Harvard Pops Orchestra
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| The Harvard Pops Orchestra | |
|---|---|
| Orchestra | |
 Sanders Theatre | |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Concert hall | Lowell Lecture Hall and Sanders Theatre |
| Website | www |
The Harvard Pops Orchestra is a collegiate orchestra composed of Harvard students and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The orchestra has about 70 members and specializes in playing a variety of classical repertoire, standard pops works, and arrangements and original compositions written by students. The Pops is known for its unconventional and creative programs which feature student-written scripts, original films, and a strong emphasis on new music by undergraduate composers. Each of its concerts is built around a creative theme (like cartoons, murder mysteries, and pirates) and employs theatrical and visual elements. The Pops Orchestra shows include singers and actors from the Hasty Pudding and a silent film that accompanies the orchestra.