Traditional Italian Folk Music with I Giullari di Piazza

Traditional Italian Folk Music with I Giullari di Piazza, Sunday, April 24

The Southern Italian folk music, dance and theater company I Giullari di Piazza will appear at the Antonio Meucci Lodge, Order Sons of Italy in America, 279 Maple Avenue, White Plains on Sunday, April 24 at 4:00 pm.

The free concert, which is presented by the White Plains Library Foundation, features traditional music from Southern Italy including sixteenth century Neapolitan villanellas (love songs), authentic tarantellas, love serenades and lullabies. The group uses instruments such as the chitarra battente (Renaissance guitar), mandolin, flute, piccolo, tambourines and castanets.

I Giullari di Piazza was founded in 1980 by artistic director, singer, and actress Alessandra Belloni, together with music director, composer, and classical guitarist John La Barbera. Together the directors have produced a wide repertoire based on twenty years of field and academic research. I Giullari di Piazza are artists-in-residence at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.

The company has performed at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Carnegie Hall, the Caramoor Center for Music and the Arts, Madison Square Garden, the Smithsonian Institute, the Metropolitan Museum, Giants Stadium, and the Cleveland Museum of Art. They have toured in Hawaii, California, Illinois, Canada, Florida (Epcot Center/Disneyworld), Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

The White Plains Library Foundation welcomes donations to enhance the Library's music programming.