Video & Sound Clips
Updated 16 September 2024
Video: Hoochie Coochie Man (Muddy Waters standard), with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken and the American Pops Orchestra rhythm section, launch event for the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative (9/27/2023, State Dept., Franklin Room, Washington, DC). Approx. 4 mins., also posted on Twitter/X.
Video: Facebook trailer (0:42) for Sing Out! open mic, hosted by the Gay Men's Chorus of Washington, Atlas Performing Arts Center, Washington, DC (9/13/2023).
Video: Broadway's Brightest Lights (PBS, recorded 4/15/23, broadcast 8/11/2023), feat. Megan Hilty, Nikki Renee Daniels, Michael Maliakel, and tap dancer Tommy Sutter, American Pops Orchestra, recorded Dr. Phillips Center for the Performing Arts, Orlando, FL. Duration: 1 hour, 4 mins, available on-demand to PBS Passport subscribers.
Video: "Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future" (90 minutes, PBS, broadcast 2/28/2023) with the American Pops Orchestra (recorded before a live audience in Cramton Auditorium, Howard U., Washington, DC, Oct. 4-5, 2022). Streaming for free through 3/25/2023, available on-demand anytime with PBS Passport subscription. May also be available for paid viewing on Amazon Prime Video.
Video: Promotional appearance by Corbin Bleu and Nova Payton, from "Black Broadway: A Proud History, A Limitless Future" (PBS, premiering 2/28/2023 8pm ET), on the TODAY Show (NBC), New York, NY (Feb. 17, 2023).
Video: Preview of GMCW "Judy" Cabaret, WJLA-TV Good Morning Washington (broadcast Oct. 17, 2022, feat. Gabriel Lopez singing "The Man That Got Away), taped at St. Thomas' Parish, Washington, DC (Oct. 14, 2022).
Video: Alex Newell ("Popular"), from Wicked in Concert with the American Pops Orchestra (broadcast Aug. 29, 2021, on PBS), taped June 19, 2021, at the Warner Theatre, Washington, DC.
Video: Jennifer Nettles ("No Good Deed") from Wicked in Concert with the American Pops Orchestra (broadcast Aug. 29, 2021, on PBS), taped June 17-18, 2021, at the Warner Theatre, Washington, DC.
Ali Stroker & Gavin Creel ("As Long As You're Mine") from Wicked in Concert with the American Pops Orchestra (broadcast Aug. 29, 2021, on PBS), taped June 17-18, 2021, at the Warner Theatre, Washington, DC.
Video: Gabrielle Luiz ("Greatest Love of All"), from American Pops Orchestra, We Are Family (broadcast May 14, 2020, on PBS, taped Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2020), Meridian Int'l Center, Washington, DC.
Video: Rayshun LaMarr ("Feeling Good"), from American Pops Orchestra, We Are Family (broadcast May 14, 2020, on PBS, taped Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2020), Meridian Int'l Center, Washington, DC.
Video: Nova Payton ("A Change Is Gonna Come"), from American Pops Orchestra, We Are Family (broadcast May 14, 2020, on PBS, taped Aug. 31-Sept. 2, 2020), Meridian Int'l Center, Washington, DC.
Video: Morgan James ("Beautiful City"), from American Pops Orchestra, United In Song: Celebrating the Resilience of America (broadcast Dec. 31, 2020, on PBS, taped Sept. 30, 2020), Mt. Vernon (George Washington's Estate), Alexandria, VA.
Video: Vanessa Williams ("Good Morning Blues"), from American Pops Orchestra, Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas, hosted by Vanessa Williams (broadcast Dec. 15-25, 2020, on PBS, taped Sept. 4, 2020), Meridian Int'l Center, Washington, DC.
Video: Norm Lewis ("Santa Claus is Comin' To Town"), from American Pops Orchestra, Ella Wishes You A Swinging Christmas, hosted by Vanessa Williams (broadcast Dec. 15-25, 2020, on PBS, taped Sept. 4, 2020), Meridian Int'l Center, Washington, DC.
Video: Lagoona Bloo ("Man With The Bag"), from American Pops Orchestra, Drag Out The Holly! (streamed Dec. 19, 2020, taped Nov. 6, 2020), Meridian Int'l Center, Washington, DC.
Video: Lagoona Bloo ("Sleigh Ride"), from American Pops Orchestra, Drag Out The Holly! (streamed Dec. 19, 2020, taped Nov. 6, 2020), Meridian Int'l Center, Washington, DC.
Video: Dana Nearing ("Waving Through a Window"), Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, DC (Mar. 13, 2020).
Video: Dana Nearing ("Conversations in the Dark"), Duke Ellington School of the Arts, Washington, DC (Mar. 13, 2020).
Video: Taylor Young ("There Will Never Be Another You" at beginning of clip, "Days of Wine and Roses" at end of clip), Unity Center of DC, Glover Park, Washington, DC (July 14, 2019).
Video: Alexis Michelle, from "I Am What I Am: The Music of Jerry Herman," American Pops Orchestra, Arena Stage, Washington, DC (May 18, 2019).
Video: Sizzle reel, "I Am What I Am: The Music of Jerry Herman," American Pops Orchestra, Arena Stage, Washington, DC (May 18, 2019).
Video: 2019 Tony winner Ali Stoker, performing "Be A Lion" (The Wiz), Millennium Stage, Kennedy Center (Sun., July 26, 2015), posted online June 10, 2019. (See below for archival video of full concert.)
Video: Kaylen Morgan & Tiffany Lynn Royster, performing "Family" (Dreamgirls), La-Ti-Do at Arqa Restaurant, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC (Tues., May 14, 2019).
Video: Katie Ganem, performing "Journey to the Past" (Anastasia), La-Ti-Do at Arqa Restaurant, Dupont Circle, Washington, DC (Tues., May 14, 2019).
Video: Grammy winner Luis Fonsi, performing "Despacito," 2017 Hispanic Heritage Awards, Warner Theatre, Washington, DC (Thurs., Sept. 14, 2017). NOTE: Music is on a track and I'm only playing "air piano," viewed in the background at various points (e.g., 3:20).