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Performing Arts Center Announces 2007-2008 Season

River Forest, IL- With a diverse lineup of artists ranging from the eclectic funk bluegrass of Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, to the classical suites of the Pacifica Quartet, the Performing Arts Center at Dominican University announces an upcoming season packed with innovative and riveting talent.

Just 10 miles west of Chicago’s Loop, Dominican’s Lund Auditorium offers the warm acoustics and intimate atmosphere of the country’s best concert halls. Parking is always free. For tickets and more information, contact the box office at (708) 488-5000.

The 2007-2008 season includes a Traditions Series, Chamber Series and Theatre Arts Series. The Traditions Series features Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, the American Beauty Project, and Otis Clay and the Platinum Band. The Chamber Series includes concerts with Ethel, featuring special guest Kaotic Drumline; the Pacifica Quartet; and Time for Three. The Theatre Arts Series includes productions of The Ravens Feed Us, Noises Off, Working, Dead Man Walking Project, Toys in the Attic and one-acts by Samuel Becket.

Starting off this season’s Traditions Series is Bela Fleck and the Flecktones, who will perform songs from their extensive catalogue on Saturday, September 22 at 7:30 p.m. The eight-time Grammy winner has been nominated in more categories than anyone in the award’s history. His combo, the Flecktones, is renowned for its eclectic mixture of acoustic and electronic music with roots in folk, bluegrass, funk and jazz. Each of the ensemble’s musicians contributes the insights from their own remarkable solo careers: Victor Wooten on bass, Jeff Coffin on saxophone, Roy “Future Man” Wooten on percussions and synth, and of course, Fleck and his banjo, defining the group’s unique sound. Tickets are $41/$31.

The American Beauty Project will present a tribute to pioneering jam band the Grateful Dead by playing songs from two of their greatest and most successful albums: Workingman’s Dead and American Beauty on Saturday, April 19. The albums, featuring hits such as “Casey Jones,” “Friend of the Devil” and “Truckin’,” are ranked among Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Albums of All Time and have sold millions of copies, defining American acoustical music for decades. For this special exclusive Chicago engagement, a diverse roster of artists will pay tribute to the band by interpreting tracks from these seminal albums. The tribute will feature mandolinist Larry Campbell and singer Teresa Williams, Grammy-winning bluegrass singer/songwriter Jim Lauderdale, gospel-inspired ensemble Ollabelle and jazz/blues vocalist Catherine Russell. Tickets are $43/$33.

Rounding out the Traditions Series is Otis Clay and the Platinum Band, performing on Friday, May 23 to kick off a weekend Blues and the Spirit Conference. Otis Clay is one of the spirited vocalists essential to Chicago’s soul hits of the 60’s. Still true to the mid-60’s traditions, he’s now a global ambassador for the Windy City’s soul-blues sound; a timeless mix of supercharged vocal intensity, churning grooves and an emotional uplift born of the testifying in gospel music. Clay earned his Billboard chart pedigree with songs like “She’s a Mover” and “Trying to Live My Life Without You.” Tickets are $28/$22.

Time for Three will kick off the Chamber Series with a concert on Sunday, December 2. This relatively young group, hailed as the “next generation of chamber music,” is building on the genre-busting ensembles of the current vanguard while acknowledging the classical mastery of past generations. The trio offers an ecumenical menu of everything from Gypsy folk songs to Beatles’ music and creates the perfect setting for modern ears to (re)discover Bach. Tickets are $24.

String quartet Ethel, a group of extraordinarily talented, Juliard-trained musicians, will appear with Kaotic Drumline on Sunday, January 27 at 3:00 p.m. Members of Ethel have played with a variety of artists, including Ornette Coleman, Lenny Kravitz, Queensryche, Gorillaz, Roger Daltrey, Allen Ginsberg and Yo-Yo Ma. Together, they’ve toured with Joe Jackson and Todd Rundgren and appeared on Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Kaotic Drumline is based in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and was originally founded as a community outreach project. The drumline is now featured at Chicago Sky (WNBA) games where their rousing routines and flashy moves lift audience members from their seats. General admission tickets are $22.

The award-winning Pacifica Quartet will perform on Sunday, February 17, at 3:00 p.m. The quartet has received numerous awards, including the 1998 Naumburg Chamber Music Award and Chamber Music America’s coveted Cleveland Quartet Award. As part of a national tour, Pacifica Quartet will perform Ludwig van Beethoven’s complete string quartets at six locations. The concert at Dominican will be the fifth in this series. General admission tickets are $20.

The Theatre Arts Series will begin with Noises Off, Michael Frayn’s uproarious British farce about the on-and off-stage antics of a troupe of actors, on Friday and Saturday, November 16 and 17, at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, November 18 at 3:00 p.m. The series will continue with a production of Working, a musical based on the best-selling book of interviews by Studs Terkel, on Friday and Saturday, February 22 and 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, February 24 at 3:00 p.m. The season will come to a close with Lillian Hellman’s Toys in the Attic, a drama about the corrosive side effects of the American dream and the destructive force of familial love, on Friday and Saturday, April 11 and 12 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, April 13 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets for the Theatre Series productions are $15.

Special events for the 2007-2008 season include a Homecoming Concert with McHenry County’s very own Smoking Popes, returning to the stage after eight years to perform songs showcasing their signature blend of punk rock and pop melodies on Friday, October 5 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $22/$17. The annual Holiday Concert will feature A Rockapella Holiday, an infectious blend of soul, rock and jazz, on Saturday, December 15, at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $32/$22. The final special event for the season is the 28th Annual Trustee Benefit Concert, featuring American baritone Thomas Hampson, on Sunday, March 9 at 3:00 p.m. Tickets are $75/$55 and $350 for the gala package.

For more information about Dominican University’s performing arts series, please contact Leslie Rodriguez, marketing and operations manager for the performing arts series, at (708) 524-6821 or visit the Web site www.dom.edu/pac.