Music Director Steven Reineke leads the New York Pops.
The New York Pops has appointed Meredith Cappel as director of development. Cappel has seventeen years of fundraising, marketing, and event planning experience, mostly in the New York arts community. She goes to the New York Pops from Film at Lincoln Center, where she worked for six years in varying capacities, most recently as the associate director of philanthropy, where she led the organization’s fundraising efforts from individuals, foundations, and events. She previously worked at Theater Communications Group (TCG) and prior to moving to New York was the director of marketing at Easter Seals North Texas. She holds master’s and bachelor’s degrees in communications studies from Baylor University.
New York Pops has announced that several new musicians will join the orchestra in the upcoming season: Joyce Hammann (violin), Rachel Handman (violin), Philip Payton (violin), Andrew Griffin (viola), J.J. Johnson (viola), Beomjae Kim (flute), and Toyin Spellman-Diaz (oboe).
In addition, Megan Hayes and Dorothy Samuels have been appointed to the Pops’ board of directors.
