February 18, 19, 23, 24 and 25

All concerts will be at 7:00 p.m. in Fick Auditorium except for Sunday, February 19 when it will be at 2 p.m.

Click here to order TICKETS. online.

Box office hours: Feb. 17, 23 and 24 from 11:30 to 1 pm. at Door 3 and one hour before each performance.

Prices are $13 all reserved, $10 adult general admission, and $6 student/senior general admission. (SPECIAL DISCOUNT for students on Thursday’s performance.)

• Senior passes will be honored for the Thursday and Sunday performances.

 

 

 

HISTORY OF POPS:  The first Pops Concert was presented in the 1950s by the Edina-Morningside High School Band under the direction of Butler Eitel. The tradition has continued and grown over 50 years, through other teachers, two high school buildings, and hundreds of Edina students.

The present day Pops Concert is presented and performed by the Edina High School Concert Band. Under the direction of Paul Kile, the band consists of approximately 90 students in grades 11 and 12. The Edina High School Jazz Ensemble also plays at the concerts. Pops rehearsals begin in early January and continue through the opening in late February.

With every concert, students perform several pieces, ranging from major works for band to light novelty music and everything in between. Student members of the band announce the numbers, sing all of the vocal parts, perform all of the dances and collaborate on the overall theme of the concert.

Early Pops Concerts were developed around music from one Broadway show, but today the performances include musical and thematic influences from a wide variety of different sources.