With a new location, a new time and new shirts, the 2015 St. Paul Academy and Summit School Pops Concert will be a new experience for everyone involved. As opposed to previous years when the Pops Concert was a one night performance at O’Shaughnessy auditorium on the St. Kate’s campus, this year the Pops Concert will be performed for two nights on the stage at SPA’s very own Huss Center.

The Huss Center for the Performing Arts opened at the beginning of this school year with a opening gala on Oct. 10.

“It’s really nice to have it [the Pops Concert] on our on campus, because now then we can actually practice in the space where we are going to perform,” sophomore Maya Shrestha said. Shrestha is a member of Academy Chorale and Summit Singers and will perform in the Pops Concert.

“It’s a huge beautiful hall with incredible acoustics,” director of SPA choral activities Anne Klus said.

In past years when the concert was performed at O’Shaughnessy, there was a stage crew provided.

“We are still learning how to live in our new house” Klus said. “The Huss Center gala really helped us learn,” Klus said.

Although SPA is still learning how to have performances in the Huss Center, some students think that the concert will go smoother because students have access to all spaces.

“I definitely think it will go a lot smoother because there was a lot of things that we didn’t necessarily have control over at O’Shaughnessy, like green rooms and not having enough space,” sophomore Sylvie Schifsky said. Schifsky is member of honors symphonia.

One of the biggest changes in the Pops Concert is still the change from it being a one night performance to being a two night performances.

“I have a lot of family members so if some of them can’t make it to one night it will be nice to have another night.” Schifsky said.

She doesn’t believe there are any negative changes this year.

Another change this year is the shirts. In previous years students have worn jeans and a Pops Concert t-shirt designed by a student, but this year, while students will still wear jeans, students will wear a long sleeved black polo shirt with a embroidered logo that says “SPA Performing Arts”.

“Having Pops t-shirts gives students the opportunity to design t-shirts and they were something we could wear to school and show that we were in this really cool concert.“ Shrestha said. “The long sleeved black polo shirts are something that freshman will wear four times and seniors will wear it once and then throw it away” Shrestha said.

“The polo shirts are a little more dressy,” Klus said.

The Pops Concert takes the Huss Center stage Dec. 4-5 at 7:30 p.m.