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.

Wine & Song 2023 tickets are available! Join us December 5th at 7:00pm

 Classical Tuesdays' annual Wine & Song event - which is a benefit for our series of free musical evenings - is scheduled for December 5th at 7:00pm. Again this year the Connelly Law Offices will host and underwrite this lovely evening, in their handsome and inviting venue.

Lyric mezzo-soprano Soon Cho, accompanied by pianist Amy Boers, will use Robert Schumann's Frauenliebe und leben as the framework for this recital, weaving songs together to tell a story of "Echos of Life through a Harmonious Tapestry". This lovely program includes several women composers: Amy Beach, Clara Schumann, Lili Boulanger, and Florence Price, including living South Korean composer Hye-Young Cho, as well songs by Henry Purcell and Robert Schumann.

Tickets are $30 each are available at     https://wineandsong2023.eventbrite.com

     or contact Pamela at prryker@gmail.com


lyric mezzo-soprano Soon Cho

  • Wine & Song 2023: Echoes of Life through a Harmonious Tapestry                                      
  • December 5, 7:00pm                                                                                                               
  • Connelly Law Offices at 2301 N 30th St., Tacoma WA 98403                                              
  • $30 tickets available at http://wineandsong2023.eventbrite.com                                           

November 14 at 7:00pm in Slavonian Hall: Dancing with the Sun King

Harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky and dancer Anna Mansbridge invite us all to attend the court of Louis XIV! The wearing of haute couture and other finery is optional but do join us at 7:00pm on Tuesday, November 14 at Slavonian Hall in Old Town Tacoma, as we enjoy a window into the grandeur and ceremony of the 17th century.

Known as the Sun King, also as Louis the Great, he was King of France from 1643 to 1715. In his early years he lived at the Louvre (the royal palace at that time), where he established the splendor and the protocol that was to define the Grand Siècle. In 1682, King Louis moved his court - and its fashionable music and decorum - to Versailles. Throughout his life Louis enjoyed dancing and playing the guitar.

On Tuesday Nov 14, Henry Lebedinsky returns to Slavonian Hall, this time sharing his insights into the music and dance of that golden era as established by King Louis and his court. Joining Henry in this performance are renowned dancer Anna Mansbridge, Tekla Cunningham on baroque violin, and Adaiha MacAdam-Some on viola da gamba. This will be a tremendous evening. Join us!



Henry Lebedinsky, harpsichord

Anna Mansbridge, dancer

What: Classical Tuesdays: Dancing with the Sun King
When: November 14, 2023 at 7:00pmWhere: Slavonian Hall, 2303 N 30th St, Tacoma WA
FREE, All ages are welcome
A ramp from the alley to the back door is available to help access the 2nd floor level.