{"id":244372,"date":"2011-06-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-27T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdnews.com\/san-diego-symphonys-summer-pops-starts-off-with-a-bang\/"},"modified":"2011-06-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-27T07:00:00","slug":"san-diego-symphonys-summer-pops-starts-off-with-a-bang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/san-diego-symphonys-summer-pops-starts-off-with-a-bang\/","title":{"rendered":"San Diego Symphony\u2019s Summer Pops starts off with a bang"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summer Pops conductor Matthew Garbutt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Expect fireworks<\/p>\n

By Charlene Baldridge |<\/strong> Reportero SDUN<\/p>\n

Each summer, San Diego Symphony helps define the arts alfresco with Bridgepoint Education\u2019s Summer Pops at Embarcadero Marina Park. This season\u2019s festivities commence Independence Day weekend with Principal Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlish\u2019s \u201cStar-Spangled Pops\u201d (July 1, 2, 3). Special guests include vocalist LaKisha Jones and David Hernandez, from \u201cAmerican Idol,\u201dwho will sing all-American hits from Broadway and beyond, accompanied by the orchestra. One may safely expect John Philip Sousa\u2019s rousing marches and fireworks.<\/p>\n

Summer Pops with Resident Pops Conductor Matthew Garbutt, San Diego Symphony and special guests continues through Labor Day weekend, with pleasing variety and appeal from week to week. The site is gorgeous, with a view of the San Diego skyline to the right and San Diego Bay to the left, rife with small and large craft sailing by. Big screens on either side of the stage offer close ups of performers and orchestra members as they perform.<\/p>\n

Curtain time is 7:30 and the grounds open at 5:30. Patrons may picnic on the grass ($17 lawn seating)
\nor purchase comestibles at the food court adjacent to the performance site, where there are picnic tables and pre-performance entertainment. Wolfgang Puck catering booths inside the performance site are also an option, and gourmet meals may be pre-ordered. Seating options include the grandstand ($20), Cabaret ($32-$58) and, if one is feeling flush, Champagne cabaret seating ($76) with table service is available. Subscriptions are available and individual tickets and meals may be purchased at sandiegosymphony.org, where one can also find a further range of services, complete concert calendar, parking suggestions and site restrictions.<\/p>\n

Listing of concerts and selected special events:<\/p>\n

Fri.\u2013Sat., July 8-9: <\/strong>Motown\u2019s Greatest Hits with Spectrum and Radiance<\/p>\n

Fri.-Sat., July 15-16:<\/strong> Michael Feinstein, the great interpreter of the Great American Songbook, sings Gershwin, Porter\u2026and more<\/p>\n

Thurs., July 21: <\/strong>(Special start time 8 p.m.) Composer Tan Dun conducts his own works in a program titled \u201cMartial Arts Trilogy\u201d including scenes from \u201cCrouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,\u201d \u201cHero\u201d and \u201cThe Banquet,\u201d while Tan and the orchestra play the music.<\/p>\n

Fri.\u2013Sat., July 22-23:<\/strong> Cirque Musical: A Symphonic Circus by the Bay (8 p.m. special start time) with aerialists and acrobats from Ringling Bros.\/Barnum & Bailey and Cirque du Soleil, accompanied by the orchestra<\/p>\n

July 29-30:<\/strong> \u201cSuper Diamond: a Tribute to Neil Diamond\u201d<\/p>\n

Sun., July 31-Sun., July 31: <\/strong>a Pops special attraction \u201cRhapsody in Blue\u201d with jazz pianist Elder Janeiro<\/p>\n

Fri.-Sat., Aug. 5-6:<\/strong> Broadway\u2019s Tony winners, with vocalists Debbie Gravitte, Christian Noll and Doug LeBrecque, San Diego Men\u2019s Chorus and conductor Randall Craig Fleischer
\n
\nSun., Aug. 7:<\/strong> In person, songwriter Burt Bacharach presents \u201cThat\u2019s What Friends Are For\u201d with the orchestra conducted by Matt Garbutt.<\/p>\n

Fri.\u2013Sat., Aug. 12-13: <\/strong>Dennis DeYoung \u201cMusic of Styx\u201d Veteran singer\/songwriter Dennis DeYoung joins San Diego Symphony to perform Styx\u2019s greatest hits, including \u201cCome Sail Away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sun., Aug. 14:<\/strong> Special \u201cPops Goes Classical: Passport to the World: A Night in Russia,\u201d with pianist Gustavo Romero<\/p>\n

Fri.\u2013Sat., Aug. 19-20: <\/strong>Beatles Tribute: Classical Mystery Tour with conductor Marvin Herman, a British Invasion concert<\/p>\n

Sun., Aug. 21:<\/strong> Special \u201cOzomatli: Cultural Ambassadors\u201d in a concert featuring salsa, samba and funk<\/p>\n

Thurs., Aug. 25: <\/strong>The Music of the Rolling Stones with Matthew Garbutt and the orchestra<\/p>\n

Fri.-Sat., Aug. 26-27:<\/strong> \u201cWynonna\u201d Country singer Wynonna Judd in person singing songs from her 10 albums<\/p>\n

All concerts begin at 7:30 p.m. For a complete schedule, visit sandiegosymphony.org or call (619) 235-0804.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Expect fireworks By Charlene Baldridge | SDUN Reporter Each summer, San Diego Symphony helps define the arts alfresco with Bridgepoint Education\u2019s Summer Pops at Embarcadero Marina Park. This season\u2019s festivities commence Independence Day weekend with Principal Pops Conductor Marvin Hamlish\u2019s \u201cStar-Spangled Pops\u201d (July 1, 2, 3). Special guests include vocalist LaKisha Jones and David Hernandez, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":726,"featured_media":244373,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"11555","_seopress_titles_title":"San Diego Symphony\u2019s Summer Pops starts off with a bang","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[11549,11551,11555],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-244372","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-entertainment","category-news","category-uptown-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244372","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/726"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244372"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244372\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244372"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244372"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/test.sdnews.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244372"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}