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The performance is part of a week-long residence that
Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers will hold on the LCCC campus. The group
will also perform a student matinee at 10 a.m., Thursday,
November 15 in Stocker Arts Center. Tickets are $5 each. The
show is appropriate for students in second grade and older.
With its heartbeat-like pulse, vocal fireworks and message of
universal love and peace, qawwali music has found fans
worldwide. The sons of Ustad Qawal Bahauddin Khansahab, the
legendary maestro of the Khusrou tradition of qawwali singing,
Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers
are direct descendants of the first qawwali
choirs dating back to the 13th century. Now the torch-bearers of
more than 700 years of this mystical Sufi devotional singing
tradition,
Qawal Najmuddin
Saifuddin
& Brothers
will travel from their home in Karachi to share
this magical musical experience with communities in the Midwest
Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers
is the third international group to perform at LCCC as part
of the Arts Midwest World Fest. LCCC is the only stop in Ohio
for the tour, which includes four ensembles in two years.
An Arts Midwest initiative, the 2011-13 Arts Midwest World Fest
is generously sponsored by the National Endowment for the Arts,
3M Foundation, MetLife Foundation, the Ministry of Culture of
the People’s Republic of China, and the Consulate General of
Israel to the Midwest. Arts Midwest World Fest is also
generously supported by Illinois Arts Council, Indiana Arts
Commission, Iowa Arts Council, Michigan Council for Arts and
Cultural Affairs, Minnesota State Arts Board, North Dakota
Council on the Arts, Ohio Arts Council, South Dakota Arts
Council, and Wisconsin Arts Board.
Locally, Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers residency is
sponsored by the Beth K. Stocker Trust.
Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for students. Tickets can be
ordered online at
www.stockerartscenter.com, or by calling the Stocker
Arts Center box office at (440) 366-4040 from 12-6 p.m., Monday
through Friday. Tickets are also available at the box office,
located in the lobby of the Stocker Arts Center. Take-a-Chance
tickets are available at the box office beginning 90 minutes
prior to the show as long as tickets remain. Take-a-Chance
tickets are $8 and are available until curtain time.
For more information about Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers,
visit
www.stockerartscenter.com.
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