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After Kunzel's death on September 1, 2009, [[John Morris Russell]] was named in December 2010 as the new director of the Pops, effective September 1, 2011.
After Kunzel's death on September 1, 2009, [[John Morris Russell]] was named in December 2010 as the new director of the Pops, effective September 1, 2011.

==Selected discography==
==Selected discography==
*''Peaches and Cream'', album of dances and marches by [[John Philip Sousa]], Erich Kunzel Cincinnati Pops Orchestra 1984
*''Peaches and Cream'', album of dances and marches by [[John Philip Sousa]], 1984
*''International Salute'', collection of patriotic anthems and classical music and from around the world, 1984

*''Star Tracks (1984)'' and ''Star Tracks II (1987)'', sci-fi/fantasy film soundtrack selections including [[Star Wars]] and [[Superman]]
==Membership==
*''Round-Up'', collection of wild west-themed folk music and movie themes, 1987
Beginning with ''[[The Great Fantasy Adventure Album]]'' in 1994, the members of the orchestra began receiving credit on [[Telarc]] recordings. On this album, it was listed as follows:
*''Symphonic Spectacular'', album of virtuosic classical selections such as [[Festive Overture (Shostakovich)|Festive Overture]] by [[Dmitri Shostakovich|Shostakovich]] and [[Ride of the Valkyries]], 1988

*''Big Band Hit Parade'', album of classic [[big band]] and [[jazz]] selections with guest artists including [[Doc Severinsen]], [[Dave Brubeck]], and [[Gerry Mulligan]], 1988
First Violins:
*''A Disney Spectacular'', a collection of [[The Walt Disney Company|Disney]] songs, 1989
[[Phillip Ruder]] ([[concertmaster]]), [[Rebecca Culnan]], [[Sylvia Samis]], [[Conny Kiradjieff]], [[Larrie Howard]], [[Michelle Edgar Dugan]], [[Gayna Madelbaum Bassin]], [[Darla Da Deppo Bertolone]], [[James Braid (violinist)|James Braid]], [[Joseph Fafard]], [[Oscar Rubens Fernandez]], [[Donald Gibson (violinist)|Donald Gibson]], [[Ronald Konieczka]], [[Rebecca Kruger]], [[Sylvia Mitchell (violinist)|Sylvia Mitchell]]
*''Chiller'', Halloween-themed film and classical selections, 1989

*''Victory at Sea and Other Favorites'', selections from the [[Victory at Sea]] soundtrack and other nautical-themed martial and film music, 1989
Sceond Violins:
*''Christmas With the Pops'', 1990
[[Bing Wang]] (principal), [[Catherine Lange]], [[Scott Mozlin]], [[Hye-Sun Park]], [[David Moore]], [[Borivoje Angelich]], [[Drake C. Ash]], [[Harold Byers]], [[Chiun-Teng Cheng]], [[DeAnne Cleghorn]], [[Denise Doolan]], [[Paul Patterson]], [[Stephen Schaefer]], [[Serge Shababian]], [[Stacey Woolley]]
*''Symphonic Star Trek'', collection of themes and soundtrack cues from the [[Star Trek]] franchise featuring narration by [[Leonard Nimoy]], 1996

*''Copland: The Music of America'', 1997
Violas:
*''Tchaikovsky: 1812'', album of famous works by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]] including [[1812 Overture]], 2001
[[Marna Street]] (principal), [[Paul Frankenfeld]], [[Julian Wilkison]], [[Mark Cleghorn]], [[Robert Howes]], [[Allen Martin (violist)|Allen Martin]], [[Judith Martin (violist)|Judith Martin]], [[Mary Olson (violist)|Mary Olson]], [[Steven Rosen]], [[Joseph Somogyi]], [[Raymond Stilwell]], [[Sari Eringer-Thoman]]
*''The Ultimate Movie Music Collection'', 4-disc album of film music selections re-released from the orchestra's previous recordings, 2005

*''Super Heroes!'', collection of themes from [[superhero]] movies, 2013
Cellos:
[[Eric Kim]] (principal), [[Daniel Culnan]], [[Dana Rusinak]], [[Norman Johns]], [[Matthew Lad]], [[Laura McLellan]], [[Susan Marshall-Petersen]], [[Charles Snavely]], [[Geraldine Sutyak]], [[Carlos Zavala (cellist)|Carlos Zavala]]

Basses:
[[Barry Green]] (principal), [[James Lambert]], [[Matthew Zory, Jr.]]; [[Wayne Anderson]], [[Ronald Bozicevich]], [[Frank Proto]], [[Charles Van Ornum]], [[Rick Vizachero]]

Flutes
[[Randolph Bowman]] (principal), [[Rochelle Doepka]], [[Kyril Magg]]

Piccolo
[[Joan Voorhees]]

Oboes:
[[Richard Johnson]] (principal), [[Michael Kenyon (oboist)|Michael Kenyon]], [[Lon Bussell]]

English Horn:
[[William Harrod]]

Clarinets:
[[Richard Waller]] (principal), [[Carmine Campione]], [[Richard Porotsky]]

Bass Clarinet:
[[Richard Aufmann]]

Bassoons:
[[William Winstead (bassoonist)|William Winstead]] (principal), [[Hugh Michie]], [[Martin James]]

Contrabassoon:
[[Frank Heintz]]

French Horns:
[[Robin Graham]] (principal), [[Thomas Sherwood]], [[Duane Dugger]], [[Robert Schauer]], [[Milton Blalack]], [[Charles Bell (horn player)|Charles Bell]]

Trumpets:
[[Philip Collins]] (principal), [[Steven Pride]], [[Douglas Lindsay]], [[Marie Speziale]]

Trombones:
[[Tony Chipurn]] (principal), [[James Eastman]]

Bass Trombone:
[[Peter Norton (bass trombonist)|Peter Norton]]

Tuba:
[[Michael Thornton]] (principal)

Timpani:
[[Eugene Espino]] (principal)

Percussion:
[[William Platt (percussionist)|William Platt]] (principal), [[Richard Jensen]], [[David Fishlock]]

Keyboards:
[[Julie Spangler]]

On 1995's ''The Magical Music of Disney'', Phillip Ruder and Bing Wang had left, with Rebecca Culnan the acting concertmaster, and [[Gerald Itzkoff]] and [[Lois Reid Johnson]] had joined the first violin section, Harpist [[Juliet Stratton]] was added, and [[Richard Hawley (clarinetist)|Richard Hawley]] (initially credited as Richard Hawey) replaced Richard Waller as principal clarinetist. ''Puttin' on the Ritz'', released later that year, added [[Eliot Chapo]] added as acting concertmaster with Culnan returned to the second chair. Added to the membership list with this album were Librarians [[Mary Judge]] and [[Sandra Pearson]], Personnel Manager [[Rosemary Waller]], and Musical Assistant and Principal Arranger [[Steven Reineke]]. All three albums listed additional musicians for each recording not included here.


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 17:31, 17 September 2023

Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
Pops orchestra
Founded1977 (1977)
LocationCincinnati, Ohio
Concert hallMusic Hall, Cincinnati
Principal conductorJohn Morris Russell

The Cincinnati Pops Orchestra is a pops orchestra based in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, founded in 1977 out of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Its members are also the members of the Cincinnati Symphony, and the Pops is managed by the same administration. Erich Kunzel, the Pops' founding conductor, continued to lead the Pops until his death in 2009.

In 1965, maestro Max Rudolf invited Erich Kunzel, a young conductor on the faculty of Brown University, to join the Cincinnati Symphony. That October, Kunzel, a Dartmouth graduate and assistant to French conductor Pierre Monteux, conducted his first "8 O'Clock" Pops concert. Over the next four decades, the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra regularly performed for packed houses in Cincinnati's Music Hall and established worldwide recognition through tours and critically acclaimed, best-selling recordings on the Telarc label.

An estimated 30 million people have viewed eight national telecasts of the Cincinnati Pops on PBS, and the Orchestra has more than 100 available recordings, 56 of which have appeared on the Billboard charts, a record unmatched by any other orchestra, and sales of over 10 million units. The Pops’ Copland: Music of America won a 1998 Grammy Award, and four other Pops recordings have been nominated for Grammy Awards.

In May 2008, the Pops received an invitation to the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, the only American orchestra to play the opening weekend.[1]

After Kunzel's death on September 1, 2009, John Morris Russell was named in December 2010 as the new director of the Pops, effective September 1, 2011.

Selected discography

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  • Peaches and Cream, album of dances and marches by John Philip Sousa, 1984
  • International Salute, collection of patriotic anthems and classical music and from around the world, 1984
  • Star Tracks (1984) and Star Tracks II (1987), sci-fi/fantasy film soundtrack selections including Star Wars and Superman
  • Round-Up, collection of wild west-themed folk music and movie themes, 1987
  • Symphonic Spectacular, album of virtuosic classical selections such as Festive Overture by Shostakovich and Ride of the Valkyries, 1988
  • Big Band Hit Parade, album of classic big band and jazz selections with guest artists including Doc Severinsen, Dave Brubeck, and Gerry Mulligan, 1988
  • A Disney Spectacular, a collection of Disney songs, 1989
  • Chiller, Halloween-themed film and classical selections, 1989
  • Victory at Sea and Other Favorites, selections from the Victory at Sea soundtrack and other nautical-themed martial and film music, 1989
  • Christmas With the Pops, 1990
  • Symphonic Star Trek, collection of themes and soundtrack cues from the Star Trek franchise featuring narration by Leonard Nimoy, 1996
  • Copland: The Music of America, 1997
  • Tchaikovsky: 1812, album of famous works by Tchaikovsky including 1812 Overture, 2001
  • The Ultimate Movie Music Collection, 4-disc album of film music selections re-released from the orchestra's previous recordings, 2005
  • Super Heroes!, collection of themes from superhero movies, 2013

References

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  1. ^ "Pops to play in Beijing". Retrieved 2008-05-09.
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