Steven Reineke News

 The New York Pops today announced an initial line-up of guest artists for its 39th Birthday Gala, For the First Time In Forever: The Songs of Kristen and Bobby Lopez, honoring the Academy and Grammy Award winning songwriting duo Kristen and Bobby Lopez on Monday, April 25, 2022 at 7:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.

The New York Pops is welcoming seven new musicians to its orchestra: violinists Monica K. Davis, Keats Dieffenbach, Joshua Henderson, and Ashley Horne, and violists Amadi Azikiwe, Dana Kelley, and Ardith Holmgrain.

Segerstrom Center for the Arts presents Tony Yazbeck on March 24, 25 and 26, 2022 at the Samueli Theatre. Broadway triple threat Tony Yazbeck brings his signature style to the Segerstrom Center offering up a little song, a little dance, and whole lot of joy. 

The complete Carnegie Hall concert schedule for February and March has been announced.

Carnegie Hall announced today that its upcoming performance by Steven Reineke and The New York Pops on Friday, February 4 has been rescheduled for Wednesday, March 16 at 8:00PM due to COVID-related challenges for this specific event.

 The New York Pops is rescheduling its concert, Get Happy: That Nelson Riddle Sound to Wednesday, March 16, 2022 at 8:00pm in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall. Originally scheduled for Friday, February 4, 2022 at 8pm, the concert is being postponed to the following month due to Covid-related challenges.

The Kennedy Center and the National Symphony Orchestra announced today the official celebration of John Williams’s 90th birthday with a three-day festival in June honoring the beloved American composer.

Emmy, SAG, and Tony Award nominee Norm Lewis will premiere a new solo concert program with The New York Pops, led by Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke, on Friday, March 4, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.

With only 3 days of rehearsal, Ms. O'Hara doesn't disappoint

Just yesterday, Tony Award winner Kelli O'Hara stepped in as soloist with The New York Pops, replacing the previously announced Laura Benanti, who withdrew from the event due to an exposure to COVID-19 in her family. The festive program, led by New York Pops Music Director Steven Reineke included traditional carols and contemporary classics. 

Norm Lewis’s show is full of fun, frolic and solid musicianship. It is directed by his longtime friend and collaborator, Richard Jay-Alexander, with musical direction and arrangements by the equally gifted Joseph Joubert.

Carnegie Hall today announced that Tony Award winner Kelli O’Hara has agreed to step in as soloist with The New York Pops on Friday, December 17 at 8:00 p.m. She replaces the previously announced Laura Benanti who has withdrawn from the event due to an exposure to COVID-19 in her family.

The deservedly popular and talented writer and singer Ingrid Michaelson performed and sang with a panoply of vocal coloring in the recent Holiday concert NSO Pops: A Holiday Pops with Ingrid Michaelson.

The New York Pops, led by Music Director and Conductor Steven Reineke will return to Carnegie Hall for Get Happy: That Nelson Riddle Sound on Friday, February 4, 2022 at 8:00 p.m. in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage, joined by jazz artist Tony DeSare and Broadway star Capathia Jenkins.

There are many performing arts venues in the country and each one possesses varying degrees of acoustics and sound amplification apparatus. However, you can be certain that whatever place Paulo Szot’s voice is heard in the sound qualities of the room become infinitely elevated.  

The National Symphony Orchestra presents its annual A Holiday Pops! concerts on December 10 and 11 in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Led by Principal Pops Conductor Steven Reineke, the NSO will collaborate with indie-pop singer-songwriter Ingrid Michaelson, performing musical numbers from her holiday album, Ingrid Michaelson's Songs For the Season. The concerts will also feature chart-topping hits from her 16-year career.  

Carnegie Hall is celebrating the holiday season with two special programs this December. The New York String Orchestra is conducted by Jaime Laredo for their annual Christmas Eve concert at Carnegie Hall.

The New York Pops will honor the songwriting duo Kristen and Bobby Lopez at its 39th Birthday Gala on Monday, April 25, 2022 at 7:00pm in Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall.

The Toronto Symphony Orchestra pulls out all the festive stops with a December packed full of holiday favourites: Home Alone in Concert, TSO Holiday Pops, and Handel's Messiah.

Music Director Andrés Orozco-Estrada leads the full orchestra in favorite highlights from Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker to kick off the Houston Symphony's 2021 Holiday concerts (December 3–5, 2021) followed by the return of two Symphony holiday traditions: Handel's Messiah  (December 10–12, 2021) and Very Merry POPS (December 18–19, 2021).