The Tucson Pops Orchestra
MUSIC UNDER THE STARS™
Concert II
The Classics
​Sunday, September 18, 2022, 7pm
DeMeester Outdoor Performance Center, Reid Park

Khris Dodge, Conductor, Music Director
​Guest Artist: Not Fade Away
Program

Star Spangled Banner..........Francis Scott Key    

March, from the Opera, The Love of Three Oranges..........Serge Prokofieff
 
Gymnope´dies I. and III..........Erik Satie, arr. Claude Debussy 

Jump Swing Fever..........arr. John Wasson 

Route 66..........Bobby Troup, arr. Khris Dodge 

Comedians Gallop , from The Comedians ..........Dimitri Kabalevsky, arr. Rosario Bourdon

Intermission
 
Czardas..........Vittorio Monti 
Soloist, Michael Fan 

Intermezzo in A Major, Op. 118 No. 2..........Johannes Brahms , arr. Khris Dodge 

Oh Boy..........Buddy Holly
Come On, Let's Go ..........Ritchie Valens 
Maybe Baby/Pretty Woman..........Buddy Holly/Roy Orbison 
Malaguena..........Ernesto Lecuona 
True Love Ways..........Buddy Holly 
​La Bamba..........Ritchie Valens
Not Fade Away
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Not Fade Away
Jared Mancuso​ has been a performer and musician most of his life, with a degree in acting from Marymount Manhattan College. Some favorite roles include Billy Lawlor in 42nd Street, Mark in Rent, Dennis in All Shook Up, and Leo Bloom in The Producers. Jared has performed nationally as Buddy Holly in several productions of Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story since 2013, and started Not Fade Away in 2016.
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Mike Gallardo tours with his band Nightstand who are slated to release their debut album, Spruce this year. In addition to drums, Mike is an avid bassist and guitarist and has self-published multiple singles and covers.
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Nick Gallardo is an established concert entertainer emulating the Rock 'n' Roll greats with live tributes Forever Everly, Valens to Valli and the brand new, Lucy and Ricky LIVE! Nick has also performed on over 40 cruises internationally portraying Frankie Valli with December ’63. Favorite roles include: Leaf Coneybear in The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, (MAC Award WIN, Best Actor) Duke in The Great American Trailer Park Musical, (MAC Award WIN, Best Musical) and Jinx in Forever Plaid.
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Aurora Dubois played piano as a young child, but fell in love with the idea of playing bass when she saw In Rainbows Live in the Basement by Radiohead. She has been busy playing the bass ever since. Outside of Not Fade Away, she started her own cover band centered around the music of Kruangbin, she joined an original post-rock group, and put together an all girl funk/soul group.