Press Coverage
Press coverage featuring the Cleveland Pops Orchestra, our musicians, the Cleveland Pops Chorus, and featured guest artists.
2019
- January: Cleveland Scene – The Fly Dance Company to Join the Cleveland Pops Orchestra for Jan. 31 Performance
- January: Broadway World – The Cleveland Pops Orchestra Brings The Fly Dance Company to the Stage
- December: Beachwood Award Program – Cleveland Pops Orchestra Receives 2019 Best of Beachwood Award
- December: Crain’s Cleveland Business – 32 fun things to do in Cleveland through the end of 2019
- December: Cleveland Scene – Cleveland Pops Orchestra Rings in the New Year Roaring ’20s Style
- December: News 5 Cleveland – Roar into the 2020s with these New Year’s Eve celebrations throughout Cleveland
- December: Akron Beacon Journal – Holiday Events
- December: Cleveland Jewish News – The City: Week of December 20
- October: We The Italians: Russo brothers honored guests at Cleveland Pops Orchestra G-Clef Gala
- October: Greater Cleveland Film Commission: Cleveland Pops Annual Fundraiser
- October: Sandusky Register: Cleveland Jazz Musicians to Perform at Port Clinton Concert
- October: Broadway World: the Cleveland Pops Orchestra Celebrate the Land of Oz
- October: Cleveland Scene – The Cleveland Pops Orchestra to Play Music Inspired by “The Wizard of Oz”
- October: News 5 Cleveland – Russo brothers will be honored guests at Cleveland Pops Orchestra’s G-Clef Gala
- October: Crain’s Cleveland Business – 35 fun things to do in Cleveland
- October: Cleveland Jewish News – Shining Star CLE
- September: Cleveland Scene – The Texas Tenors to Open the Cleveland Pops Orchestra’s Season
- September: Broadway World – The Cleveland Pops Orchestra Announces Their Season Opener
- September: Cleveland.com – Don’t be bored! Music lovers in Northeast Ohio
- August: Cleveland Scene – The Cleveland Pops Orchestra to Honor Anthony & Joseph Russo at Upcoming Gala
- August: Broadway World – Cleveland Pops Hosts G-Clef Gala Honoring Joseph and Anthony Russo
- August: Cleveland Arts Events – Cleveland Pops Youth Orchestra Auditions
- August: Cleveland Jewish News – Stompin’ at the Zoo
- June: Cleveland Pops to Hold Benefit At The Zoo
- May: Destination Cleveland – 2019-2020 Concert Season
- May: Mentor Civic Amphitheater 2019 schedule
- May: Get Out: Everything You Should Do This Memorial Day Weekend in Cleveland
- May: Cleveland Pops Youth Orchestra – May 2019 Concert
- May: Cleveland Pops – Fireworks Night
- April: ClevelandClassical.com: Cleveland POPS: Now, that’s Italian (Apr 13)
- April: Avon Lake UCC: Cleveland Pops Chorus in concert May 5
- April: The Music Settlement: Cleveland Pops Youth Orchestra Concert at Montefiore Senior Care Facility
- April: The Music Settlement: Cleveland Pops Youth Orchestra Spring Concert 2019 in Gates Mills
- April: Cleveland.com: Cleveland Pops Youth Orchestra Auditions
- April: Broadway World: Cleveland Pops Orchestra Announces Musical Fashionation Event
- Mar: ClevelandClassical.com: Cleveland Pops Review – The Great American Songbook
- Mar: Cleveland Scene: Everything You Should Be Doing in Cleveland This Week
- Mar: Cleveland Magazine: The Great American Songbook Concert
2018
- Dec: Cleveland.com: The Dream Event – Carl Topilow
- Dec: Cleveland Magazine: 10 Things To Do In Cleveland On New Year’s Eve
- Dec: Crain’s Cleveland Business: 44 fun things to do in Cleveland through Dec. 31
- Dec: Cleveland Scene: Where to Celebrate New Year’s Eve 2018 in Cleveland
- Dec: Cleveland.com: Cleveland Arts listings: Cleveland Pops Youth Orchestra Concert
- Dec: Classical Post: First-Ever Pops Youth Orchestra Launches In Cleveland
- Oct: Cleveland.com: Aurora High senior Hannah Kulawiak wins Shining Star Cle singing competition
- Oct: ClassicalPost.com: Carl Topilow Brings Enamored Enthusiasm To The Stage
- Oct: Cleveland.com: Shining Star Cle to make encore on Oct. 7 with high school singing competition
- Sept: Cleveland.com: Fall classical music and dance preview 2018: A wide array of opera, chamber music, and the Baroque
- Aug: Broadway World: Cleveland Pops Youth Orchestra Extends Audition Schedule
- Jul: Cleveland Jewish News: Cleveland Pops Orchestra announces annual scholarship competition
- Jul: Broadwayworld: Cleveland Pops Orchestra Honors Brendan Ring At Benefit
- Jun: Cleveland.com: Avon Lake High School’s former choral director Bill Zurkey to be inducted into National High School Hall of Fame
- Jun: Summit Daily: National Repertory Orchestra celebrates 25th year in Breckenridge & Conductor Topilow Returns for his 41st season
- May: Cleveland Scene: Cleveland Pops Scholarship Winner Isabela Moner Cast As ‘Dora the Explorer’ in Live-Action Adaptation
- Apr: Cleveland Indians: Cleveland Pops Choir Sings National Anthem
- Apr: Plain Dealer Cleveland, Conductor Carl Topilow cues his departure from Cleveland Institute of Music after 37-year tenure
- Apr: Cleveland Magazine, A Closer Look at the Cleveland Pops Orchestra
- Apr: Valley Views, Fight hunger, hear ‘Gettysburg’ music and celebrate Barbie and Judy featuring Pops favorite Joan Ellison
- Apr: Broadway World. Conductor Cal Topilow Guest stars & Acclaimed Vocalist Gabrielle Stravelli Sings Richard Rodgers At Axelrod Performing Arts Center
- Apr: The Four Phantoms are in Oshkosh, Including 2011 Grand Prize Scholarship Winner Kaley Ann Voorhees
- Apr: TCMG spotlights 2017 Cleveland Pops Scholarship winner & young violinist Phoenix Avalon in ‘Play it Forward’ concerts
- Feb: CrainsCleveland.com, 15 things to do in Cleveland through March 7, Cleveland Pops Concert March 2nd
- Feb: Cleveland Jewish News, Cleveland POPS Orchestra spotlight Jewish music icons Bernstein, Robbins
- Feb: Wichita, KS: Guest Conductor Carl Topilow & the Wichita Symphony pay tribute to Armed Forces, Greatest Generation
- Feb: Topilow, marking 10 years as local conductor for Firelands Symphony Orchestra, said he’s like a coach
- Jan: WEST SHORE SUN, Bay Village music teachers perform with Cleveland Pops Chorus and Andrea Bocelli: West Shore Chatter
2017
- Nov: Cleveland Pops Orchestra & Andrea Bocelli ready to soothe the savage beast at Quicken Loans Arena
- Oct: Cleveland Pops Jerry Herman Concert Involves Talented Teens from Cleveland School of the Arts
- Oct: Beethoven’s 9th Symphony to be performed by the Pops Chorus in Westlake
- June: Cleveland Pops entertains large crowd, Hudson Times
- May: Classical Music: ‘An American Salute’ Akron Beacon Journal
- April: Cleveland Pops: Tony DeSare in “I Love a Piano” (March 25) Review
- Feb: Tony DeSare to Make Cleveland Debut with Cleveland Pops Orchestra
- Feb: Singers needed for Robert Shaw Choir Festival
- Feb: Local Jazz Singer Helen Welch to Pay Tribute to the Music of the Carpenters
- Feb: ROCKTOPIA LIVE: A CLASSICAL REVOLUTION April 13th at 7:30
- Jan: Cleveland Pops and Carl Topilow present Gotta Sing! Gotta Dance! on 104.9
2016
- Dec: Cleveland Pops Orchestra: Annual New Year’s Eve Celebration
- Dec: CLEVELAND POPS — 21ST ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION
- Nov: Cleveland Pops “Let the Merry Bells Keep Ringing”
- Nov: Cleveland Pops: “The Name is Bond…James Bond!”
- Nov: Cleveland POPS Does James Bond and Five More Classical Events to Hit This Week
- Sept: Ohio Symphony Tour with The Cleveland Pops, Mansfield, and Toledo Symphonies
- Sept: Olympic Brass Quintet on Sunday, September 11 at 4pm
- Aug: Labor Day 2016: complete list of events in northeast Ohio
- May: Tori Educates about Williams Syndrome Through Song!
- April: Millersville University and The Lancaster Symphony Orchestra: Broadway, Our Way
- Feb: Luis & Clark Bass Plays Like a Dream
- Jan: Cleveland POPS with Carl Topilow: The Genius of John Williams (Jan. 30)
2015
- Dec: The 19th Annual NYE’s Concert & Dance @ Severence Hall, 9PM – 1AM
- Dec: Countdown: Your Guide to a Rockin’ New Year’s Eve
- Dec: Cleveland POPS Orchestra: a conversation with New Year’s Eve vocalist Connor Bogart O’Brien
- Nov: Celebrate the Season with the Asheville Symphony’s “Simply Sinatra Christmas”
- Sep: Cleveland Pops Concert in Ely Square – Saturday, September 3, 2016!
- Sep: Musical Labor Day weekend celebration planned for Saturday in Elyria
- Aug: Cleveland POPS Concert – Saturday, September 5, 2015
- Aug: Cleveland Indians Charities Celebrity Golf Classic raises thousands for charity
- June: Liberty Fest 2015: Celebrating America!
- Mar: Fifteen things to do in Northeast Ohio: March 5-12
2014
- Nov: Avon Lake High School Chorale and the Cleveland Pops Orchestra will rock around a Christmas Tree Saturday December 13
- Oct: The Cleveland Pops Orchestra Chooses Marcus Glover as the Honoree for the 2014 G-Clef Ball
- June: Cleveland Pops Orchestra Wiki
- June: Kent Geauga Celebrates 50 Years with Cleveland Pops Orchestra
- March: REVIEW: Cleveland Pops “THE LEGACY OF MARVIN HAMLISCH: ONE SINGULAR SENSATION”
2013
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2010
- Dec: Looking For Something to Do For New Year’s?
- Sept: Pops In Elyria – The Chronicle Telegram
- Feb: POPS to perform at Oktoberfest on Labor Day weekend
- Jan: POPS Spring Event offers three exciting “Get-Away Trips for Two”
2009
- Dec: Cleveland Pops Orchestra: New Year’s Eve (Broadway Rocks)
- Nov: CHEAP TRICK & Cleveland Pops were honored to participate as musical guests in the 10th Annual An Evening with Scott Hamilton and Friends event at the Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland on November 7, 2009.
- Sep: The Plain Dealer’s publisher Terrance C. Z. Egger to be honored at Cleveland POPS G-Clef Ball fund raiser
- Sep: Applications are now being accepted for Cleveland POPS 11th annual Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship Competition
- Sep: Cleveland POPS pays tribute to Benny Goodman and other Big Band legends
- Sep: Our orchestra helps The City Mission in their drive to make the holidays extra special for kids in need
- Apr: Pops Brings Sights, Sounds of the Movies — 2009-2010 Season Announcement
- Apr: The Cleveland POPS Orchestra’s annual Spring Soiree benefit patterned after the Prohibition Era
- Mar: Pops participates in national drive to feed the hungry
- Mar: Tenor Carl Tanner to make Cleveland debut with Cleveland POPS
2008
- Sept: Pops and Saks Fifth Avenue team up for Fashion
- Sept: 10th Anniversary of Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship Competition
- Aug: Cleveland Pops, Time for Three Dazzle at Blossom
- Aug: Time for Three & Cleveland (Pops) Orchestra at Blossom
- July: Cleveland Pops and Peter Cetera to perform with world class skaters
- Feb: Cleveland POPS Celebrates Love
2007
- Oct: Pops G-Clef Ball Fundraiser (59K PDF)
- Oct: Attention Cleveland Pops Patrons: Traffic Alertfor East Boulevard in University Circle
- Oct: Carl Topilow and his ensemble begin their season with “Music of Champions”
- Aug: Cleveland Pops Orchestra Plays and Scores with Music of Champions Concert
- May: Cleveland POPS Orchestra’s New 2007/2008 Concert Season
- May: Beloved tenor stars in Cleveland POPS Orchestra’s 7th Annual Salute to Our Armed Forces
- Mar: More Side by Side…The Cleveland Pops Orchestra and the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra together again
- Mar: Cleveland POPS Orchestra Kicks Up Its Heels with Time for Three
- Jan: Give Your Valentine the Music of Romance with the Cleveland POPS at Severance Hall on Feb. 9th
2006
- Dec: Caroline K. Goulding wins 8th Annual Jean L. Petitt Memorial Music Scholarship competition
- Oct: A great way to spend New Year’s Eve
- Sept: Cleveland Pops performs The Music of Led Zeppelin: A Rock Symphony
- Apr: Cleveland Pops Orchestra composes new logo and marketing plans
- Mar: “Divas,” Banaszek part of Cleveland Pops’ 2006-07 schedule
- Mar: Two outshine concert star Schulman
- Feb: Award-winning teen to debut with Cleveland POPS Orchestra
- Feb: Cleveland POPS Orchestra brings legendary Broadway star Craig Schulman to the Severance Hall stage
- Jan: Cleveland POPS Orchestra will bring the music of Elton John to sparkling brilliance at Severance Hall
2005
- Nov: Cleveland POPS’ 10th Annual New Year’s Eve Gala topped off with breakfast in bed
- Nov: Cleveland POPS brings “The Spirit of Christmas” to Playhouse Square Center
- Nov: Pops concert creates holiday fun despite poor acoustics
- Oct: 1st intertwining proves great mix of talent, styles
- Oct: Cleveland Pops and Cleveland Jazz Orchestra @ Severance Hall
- Oct: Cleveland Pops proves to have staying power
- May: Salute touching
- Apr: Orchestra, soloist have fun with music linked to movies
- Feb Lively, funny Valentine done with love
- Jan: Broadway, Beatles, Beach Boys medleys ring in ’05 Eve
2004
- Oct: Nero delightfully mixes classics, improvs, jazz for 10th-year opener
- Oct: Nero delightfully mixes classics, improvs, jazz for 10th-year opener
- May: Pops pack a punch with energetic military salute
- Mar: Pops’ audience treated in tribute to Broadway
- Feb: “My Funny Valentine” on a red clarinet to start, all in all, a grand time
2003
- Nov: Handsome voices add verve to Pops ninth season opener
- May: Cleveland Pops’ salute to troops is long, but lively
- Apr: Soloist’s return highlights lively show
- Mar: Evening puts work of noted Hollywood composer in focus
- Feb: Severance Hall crowd rocks to melodies of Broadway
2002
- Dec: Even some hot dogs greet the holidays in Allen Theatre
- Nov: Coloring outside the lines with swing at Severance Hall
