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The Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble’s fall concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 25, in the Performing Arts Center. It will feature a tribute to Ziad Rahbani who passed away in July, and who is widely regarded as a musical genius in Arab society. Arab Music Ensemble Director Ken Habib’s new composition “Ahbabna Al-Rahilin” (Our Departed Loved Ones), will have its world premiere in the second half of the program. He will perform the piece on oud (lute) with returning guest artists who will play throughout the concert: Ishmael on qanun (zither), Fathi Aljarrah on kamanja (violin), Rafid Yalda on nay (reed flute), and Faisal Zedan on riqq (tambourine), daff (frame drum) and darabukka (goblet drum). San Luis Obispo dance director Jenna Mitchell will lead the dance troupe in original choreography that dialogues with the music. Read more on the Music Department website.

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