Queensland Pops Orchestra is an Australian orchestra founded by

Colin Harper Colin Harper (born 1968, in Belfast) is an Irish non-fiction author and composer. Background Harper was born in Belfast and graduated in Modern History 1989 from Queen's University, Belfast, later acquiring a postgraduate diploma in Information ...

The Queensland Pops Orchestra had its first performance on the 31 December 1984 at the Lyric Theatre in

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. This was also the first show at the

Queensland Performing Arts Centre The Queensland Performing Arts Centre (also known as QPAC) is part of the Queensland Cultural Centre and is located on the corner of Melbourne Street and Grey Street in Brisbane's South Bank precinct. Opened in 1985, it includes the Lyric Thea ...

which officially opened in April 1985. Shows put on by Queensland Pops Orchestra include the Vienna Pops series the ''

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'' series and the Best of British concerts. The 2000 ABC Classics album release of highlights of one of their Scotland the Brave concerts was nominated for the 2001

ARIA Award The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austra ...

for Best Cast or Show Album.

Awards and nominations

ARIA Music Awards

The

ARIA Music Awards The Australian Recording Industry Association Music Awards (commonly known informally as ARIA Music Awards, ARIA Awards, or simply the ARIAs) is an annual series of awards nights celebrating the Australian music industry, put on by the Austr ...

is an annual awards ceremony held by the

Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) is a trade association representing the Australian recording industry which was established in the 1970s by six major record companies, EMI, Festival Records (Australia), Festival, Sony Music ...

. They commenced in 1987. ! , - ,

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, ''Scotland the Brave'' , Best Original Cast or Show Album , , ARIA Award previous winners. , -

References

External links

Queensland Pops Orchestra
{{authority control Australian orchestras Music in Queensland