Check out the new Pops Season!

The Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra is continuing its dynamic new series of extraordinary 2024 concert performances. With about 50 musicians from Lake County and all over the world, their musical talents are brought right here to you each year.

Special guest conductor, Carl Topilow, and renowned pianist George Burton, will appear at the No Name Pops’ upcoming concert, Timeless: A Tribute to the Legacy of Peter Nero. The concert will take place at the Kimmel Center on April 20 at 3 p.m. What makes their participation in this performance significant is that they both worked with Peter Nero and were inspired by his talent. Tickets range in price from $51 to $121 and can be purchased at www.ensembleartsphilly.org or by calling 215-893-1999.

The Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra is ready to launch into 2024 with a series of extraordinary concert performances to celebrate love.

On January 18 and 19, the two concerts feature a creative rough and tumble musical performance in the “From Russia with Love” series.

The Firelands Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Carl Topilow, will present its annual holiday pops concert at 4 p.m., Dec. 10, at Sawmill Creek Convention Center, 400 Sawmill Creek Drive in Huron.

This year’s family holiday concert is titled “A Peppermint Twist Christmas” and features favorite holiday classics, as well as non-traditional holiday songs for a sweet twist, according to a news release.

The Firelands Symphony Orchestra opens its 2023-24 concert season with the concert Sax in the City at 7:30 p.m., Sept. 16, at Sawmill Creek Convention Center, 400 Sawmill Creek Drive West in Huron, according to a news release.

The concert will feature the full orchestra, and guest artists The Sinta Sax Quartet, the release said.

“We are delighted to welcome the remarkable Sinta Saxophone Quartet to perform with the Firelands Symphony Orchestra,” said Carl Topilow, music director and conductor in the release. “These musicians will amaze and delight our audience with their virtuosity and musicianship.

Their programme was interspersed by pieces for solo clarinet, played by the famous American Clarinetist Carl Topilow. He most generously gave his virtuoso performance gratis: his first ever in a mediaeval Abbey! He was accompanied on the piano, also with virtuosic skill, by our own local Adam Csenki.

Celebrate the summer season with the return of the Firelands Symphony Orchestra’s annual Summer Pops Concert on Sunday, Aug. 6 at 7 p.m at McBride Arboretum on the BGSU campus (from Rye Beach Road). The concert is free and open to the public with generous funding from Albert G. and Olive H. Schlink Foundation, Mylander Foundation, Lange Trust of Sandusky Library, Randolph J. & Estelle M. Dorn Foundation, and Ohio Arts Council.

The Cleveland Pops Orchestra has announced its 2023-2024 schedule. The season starts October 21, 2023, with an homage to great Hollywood composers and continues through June 1, 2024, with a tribute to the armed forces. The six regular season shows start at 8 p.m. on Saturday evenings in Severance Music Center, 11001 Euclid Ave., Cleveland.

Carl Topilow, musical director and conductor of Firelands Symphony Orchestra, has been with the ensemble since 2008, not long after he read an advertisement for a conductor from his home in the greater Cleveland area.

The Firelands Symphony Orchestra (FSO) closes its 2022-23 concert season with the concert A Serenade to Music on Saturday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. at the newly renovated Sawmill Creek Convention Center in Huron. The concert will feature the full orchestra, the chorale, and guest cellist Ifetayo Ali-Landing.

The full ensemble took the stage next, with a special guest. Carl Topilow is a towering presence in the Ohio arts scene, having been director of the orchestra program at the Cleveland Institute of Music for 37 years and founder/director of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra for 25 years.

Freya sent in an audition tape to the Firelands Symphony to be considered as a soloist for the concert.

Carl Topilow, the Firelands Symphony Orchestra’s music director and conductor, viewed the auditions and selected the soloists.

It was an easy decision when he viewed Freya’s tape.

The Firelands Symphony Orchestra (FSO) continues its 2022-23 concert season with the strings concert Across the Seasons on Saturday, Feb. 4 at 7:30 p.m. at the newly renovated Sawmill Creek Convention Center. The concert will feature Vivaldi’s “The Four Seasons,” with four young guest violinists from local schools.

The Firelands Symphony Orchestra continues its 2022-23 concert season with the strings concert Across the Seasons at 7:30 p.m., Feb. 4, at the newly renovated Sawmill Creek Convention Center, 400 Sawmill Creek Drive West in Huron.

Carl Topilow previews two of the Cleveland Pops Orchestra’s upcoming concerts on New Day Cleveland with David Moss.

The Cleveland Pops Orchestra Conductor Carl Topilow stops by to give us a sneak peak at what you can expect at The Cleveland Pops Orchestra!

The Florida Lakes Symphony Orchestra will soon present their gala annual “Christmas & Hanukkah Concert”, with special guest conductor Carl Topilow of the Cleveland Pops.

Celebrate the holiday season with the Firelands Symphony Orchestra (FSO) and Firelands Symphony Chorale (FSC). The annual musical traditions continue this year with two concerts, including The “Songs of Thanksgiving” chorale concert on Sunday, Nov. 20 at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church in Sandusky.

Given the venues that Daniel Emmet is used to performing in, Severance Music Center must have felt like quite the culture shock. The classical crossover vocalist, a 2018 finalist on America’s Got Talent, has entertained crowds at places like Caesars Palace, Staples Center, and Angels Stadium. But that didn’t mean that Emmet was any less excited for his appearance on November 5 — quite the contrary.