Classical Tuesdays' 7th Season

October 11th, 2011, kicks off our seventh season of Classical Tuesdays in Old Town!  We'll feature four widely varied free concerts, plus our annual benefit concert.  The line-up is:

October 11 Chinese Concert & Lion Dance

• In celebration of the new Chinese Reconciliation Park and Pavilion
• 5:45pm Lion Dance starting at Gateway Park
• 7pm US China Music Ensemble at Slavonian Hall

November 8 The Manette String Trio performs Beethoven and Mozart

• Gwendolyn Talyor, violin; Thane Lewis, viola; Stuart Hake, cello

December 13 American Opera Arias: Annual Benefit Concert & Wine Reception

• Christina Kowalski, soprano; Gino Lucchetti, tenor; Denes Van Parys, piano
• Held at Connelly Law Offices, Old Town; $25 admission

January 10, 2012 Wired for Sound

• Tacoma composer Joshua Parmenter and friends
• Acoustic and electronic music

February 14 Plaisir d'Amour (The Pleasure of Love)

• Canonici vocal consort
• Love songs in English, French and Italian

As always, a big Thank You! to the Slavonian-American Benevolent Society for the use of their beautiful hall in Old Town.

Concerts start at 7pm the second Tuesday of each month. All but the benefit concert are at Slavonian Hall, 2306 N 30th St, in Old Town Tacoma. Info: 253-752-2135, http://classicaltuesdays.blogspot.com. And of course, admission is free.

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Chinese Concert & Lion Dance on October 11

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October 11 opens Classical Tuesdays in Old Town's 7th season!

Our first concert is part of Old Town Tacoma's celebration of the new Chinese Reconciliation Park and Pavilion on the waterfront. Old Town will host two events on October 11:

5:45pm Lion dance

• Gather at Gateway Park (next to the Old Town Music Society) and accompany the lion party to the doors of Slavonian Hall.

7pm Classical Tuesdays concert

• Warren Chang and the US China Music Ensemble will perform Chinese traditional music on pipa, erhu, dizi, guzheng and yangqin

Both events are free and open to the public.

Come help celebrate a new season of Classical Tuesdays and the next phase of the Chinese Reconciliation Project!

When and where:

Tuesday, Oct. 11th, 2011, at 7 pm, FREE.
Slavonian Hall, 2306 N. 30th St., Old Town Tacoma
For more info: (253)752-2135

Print a flyer for this concert.

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Guzheng

All photos courtesy of US China Music Ensemble.