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Thank you to our ongoing collaborator:
About Quartetto Rosso:
Quartetto Rosso (Red Quartet) is Minneapolis-based singer/guitarist/mandolinist
Robert Everest's latest incarnation of world music - in this case Italian,
of course. Robert started playing Italian music in the late nineties after
travelling throughout Italy in 1998. Since then, with different configurations,
he has played Italian music for the Italian Cultural Center, Italian sculptor
Tony Caponi's 90th birthday party at Caponi Art Park, the Festival of
Nations, and Festa Italiana, as well as at many weddings and private functions.
In a typical performance of this quartet you can count on familiar favorites
like Funiculi Funicula and O Sole Mio, sung in Neapolitan dialect, but
also some more contemporary folk and jazz tunes by artists like Francesco
de Gregori, Lucilla Galeazzi, Vinicio Capossela, and Pino Daniele.
Robert Everest: Vocals, guitar, mandolin
Gus Lindquist: trumpet, flugelhorn
Pete Whitman: flute, saxophone
Dan Arlig: upright bass
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The Italian Cultural Center of Minneapolis/St. Paul is a non-profit organization
dedicated to promoting the best of Italian life and culture to all people
in Minnesota. The Center offers Italian language classes for all levels
of proficiencies.
ICC's instructors, born and raised in Italy, bring first-hand experience
and cultural background of Italian life and current traditions to the
classroom. Students are encouraged to converse in Italian from the first
lesson. Taped dialogue related to the textbook material is played in each
class to further develop listening comprehension abilities. Role-play
and interaction between students and instructors make the lessons enjoyable,
lively and effective.
Registration for the Fall Semester will begin soon.
For more information on classes and events, please visit our website at
www.theitalianculturalcenter.org.
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