called to be on the game show sometime in the next 18 months!
And don’t forget to vote in this week’s poll, it closes on October 17th at midnight.
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One reply on “new era at the pops”
So no Harmonielehre in the poll? That wou’ld be my other vote (besides Shaker Loops) I find I’m less interested in his newer stuff…