Medical professionals are putting on a music recital entitled “Docs Play the Pops V” on Sunday, May 23, 2010, at 2 p.m. in the Modesto Junior College Auditorium on East Campus, 435 College Avenue. The concert program will include a diverse genre of music, ranging from popular music to classical.

Tickets are $12 for general admission, $10 for students and seniors, and may be purchased in advance online at http://mjc.tix.com and at the door for 90 minutes before the performance. The event raises money for the MJC Friends of Music, an organization that provides music student scholarships and supports the programs of the MJC Music Department.

Although the title of the event is “Docs Play the Pops,” the musicians performing represent an array of medical-related professionals, including operating room technicians, surgical assistants, relatives and friends of people who work in area hospitals and physicians of course.

Leadership for this fifth annual event is again spearheaded by Modesto general surgeon and acupuncturist Dr. Calvin Lee and MJC Music Professor Cherrie Llewellyn, and Dr. Lee will participate on stage playing violin and piano.

Other performers will include Dr. Tom Wallace on piano; Dr. James Yip playing guitar; Dr. Jocelyn Espiritu performing on piano; Dr. Joel Yerby playing violin and Dr. Ross Redding on guitar and vocals. Musicians will include Maxwell Wine playing guitar and singing; Michael Dunham on guitar; singer Kirsty Person, and Don Keener’s band “Southern Reaction” – an ensemble of operating room staff members, and many more.

Sponsorship for Docs Play the Pops is provided by Surgical Artistry, a surgical group formed by Dr. Lee and plastic surgeon Dr. Tammy Wu.

CONCERT PROGRAM:

Sonata in A, 4th movement by Cesar Franck
Dr. Joel Yerby ~ Violin
Dr. Yan Yan Chan ~ Piano

Moonlight Sonata by Ludwig van Beethoven
Dr. Tom Wallace ~ Piano

Johanna (Sweeney Todd) by Stephen Sondheim

Halt! (Die schöne Müllerin) by Fanz Schubert
Keaton Williams ~ Baritone

Canon in D major  by Pachelbel
Dr. James Yip ~ Guitar

Tarantella by Albert Pieczonka
Kane Wu ~ Piano

Après un Rêve by G. Fauré
Veronica Rogers ~ Viola
Dr. Yan Yan Chan ~ Piano

Beyond the Light by Keiko Matsui
Next Plateau by Keiko Matsui
Dr. Jocelyn Espiritu ~ Piano

Deh vieni non tardar (Marriage of Figaro) by Mozart
Cathy Williams ~ Soprano
Dr. Yan Yan Chan ~ Piano

Romance by Amy Beach
Calvin Lee ~ Violin
Michele Athens Abell ~ Piano

INTERMISSION

Dr. Ross Redding & Friends performing:
A Box of Chocolates: A Collection of Songs

First There Was Nothing by Maxwell Wine
I Want You Bad by Maxwell Wine
Little Buildings by Maxwell Wine
Maxwell Wine ~ Guitar/Vocal

Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good To You by Andy Razaf
Kirsten Lundeby-Polack ~ Vocal
Dr. Tom Wallace ~ Piano

I’ve Just Seen a Face by The Beatles

I’ll Never Find Another You by The Seekers

Goodnight, Sweethearts, Goodnight by The Maguire Sisters
Mike Dunham ~ Guitar & Vocals

Southern Reaction performing:
Drift Away by Dobie Gray
Main Street by Bob Seeger
Can’t Get Enough of Your Love by Bad Company
Don Keener ~ Lead Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
Kenny Jackson ~ Vocals & Rhythm Guitar
Bubba Brown ~ Vocals & Bass Guitar
Lance Silva ~ Vocals & Drums