Al-fursan at-talatha (The Three Musketeers)
Enjoy a night of music with the Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble on Friday, February 8, 2008 at 8 p.m.  The concert will take place at Rackham Auditorium in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble consists of seven professional musicians performing traditional instrumental and vocal music from the North African, Egyptian, Levantine, Turkish, and Armenian repertoire.  Founded in 2003 at the Oriental Institute in Chicago, their 2006 release, The Songs of Sheikh Sayyed Darweesh:Soul of a People, was named one of the top-ten world music recordings by The Boston Globe.
The Chicago Classical Oriental Ensemble's program features music by Zakaria Ahmed, Muhammad al-Qasabji, and Riyad al-Sunbati, three Egyptian composers who wrote music for the legendary vocalist Umm Kalthum. To buy tickets please call, (734)764-2538.  Or to buy tickets online, click here.