Events
Our events are free and open to the public. Our students performed in 30 concerts in 2019.
September 2020
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.
Visit B.PHL Innovation Fest’s website to register for the first panel discussion of this three-part series,
August 2020
POP Summer Showcase: Lifting Our Voice
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!
Due to security reasons, registration is required. Click here to register and attend.
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
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!
Click here to register by Thursday, May 28th!
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.
April 2020
POP Emerging Artists Collective Recital – CANCELLED
POP Emerging Artists Collective’s Recital has been CANCELLED due to school closures through the remainder of the school year.
March 2020
POPSO Spring Concert – CANCELLED
Philadelphia, PA 19143 United States + Google Map
POPSO’s Spring Concert has been CANCELLED due to ongoing concerns regarding the spread of the coronavirus.
St. Francis de Sales Spring Concert – CANCELLED
Philadelphia, PA 19143 United States + Google Map
St. Francis de Sales’ Spring Concert has been CANCELLED due to ongoing concerns regarding the spread of the coronavirus.
Freire Spring Concert – CANCELLED
Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States + Google Map
Freire Charter Middle School’s Spring Concert has been CANCELLED due to ongoing concerns regarding the spread of the coronavirus.
Independence Charter School West Spring Concert – CANCELLED
Philadelphia, PA 19143 United States + Google Map
Independence Charter School’s Spring Concert has been CANCELLED due to ongoing concerns regarding the spread of the coronavirus.
February 2020
POP String Festival Culminating Concert
Philadelphia, PA 19103 United States + Google Map
Featuring the Ritz Chamber Players
Play On Philly Strings Festival
Philadelphia, PA 19103 United States + Google Map
January 2020
Martin Luther King Day Concert #2 with Chester Children’s Chorus
Swarthmore, PA 19081 United States + Google Map
POP Symphony Orchestra
Chester Children’s Chorus
Andrés Gonzales, orchestra conductor
John Alston, choral conductor
Martin Luther King Day Concert #1 with Chester Children’s Chorus
Philadelphia, PA 19107 United States + Google Map
POP Symphony Orchestra
Chester Children’s Chorus
Andrés Gonzales, orchestra conductor
John Alston, choral conductor
