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The Arab Music Ensemble will give its winter concert at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16, in the Spanos Theatre. A suite of instrumental and vocal pieces celebrated across Arab society will be a highlight of the program. A Romanian folksong and Ottoman Turkish dance piece will also be performed, plus a song made famous by the Lebanese singer Fairuz which is an arrangement of the second movement of Joaquín Rodrigo’s “Concierto de Aranjuez.” Ensemble member Samuel Shalhoub will conduct the ensemble in his own arrangement of the work. He teaches in the Liberal Studies Department and Music Department. Critically acclaimed guest artists will return to join the ensemble on stage: Ishmael, qanun; Fathi Aljarrah, kamanja; and Faisal Zedan, percussion. Jenna Mitchell is the group’s dance director, and music Professor Ken Habib will direct the event which will also include one of his original compositions and arrangements. More information is on the Music Department’s calendar website. Tickets are sold at the Cal Poly Ticket Office, ext. 6-4849. 

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