Co-Presidents:
Justin Lo DC ’08, Andrew Mangino BR ’09
Conductor:
Nathaniel Granor SY ’09
Asst. Conductors:
Nicholas Bayless ES ’10, Kate Swisher TD ’09
Orchestra Manager & Webmaster:
Terrence Ho TC '09
Music Librarian:
Piotr Kozlowski SY ’09
Treasurer:
Lisa Shull MC '09
Social Chairs:
Kara Weisman MC '09
Liz Mandeville JE '09
Creative Director:
Trinh Nguyen MC '11
Davenport Liason:
Michelle Wolfe DC '11
Administrative Board Member:
Genna Purcell JE '10
President Emeritus
Justin Lo DC '08
The Davenport Pops Orchestra, endorsed as a residential college orchestra, was founded by a group of Yale undergraduates in the spring of 2005. The orchestra is currently supported financially by Davenport College.
As a student organization, the orchestra aims to make the orchestra experience accessible to as many undergraduates as possible, both those who play instruments and those who just like to listen. While there are a large number of student orchestras at Yale, most groups focus on classical music; with this in mind, the Davenport Pops Orchestra hopes to expand the musical offerings of the Yale community - and appeal to a wider audience than is usually targeted by classical orchestras - by offering programs of well-known popular music.
The Davenport Pops plays a wide variety of music, with repertoire that includes film/TV scores, Broadway, jazz, popular classical works, cultural genres, and original student works.
If you would like more information about the Davenport Pops Orchestra (affectionately called "DPop" by its founding members), please take some time to browse through this website. And please - if you still have questions, don't hesitate to email the directors and ask!