Ottawa Pops Orchestra in the Media
Explore interviews, articles and concert coverage featuring the Ottawa Pops Orchestra. Each link takes you to the publisher’s original story. Event features and republished press releases are identified below.
2026: Saturday Morning Cartoons
Ottawa Pops Orchestra Opens Its Season with Saturday Morning Cartoons
La Scena Musicale shares the orchestra’s announcement of its cartoon-music season opener, with details of the programme, pyjama party and three October performances.
Read the English release · Lire le communiqué en français
Saturday Morning Cartoons: A Symphonic Pyjama Party
613today introduces the cartoon-music programme, the relaxed matinee and the pyjama-party activities surrounding the concert, drawing on the orchestra’s announcement.
2024–25: Articles and interviews
The Music of Danny Elfman captures Halloween season
Samara Caplan and Laura Gauthier preview the orchestra’s Halloween season opener, exploring Danny Elfman’s film music and Jonathan Dagenais’s approach to the programme.
Get Spooked in Style: Ottawa Pops Orchestra Plays Danny Elfman
Tom Middleton speaks with Mathieu Roy and Laurence Ewashko about the orchestra’s Danny Elfman programme, its choral sound and its Halloween atmosphere.
Ottawa Pops Orchestra presents The Music of Hans Zimmer
Samara Caplan and Laura Gauthier explore the orchestra’s tribute to Hans Zimmer, including its expanded instrumental palette, choir and guest vocalist Ghada Harb.
Ottawa Pops Orchestra is gearing up for their surprising end-of-season concert 04.20.24
Cristina Paolozzi interviews Mathieu Roy about the orchestra’s surprise season finale and its work to welcome new audiences to orchestral music.
Earlier coverage
Explore the original sources for the 2023 clippings below. Some publishers may require a subscription.
Radio-Canada: Zelda symphonique · October 15, 2023 · French video
Le Droit: Une saison « exaltante » en compagnie de Zelda et du Seigneur des Anneaux · August 18, 2023 · French article
Apt613: Preview Ottawa Pops Orchestra’s Symphonic Cinema: Epic Film Scores · May 25, 2023 · English article
Activités à ne pas manquer : «Zelda» symphonique et le «Livre de la jungle» revisité
Cette semaine, le Théâtre de l'Île accueille une nouvelle pièce, une relecture du «Livre de la jungle« en danse est présentée au CNA, place au Festival de violon des collines de la Gatineau et Orchestre pop d'Ottawa vous invite dans un voyage musical au royaume d'Hyrule.
October 15, 2023 - Radio Canada - Ottawa-Gatineau
Orchestre Pop d’Ottawa: une saison «exaltante» en compagnie de Zelda et du Seigneur des Anneaux
L’Orchestre Pop d’Ottawa a dévoilé, vendredi 18 août, la programmation d’une nouvelle saison que son fondateur et directeur artistique, Mathieu Roy, promet «captivante» et «exaltante».
August 18, 2023 - Le Droit - By Yves Bergeras
Preview Ottawa Pops Orchestra’s Symphonic Cinema: Epic Film Scores
Can you recognize a famous movie film score from a few select notes? Have you been transported through the screen into the story when the score perfectly aligns and brings everything together? This is your chance to see these soundtracks brought to life on stage at Carleton Dominion Chalmers Centre as Ottawa Pops Orchestra brings you Symphonic Cinema: Epic Film Scores.
May 25, 2023 - Apt613 - By Samara Caplan and Laura Gauthier