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."
Join us Tuesday, May 16th at 7:30pm at National United Methodist Church for special performances by:
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 will be filmed live, with audience shots and reactions being featured in the final National TV broadcast!
Join APO at a VIP reception following the performance for a meet and greet with select artists! To attend you will need to select VIP Ticket & After Party at checkout to get prime seating for the concert and join us for the post-show merriment.
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.