May 11: Mariachi Tapatio on Mother’s Day

Join us on Sunday, May 11, 2025 as music director Khris Dodge and the Tucson Pops present our annual Mother’s Day concert as our spring Music Under the Stars season opener.
Khris promises that the program will include material new to the Pops that’s been requested by our mothers! Our special guests will be the members of El Mariachi Tapatio de Tucson, directed by Alberto Ranjel.
Come early to visit our food trucks and claim a prime spot for your blankets and lawn chairs.
DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, Reid Park
Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 7 p.m.
Khris promises that the program will include material new to the Pops that’s been requested by our mothers! Our special guests will be the members of El Mariachi Tapatio de Tucson, directed by Alberto Ranjel.
Come early to visit our food trucks and claim a prime spot for your blankets and lawn chairs.
DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, Reid Park
Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 7 p.m.
DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center - Reid Park |
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TUCSON POPS ORCHESTRAKhris Dodge, Music Director/Conductor PROGRAM |
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Carmen Suite No. 1 Toreador March |
Georges Bizet |
Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Morning Mood In the Hall of the Mountain King |
Edvard Grieg |
Sonoran Rivers | Yuanyuan Kay He |
Alison Hawthorne Deming, narrator |
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Intermezzo from Goyescas | Enrique Granados |
ABBA Medley | Benny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus, arr. Khris Dodge |
INTERMISSION |
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La Cumparsita | Gerardo Matos Rodríguez, arr. Delwyn Elliott |
Mariachi Potpourri Selections will be announced from the stage |
arr. Alberto Ranjel |
El Mariachi Tapatio de Tucson |
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Love and Peace | Quincy Jones, arr. Khris Dodge |