[NEohioPAL] Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers of Pakistan Bring Qawwali Music to LCCC

[Kimberly Carrasquillo]

Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers of Pakistan Bring Qawwali Music to
LCCC

One of Pakistan's most esteemed ensembles will bring the musical art of
qawwali to Lorain County Community College's Stocker Arts Center.

Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers will perform at 7:30 p.m.,
Saturday, November 17 at LCCC's Stocker Arts Center. 

Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for students. Tickets can be ordered
online at www.stockerartscenter.com <http://www.stocr> , 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.

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.

For more information about Qawal Najmuddin Saifuddin & Brothers, visit
www.stockerartscenter.com.

 

 

Kim Carrasquillo

Writer, Project Coordinator | Marketing and Outreach Initiatives
Lorain County Community College | 1005 N Abbe Road | Elyria, Ohio 44035
t: 440.366.4822  f: 440.366.4113  e : kcarrasq at lorainccc.edu
<mailto:kcarrasq at lorainccc.edu> 

 

LCCC website: www.lorainccc.edu <http://www.lorainccc.edu/> 

 

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