Article: Dreams do come true: Music reveals composer's ties to Alamance County.

Byline: Charity Apple

Jan. 19--ELON -- Like many aspiring musicians, Tarik Ghiradelli moved back to New York to pursue his dream. For almost a decade, the N.Y. native waited tables in hopes of catching a break, meeting someone who could bring him closer to his dream of becoming a composer. One day, some Southern patrons came in to Fiorello's Roman Cafe, a restaurant across the street from Lincoln Center. "I could tell right away that accent meant they were from North Carolina," Ghiradelli said in a recent phone interview. Ghiradelli's wife, Elizabeth Clayton, is from Alamance County. "I started talking to the man, asking him what brought him to town. I ...

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