Queensland Pops Orchestra Announces 2012 Season

Joined by world-class performers, the Queensland Pops Orchestra will perform genres ranging from jazz and classical to musical theatre and country in their excitement-filled 2012 season at Queensland Performing Arts Centre.

The Queensland Pops 2012 season started with a bang, performing with one of the world’s most celebrated vocal ensembles, The King’s Singers, to a sold out crowd in QPAC’s Concert Hall.

In May, returning to QPAC after their acclaimed performance of You and I at the 2011 Brisbane Cabaret Festival, husband and wife duo Ian Stenlake and Rachael Beck join the Queensland Pops Orchestra for On Broadway. A celebration of the musicals of The Great White Way, this concert will have the audience laughing, crying, sighing and melting to the glorious sounds of the stage.

Virtuoso clarinet and saxophone artist Andy Firth returns to perform with the ‘Pops’ for a third time to get you swinging with Music to Swing By in August. Supported by jazz star on the rise Sarah McKenzie on piano and vocals, the evening promises to be a mellow, relaxed affair to remember.

To close out the season in October, the ‘Pops’ will be joined by Australian music legend Troy Cassar-Daley to present a unique combination of orchestral and country sounds celebrating this great nation we live in. In A Big Country Troy will share a collection of his great hits, while introducing listeners to his new material in a spectacular fashion.

Don’t miss your chance to experience Barrie Gott’s Queensland Pops Orchestra as it presents a season of fabulous and fascinating concerts in 2012. To book go to www.qpac.com.au or phone 136 246.

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