The Atlanta Pops Today

Dr. Jason AltieriThe orchestra and its musicians play concerts throughout the southeast each year for special events, Community Concert Series and schools and universities. The Pops also accompanies many other performances for celebrity artists on tour, seasonal concerts and National and International business conventions such as L’Oreal and Cessna Aircraft. Orchestra members also play as pit musicians for the Atlanta Broadway Series (including Celtic Woman, Trans Siberian Railroad and Mannheim Steamroller), for Theatre of The Stars, the Atlanta Ballet and the Atlanta Opera as well as many independent groups and regional orchestras.

The current Conductor and Music Director is Dr. Jason Altieri who also serves as Associate Conductor of the Reno, NV Philharmonic and Director of the Orchestra Program at The University of Nevada, Reno.

The Atlanta Pops Orchestra has made recordings, some of which are available on this web site. They have traveled to Taiwan twice, China twice and Japan to perform more than 60 concerts in the past 10 years. The main repertoire is mostly pops music arrangements from movies, Broadway shows, popular tunes and other special arrangements. The Atlanta Pops is a 501(c)3 non-profit  Georgia Corporation.