Editing Boston Pops (section)

{{Short description|American orchestra based in Boston, Massachusetts}}
{{Use American English|date = February 2020}}
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| name                = Boston Pops
| type                = [[Orchestra]]
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| short_name          = Boston Pops
| image               = Boston_Pops_Logo_2024.png
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| founded             = {{Start date and age|1885}}
| disbanded           = <!-- {{End date|YYYY}} -->
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| location            = [[Boston]], United States
| concert_hall       = [[Symphony Hall, Boston|Symphony Hall]]
| principal_conductor = [[Keith Lockhart]]
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| website             = {{URL|https://www.bso.org}}
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The '''Boston Pops''' is an American orchestra based in [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], specializing in [[Light music|light classical]] and [[Popular music|popular]] music. The orchestra's current music director is [[Keith Lockhart]].

Founded in 1885 as an offshoot of the [[Boston Symphony Orchestra]] (BSO), the Boston Pops primarily consists of musicians from the BSO, although generally not all of the first-chair players.<ref>BSO Opening Night Program Guide, 2011, pp. 18-19; Boston Pops Holiday Program Guide 2011, p. 15.</ref> The orchestra performs a spring season of popular music and a [[Christmas music|holiday program]] in December. For the Pops, the seating on the floor of [[Symphony Hall, Boston|Symphony Hall]] is reconfigured from auditorium seating to banquet and cafe seating. The Pops also plays an annual concert at the [[Hatch Memorial Shell]] on the [[Charles River Esplanade|Esplanade]] every [[Fourth of July]]. Their performances of [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky|Tchaikovsky]]'s "[[1812 Overture]]" and [[John Philip Sousa|Sousa]]'s "[[The Stars and Stripes Forever]]" are famous for [[howitzer]] cannons firing and fireworks exploding during the former and the unfurling of the [[Flag of the United States|American flag]] that occurs near the end of the latter. Identified with its longtime director [[Arthur Fiedler]], the orchestra has recorded extensively, made frequent tours, and appeared often on television.