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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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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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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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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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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Things to do in Fremont

One  of  the  things I love about living in  this area is that there is so much  to do. I  came  from  a  very  small, quiet  town on  the east coast  and now,sometimes there are too  many  choices.

Tonight, you could go to  the  local  silent film  Museum - where they  are  showing a  Talking Picture!

This Sunday in Niles you can hear a great , free concert and this time around there will be some fabulous food trucks including The Sweet Bakery and the fiveten burger .

This lecture on Monday at the library Looks interesting

for other ideas:

how about a link to  the local  theater  company Broadway West.

Fremont Coffee Roasting often has music.
Here is a link to some of the programs put on by East Bay regional parks
For more ideas look at the Tri City Voice .

Enjoy your city!

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So it is Raining

I guess we should have fun with it

Don’t want to go out in the rain ? Why not pick up a copy of the dvd at the library?

Prefer a more modern version of the same song and dance?

And yes , we have both DVDs and CDs from Glee.

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Welcome the rain!

Okay, maybe I am not all that excited. I am pleased that it is raining , because we need it. I am not so pleased, beacue my raincoat is no longer waterproof. However, this amazing video always cheers me up .

You can see more videos by Perpetuum Jazzile on Youtube.

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And in honor of national piano month ….

a video!  Muppets and Victor Borge — funny and  musical.

 

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An Inspirational Music Video to Share

This unprecedented economic downturn has affected each of us in one way or another.  Many have lost their jobs, many are questioning their faith.  Here is a music video I’d like to share.  Hope it will inspire all of us.

The music video includes amateur musicians and singers, singing in various American locations.  The orignal version with highlights of the lyrics can be watched at http://www.bornagainamerican.org/

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