Holiday POPs!

Name: Holiday POPs!
Start: 2025-12-14T19:00:00-05:00
Location: Sandler Center for the Performing Arts

Schedule

Sun, 14 Dec, 2025 at 07:00 pm

UTC-05:00

Location

Sandler Center for the Performing Arts | Virginia Beach, VA

Holiday POPs!
December 14, 2025 7:00 pm
Robert Shoup, conductor
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Virginia Children’s Chorus
Earl Bynum & The Mount Unity Choir
The acclaimed holiday tradition continues – Holiday POPS! Showcasing the best that the Virginia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus have to offer, this concert will shine like the brightest star on top of the tree! Get cozy with classic carols and dazzle in the holiday hits of today! No Holiday POPS! is ever alike so, come embrace the sounds of the season and celebrate the 2025 holiday season with the VSO!

Robert Shoup serves as Chorus Master and Staff Conductor of the Virginia Symphony Orchestra. His national and international conducting credits include the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Breckenridge Music Festival Orchestra, ensembles from the Prague Radio Orchestra and Czech State Philharmonic, and numerous choral ensembles. He serves as the Music Director at Second Presbyterian Church of Norfolk, and is the founding Artistic Director of the Norfolk Street Choir Project.
The 25/26 season marks the 36th anniversary of the Virginia Symphony Chorus, and its twenty-ninth under the direction of Chorusmaster Robert Shoup. In addition to regular appearances with the Virginia Symphony Orchestra, the chorus has performed to sold-out houses as far afield as Prague, Vienna, Berlin, Leipzig, Munich, Salzburg and closer to home at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C.