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WE’RE BACK… Our next concert will be live on November 11, 2021, and featured at the Salinas Veteran’s Day Celebration. Check out our website for more information as it becomes available at montereycountypops.org.

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE As we reflect back on 2020, we were greatly impacted by loss, hardships, and isolation but we also experienced moments of hope, compassion, resiliency and faith. As we moved forward, we all needed to adapt in new ways with determination and creativity, and...

Monterey County Pops! and Access Media Productions (AMP) announce the debut of a new locally produced TV series – “Monterey County Pops! Pros Teach”. This series of eight half-hour musical instrument clinics taught by MC Pops! principal players will air on Comcast channel 24 (AMP...

In a typical year, we perform free Memorial Day outdoor concerts on both the lawn of Monterey City Hall and the lawn of the Old Del Monte Hotel on the grounds of the Naval Postgraduate School. These are followed by an early evening 4th of...

For this period of on-line K-12 education in Monterey County we are creating three programs to assist local school music educators in their on-line teaching. First, we are recording a series of instructional programs to be broadcast weekly over AMP Television. Titled Pops! Pros Teach,...

During this period of on-line K-12 education in Monterey County, we are creating Pops! Pros Teach LIVE to assist local school music educators in their on-line teaching. This is a program that offers, free of charge, 1-hour live, inter-active instrument clinics by Pops! Pros via...

We were able to present one live performance during the summer! We broadcast a live 4th of July Concert with our 40-piece orchestra and two vocal soloists from the outdoor amphitheater of York School. The concert was broadcast live over AMP Monterey Television and viewed...

[Update April 17.]  In an abundance of caution, we have removed all May performances from our schedule.  If possible, we will arrange replacement performances later in the year.  We will update this page as soon as we can make a final determination for the rest...

As part of Argentina’s celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the International Astronomical Union, the Tucumán Province Permanent Orchestra will present a gala concert entitled “Music and Stars:  100 Years Under the Same Sky”on March 30, 2019 in the San Martín Theatre, San Miguel de Tucumán City, Tucumán Province,...