Article: Boston Pops Holds Contest for Soloist

RONALD BLUM, Associated Press Writer
AP Online
05-11-2004
Dateline: NEW YORK


Keith Lockhart, right, the conductor of the Boston Pops talks with Dennis Alves, left, the artistic director, following rehearsal for opening night at Symphony Hall in Boston, Tuesday, May 11, 2004. This is the 119th season for the Boston Pops and it is Lockhart's tenth year as its conductor. (AP Photo/ Robert E. Klein)

Searching for someone with a voice somewhere between Brunnhilde and Beyonce, the Boston Pops is following the lead of "American Idol" and holding a contest to pick an unknown singer for its annual Fourth of July concert.

"If we have a rapper, it probably wouldn't work," conductor Keith Lockhart said ...

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