An Italian Christmas at the Timbers

Frank Rossi, accordionist and vocalist, will present “An Italian Christmas” for residents and the public at 6:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 11, in the Ballroom at The Timbers of Shorewood, 1100 N. River Rd.

Rossi plays a Roland RD 300 SX digital piano and both an Italo-American and an Imperial accordion. He plays many solo jobs and also has his own jazz standard duo.

His music career started when he was seven when his Godparents dropped his name in a glass jar at the Symphony School of Music in Chicago Heights. His name was drawn, and he received six free accordion lessons with the late Al Rush. Soon after he won a first place trophy at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield

After graduating with a double major of finance and management from Eastern Illinois University, he decided to continue his passion - music studies. Rossi began private lessons from the late accordion and piano great Ed Baldacci from whom he learned harmony training as well as advanced technical studies.

Named the 2010 recipient of the Order Sons of Italy Leonardo da Vinci Award of Excellence in Performing Arts, Rossi can be found performing in fine dining establishments around the Chicagoland area.

The Timbers of Shorewood is a rental retirement community which provides independent and assisted living apartments as well as a full schedule of activities and services. Furnished apartments are also available for a short-term stay - a weekend, a week, a month or longer.

The public is invited, and admission is free. For more information call Linda McCluskey at 815-609-0669 or visit http://www.timbersofshorewood.com