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,...
MCP! is creating an on-line version of the symphonic fairy tale for children, Peter and the Wolf, where the narrator tells a children’s story, while the orchestra illustrates it. Each character is the story is represented by an instrument of the orchestra. We are filming...
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...
The annual Monterey County Pops! Independence Day concert “The POPS! Celebrates Freedom” was broadcast live on Saturday, July 4, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. on Comcast channel 24 (AMP 1) and streamed live here. The Monterey County Pops! thanks York School for allowing us to use...
The Corona virus crisis caused us to postpone two of our in-school residency performances at Soledad and North Salinas High Schools. Carl and seven members of the Pops! put together this short performance of Grand Old Flag to give everyone a little distraction during their social...
[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...
Postponed due to school closures. Monterey County Pops!, the area’s only provider of free-to-the-public professional concerts, is proud to present on March 27, 2020, 6:30 p.m. in the Gym of North Salinas High School, its 20-member fully professional Wind Ensemble conducted and bilingually hosted by...
The FREE FAMILY CONCERT will take place on Friday, February 28, 2020 at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Union of Greenfield High School, 225 South El Camino Real, Greenfield. No tickets are required. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. Monterey County Pops!, the area’s only provider...
The Monterey County Pops! provides live music for the Dance Kids of Monterey performances of the classic Nutcracker ballet. This is the only local production featuring the full-length ballet and live music. There are three performances at the Sunset Cultural Center in Carmel use the...
