Posted April 3, 2013
Keith Lockhart was just 35 in 1995 when he landed one of the most celebrated jobs in classical music: conductor of the Boston Pops orchestra. Since then, he’s conducted more than 1,500 Pops concerts, recorded 12 albums, and accrued 2 Grammy nominations. And that’s just his full-time job.
Posted March 3, 2013
Red Sox legend Carlton Fisk (right) and his wife, Linda, chatted with conductor Keith Lockhart at the Boston Pops performance in Sarasota, Fla., on Friday.
Posted February 27, 2013
Greenville loves conductor Keith Lockhart. Tuesday night’s sold-out Peace Center concert confirmed that fact as Lockhart, one of Furman’s favorite grads, returned to town with the Boston Pops for a sparking concert of Broadway music and classical works.
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Posted by DAVID WARNER on Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 2:08 PM
Heading into “The Streisand Songbook” last night at the Mahaffey with the Boston Pops and Ann Hampton Callaway, I was admittedly more excited about the singer than the orchestra. I’m a longtime fan of Callaway, and had enjoyed talking with her in a phone interview before the show. So when [...]
Posted February 27, 2013
Here at CNU, we are fortunate to have the amazing Ferguson Center of the Arts offering spectacular performances every season. This season is no exception, and one of the most recent performances held was definitely one of the best. The Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra with Ann Hampton Callaway and Keith Lockhart, performing the Streisand Songbook, was a night filled with great music and entertainment, leaving the audience anything but disappointed.
Posted February 25, 2013
Keith Lockhart is no stranger to South Carolina. The conductor for the Boston Pops Orchestra, known as “America’s Orchestra,” attended Furman University from 1977 to 1981. This Tuesday, he’s bringing the Pops to The Peace Center for the Performing Arts for a show that involves a collaboration with Furman’s Symphony in the second half. For Lockhart, this is a unique stop on the tour because “outreach to university music programs is so important.”
Posted February 24, 2013
“Saratoga 150” World Premiere featuring Conductor Keith Lockhart On Thursday, Aug. 8, SPAC will pay tribute to the 150th anniversary of Saratoga Race Course by presenting the World Premiere of Serenade, an original orchestral composition by Grammy-winning American composer RICHARD DANIELPOUR.
Lockhart, who has been the conductor of The Boston Pops since 1995, spends a fair amount of time in North Carolina. He serves as artistic director for the Brevard Music Festival near Asheville, so he’s in the state a lot during the summer.
The University of Georgia Performing Arts Center, in partnership with the Classic Center, will present the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra Feb. 27 at 8 p.m. in the Classic Center Theatre.
Lockhart, here with BBC Concert Orchestra, straddles line between pops and ‘serious music’
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County will present the BOSTON POPS, under the baton of Keith Lockhart, with special guest star Ann Hampton Callaway in a thrilling tribute to the music of the legendary Barbra Streisand and an homage to the best of Broadway.
Keith Lockhart, an American conductor whose career took off when he was appointed conductor of the Boston Pops, will visit the metropolitan area this week leading his other orchestra in a a program of English music.
Posted January 10, 2013
Each year, From the Top, the organization that brings you the hit NPR show that celebrates young musicians, and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation award 20 talented musicians (ages 8–18) who have financial need with the Jack Kent Cooke Young Artist Award. The final deadline for this season is quickly approaching! Applications must be postmarked no later than February 1, 2013.
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