Silver Screen Songs of the Season with Maud Hixson and Rick Carlson

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Doors open at 6:00 PM for Dinner and Drink Service. Classic Hollywood Holiday Songbook A celebration of the best of the festive silver screen songbook. Your favorite classic holiday songs from the movies, including “Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas”, “Let’s Start The New Year Right”, and of course, “White Christmas” . Hear the stories behind the songs and singers and songwriters such as Mel Torme, Judy Garland and Irving Berlin. Maud Hixson : Vocals Rick Carlson : Piano Hailed as “gently virtuosic” (All About Jazz), Maud Hixson is a devoted exponent of great songs, ranging from the classic Great American Songbook to the often unsung or forgotten compositions awaiting rediscovery. Based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Maud made her Guthrie Theater debut in the Noel Coward revue Coward’s Women, also appearing in Park Square Theater’s The Soul of Gershwin. Permanent Moonlight: Songs of Sir Richard Rodney Bennett, earned a 2024 Bistro Award. Her newest recording, When Winter Comes, was released in 2025. Rick Carlson has been the pianist for the Wolverines Big Band since 1980. He has perf