Daybreak Trio at Fremont Main February 16

Daybreak Trio

The Daybreak Trio performs in the Fukaya Room at 2 p.m. Saturday, February 16.  Daybreak Trio plays a variety of styles:  soft jazz, Cajun, Latin, original arrangements, world music selections.  Group leader Wayne Siligo, jazz and pop guitarist, vocalist, saxophonist and blues-harp player, was a tenor soloist with the Oakland, San Francisco and San Jose symphonies.  He played three nights weekly for 16 years at Papillon French restaurant on Mission Blvd., Fremont, and is now music director at the California School for the Blind, also in Fremont.  Markus Choo, keyboardist and award-winning musician-CSB graduate, is the accompanist for the school Glee Club.  Completing the Daybreak Trio is David Grandstaff, percussionist, guitarist and vocalist and teaching assistant at the CSB.

So, mark your calendar now:  Daybreak Trio, 2 p.m. Saturday, February 16, at the Fremont Main Library.  Check the online calendar regularly at http://bit.ly/V1WFhI and use the “Remind Me” button to automatically receive an emailed reminder of your chosen events.

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Happy New Year Fireworks From Around the World!

San Francisco




Disney California Adventure




New York




London, England




Shanghai, China




Dubai, United Arab Emirates




Moscow, Russia




Taipei, Taiwan




Sydney, Australia




Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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When the Big Band Came to the Library

If you were at the Fremont Main Library mid-afternoon on Saturday, November 10, in all likelihood you heard Gus Wedemeyer’s Three O’Clock Jump Big Band play music that made you feel like dancing.  If you missed it, the performance is on You Tube as several postings.  Here’s the opening portion.  For future events at the library, make sure to check the library’s online calendar.  Mark 2-3 p.m. Saturday, December 8, now so you won’t miss the Hillside Woodwind Quintet perform holiday favorites and classical melodies in the Fukaya Room.

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More music coming to the Fremont Main Library

Another chance is coming up to just sit back and listen or, if so moved, to dance and swing at the Fremont Main Library.  Gus Wedermeyer’s 3 O’Clock Jump Big Band performs in the Fukaya Room 2-4 p.m. Saturday, November 10.

Recent musical offerings at Fremont Main featured the local Indian band Jhankar Live on Saturday, October 13.  The Fukaya Room was filled to capacity and still a crowd of people waited outside to be admitted.  Audience members could not resist dancing to the upbeat music of the group.

The following Saturday,  students from Fremont’s Anna Poklewski Academy of Music treated the community to an afternoon of classical music.  Again, every available seat in the room was taken.  Piano and voice talents regaled concert goers with selections including those by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Bussoni and Liszt.  The star of the show was award-winning international concert pianist Howard Na, a student of Anna Poklewski.

More music programs are lined up for the coming months at the Fremont Main Library.  All performances are free.  Stay tuned.

Coming to the Fremont Main Library November 10.

Members of the audience dance to the music of Jhankar Live.

Concert pianist Howard Na performs at the Fremont Main Library.

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Dance and Music at the Library

Mark your calendar now:  The Fremont Main Library will come alive with free dance and music programs on two Saturday afternoons this month.

Jhankar Live performs Oct. 13

On October 13, local Indian music group Jhankar Live performs Bollywood music, both fast-paced and melodious, from 2 to 3:30 p.m.at the Library’s Fukaya Room.  The Jhankaris, a group of passionate music enthusiasts, have performed for charitable causes and supported education and artistic development for poor children since 2006.

A classical music concert comes the next Saturday, from 2 to 4 p.m. also at the Fukaya Room.  Guest artist and award-winning

Guest artist Howard Na headlines Oct. 20 classical music concert.

pianist Howard Na will headline a concert showcasing keyboard, string and vocal talents from Fremont’s Anna Poklewski Academy of Music  and featuring compositions by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff, Bussoni, Liszt.  A former child prodigy, Mr. Na at age 7 received a full music scholarship from Taiwan’s Department of Education to the Yong-Fu Music Academy.  At age 13, he was the youngest student to finish the certified programs at the Preparatory Division of the San Francisco Conservatory of Music.  Mr. Na has won top honors in competitions, including the 2012 Eastman Concerto Competition in Rochester, New York, where he performed Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (with his own cadenza – an homage to Godowsky) with the Eastman School Symphony Orchestra.

Free tickets will be available at the Information Desk a half hour before each performance.

The Fremont Main Library at 2400 Stevenson Boulevard, Fremont, is wheelchair accessible.  The Library will provide an ASL interpreter for any event with at least seven working days notice.  Please call 510-745-1401 or TTY 888-663-0660.   For your cultural enjoyment and entertainment, come to the Fremont Main Library!

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English-Chinese Baby Bounce Is Coming Back

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The ever popular bilingual English Chinese Baby Bounce for babies under 2 years old is going to resume this Thursday, 6/14, at 1 pm.  There are 3 meetings in June, 6/14, 6/21 and 6/28. 

Bring your baby and join us for 20-minute of fun in singing, rhyming, story reading in both English and Mandarin Chinese.  No registration is required.

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Hummin’ & Strummin’ With Greg

Our new music program for 3 to 5 years old “Hummin’ & Strummin’ With Greg” has been successfully ended its first session.  For the past 5 weeks, Greg, a previous preschool teacher, came every Tuesday with his guitar and sang with our young members and their parents and caregivers.  Greg  has an amazing power to immerse his audience in a 30-minute fun and musical program.

Here are some shots from the program:

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The Beatles on Ed Sullivan

The American television premiere of The Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show happened on February 9th, 1964. There was a big build up of excitement about the Beatles coming across the pond to the United States. Radio stations had been playing Beatles music and newspapers and magazines ran stories about the musical group before their first live appearance on American television. There were only 728 audience members present in the studio, but over 73 million Americans in more than 22 million homes tuned in that evening to get their first glimpse of the mop-haired quartet performing. So many people watched the Sullivan Show that night that it was rumored that crime rates fell across the country from 8pm to 9pm. It was a defining moment in many viewers memories and a milestone moment in pop culture. The “youngsters” as Sullivan referred to them were an immediate sensation and ushered in the British invasion on the American music scene. Of course they went on to be incredibly successfull and have remained one of the most popular and beloved musical groups in the world. Watch their American premiere below:

Check out beatlesbible.com to learn all about the beatles and if you want to read more about their premiere on the Ed Sullivan Show, including quotes from the band members on their experience, click here.

Alameda County Library has a very nice collection of Beatles music, DVDs and books here.

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Highlights of 2011 at Centerville Library

Another year has gone by.  I’d like to share a video of the major events at our library in 2011.  It was another busy year with many fun and/or educational family activities.  The happy faces in this video make me feel rewarded and look forward to the coming year.  Enjoy the video and have a wonderful 2012!

*Video quality can be adjusted to HD but the playback may lag on some computers.

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Bert Jansch

On  October  5th  we  lost  Bert Jansch,  a legendary  guitar  player. You might  not  have  heard  of  him,  but  you  might  have  heard of the group Pentangle. Bert Jansch was a leader in the British folk revival of the late 60s/ early 70s.

Here is a recording of one of his pieces:

we have some of his recordings at the library

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