Community News
Bend Pops is active in the Central Oregon community, and here’s where we share our news with you! Pops musicians bring music into retirement homes and senior centers, play for fund-raising events, and bring presentations into schools, and perform other service-oriented activities – all free of charge.
If you have need for musicians to give a school presentation or would like musicians to perform for your organization or charitable event, please contact us. For upcoming concert news, go to our events page.
All Bend Pops performances are free and open to the public. If you like what we do and want to support our mission to present and promote memorable music for the enrichment of Bend and the surrounding communities, please consider making a tax-deductible donation. Thank you!
Pops Quartet Plays for Brookside Memory Care
Members of the Bend Pops String Quartet brought holiday cheer to many residents of Brookside Memory Care in Bend on Thursday, December 19. The group played carols and other holiday music for the...
String Quartet Plays Nutcracker Ballet
The Bend Pops Orchestra string quartet provided holiday music at the Central Oregon School of Ballet's The Nutcracker on Saturday December 7. The event was held this year at Mountain View High...
Pops Flute Trio Plays Three Redmond Safe Parking Sites
A flute trio of Bend Pops Orchestra members brought holiday music to participants of Mountain View Community Development's Safe Parking Program on Sunday, December 8. Redmond's Mountain View...
Pops Quartet Accompanies Cantare Choir
The Bend Pops String Quartet will accompany the Cantare Youth Choir for two pieces at their concert on Tuesday, December 3rd at 6 pm in the Redmond High School auditorium. To learn more about the...
Bend Pops Presents School Program
A troupe of Bend Pops Orchestra musicians gave a musical presentation to an enthusiastic group of elementary school students Thursday, March 14 at Vern Patrick Elementary School in Redmond, Or. ...
String Quartet Visits Memory Care
The Bend Pops string quartet brought holiday music to the residents of Aspen Ridge Memory Care in Bend, Or, on Wednesday, December 20th. Musicians were Chris Moody and Lexi Gross on violin, Maggie...
Pops Plays for Fire District Fundraiser
Bend Pops provided a string quartet as entertainment for the Sisters-Camp Sherman Fire Department fundraiser in Sisters, Or the evening of December 7. The event was held at the Aspen Lakes HOA...
Pops’ Chamber Holiday a Success!
Bend Pops Orchestra held its first special chamber music concert on Wednesday, December 6, at the Larkspur Community Center in Bend, Or. Three small ensembles entertained the audience with holiday...
Pops Woodwind Trio Plays for Nutcracker
Bend Pops' woodwind trio provided free entertainment for the intermission of Central Oregon School of Ballet's presentation of The Nutcracker at Bend High School on December 2. Playing were Steven...