Photo by Michael Jhon |
Vocals * Celtic Harp * Flute * Recorders
Margaret grew up in Illinois where she was classically trained as a flutist and recorder
player and received her degree in Music from Knox College. She studied voice with
vocal coach Lillian Loran and performed for 6 years as singer and harper with the
Medieval band Gai Saber. A life-long interest in her Scots Celtic ancestry
led to work with the Celtic bands Magic Fire, Four Shillings Short
and Avalon Rising, with whom she has recorded
the albums Magic Fire, Now, Avalon
Rising, and The Starlit Jewel. Her solo
album, Princess of Flowers, features
the other members of Brocelïande on backups. She co-runs Flowinglass Music with
her husband Kristoph Klover. |
Photo by S. Knight |
Octave Mandolin * Guitar * Vocals * Whistle * Harmonica * Melodian
* Hand-drum
Karl is a gifted multi-instrumentalist and vocalist with deep roots in the folk tradition.
He started playing music at age 8 on harmonica; he learned guitar from singing nuns
shortly thereafter, then sang and played guitar in folk-masses and with friends in
Massachusetts. He began playing Irish music in college and taught himself mandolin
at that time. Karl played guitar with a progressive band at MIU in Iowa and continued
with folk music in California with Carol
Hunner, First of May, Four Shillings
Short, and Mr. Barky. He currently plays with Harmon's
Peak and Nancy
Cassidy. He has appeared on the albums For Earth and Her People, Up
From the Bog, Incantation
and many others. |
 Photo by Kallan Nishimoto |
Vocals * Guitars * Octave Mandolin * Oboe
Kristoph is one of the lead vocalists of Brocelïande, plays guitar,
octave mandolin, and oboe, and writes original music performed in the band. After
studying vocal technique with James Schwabacher and Edwin Barlow and appearing with
the Marin Opera, Kristoph co-led the bands Magic Fire and Avalon
Rising, with whom he sang and played lead guitar. Kristoph's original music
has been recorded on the albums Magic Fire, The Starlit
Jewel, and Avalon Rising, and he
has worked with women's music artist Cynthia McQuillin as co-producer, arranger and
performer on her album This Heavy Heart. He co-owns and operates Flowinglass
Music with his wife Margaret Davis, of which he is the recording engineer. |
Photo by Glenn Matsumura |
Cello * Viol * Vocals * Percussion
Kris Yenney is a cellist, composer and educator. She received her Master
of Music degree from the New England Conservatory of Music, and has also studied
at Julliard, Stanford, Tanglewood, and the Chisti Sabri School of Classical Indian
Music, among others. She performs with Trio Con Brio and the Gryphon Allstars
in addition to her work with Broceliande, and she is a past member of the New
England String Quartet, the Palo Alto Sunrise Quartet and Four Shillings
Short. She teaches cello and chamber music privately and directs the orchestras
of Woodsite Priory School and the Palo Alto Chamber Orchestra's SuperStrings and
Preparatory groups. She has appeared on numerous albums, ranging from classical to
Celtic to jazz. Kris has recorded on three jazz albums by the great pianist Fred
Hersch, including the Grammy-nominated Short Stories, featuring Janis
Siegal of Manhattan Transfer. |