Library to Host Free Celtic Music Concert

Mayor Stephen Cassidy and the San Leandro City Council announced that the San Leandro Public Library will be hosting an afternoon of traditional and period Celtic music on Saturday, October 18th from 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm. The performance will take place at the Main Library, located at 300 Estudillo Avenue in downtown San Leandro.

“As part of our ongoing efforts to expand opportunities for art and culture in San Leandro, I invite community residents to come out on October 10th to experience this unique musical performance at our public library,” stated Mayor Cassidy.

Margaret and Kristoph will perform Celtic music from the British Isles as well as Medieval and Renaissance music of Western Europe. Margaret grew up in Illinois where she was classically trained as a flutist and recorder player and received degrees in Music and French from Knox College. She possesses an academic knowledge of the music of the troubadours and she sings in French, Medieval French, Latin, Provençal, Gallician Portuguese, Gaelic, Spanish, and English.

Kristoph sings tenor and plays 12-string and 6-string guitar, octave mandolin, and oboe, and writes original music performed in the band. He studied vocal technique with James Schwabacher and Edwin Barlow and appeared with the Marin Opera. Kristoph is a past member of the Celtic bands Magic Fire and Four Shillings Short and currently leads Celtic rock band Avalon Rising, in which he sings lead vocals and plays lead guitar. Admission is free.

For more information, please call the Main Library’s Information Desk at (510) 577-3971.

--Information: City of San Leandro

--Photo: San Leandro Patch Archive