The New York Pops 2006-2007 Carnegie Hall Season with guest conductors Rob Fisher, Marvin Hamlisch, Stuart Malina, and Alastair Willis opens on Friday, October 20 with Doc Severinsen’s Big Band Salute to Skitch Henderson. There will be appearances by Doug LaBrecque, Maureen
McGovern, Christiane Noll, Lynn Roberts, Anne Runolfsson, Juilliard Choral Union, Young People’s Chorus of New York City and more during the orchestra’s 24th season.

Five different conductors will lead The New York Pops in the orchestra’s first full season since the death of founder Skitch Henderson last November. The five will offer a “Salute to Skitch” by performing music from genres and by composers Skitch admired.

Doc Severinsen’s October 20 concert of big band favorites will include songs by the Gershwins, Cole Porter, and Irving Berlin as played by the big bands of the Dorseys, Harry James, and Benny Goodman. A singer who joined these bands as a teen, Lynn Roberts, is slated to perform “Green Eyes,” “Tangerine”, “Chattanooga Choo Choo” and other hits.

Alastair Willis will lead Christmas and Hanukkah favorites with Broadway diva Christiane Noll and the Young People’s Chorus of New York City in what is always one of New York’s most loved holiday events, Friday, December 15, 2006, 8:00PM and Saturday, December 16, 2006, 8:00PM, Carnegie Hall.

The New York Pops will open its 24th season with a tribute from one Tonight Show conductor to another as Doc Severinsen salutes Skitch in a swinging program of big band hits.	Marvin Hamlisch leads the orchestra March 15 for An Evening of Richard Rodgers, with the Juilliard Choral Union, and guest vocalists Anne Runolfsson and Doug LeBrecque.
Rob Fisher conducts a Broadway program April 13.	Stuart Malina performs Gershwin February 9.

Stuart Malina will conduct Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, American in Paris, and classics from the Gershwin songbook performed by the superb and ever graceful vocalist Maureen McGovern,
a longtime friend of Skitch’s and The New York Pops. Friday, February 9, 2007, 8:00PM, Carnegie Hall.

An Evening of Richard Rodgers features legendary conductor and pianist Marvin Hamlisch and the Juilliard Choral Union. Guest vocalists Anne Runolfsson and Doug LaBrecque join Marvin for a night that is sure to send everyone home singing. Friday, March 16, 2007, 8:00PM, Carnegie Hall.

Rob Fisher, the founding music director of City Center Encores!, will conduct music from Show Boat, Chicago, Light in the Piazza, Wicked, and more. Friday, April 13, 2007, 8:00PM, Carnegie Hall.

Single tickets for regular season concerts at Carnegie Hall are on sale now at www.carnegiehall.org, by calling CarnegieCharge at 212-247-7800, or by visiting the Carnegie Hall Box Office at 57th Street and 7th Avenue.

Conductor Alastair Willis	Christiane Noll	Anne Runolfsson	Maureen McGovern