St. Charles Arts Council presents jazz great Fareed Haque in concert
The St. Charles Arts Council is delighted to announce that jazz great Fareed Haque will be performing in St. Charles at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 7, with his trio and local student musicians sitting in, plus the Alex Murphy Quartet, as part of the Student Artist Event presented by the arts council in partnership with Northern Illinois University.
The arts council is underwriting the concert as well as a Master Class given by Haque immediately preceding the concert at 5 p.m.
The arts council is making this Master Class free to students interested in learning from this modern guitar virtuoso.
Both the Master Class and the concert will be at the Baker Community Center, 101 S. Second St., St. Charles. Ample parking is available in the lot north of the building and the parking garage across Second Street from the Baker.
Tickets are on sale now for $20 to hear this jazz legend. Seating is limited.
Haque has performed all over the world, including the Montreux Jazz Festival, and has played with a variety of musicians, including Sting, David Sanborn, and the Chicago Sinfonietta. As a professor at NIU, Haque is suited to this student event, mentoring these young artists and incorporating their amazing talent into the concert.
You may purchase tickets online by making a donation to the arts council through PayPal on our website. On the second screen in PayPal, go to "Add special instructions to the seller" and fill in "Tickets." They will send you confirmation within 24 hours. Or contact the St. Charles Arts Council at (630) 443-3794 or email to info@StCharlesArtsCouncil.org for ticket information or to reserve a ticket.
Students can register for the Master Class simply by sending an email to info@StCharlesArtsCouncil.org or by calling (630) 443-3794, and providing the arts council with your name and contact information.
More information about the event will be found at StCharlesArtsCouncil.org. Click on the Events page. And while you're on the site, check out the new blog.
Images from some of the 2014 Charlie's Student Event can be seen on the website and Facebook page, as well as the neXt gallery website and Facebook page.
The mission of this event is to engage the community with the performing, literary, and visual art of students in programming throughout St. Charles.
Fareed Haque has played guitar all over the world. Steeped in classical and jazz traditions, his unique command of the guitar and different musical styles inspire his musical ventures with tradition and fearless innovation. T
Haque has been featured on WTTW's ArtBeat and Chicago Tonight, Ben Sidran's New visions, Michelob Presents Sunday Night with David Sanborn on NBC, his own Lonesome Pines special for PBS, and on BET cable jazz channel. Fareed has twice been selected as Talent Deserving Wider Recognition in Downbeat Magazine. In 1988, Haque also joined the faculty at Northern Illinois University as professor of jazz and classical guitar. He continues to teach at NIU to this day. Voted "Best World Guitarist" by Guitar Player Magazine in 2009, His acclaimed 2009 release Flat Planet was twice #1 on the World Jazz Radio charts.
The St. Charles Arts Council is a 501(c)(3), registered nonprofit Illinois corporation whose mission is to create an organization that serves and promotes the arts and cultural activities in St. Charles, to the mutual benefit of the arts and the community. The arts council is staffed entirely by volunteers. Contact the arts council for information at (630) 443-3794 or at info@StCharlesArtsCouncil.org.