May 2022
POP Jubilee
Philadelphia, PA 19122 United States + Google Map
We invite you to our annual Jubilee concert to celebrate the accomplishments of our dedicated young musicians in-person! This will be the first time many students from our Music Centers will perform live for friends and family. Join us to give our students a triumphant POP cheer!
*We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, students, families, and community at large. All attendees are required to wear a properly fitting mask while inside the building.
Play On Philly is a TPAC Arts Partner.
December 2021
POP’s Virtual Winter Concert
Due to COVID concerns, we had to cancel our in-person Winter Concerts scheduled for this month, but our staff is pulling off another miracle at the very last minute to create a recorded performance in their place. Our Teaching Artists and students have demonstrated flexibility and dedication as we pivot, working hard to get ready for ensemble recordings next week. While we were so excited for our students to hear roaring applause from a live audience for the first time in 28 months, we are excited to once again be able to share their virtual performance far and wide! Join us for the Virtual Winter Concert on Tuesday, December 21st.
Registration is required for this free event. Register on BigMarker.
June 2021
Dream Keepers: A 10th Anniversary Celebration
Watch the recorded performance!
In this milestone performance, we highlighted the musicianship and dreams of our students while reflecting on POP’s achievements as we head towards a new decade of transformative music education.
Community members from around the world joined us to celebrate through a series of virtual musical performances by POP ensembles of all ages, including a performance of The Dream Keeper by Rollo A. Dilworth performed by the POP Symphony Orchestra and Choir in collaboration with Commonwealth Youthchoirs.
May 2021
POP Chamber and PEAC May Honors Recital
This virtual performance will feature POP’s chamber groups and solos by students from the POP Emerging Artist Collective (PEAC). PEAC students express an interest in pursuing music in their educational and occupational futures and receive one-on-one instrumental instruction. Join us to celebrate the progress that these young musicians have made over the school year!
For security reasons, registration is required to access the recital on Zoom. Please fill out the form below to register for this event:
April 2021
Young At Art
In this series of virtual concerts, Astral and Play On Philly have joined together to create small groups of chamber musicians of all ages and levels of experience. Each concert pairs works from the Mural Arts collection with a specific instrument group- brass, percussion, woodwinds, harp, and strings. Every day at from Monday, April 26th to Friday, April 30th at 5:00 pm ET, we will be premiering a mini-concert via BigMarker.
Register for Young At Art on BigMarker.
*You can register for the entire concert or for each individual concert of your choice!
February 2021
POP Chamber Recital
This virtual performance will feature works performed by POP’s chamber groups, including our string quartets, brass and wind quintets, woodwind trio, and percussion ensemble.
December 2020
POP Virtual Winter Showcase
click here to watch the POP Virtual Winter Showcase!
On Friday, December 18th, we invite you to celebrate our students’ work, including the premiere of an original composition written together with Dr. Iman Habibi and performed by our students. We will also share our students’ collaborative works created in partnership with BalletX and Fleisher Art Memorial. This is a free event, but for security reasons, registration is required. We look forward to seeing you there!
October 2020
Creative Conversations for a Changing World: Looking to Others
Drexel University’s ExCITe Center Director Youngmoo Kim and Play On Philly (POP) Program Director Jessica Zweig continue hosting Creative Conversations for a Changing World, a free online series of discussions with Philadelphia cultural, education, and technology leaders centered around innovation through the COVID-19 pandemic. The third and final discussion will focus on will talk about looking to organizations in other sectors for inspiration and innovation. Join Jessica and Youngmoo for the final panel discussion Looking to Others featuring Juliet Fink Yates, Digital Inclusion Fellow at the City of Philadelphia’s Office of Innovation and Technology, Bill Rhoads, Senior Vice President of Esperanza Arts Center, and Chris Bartlett, Executive Director at William Way LGBT Community Center.
This event has passed.
September 2020
Creative Conversations for a Changing World: On Collaboration
Drexel University’s ExCITe Center Director Youngmoo Kim and Play On Philly (POP) Program Director Jessica Zweig will host Creative Conversations for a Changing World, a free online series of discussions with Philadelphia cultural, education, and technology leaders centered around innovation through the COVID-19 pandemic. The second discussion will focus on collaboration. Panelists for this session include Ellen Fishman, composer and Director of Arts & New Media at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy, Jay Fluellen, composer and Choir Director at Northeast High School, and Paul Smith, co-founder of VOCES8.
This event has passed.
Creative Conversations for a Changing World: How Arts and Education are Innovating through the Pandemic
Drexel University’s ExCITe Center Director Youngmoo Kim and Play On Philly (POP) Program Director Jessica Zweig will host Creative Conversations for a Changing World, a free online series of discussions with Philadelphia cultural, education, and technology leaders centered around innovation through the COVID-19 pandemic. The first discussion How Arts and Education are Innovating through the Pandemic will be held on September 15th at 4:00 pm ET as part the B.PHL Innovation Fest. David Devan of Opera Philadelphia, Valerie Gay of the Barnes Foundation, and Melissa Talley-Palmer of Bartol Foundation will discuss program-design shifts and co-creating with staff, students, and audiences.
This event has passed.
August 2020
POP Summer Showcase: Lifting Our Voice
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On Friday, August 7th, we invite you to experience the artistic works and hear the voices of each of our POP Virtual Summer students at our POP Summer Showcase: Lifting Our Voice. Join us to celebrate our students’ work including the premiere of an original composition written together with Kerwin Young and performed by our students and Teaching Artists! This is a free event, but for security reasons, registration is required. We hope that you will join us and invite your friends and family to help us celebrate each and every students’ voice!
July 2020
Beyond POP: A conversation with Kerwin Young
Join us this Friday for a POP community conversation with Kerwin Young. As part of Mr. Young’s collaboration with us for POP Summer Virtual, he will speak about his career, which has ranged from hip hop producer to classical music composer, and will answer questions from students interested in going into musical career pathways. The workshop is open to the greater community.
Registration is required, sign up on Bigmarker.
May 2020
POP Virtual Jubilee
Click here to watch the POP Virtual Jubilee!
Join us in this time of reflection, appreciation, and celebration for our free POP Virtual Jubilee on Friday, May 29th. The concert will include performances and messages of inspiration and hope by POP students, Astral Artist’s Tommy Mesa, and a virtual orchestra performance of an excerpt from Beethoven’s Symphony No. 1 by our Teaching Artists. This is a free event, but for security reasons, registration is required. We hope that you will join us and invite your friends and family to help us celebrate the talents and resilience of our students, their families, and our POP family!
POPSO Final Concert – CANCELLED
The final POPSO concert has been CANCELLED due to school closures through the remainder of the school year.
POP Jubilee Concert – CANCELLED
The POP Jubilee concert has been CANCELLED due to school closures through the remainder of the school year.
