Reno Pops Orchestra May 8, 2010

Reno Pops Fiesta! Celebrate Cinco de Mayo with the Reno Pops Orchestra at 7:00 pm on Saturday, May 8, in UNR’s Nightingale Concert Hall. The orchestra and guest musicians will perform several familiar selections in the Latin and Spanish tradition. Our program will feature guitarist Argent Castiblanco on Mercedes Sosa’s Alfonse y el Mar, Gary Buchanan’s Cinco de Mayo Overture, harpists Megan Kruitbosch and Deborah Brown playing Sabre Danse, Paul Lenz on trumpet performing La Virgen de la Macarena (The Bull Fighter’s Song), and will include other well-known pieces such as Gershwin’s Cuban Overture, deFalla’s The Three Cornered Hat, Carmen Dragon’s Mexican Hat Dance, and orchestral Mariachi compositions.