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MORE SUMMER POPS 2012 INFORMATION:

 

 

 

CLICK BELOW FOR OUR ASHFORD UNIVERSITY
SUMMER POPS 2012 SEASON BROCHURE!:

 

FOR SUBSCRIPTION INFORMATION, CONTACT:
Cheri LaZarus
Lead Subscription Representative
619.615.3953
clazarus@sandiegosymphony.org

or CLICK HERE TO SUBSCRIBE
TO SUMMER POPS 2012!

(Subscripion tickets for Summer Pops will be mailed after the 2nd week of June.)

 

COPLEY SYMPHONY HALL TICKET OFFICE
750 B Street
San Diego, CA 92101

Phone: 619.235.0804
Fax: 619.231.3848

Normal business hours:
Monday – Friday:
10am - 6pm
Saturday & Sunday:
12noon - 4pm
(Sat-Sun hours vary in summer)

Note: Subscription and Single Tickets for
San Diego Symphony's Ashford University
Summer Pops 2012 will be mailed out
around the
 2nd or 3rd week of June

 

ASHFORD UNIVERSITY
SUMMER POPS 2012
SEAT CHART - SINGLE TICKETS (FULL PRICE)

 

ANNOUNCING...
THE ASHFORD UNIVERSITY SUMMER POPS 2012 SERIES!

The Ashford University Summer Pops is San Diego Symphony's annual outdoor summer concert series. The concerts are performed on a stage we construct each year at Embarcadero Marina Park South, on San Diego Bay right behind the San Diego Convention Center. Seating options include cabaret tables, grandstand seating (fold-down chairs) and general admission lawn seating. Summer Pops is 10 weeks of concerts from 4th of July weekend through Labor Day, all featuring the San Diego Symphony and some of today's hottest pop acts. This year's Summer Pops performers include Roberta Flack, Doc Severinsen, The Temptations, Wilson Phillips, The Peking Acrobats, Neil Sedaka, Burt Bacharach and more!. Our Principal Summer Pops conductor is Matthew Garbutt.

Ashford University Summer Pops concerts begin, unless otherwise noted, at 7:30pm, with gates opening at 6pm. Subscription concerts are on Friday and Saturday nights, and occasional Special concerts are on Thursdays and Sundays.

CLICK HERE to read U-T San Diego's recent story about the
Ashford University Summer Pops 2012 Season Announcement!

 

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TUX ‘N TENNIES SUMMER BASH CONCERT: TRIBUTE TO THE BEATLES
Saturday, June 23 (Gala, 6pm; Concert, 8:30pm)

The Classical Mystery Tour will be one of our biggest fundraising events of the year — our fifth annual Tux ‘n Tennies Summer Bash! CLICK HERE to buy the full Gala Package!

 


STAR-SPANGLED POPS with Marvin Hamlisch 
Friday and Saturday, June 29 & 30, 7:30pm; Sunday July 1, 7:30pm

Get an early start on your Fourth of July celebration!  It’ll be a patriotic extravaganza complete with all-American hits from Main Street to the Great White Way.


ROBERTA FLACK – Killing Me Softly 
Friday and Saturday, July 6 & 7, 7:30pm

In 1974, “Killing Me Softly” won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year.  But it’s just one of a string of blockbuster hits that has placed Roberta Flack among the most talented artists of our time. 


DOC SEVERINSEN and THE SAN MIGUEL 5 – Special Concert
Sunday, July 8, 7:30pm

Heeeeeeeere’s Doc!  Trumpeter extraordinaire, Doc Severinsen headed south of the border and created an innovated and exciting new program with the talented San Miguel 5. 


THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: Symphony of the Goddesses – Special Concert
Thursday, July 12, 8pm (special time)

Attention Comic-Con devotees and fans of Zelda!  Don your green tunic, wield your master swords and prepare to embark on the greatest adventure in video game history.


THE TEMPTATIONS 
Friday, July 13, 8pm (special time)
Saturday, July 14, 8pm (special time)
Their sound defined a generation.  Motown forever lives on with one of the most popular groups of all time.


PEKING ACROBATS 
Friday and Saturday, July 20 & 21, 7:30pm

Prepare to be amazed with the excitement, daring and pageantry of a Chinese carnival.  This talented troupe will take you to new heights this side of the Great Wall of China.


THE MUSIC OF ABBA 
Friday and Saturday, July 27 & 28, 7:30pm

You can dance.  You can jive.  Having the time of your life.  Yes, “Dancing Queen” and all the music of ABBA returns with one of today’s most popular tribute bands in the business.


DAVE KOZ AT THE MOVIES – Special Concert
Sunday, July 29, 7:30pm

Celebrate the music that made movies great! Grammy-nominated saxophonist Dave Koz performs with the San Diego Symphony in an evening of magical, memorable songs from your favorite movies of all time.


BROADWAY ROCKS!- Hairspray, Rock of Ages and more!
Friday and Saturday, August 3 & 4, 7:30pm

We've added a twist to "Broadway," one of our most popular shows of the summer.  It features hits from Hairspray, Rock of Ages, Wicked and one of Broadway’s biggest shows of all — Phantom of the Opera.


BURT BACHARACH – What’s It All About? – Special Concert
Sunday, August 5, 7:30pm

He's one of the most accomplished composers of all time. He's the incomparable Burt Bacharach.  It's an evening of  love, romance, magic and memories.


NEIL SEDAKA – Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 
Friday and Saturday, August 10 & 11, 7:30pm

Singer.  Pianist.  Composer. He’s written and co-written more than 500 songs for artists including Connie Francis, The Carpenters, The Fifth Dimension, The Captain & Tennille and many more.


POPS GOES CLASSICAL PASSPORT TO THE WORLD:
A Night in South America
 – Special Concert
Sunday, August 12, 7:30pm

Tango in Argentina, Samba in Brazil.  From Buenos Aires to Rio de Janeiro.  From high society to city streets, it’s the sights, sounds and sensual rhythms that captivated a continent and wowed the world

Guest Artist Sponsors: Norman Forrester and Bill Griffin


WILSON PHILLIPS 
Friday and Saturday, August 17 & 18, 7:30pm

Their 1990 self-titled debut album sold more than 10 million copies worldwide and scored three number one singles. Recently, they made a cameo appearance in the Academy Award-nominated movie Bridesmaids


DISNEY’S PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: THE CURSE OF THE BLACK PEARL 
– Special Concert
Sunday, August 19, 7:30pm

Ahoy Maties!  Join us for a live music screening of the first adventures of Captain Jack Sparrow! Presentation licensed by Disney Music Publishing and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Non-Theatrical © Disney.


THE MUSIC OF MICHAEL JACKSON – Special Concert
Thursday, August 23, 7:30pm

Talented.  Influential.  Larger than life.  That was Michael Jackson.  Hailed as one of the greatest entertainers, he gave us a lifetime of music.  Come celebrate the King of Pop’s 40 years of megahits hits. 


THE MUSIC OF THE EAGLES 
Friday and Saturday, August 24 & 25, 7:30pm

Five number one singles, six Grammys and six number one albums.  Tonight we salute The Eagles, one of the most successful groups of the ‘70s.


1812 TCHAIKOVSKY SPECTACULAR! 
Friday, August 31, 7:30pm; Saturday and Sunday, September 1 & 2, 7:30pm

We’re going out with a bang!  It’s our spectacular, what-a- way-to-go, season-finale:  Tchaikovsky’s thunderous 1812 Overture complete with booming cannons and brilliant fireworks.

 

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