Whidbey Island Music Festival: A Celtic Christmas with the Beggar Boys

• Abigail Lennox, voice, guitar, & bowdhrán
• Michael Albert, fiddle, Irish flute, & voice
• Larry Young, fiddle, baryton fiddle, storyteller, & voice
• Henry Lebedinsky, guitar & piano

Please note: Both performances of "A Celtic Christmas with the Beggar Boys" are currently sold out.

Warm up your holiday season as The Beggar Boys bring traditional Christmas music from Ireland, Scotland, and Wales to the Pacific Northwest. The ethereal voice of Abigail Lennox blends with fiddles, whistle, and guitar to create the Beggar Boys' signature blend of traditional songs and tunes and powerful originals. This festive program will also feature Larry Young's dramatic storytelling and live Irish step dancing – a perfect family holiday treat.

Runs Dec. 9-10.

About Whidbey Island Music Festival

http://whidbeyislandmusicfestival.org/

About The Beggar Boys

https://www.facebook.com/beggarboys/

About Abigail Lennox, voice, guitar, & bowdhrán

Focusing on the violin later in life than is the norm, Anthony started playing baroque violin at age 27, and went on to study baroque violin as an undergraduate several years later. He has performed with the Newport Baroque Orchestra (Rhode Island), Boston Cecilia, and the Arcadia Players Chamber Orchestra (Massachusetts). In Oregon, Anthony has performed on violin, flute, and recorder with the St. James Bach Cantata Vespers Orchestra and has been principal violinist with The Ensemble in performances of Purcell’s Dido and Aeneas, Blow's Venus and Adonis, and Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice.

About Michael Albert, fiddle, Irish flute, & voice

https://smtd.umich.edu/about/faculty-profiles/matt-albert/

About Larry Young, fiddle, baryton fiddle, storyteller, & voice

An educator for many years, Anthony directed the orchestra and string program at the Eugene Waldorf School (OR) and the Chestnut Hill School in Newton, Massachusetts. He founded a violin and recorder program at the Catherine Ellison-Rosa Parks School in Mattapan, MA, and taught flute and recorder at Bates College, the Portland Conservatory of Music, and the Maine School for the Performing Arts. He is a graduate of the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, Massachusetts with a double major in baroque flute and baroque violin.

About Henry Lebedinsky, guitar & piano

https://www.henrylebedinsky.com/