About
the Chester County Pops Orchestra
 Organization
History
In the early 1990s, the late West Chester attorney
William H. Mitman, Sr. recognized the need for
a pops orchestra in the region. He set about to
address that need by creating a nonprofit arts
organization to support and service such an orchestra.
Unfortunately, Mr. Mitman’s dream did not
materialize in a timely fashion and his subsequent
death brought all project efforts to a close.
Shortly after his retirement
from West Chester University’s School of
Music in May of 2004, Jacques Voois, DMA, was
contacted by several Chester County musicians
interested in launching a new orchestra in Chester
County. Given the presence of three established
symphony orchestras in the area, the idea of a
county-wide pops orchestra had great appeal.
In October of 2004, Voois and
Eugene Buglio, former owner of Taylor’s
Music Store in West Chester, met with the Honorable
Elinor Z. Taylor to solicit her support for the
project. In January of 2005, Voois began assembling
the Chesco Pops Board of Directors which, throughout
its short history, has represented a diverse assemblage
of Chester County residents with strong backgrounds
in such areas as leadership, administration, nonprofit
service and artistic experience. The first board
meeting of the Chester County Pops Orchestra was
held on March 8, 2005, at which officers and board
members were elected and installed.
 The
Chesco Pops presented its Inaugural Concert Series
in September, 2005 to county-wide acclaim. Subsequent
concert series in the summer of 2006 and the winter
and summer of 2007 brought the Chesco Pops to
venues in Caln, Coatesville, Longwood, Oxford,
Phoenixville, West Chester and West Goshen. The
Chesco Pops Board of Directors and Volunteer Alliance
are pleased to continue the Pops’ mission
of “Bringing Melody to Life in Chester County”
by offering concerts and educational outreach
programs throughout the County in 2008.
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