Melodia Mariposa’s Third Annual Holiday Concert
Thursday • December 19th
6pm Doors Open • 7pm Concert starts
8:30pm – Champagne toast
Altadena Town and Country Club
Tickets $65 and $20 for Students
2025 Season Members of Melodia Mariposa receive a 20% discount on tickets. To become a Member, please click here. Existing members (including anyone who bought a ticket for our October 6th Party and Concert!) should receive a promo code by email. If you have not received one, please email ccadoganc@gmail.com.
Program
P. Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Ballet
• Trepak
P. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
• Dance Neapolitaine- David Washburn, cornet solo
• Dance of the Little Swans
• Pas de Deux- Roberto Cani, violin solo and Evgeny Tonkha, cello solo
G.Bizet: Opera Carmen
• Entr’acte to Act II.
• Habanera – Suzanna Guzman, mezzo-soprano
L. Anderson: Sleigh Ride
C. Saint-Saens: Carnival des animals
• L’ Elephant – Abe Gumroyan, contrabass solo
• Le Cygne- Charlie Tyler, cello solo
J. Strauss: Pizzicato polka
Silent night, orc.Larry Blank
Suzanna Guzman
K. LeFrak: Miami Concerto
• Romántico – 2nd movement Paul Viapiano, guitar solo
William Ross, conductor
Rogers & Hammerstein: Sound of the Music
• Climb Every Mountain – Suzanna Guzman
C. Wilson: A Not-So-Traditional Christmas Medley
G.Handel: The Messiah
• Hallelujah
I. Berlin: White Christmas, arr. Larry Blank
• Singalong
Melodia Mariposa is delighted to announce the performance by guitarist Paul Viapiano, of the 2nd Movement of “Miami Concerto for Guitar and Orchestra” composed by Karen Lefrak. (Arranged and conducted by William Ross)
Our concert will also feature mezzo soprano, Suzanna Guzman, performing a selection from Bizet’s Carmen as well as Climb Every Mountain from the Sound of Music.
We will showcase members of our All Star Orchestra who will perform Saint-Saëns’ Carnival of the Animals, Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and Nutcracker, and more.
The orchestra will be led again by the distinguished conductor, Latrry Blank.
This is our biggest event of the year. Come and have a wonderful time, bring your friends and family and support live, world class music in Altadena!
Larry Blank, Conductor
Larry Blank is one of the most prolific and sought after composers, conductors, and orchestrators in the entertainment business today. His work has been presented all over the world, including some of Broadway’s most successful musicals, Carnegie Hall, and top television and film projects.
He was the Music Director/Conductor and/or vocal arranger for many shows on Broadway and in Los Angeles including They’re Playing Our Song, Evita, Sugar Babies, La Cage Aux Folles, Phantom Of The Opera, Onward Victoria, Copperfield, Colette, A Chorus Line, and A Little Night Music. He has been nominated three times for both the Tony Award and the Drama Desk Award for his orchestrations in The Drowsy Chaperone, Irving Berlin’s White Christmas, and with Marc Shaiman for Catch Me If You Can. Larry received a Drama Desk Nomination for orchestrations for A Christmas Story and Honeymoon In Las Vegas.
