How Great Thou Art: A Sacred Celebration

From gospel songs to hymns, oratorios to choral music, sacred music encompasses a broad range of genres across classical, pop, Motown, country, and more. "How Great Thou Art: A Sacred Celebration" includes up-beat ensemble numbers, breathtaking ballads, and brand new arrangements for songs such as "Because He Lives," "Joyful, Joyful," and "The Lord Bless You and Keep You."

Watch on PBS November 28th at 8:00 PM EST. (Check your local listings).

  • Patti LaBelle (“Lady Marmalade”)
  • Kristin Chenoweth (Schmigadoon; Wicked)
  • Sandi Patty (“Another Time...Another Place”)
  • Will Liverman (Metropolitan Opera)
  • And More!

Together with The American Pops Orchestra and a robust combined choir from local community groups and churches, this concert represents the vast fellowship of artists united through sacred pieces. This 90-minute concert was filmed live at the National United Methodist Church.

A Message from The APO

The American Pops Orchestra has made it a priority to not only maintain Pre-COVID content in a virtual form, but also create new content to keep our audience engaged and our musicians employed.  As an organization that strives to break the mold of concerts, we are using COVID-19 to reimagine our normal operations.  Since March we have streamed two full original concerts, created solo performances by instrumentalist and vocalists, rethought our Music and Mindfulness series as a more often and virtual event, and partnered with organizations across the country in our virtual trivia series.  

In addition, APO has held multiple in-person socially distanced outdoor Porch Concerts that provide our audience with the opportunity to safely see live art despite the current situation around us.  Throughout the pandemic, APO has employed hundreds of musicians and artists and in a time when many other organizations couldn’t. In the words of Maestro Luke Frazier, “we never stopped.”

Moving forward, APO is proud to present our NextGen National vocal competition which will include students from across the country competing virtually for the chance to win a monetary prize and the opportunity to perform in a future APO MainStage Show. This will include a virtual audition and semi-finals with a live (COVID permitting) finals in Spring of 2021.  APO has also filmed multiple productions that will be broadcast nationally on PBS.  APO has been grateful to keep creating and making music despite the limitations caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, and will keep working to bring you, our valued audience, original and unique content.

To support APO as we keep moving forward you can click here, so that we can continue to employ more artists and musicians.  If you have any questions about what APO has been doing during the pandemic, please email hannah@theamericanpops.org. Thank you and stay safe.