pops orchestra

plural pops orchestras

1. entertainmentAn orchestra that plays popular music and show tunes as well as well-known classical works.

   Steven was admittedly an unashamed romantic, but he thought the idea of naming the concerts should be consigned to the summertime pops orchestra.

   2005, Robert Bartlett, The Salem Syndrome, Nelson Publishing&Marketing, →ISBN, page 111

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   I was minding my own business, tending pampered animals at my veterinary clinic, and looking forward to joining friends at an alfresco performance of the local Pops orchestra that evening.

   2001, Lori Stone, The Black Squall, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 1

   When you hear a jazz trio or pops orchestra play the music of a song you know—provided that it is played in more or less the way you are familiar with—the words come back to you unbidden.

   2014, David Jenness, Donald Velsey, Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950–2000, Routledge, →ISBN