HAWAII POPS
Hawaii Pops presents energetic performances to music lovers who want to get up and move.
The talented Hawaii Pops ensemble performs with anywhere from four to 40 musicians, spans numerous genres at its shows—from blues to jazz to pop music—and encourages guests to not only enjoy the music, but to dance along with it, too. “We’ve always thought that Hawaii Pops should be more than just sitting in a chair at a concert hall,” says Donna Bebber, the executive director of Hawaii Pops. “You wanna move!”
Bebber started Hawaii Pops in 2013, with the help of accomplished jazz maestro Matt Catingub, as a way to bring pops, orchestral performances of popular music, to Hawai‘i. The duo’s history together in the Honolulu music scene goes back to their collaboration with the now-defunct Honolulu Symphony Orchestra (today, reorganized as the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra).
“It reminds me of going to a showroom in New York or Las Vegas,” Bebber says of the lively shows Hawaii Pops performs. For Bebber, the real fun in these concerts is in simply getting up and dancing to the music. “It’s something that people can react to. With pop music, you need to get up and move.”
The performances themselves are organized into seasons comprised of six shows per year. Past installments have paid tribute to the likes of Frank Sinatra or the Beatles, and this year’s season finale will end on a high note, with a tribute concert honoring the recently deceased Eagles frontman, Glenn Frey. Though the theme of their next season is still in the works, Bebber hints at an orchestral history of rock and roll, documenting the sounds of rock icons, spanning from the 1950s to the modern day.
For ticket prices or information on upcoming shows, visit hawaiipops.com.
HAWAII POPS
Hawaii Pops presents energetic performances to music lovers who want to get up and move.
The talented Hawaii Pops ensemble performs with anywhere from four to 40 musicians, spans numerous genres at its shows—from blues to jazz to pop music—and encourages guests to not only enjoy the music, but to dance along with it, too. “We’ve always thought that Hawaii Pops should be more than just sitting in a chair at a concert hall,” says Donna Bebber, the executive director of Hawaii Pops. “You wanna move!”
Bebber started Hawaii Pops in 2013, with the help of accomplished jazz maestro Matt Catingub, as a way to bring pops, orchestral performances of popular music, to Hawai‘i. The duo’s history together in the Honolulu music scene goes back to their collaboration with the now-defunct Honolulu Symphony Orchestra (today, reorganized as the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra).
“It reminds me of going to a showroom in New York or Las Vegas,” Bebber says of the lively shows Hawaii Pops performs. For Bebber, the real fun in these concerts is in simply getting up and dancing to the music. “It’s something that people can react to. With pop music, you need to get up and move.”
The performances themselves are organized into seasons comprised of six shows per year. Past installments have paid tribute to the likes of Frank Sinatra or the Beatles, and this year’s season finale will end on a high note, with a tribute concert honoring the recently deceased Eagles frontman, Glenn Frey. Though the theme of their next season is still in the works, Bebber hints at an orchestral history of rock and roll, documenting the sounds of rock icons, spanning from the 1950s to the modern day.
For ticket prices or information on upcoming shows, visit hawaiipops.com.
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