Eliyahu Sills will present “Mystical Music of the Near East” at 7 p.m. March 22 in Robert W. Rhoades Student Center, Venango campus. The presentation, part of Clarion University – Venango’s 2017-18 Cultural Arts and Entertainment Series, is free and open to the public.
Sills is a highly acclaimed musician of many instruments and deep knowledge of multiple musical traditions, from the spiritual music of the Middle East and India to American music styles soul and jazz, and their African roots. He is a leader and collaborator of many projects, most notably The Qadim Ensemble, which brings together diverse cultures of the Middle East, and BOLO, which blends infection rhythms of dance music, the improvisation of jazz, the cultural depth of world music and the soulfulness of devotional kirtan.