WHAT: BOSTON POPS
WHEN: MAY 11 – JUNE 26
WHERE: BOSTON SYMPHONY HALL
TICKETS: SYMPHONY CHARGE
BUZZ:Continuing a 125-year tradition of bringing the best American music to audiences in New England and across the country, the legendary Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhartpresent a spring season brimming with a rich variety of American popular music and favorite light classics. Some highlights include Linda Eder, Julia Murney, and New York Pops conductor Steven Reineke; Boston Pops Gospel Night conductor Charles Floyd; film music master and Boston Pops Laureate Conductor John Williams; jazz trumpeter and vocalist Byron Stripling; bluegrass king Ricky Skaggs and his band Kentucky Thunder; Ray Charles protégé Ellis Hall; pop music all-star Kenny Loggins; New Orleans jazz ambassadors Dukes of Dixieland; and the great interpreter of the American Songbook, Michael Feinstein.