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Dominican University’s performing arts center will present banjo virtuoso Béla Fleck and his combo, the Flecktones, on Saturday, September 22 at 7:30 p.m. in Lund Auditorium, 7900 W. Division Street, River Forest. Fleck has reinvented the image and sound of the banjo through a remarkable performing and touring career which has included forays into jazz, folk, bluegrass, blues, rock, world and classical musical styles.

An eight-time Grammy Award-winner, Fleck has been nominated in more categories than anyone in the award’s history. He has played with such luminaries as David Grisman, Ricky Scaggs, Branford Marsalis, Dave Marshall, Sam Bush and Edgar Meyer and earlier this year recorded The Enchantment (Concord Records) with Chick Corea.

Fleck’s ensemble, the Flecktones, is known for its eclectic mixture of acoustic and electronic music and the esteemed contributions of bassist Victor Wooten, saxophonist Jeff Coffin and percussionist Future Man.

Tickets for this concert are $41 and $31. For more information or to order tickets, call the Dominican University box office at (708) 488-5000 or visit www.dom.edu/pac.

Founded in 1901, Dominican University is a comprehensive, coeducational Catholic institution offering bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Dominican offers 50 undergraduate academic programs in the Rosary College of Arts and Sciences and 15 graduate programs in five graduate schools through the Graduate School of Library and Information Science, the Brennan School of Business, the School of Education, the Graduate School of Social Work and the School of Leadership and Continuing Studies. In the 2008 issue of America’s Best Colleges, U.S. News & World Report ranked Dominican University in the top tier of Midwest master’s level universities and as a best value for the tenth consecutive year.