Dec 10 Wine & Song tickets now available!

Wine & Song 2024: Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma

Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM

at Connelly Law Offices, 2301 N 30th Street

We are excited for our annual Wine & Song fundraiser! The Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma events are free through generous support from the Old Town Business and Professional Association, our wonderful volunteers, and our annual fundraiser.

Featured performer: Stephanie Anne Johnson!

Reception will include wines by Ginkgo Winery and finger foods provided by Metropolitan Market and neighborhood friends.

Buy tickets at Eventbrite or at the door

Stephanie Anne Johnson

Vocalist, songwriter, and guitarist Stephanie Anne Johnson has opened for The Indigo Girls, Macy Gray, Mavis Staples, Robert Cray, The Blind Boys of Alabama, Mason Jennings, Durand Jones, Joseph, Cedric Burnside, and Black Joe Lewis, and political figure Senator Bernie Sanders. Puget Sound audiences also know Stephanie as the host of KNKX FM's "The Grooveyard", and as the lead singer of the Hidogs, performing Americana, Soul, Country, Folk, and Gospel, and representing the region on Season 5 of NBC's "The Voice".

Stephanie's latest album "Jewels" was released in 2023. Produced and engineered by Puget Sound guitarist and sound engineer Jeff Fielder.

Nov 12, 7pm Classical Tuesdays in Old Town: Opera Singers Gone Wild

Join us Tuesday, Nov 12 for some Classic Rock, Pop Rock and Jazz  performed by Emerald City 5.

 Emerald City 5 is the premier top 40 party band wowing audiences throughout Pacific N.W. This high energy 5-Piece cover band is powerfully dynamic and features a couple of the most extraordinary lead vocalists the West Coast has to offer. EC5 has an extensive repertoire, from classic rock to the most current dance hits. Lead singer is Dr. James Brown, head of the vocal department and director of opera at PLU, and Director of Vashon Opera, joined by vocalists Megan, Coral, and James, lead guitar James, bass guitar Josh, and Zeke on drums.

Emerald City 5

Slavonian Hall, 2306 N 30th St, Old Town Tacoma

7:00 pm

This event is free, all ages welcome!

Please feel free to use the backdoor ramp accessed from the alley.

Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma celebrates our 20th Season!

Our 20th year Celebration for Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma!

 We have an exciting season planned. Please join our Old Town Tacoma community for a season of exciting music-making - celebrating the amazing musicians we have here in the Northwest.

2024/2025 Season: Our 20th!

September 24 Tacoma Tapestry 2024: Swedish Traditional Music

Slavonian Hall 7pm Klintetten from Sweden

November 12 Opera Singers Gone Wild

Slavonian Hall 7pm Emerald City 5 sing Classic Rock

December 10 Wine & Song Benefit

Connelly Law Offices 7pm $30 recital & reception

February 11 Strings Attached

Slavonian Hall 7pm Violinist Maria Sampen & friends

March 11 Folk & Celtic Traditions

Slavonian Hall 7pm Voice & strings directed by Anne Lyman

Pamela Ryker, Artistic Director

 Slavonian Hall, 2306 N 30th St

 Connelly Law, 2301 N 30th St

Free to all, except for $30 admission to Wine & Song

Tacoma Tapestry 2024: Swedish Traditional Instrumental Music Sept 24 in Slavonian Hall

Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma

     We're celebrating our 20th season!

Free to all! Join us at Slavonian Hall in Old Town Tacoma

Tuesday, September 24th, 7:00pm   

Klintetten Swedish Ensemble

     performing Nordic traditional music & dance

Klintetten Swedish Ensemble

Klintetten is an internationally recognized Swedish music-and-dance ensemble. Several members hold top national music and dance honors in Sweden

Slavonian Hall, 2306 N 30th St, Old Town Tacoma

  a ramp from the alley to the 2nd floor is available with a few parking slots back there

September 20-22 Klintetten is helping Seattle's Skandia celebrate their 75th Anniversary with fika, dinner, dances, and music and dance workshops.

3 days of spine-tingling Nordic music and dance! Klintetten will join Skandia for dances, music and dance workshops, and a spelmanstämma for musicians and dancers.   Klintetten is an internationally recognized Swedish music-and-dance ensemble that never fails to delight audiences. Among the more than a dozen members are several who hold top national honors in Sweden, including Zorn medals for musicianship, and Big Silver medals for dancing expertise.

Friday, September 20, 2024 – Evening dance at the Cedar Valley Grange 20526 – 52nd Ave. W., Lynnwood, WA. 
Klintetten and Skandia musicians play for the evening dance.  7:30 to 8:30 dance class taught by Helen and Stig Eriksson with music by Klintetten. Class begins at 7:30 p.m.; open dancing starts after class and ends at 10:30 pm. Skandia members, $10, non-members, $15, at the door.

Saturday, September 21, 2024 Fika, Dinner & Dance at the Swedish Club: 1920 Dexter Ave N., Seattle WA
2:00 – 4:00 pm  Fika ($10) Enjoy coffee and snacks, and browse the display of 75 years of Skandia's history.  The History Display will be available until the dance begins.  You don't need to register but if you do, it will help us plan the refreshments.
8:00 to 11:00 pm.  Dancing ($30)  Dance to the fantastic music by Sweden's Klintetten plus the Skandia Allspel.  You needn't register but it will help us plan the refreshments if you do!

Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma: Electric Cello & 2 Dancers

 Gretchen Yanover on Electric Cello

        joined by 2 Dancers

         - her daughter Anastasia Ryser  & Willow Durst

Tuesday March 12 at 7:00pm at Slavonian Hall

Gretchen Nicole Yanover, electric cello

Join us for our last event of this season! 

FREE, All ages welcome!

Slavonian Hall, 2306 N 30th St

GretchenYanover enjoys playing both acoustic and electric cello. She has been a member of Northwest Sinfonietta since 1998, and has appeared as a soloist for the Earshot Jazz Festival, presented at TEDx Seattle, performed with LeVar Burton, and has had compositions commissioned by Seattle Symphony, Seattle Pacific University, and University of Oregon. Gretchen has 3 solo albums of her own compositions that she performs on her electric cello.

photo by Catherine Anstett

Tuesday Feb 13 Classical with a Twist: Let's explore the 50-year old Hip-Hop and BeatBox styles by NW artists

Please join us as we explore the Northwest Hip-Hop scene - a "classic" now in its 50th season.

Our guest artists - the father/son Hip-Hop duo Czon & Nicco and BeatBox artist Beatbox Panda will tell us about themselves, how they got into this wordsmithing and rhythm-producing genre, and what their message is.

More about Czon De Luna and his 12 years old son here.

And Beatbox Panda has provided a write-up about career below.

 The Beatbox Panda is a nationally top-ranked beatboxer out of Los Angeles, CA and currently resides in Seattle, WA. He began his beatbox journey in 2001 and since then has won beatbox competitions around the nation. Beatbox Panda holds championship titles in Los Angeles, and recently became Seattle’s 2019 Beatbox Champion. He travels around the USA performing at various schools and colleges, while spreading a positive message about beatboxing. He has performed at historic venues such as: The Roxy, The Coliseum, The Bourbon Room, The Redcat Theater, The Broad, The Whiskey, Troubadour, Greystone Manor, and others. He collaborated with America’s Best Dance Crew’s The Beat Freaks at The World of Dance Awards hosted by Paul Mitchell in Los Angeles, private events with Pretty Little Thing, Insignia, Amazon, Cisco Systems, SEMA Las Vegas, Long Beach Toyota Grand Prix, Long Beach Formula-e, Netflix, and more.   

He was also featured on 3 Buzzfeed videos which generated 25 million views collectively. The Beatbox Panda has also performed with celebrity artists such as: Snoop Dogg, Pentatonix, Matisyahu, Marshmello, Childish Gambino, Diplo, Big Sean, Sublime with Rome, XZIBIT, Beatbox pioneer- Rahzel, and legendary hip hop artist, KRS-one. From Rock and Roll to EDM and from Jazz to trap music, you will hear familiar songs personalized by his own style- all done with just his voice! 

Beatbox Panda has taken the time to master the art, able to recreate full songs, with accompaniment by himself without instrumentation, able to sing a chorus and provide a backing beat simultaneously, able to invoke impressions of singers on a whim. He takes his beatboxing beyond the traditional hip-hop influences into a much wider range of contemporary styles. 

At: Slavonian Hall, 2306 N 30th St, Old Town Tacoma

When: Tuesday, February 13th at 7:00pm

FREE, All ages welcome

Feb 13, 2024, is the next Classical Tuesdays event: Hip-Hop and BeatBox! Come, give it a listen!

 Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma is featuring a twist on the concept of "classical" music this coming February 13.  Join us as we explore the now-50 years old Hip-Hop and BeatBox styles that are established in today's street music and mixed cultural gatherings. 

We welcome Czon DeLuna, the father/son duo Seattle Hip-Hop artist/wordsmith Czon De Luna and his 11 year old son Nicco. 

Czon DeLuna Hip-Hop duo

father-son duo Czon and Nicco

Also, this evening BeatBox Panda artist who will demonstrate his BeatBox style

Listen to this talented beatboxer at https://shoutoutla.com/meet-edward-vincent-m-bantasan-professional-beatboxer/

BeatBox Panda

BeatBox is the sound produced from the mouth using different techniques, as we will witness! The first known use of beatbox dates back to 1982, then described as an electronic device that adds a backbeat, manipulates sounds, and mimics music instruments, A beatboxer is a person who vocally imitates percussion sounds, layering entirely voice-generated rhythm tracks, turning himself/herself into what rappers call a human beatbox.

When: February 13, 2024, 7:00pm

Where: Slavonian Hall, 2306 N 30th St, Old Town Tacoma

FREE/All ages welcome

The ramp from the alley at the back of Slavonian Hall is available for easier access to the 2nd floor performance level.