
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.
TUCSON POPS ORCHESTRA
Khris Dodge, Music Director/Conductor
Featuring
El Mariachi Tapatio de Tucson
PROGRAM
Carmen Suite No. 1
Toreador MarchGeorges BizetPeer Gynt Suite No. 1
Morning Mood
In the Hall of the Mountain KingEdvard GriegSonoran RiversYuanyuan Kay He
Alison Hawthorne Deming, narrator
Intermezzo from GoyescasEnrique GranadosABBA MedleyBenny Andersson/Björn Ulvaeus, arr. Khris Dodge
INTERMISSION
La CumparsitaGerardo Matos Rodríguez, arr. Delwyn Elliott Mariachi Potpourri
Selections will be announced from the stagearr. Alberto Ranjel
El Mariachi Tapatio de Tucson
Love and PeaceQuincy Jones, arr. Khris Dodge




