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A Musical Adventure

Mindy Todd/ Brian Morris

A musical adventure on The Point: from opera, the Celtic sounds of the tin whistle and music education collaborations.

Mindy Todd visits Martha’s Vineyard for a rehearsal of  L' taliana Re-Mix: Rossini's Take on Love, Sex & Disaster, in English & Italian, Condensed.

It's an update of La Italiana in Algeri starring Metropolitan Opera Artist Eve Gigliotti as Isabella, Broadway's Glenn Seven Allen as Lindoro and Lincoln Center Festival's Branch Fields as Mustafa, with music direction by Glen Roven. Conceived, directed and choreographed by Wendy Taucher.

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Playing the pennywhistle

Next, nine year-old Jonathan Ford and his music teacher Clayton March talk about their upcoming trip to the All Ireland Championship in Irish Whistle.

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Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival

Also, Elaine Lipton, Executive Director of the Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival and Paul Niles, Executive Director of Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School talk about an educational collaboration for middle school students.

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Mindy Todd is the host and producer of <i>The Point</i> on WCAI which examines critical issues for Cape Cod and the Islands. She brings more than 40 years of experience in radio and television to WCAI.