Covenant News

Sounds of the Orient Concert December 4

CHICAGO, IL (November 27, 2002) - North Park University (NPU) will feature instrumentalists Hicham Chami and Kalyan Pathak during a "Sounds of the Orient" concert in Anderson Chapel at 7:30 p.m. December 4.

The concert is open to the public for a $5 donation. The event is sponsored by Xauen Music, Inc., along with NPU's Institute for International and Cultural Studies and the Middle East Students Association. Chami (qanun) and Pathak (percussion) will perform classical instrumental works from Palestine, Lebanon, Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Turkey, Armenia and India.

During intermission, there will be a debut video showing of "The Longing," a play written by NPU professor of communication arts and theater Robert Hostetter that dramatizes the Palestinian experience from 1948 through the present.

For more information on the event, call Deborah Larsen at 773-244-5750 or Jenny Holmgren Cobbley at 773-244-5567.

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