Harry Connick Jr.

Led by conductor Keith Lockhart, the Boston Pops, known affectionately as “America’s Orchestra,” performs an exciting and eclectic mix of orchestral arrangements from a wide range of traditions including Broadway and the great American songbook, film music, classical, jazz, pop, country, folk, and, of course, holiday classics. The Pops was created in 1885 as the “light classical” summer-season venture of the Boston Symphony. The Boston Pops Orchestra reached its current iconic status during the 50-year tenure of the legendary Arthur Fiedler, who was succeeded in 1980 by the equally renowned film composer John Williams. Keith Lockhart took the helm in 1995 and recently celebrated his 25th anniversary season. It was Fiedler who started the tradition of Pops performances on the Charles River Esplanade, including the annual Fourth of July celebration, brought the Pops to television with Evening at Pops (1970-2004), and initiated Holiday Pops, which marks its 50th anniversary in 2023. Fiedler welcomed to our stages dynamic, world-class guest artists including Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Julia Child, and Bob Hope. That tradition continues today with Keith Lockhart working with such stars as Brian Stokes Mitchell, The B-52s, Chaka Khan, Nick Jonas, and Rhiannon Giddens. With the Pops, Keith has made 81 television shows, led 45 national and 5 overseas tours, led the Pops at several high-profile sporting events including the Super Bowl, and recorded fourteen albums. Through it all the orchestra has remained of the most recorded, familiar, and beloved ensembles in the world today.

View the Boston Pops roster and musician bios

Steve Colby, Sound Designer | Pamela Smith, Lighting Designer

The Boston Pops Orchestra may be heard on Boston Pops Recordings, RCA Victor, Sony Classical, and Philips Records.

Steinway & Sons Pianos, selected exclusively for Symphony Hall.

The BSO’s Steinway & Sons pianos were purchased through a generous gift from Gabriella and Leo Beranek.

Special thanks to Fairmont Copley Plaza, Official Hotel of the Boston Pops.

New arrangements and works for the Boston Pops are generously supported by the Cecile Higginson Murphy Pops Programming Fund.

Broadcasts of the Boston Pops are heard on 99.5 WCRB.

Programs and artists subject to change.

The BSO’s 2023-24 season is supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, which receives support from the State of Massachusetts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Inc.
Board of Trustees | Board of Advisors | Staff and Administration

The Fiedler Society embodies the commitment and vision of Arthur Fiedler, our beloved Boston Pops conductor who started and continued many of the musical traditions that enrich Boston today. The Boston Pops gathers communities to connect through the power and emotion of music, creates the playlist to festive holiday celebrations, and shares the joy of popular music from film scores, Broadway, classics from the American Songbook, and bold humanities-inspired collaborations. For more than 139 years, the Boston Pops has entertained audiences around the world, and since 1995, Conductor Keith Lockhart has gracefully led the orchestra with unwavering dedication and passion. The BSO is grateful to current Fiedler Society members, whose gifts provide essential funding and support for the Boston Pops at Symphony Hall, Tanglewood, and beyond.

With deep appreciation, the BSO recognizes Fiedler Society members whose gifts of $3,000 or more sustain the Boston Pops Annual Fund. To explore membership opportunities, please contact the Friends Office at 617-638-9276. 

List reflects giving as of April 8, 2024.

‡ This symbol denotes a deceased donor.

FIEDLER SOCIETY SPONSOR $25,000 AND ABOVE
Cecile Higginson Murphy Charitable Foundation
Douglas and Christine Emond
Richard and Nancy Heath
Barbara and Amos Hostetter
The O'Block Family
In Loving Memory of Richard O’Brien
Mitch and Hilary Pomerance
Mr. Nicholas Vantzelfde and Ms. Lauren Erb
King-White Family Foundation

FIEDLER SOCIETY ENSEMBLE $10,000–$24,999 
Stephen and Joan Clark
John W. Henry Family Foundation
Mr. Mark Legan and Mr. Douglas Legan
Rich and Holly Linton Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Lovejoy, Jr.
The McDonald Family in honor of Patricia McDonald
Joseph C. McNay, The New England Foundation
Paul & Joyce Mucci Family Foundation
Bob and Laura Reynolds
Katherine Chapman Stemberg
Mr. and Mrs. Patrick J. Sullivan
Richard and Bonnie ‡ Sullivan
Jean C. Tempel
Scott and Catherine Webster
Sidney and Deanna Wolk

FIEDLER SOCIETY BACKSTAGE $5,000–$9,999 
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene F. Barnes III
Mr. David R. Bolton
Cathy and Jack Brennan
Mr. Daniel Brownell and Ms. Kelley Laurel
Camille Carlstrom
Jim and Shirley Curvey
Mr. David D'Alessandro
Mr. and Mrs. James Davis
Mary Dunbrack
Deirdre and Jeff Hannon
Mr. and Mrs. Blair E. Hendrix
Mary Hines
Debbie Johnston
Frances and Tom Knight
In loving memory of Carlin F. Lynch
Mr. Patrick MeLampy and Rev. Priscilla Lawrence
Jennifer and Brad Moyer
The Arlene F Page and J David Page Charitable Trust
Doug and Karen Pettingell
Carmichael Roberts and Sandra Park
Alex and Mimi Rozek
Joanne Zervas Sattley
Carol Searle and Andrew Ley ‡
Ms. Karin Settel
Peter and Barbara Sidel
Maggie and Jack Skenyon
Tony and Martha Vorlicek
Anna Marie Wagner and Rob Sinnott
Howard and Karen Wilcox
Ed and Judi Zuker
Anonymous (2)

FIEDLER SOCIETY $3,000–$4,999 
Mr. and Mrs. Eliot Beal
John and Trish Brennan
Franklyn Caine
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cella
Mark Condon and Jean Hynes
The DeRosa Family Trust In Loving Memory of Gigi
Charles L. and Nancy T. Donahue
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Doskocil
Florence Electric, LLC
Loretta H. and Gregory J. Gailius
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Gillis
Jonathan and Ruth Goode
Mr. Herbert H. Gowen II
Dr. Waleed Hassanein
Ms. Joanne Hayes-Rines
Peter Hornstra
Alan and Wendy Issokson
J. M. Electrical Co., Inc.
Mr. Timothy Johnson
Catherine Lang and Andre Girard
Thomas Lewis and Ailene Robinson
Keith and Emiley Lockhart
Emily and Malcolm MacNaught
Erin and Craig Majernik
Joe and Liz Marconi
Bernhard Metzger in memory of Karen Zander
Ashley Bernon-Miller and Kyle Miller
Karin and Leonard Monfredo
Jeffrey Moore and Barbara Southcote
Charlene and Peter Mulhern
Slocumb H. and E. Lee ‡ Perry
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Poler
Mary Jane Restuccia
Frederick J. and Bonnie M.‡ Rich
Margaret and Fred Richardson
Patricia Romeo-Gilbert and Paul B. Gilbert ‡
Connie Ryan and Tom Bales ‡
Lars and Elizabeth Schuster
Bill and Anne Marie Teuber
Mr. and Mrs. William G. Walker
Susan Sprague Walters and Richard Walters
Dr. Mary Witkowski
Dr. Xuqiong Wu
Anonymous (2)

The operating support from the following generous donors enables the Boston Symphony Orchestra to maintain an unparalleled level of artistic excellence, to keep ticket prices at accessible levels, and to support extensive education and community engagement programs throughout the greater Boston area and the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The BSO gratefully acknowledges these contributors for their philanthropic support during fiscal year 2024 through major corporate sponsorships and events, BSO Business Partners, and foundation and government grants.

$500,000 AND ABOVE
Bloomberg Philanthropies
Fidelity Investments
Morgan Stanley

$250,000–$499,999
Bank of America
Fairmont Copley Plaza
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation
Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency

$100,000–$249,999
American Airlines
Arbella Insurance Foundation
Berry Drew Family Foundation
Fromm Music Foundation
Genesis Motor America
Meet Boston
Miriam Shaw Fund
Nancy Foss Heath and Richard B. Heath Educational, Cultural and Environmental Foundation
Anonymous

$50,000–$99,999
Adage Capital Management
Bayberry Financial Services
Kingsbury Road Charitable Foundation
Massachusetts Office of Public Safety and Security
National Endowment for the Arts
Richard Saltonstall Charitable Foundation
Turkish Airlines
Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Anonymous

$25,000–$49,999
The Aaron Copland Fund for Music, Inc.
Boston Business Journal
Eaton Vance
Edwin S. Webster Foundation
Elizabeth Taylor Fessenden Foundation
Encore Boston Harbor
Farley White Interests
Goldman Sachs
Goodwin
Grew Family Charitable Foundation
Hemenway & Barnes LLP
Intercontinental Real Estate Corporation
Liberty Mutual Foundation
Massachusetts Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Miss Wallace M. Leonard Foundation
New Balance Foundation
Putnam Investments
Richard and Ann J. Prouty Foundation
Richard and Susan Smith Family Foundation
Margery and Lewis Steinberg
Carl and Ruth Shapiro Family Foundation
Anonymous

$10,000–$24,999
Abrams Capital
Aqueduct Technologies, Inc.
Arthur J. Hurley Company, Inc.
Cabot Corporation
Connell Limited Partnership
Elliott Management Corporation
ESAI Energy LLC
Darlene and Jerry Jordan
King’s Bowl America
Liberty Mutual Insurance
Locke Lord LLP
Wilmington Trust, part of M&T Bank Family
Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP
Massachusetts Office of Labor and Workforce Development
Medical Information Technology, Inc.
Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. and ML Strategies, LLC
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
Nancy Lurie Marks Family Foundation
Old Town Trolley Tours of Boston
Ruane Enterprises LLC
Tetlow Realty Associates
The Alice Ward Fund of The Rhode Island Foundation
Saquish Foundation
Gregory Annenberg Weingarten, GRoW @ Annenberg
Lucia B. Morrill Charitable Foundation
WuXi AppTec
Yawkey Foundation

$5,000–$9,999
American Scandinavia Foundation
Accenture
AstraZeneca
Manak Ahluwalia
Alice M. Ditson Fund of Columbia University
The Baupost Group
Bicon Dental Implant
Billy Rose Foundation
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts
Boston Mutual Life Insurance
Cambridge Homes
CIBC Private Wealth Management
Corvus Insurance Holdings
Consulate General of the Netherlands
Dem Biopharma
Demoulas Foundation
Edward A. Taft Trust
Ellen Abbott Gilman Trust
First Republic Bank
The Fuller Foundation
Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce
Herb Chambers Companies
Highland Street Foundation
Jack Madden Ford
Katharine L.W. and Winthrop M. Crane, 3D Charitable Foundation
Netherland-America Foundation
Joe & Kathy O’Donnell
PwC
Saks Fifth Avenue
William E. and Bertha E. Schrafft Charitable Trust
Stetson Whitcher Fund of the Boston Foundation
Stevens Foundation
Thomas A. and Georgina T. Russo Family Fund
Tome Biosciences
Walsh Brothers, Inc.

$2,500–$4,999
ACENTECH
Albert O. Wilson Foundation
Analytix Live
Brookline Youth Concerts Fund
Cambridge Community Foundation
Chubb
Cisco Systems, Inc.
Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits
Elizabeth Grant Fund
Fiduciary Trust Company
Fire Equipment, Inc.
Goddard House
Klocke Estate Distillery
Martin Salomon Morton and Gustel Schreiber Morton Foundation
Natixis Global Asset Management
Oxford Fund
Rockland Trust
Sametz Blackstone Associates
Shift Paradigm
Jean C. Tempel
Vacovec, Mayotte & Singer LLC
Verrill
Welch & Forbes, LLC
Anonymous