The 8th Annual World Music Festival at Elmhurst College comes home this year, with a main concert on Oct. 27 titled Celebrate Blues and Jazz—The Music of America.

The main concert features selections from Eddie Sauter’s Focus for tenor saxophone and strings, and Corky Siegel’s Symphonic Blues No. 6 for harmonica, bongo and symphony orchestra. Featured performers include Corky Siegel, jazz saxophonist Mark Colby, tabla player Kalyan Pathak and the Elmhurst College Philharmonic Orchestra.

Celebrate Blues and Jazz—The Music of America will be held on Saturday, Oct. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in Hammerschmidt Memorial Chapel (190 Prospect Ave., Elmhurst, elmhurst.edu/campusmap).

Admission is $10. Tickets are available by visiting elmhurst.edu/world-music-festival.

Launched in 2011, Elmhurst College’s annual World Music Festival celebrates the music of cultures and countries across the globe. Focusing on a different genre each year, the Festival has featured performers such as Liz Carroll, Ambi Subramaniam, Victor Mendoza, Liam Teague and the Kontras Quartet in concert with the Elmhurst College Philharmonic Orchestra. Elmhurst College is a leading four-year college that seamlessly blends liberal learning and professional preparation to help students reach their full potential. Elmhurst offers 60 undergraduate majors, 16 graduate programs, evening and online programs for adults, and the Elmhurst Learning and Success Academy for young adults with differing abilities. Elmhurst College is among the top-ranked colleges in the Midwest, according to U.S. News & World Report; and U.S. News, Money and Forbes magazines consistently rank Elmhurst as one of the Midwest’s best values in higher education.