The 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.

70th Anniversary Gala with Arrested Development (photo by Emily Butler)
photo by Emily Butler

Sutton Foster & Atlanta Pops Orchestra
Oxford Performing Arts Center, 2019

Chloë Agnew in “An Irish Heart” with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra
Spring 2017 Tour

Chloë Agnew with Atlanta Pops Orchestra (photo by Fountaine Lewis Photography)
photo by Fountaine Lewis Photography

Oleta Adams & Atlanta Pops Orchestra
(photo by CJ Foster – Oxford Performing Arts Center)

70th Anniversary Gala with Michelle Malone (photo by Emily Butler)
photo by Emily Butler

In The Spirit recording session (photo by Jolie Loren Photography)
photo by Jolie Loren Photography

Atlanta Pops Orchestra
photo by Jolie Loren Photography

Atlanta Pops Orchestra
photo by Jolie Loren Photography

Atlanta Pops Orchestra
photo by Jolie Loren Photography

Jeffrey Wells with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra
photo by Jolie Loren Photography

Atlanta Pops Orchestra (photo by Jolie Loren Photography)
photo by Jolie Loren Photography

Atlanta Pops Orchestra 2015 (photo by Jolie Loren Photography)
photo by Jolie Loren Photography

Atlanta Pops Orchestra 2018-2019 Season
(orchestra photo by Jolie Loren Photography)

Atlanta Pops Orchestra 2019-2020 Season
Atlanta Pops Orchestra 2019-2020 Season with Very Special Guests: Sutton Foster, Chloe Agnew, John Driskell Hopkins, Timothy Miller, Oleta Adams, Dennis DeYoung & Balsam Range. Music Director & Conductor Jason Altieri, Associate Conductor Tom Gibson.
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