Classical Mystery Tour Play with the Pasadena POPS Today

The timeless hits of The Beatles come to life with Classical Mystery Tour and the Pasadena POPS today, August 10 at the LA Arboretum. The quartet, who starred on Broadway in the smash Broadway production BEATLEMANIA, recreates the unforgettable music and costumes of The Beatles accompanied with a full orchestra.

The four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour look and sound just like The Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. The show presents more than two dozen Beatles tunes performed exactly as they were originally recorded, with live trumpets on "Penny Lane," "Yesterday" with an acoustic guitar and string quartet, and a psychedelic classical/rock blend on "I Am the Walrus."

"The orchestral score is exact, right down to every note and instrument that was on the original recording," explains Jim Owens, one of the founders and performers of Classical Mystery Tour. "It's always been our goal to play Beatles music as closely to the way they did it, because really, they did it the best." The Los Angeles Times raved that Classical Mystery Tour was "more than just an incredible simulation......the crowd stood and bellowed for more."

Tickets to Classical Mystery Tour on August 10 plus all other concerts in the Pasadena POPS summer series start at $20 and are on sale now. The Los Angeles Arboretum opens at 5:30 p.m. for picnic dining, a family-friendly Musical Instrument Petting Zoo and the POPS for PUPS Mobile Adoption Unit with the Pasadena Humane Society, with the performance beginning at 7:30pm. For tickets or more information, contact the Pasadena POPS Box Office at 626.793.7172 or visit PasadenaSymphony-Pops.org.

Complimentary parking is available at the adjacent Westfield Santa Anita shopping center with free nonstop shuttle service to/from the main gate. Pre-purchased parking at the Arboretum's main parking lot is available for pre-purchase only at PasdenaSymphony-Pops.org.

Gourmet dining packages can be pre-ordered for onsite pick up from Julienne, Claud & Co., and Marston's online at PasadenaSymphony-Pops.org. Food trucks, cash bars, and ice cream is available for onsite purchases. Guests may also bring food and drinks from home.

ABOUT THE ARTISTS:

Classical Mystery Tour The four musicians in Classical Mystery Tour look and sound just like The Beatles, but Classical Mystery Tour is more than just a rock concert. The show presents more than two dozen Beatles tunes transcribed note-for-note and performed exactly as they were originally recorded. Classical Mystery Tour is the best of The Beatles - from early Beatles music on through the solo years - like you've never heard them before. Many have called it "the best show the Beatles never did!"

Since its initial performance at the Orange County Performing Arts Center in 1996, Classical Mystery Tour has performed hundreds of concerts with orchestras across the United States and around the world, and has received countless accolades from fans as well as media.

Pasadena Symphony and POPS The Pasadena Symphony Association was founded in 1928 by Conductor Reginald Bland. Originally named the Pasadena Civic Orchestra, its first members were mostly volunteer musicians, many of whom were students of Bland. The annual operating budget was $3,500, which was funded entirely by the City of Pasadena.

The Pasadena Symphony and POPS is an ensemble of Southern California's most talented, sought after musicians. With extensive credits in the film, television, recording and orchestral industry, the artists of Pasadena Symphony and POPS are the most heard in the world.

In the fall of 2007, the Pasadena Symphony incorporated the Pasadena POPS into its Association under the new name Pasadena Symphony and POPS. This merger created an expanded Classics and POPS series providing the community with a full spectrum of live symphonic concerts year-round.

The Pasadena Symphony provides a musical experience like no other at the Ambassador Auditorium - known as the Carnegie Hall of the West. Internationally recognized, Grammy-nominated conductor David Lockington, serves as the Pasadena Symphony Association's Music Director with performance-practice specialist Nicholas McGegan serving as Principal Guest Conductor. The Pasadena POPS welcomes the multi-platinum-selling, two-time Emmy and five-time Grammy Award-nominated entertainer dubbed "The Ambassador of the Great American Songbook," Michael Feinstein as its Principal Pops Conductor, to succeed Marvin Hamlisch in the newly created Marvin Hamlisch Chair. The Pasadena POPS' summer home is the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden.

A hallmark of its robust education programs, the Pasadena Symphony Association has served the youth of the region since 1972 through the Pasadena Youth Symphony Orchestra and Pasadena Young Musicians Orchestra comprised of over 250 gifted middle school students from more than 50 schools all over the Southland. The PYSO often performs on popular television show GLEE.

The PSA provides people from all walks of life with powerful access points to the world of symphonic music.

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