Festival of Lights to be celebrated at Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma
December 8 from 4 to 6pm: come by Old Town Wineskinsfor your packet of munchies
December 8 at 7:00pm: join us on Zoom - the link will be given to you when you purchase your ticket(s): classicaltuesdays.bpt.me
Asatoma Sadgamaya. From ignorance to knowledge, from darkness to light, and indeed from death to immortality - we celebrate peaceful transitions this year! Srivani Jade and friends bring you music from India to celebrate love and light this season. Featuring solo performances from Satyajit Limayeon the Bansuri (Bamboo flute), Ashim Bhaumik (Baul Vocals), Rahul Deshpande (Harmonium), Manoj Biswas (Tabla drums), and Srivani Jade (Classical Vocals).
For Classical Tuesdays in Old Town's annual Wine & Song benefit, join us for a Festival of Lights celebration on Tuesday December 8, 2020! We'll stock you up with treats, then gather at 7:00pm on Zoom.
Srivani Jade and friends return to Old Town Tacoma to perform music for Diwali, the Festival of Lights celebrating the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance.
Your $30 Contribution buys you a Musical Event on Zoom and a Gift of savories, cookies, and a coupon toward wine and small plates-to-go from Old Town Wine Skins.
Buy tickets, or if you can't make it this year simply donate, at Brown Paper Tickets:
ON DECEMBER 8:
4:00-6:00pm: Pick up your Wine & Song treats and a same-day wine coupon*from 4 to 6pm at our table at Old Town Wine Skins, 2208 N 30th, Old Town Tacoma
7:00pm: Join us at a Zoom link (address given at time of ticket purchase)
*Coupon toward wine, cider, beer, and small plates-to-go at Old Town Wine Skins (Open till 9pm, but we recommend you use your coupon before you join us on Zoom!)
Support our talented Puget Sound artists! Buying a pair of tickets to this benefit event helps assure we can continue employing these remarkable musicians.
Tickets are $30 and all proceeds from this event will
support the series Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma.
Watch for this on Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma's links, starting 7pm November 10 and available from then on at:
https://www.youtube.com/user/classicaltuesdays
https://www.facebook.com/classicaltues/
Maria Sampen, Professor
of Violin at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA, enjoys a vibrant
musical career as a soloist, chamber musician, orchestral performer, recording
artist and teacher. She performs both standard repertoire and new
experimental works; her engagements include concertos, concerts and
masterclasses in Europe, Asia, Canada and all over the United States. Dr. Sampen
has been featured as soloist on KING FM in Seattle and other public radio
stations throughout the country. She has released recordings on AMP Records,
Block M Records and Perspectives in New Music/Open Space. She is currently
preparing recordings of Georges Enesco’s Sonata No. Béla Bartók’s Sonata No. 2,
and Marilyn Shrude’s “Memorie di Luoghi.”
Maria Sampen, violinist
Dr. Sampen performed and
studied at the Mozarteum Sommerakademie, the Banff Centre for the Arts, the
Carnegie Hall Professional Training Workingshop, the Aspen Festival, Tanglewood
and the Musicorda Festival. She holds degrees from the University of
Michigan and Rice University and was also a fellow at Aspen and the Tanglewood
Music Festival. Her major teachers include Paul Kantor, Kenneth Goldsmith
and Paul Makara. In addition to her work as a soloist, Sampen concertizes
frequently with her new music group, Brave New Works, as well as the IRIS
Orchestra of Tennessee, and the Puget Sound Piano Trio.
Indonesian pianist and
teacher, Isabella Jie, completed her Master of Music and Performer's
Diploma degrees at Indiana University and her Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Piano Performance at the University of Minnesota, Her DMA dissertation connects her extensive studies of western music with her Indonesian heritage and passion for teaching: "Debussy and Gamelan: An Introduction to Gamelan Music for Piano Students".
The program for Maria's virtual recital will include movements from:
