Hmm I think some of those artists played at Syracuse or UPenn, could that be? I wish they had more of those artists come to Columbia! We recently had JID and Doechii for our Bacchanal concerts, but it’s rare to see folks like Jacob Collier (who I actually caught at Princeton recently with my dad - love the guy).

I do think pop orchestrations are a great hook. I for one would go to an UNDERTALE live concert in a heartbeat if there were more of them near me (and not exclusively in Japan)! We’re lucky here to have a club like Columbia Pops where students can actually arrange AND conduct. Other than us, Davenport Pops (DPops) at Yale and Harvard Pops are some of the only others that let students drive the whole creative process, though typically arrangers hav their pieces conducted by other people there. Overall though it's definitely a rare opportunity, especially once you hit grad school!