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| Connelly Law Offices, Old Town |
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| Gino Lucchetti, tenor |
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| Charles Robert Stephens, baritone |
Mosaic Brass Quintet:
Edward Castro and Zachary Lyman, trumpets
Becky Miller, French horn, Keith Winkle,
trombone and Paul Evans, tuba
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| Mosaic Brass Quintet |
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| Margaret Shelton |
On the lovely evening of September 9 we gathered on the lawn of Old Town Park for a Classical Tuesdays' Concert. The warm wood sounds of the marimba and Andean flutes, produced by The Miho & Diego Duo, wafted on the gentle summer breeze. Miho Takekawa and Diego Coy were joined by Lamont Atkinson and Frank Anderson on drums. Frank delighted us with his dancing to the (mostly) Latin beat.
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| Miho on the Marimba |
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| Miho & Diego with Lamont and Frank |
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| Dancing Frank |
Concert in Old Town Park
bring blankets or chairs, pick up picnic foods at local eateries
The 10th Season of Classical Tuesdays in Old Town starts
Tuesday September 9 at 5:30pm in Old Town Park
Miho & Diego Duo and Friends return by popular demand !
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| Miho & Diego Duo |
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town
and Old Town Business & Professional Association
gratefully thank our generous supporters:
Spotlight on our Loyal and Generous Donors!
Slavonian-American Benevolent Society and Slavonian Hall manager John Petrinovich
Tacoma Arts Commission
John Connelly Law Offices, Jack and Angela Connelly
The Spar, proprietor Kathleen Manke
Nicola Tollefson, North End friend and supporter
SAI Music Fraternity, Tacoma Alumnae Chapter
Nancy Muse, proprietor of Bayview Optical
Bravo for In-Kind Support!
Ginkgo Winery Tasting Room, manager Sonie Hansen
South Sound Magazine, editor Josh Dunn
Hawthorn Tea Room, proprietor Cathy Russell
Treos, proprietor Brad Carpenter
Old Town Starbucks, manager Kara
Standing Ovation for our Stellar Volunteers!
Jim Robbins and Dayton Knipher, photographers extraordinaire
Chris and Rob Reynolds, cookies, table setting and green boughs for the Wine & Song Benefit
Alexis McDonald, Barb Bourscheidt, Brenda and SAI sisters for managing the refreshments
Kathleen Butler, Dave Kresch and John Trueman for helping set up and break down.
Karen Trueman, Karen Oleson and Karen Goettling for greeting our guests
Thank you! all the fantastic musicians who have shared their talents and beautiful music.
Applause and a special THANK YOU to our wonderful audience.
Your support is an important aspect of the concerts. We share that give and take between audience and performers (the 12th man phenomenon!). The energy from the stage is reflected right back from you folks to the musicians. You’re the best.
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| Slavonian Hall |
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| Michael Partington, guitarist |
Our annual Wine & Song (Cabernet & Cabaret this time around!) is December 10 at 7pm.
This event is sponsored and hosted by the John Connelly Law Offices and all proceeds benefit the Classical Tuesdays in Old Town series of free concerts.
mezzo-soprano Dawn Padula
An Evening of Operetta and Cabaret. Our chanteuse for the evening is mezzo-soprano
Dawn Padula with Denes Van Parys at the piano, featuring operetta selections from Offenbach and Gilbert and Sullivan, and some Kurt
Weill to represent the Berlin operetta style that
crosses over to cabaret.
On the cabaret
side,songs made famous by Edith Piaf ("La
vie en rose," "Non, je ne regrette rien") and a set
of classical Cabaret Songs by William Bolcom that are great
fun. Of course, she'll finish with songs from Kander and Ebb's
musical Cabaret !
Fine wines will be poured by Ginkgo Forest Winery
accompanied by a lavish
array of hors d'oeuvres and sweets.
Buy raffle tickets: support the Classical Tuesdays free concert series and win treats for yourself or get a head start on your holiday gift shopping!
South Sound Magazine has gathered many terrific items for inclusion in the Raffle Basket to be raffled off at Classical Tuesdays' November 12 concert. Tickets for the raffle can be purchased at Slavonian Hall between 6:15 and 7pm before the concert starts and also during the Intermission of the concert. The drawing will be held at the end of Intermission. Attend a great concert - performed by some of Tacoma's favorite string players - and buy tickets for a chance to win this generous basket.
The basket includes:
1-year subscriptions to South Sound Magazine and 425 Magazine ($60 value).
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| Srivani Jade |
Some of Tacoma's favorite string players are back for Classical Tuesdays' November concert.
Maria Sampen on violin, Timothy Christie on viola and David Requiro on cello will play a variety of chamber music for us; a variety of composers and styles and variety in the numbers of musicians performing.
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| Maria on Violin |
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| Tim on Viola |
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| David on Cello |
GO Arts: Harp concert in Old Town travels the world with Margaret Shelton, UPS Watson FellowHope to see you at Margaret's Oct. 8 Classical Tuesdays concert!
by Rosemary Ponnekanti
October 2, 2013
The prestigious Watson Fellowship benefits the college students who win it to the tune of $25,000, funding a year-long international odyssey of academic and personal discovery. But the trickle-down benefit of the Watson comes to Tacoma audiences next Tuesday night in the form of a free harp concert of world music, given by Watson Fellow Margaret Shelton for the Classical Tuesdays in Old Town series.
Shelton won her Watson in 2011, and spent the next year wandering the world as a traveling harpist. From China to Germany, Ireland to Spain, France and even Paraguay, where the harp is the national instrument, Shelton met local harpists, learned local tunes, played traditional instruments and even learned to make her own small traveling harp to take on the pilgrim route to Santiago de Compostela in Spain, playing music at every hostel she stayed at. ...
Next Tuesday, she’ll take the Classical Tuesdays audience around the world with her, playing everything from Chinese konghou tunes to classical French repertoire to Celtic tunes and Paraguayan folktunes. She’ll also tell the tale of the German Harfenmädchen: wandering German female harpists who traveled the Alps early last century, one of whom she met personally.
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Classical Tuesdays welcomes Margaret Shelton performing traditional and contemporary harp music from Asia, Europe, and South America.
Join us for an evening of beautiful harp music from around the world. Tacoma harpist Margaret Shelton explored traditional and contemporary harp music from Asia, Europe and South America while traveling on a grant in 2011. Margaret was awarded the prestigious Thomas J. Watson Fellowship to study harp music, playing techniques, and cultures in fourteen countries across four continents; a journey of musical and personal discovery. Through performing, interviewing harpists, digging through museum archives and even building a small harp, Margaret discovered the rich variety of this unique instrument around the globe. I’d say Margaret’s got the world on a string.
Here are a few of the intriguing varieties we'll hear on her program from countries she visited:
China: Traditional Konghou harp tunes
Ireland: Traditional Irish tunes
Germany: Songs from 19th-century Harfenmädchen traveling harpists
France: Classical Harp pieces (i.e. Debussy, Faure)
Paraguay: Traditional Arpa Paraguaya
When & where:
Tuesday, October 8, 7pm
Slavonian Hall
2306 N. 30th St., Old Town Tacoma
Free/donations appreciated
All ages welcome
Handicap parking and access from alley
More information:
(253) 752-2135
