The International Foundation for Carnatic Music, USA (IFCM-USA) is pleased to announce a Summer Camp in San Diego, CA between July 4 - 24, 2006, by Shri Chitravina N Ravikiran. Kum Akkarai Shubhalakshmi will also be giving lessons. Apart from this, Mr Michael Zarky, creator of the intonation software for musicians known as Master Tuner, is likely to be present in special sessions for voice and intonation training. (Subject to more than 10 people enrolling, percussion maestro Shri T H Subashchandran and/or Mr Rohan Krishnamurthy will also participate.)
Subjects: Vocal, violin, chitravina & Hawaiian guitar - ALL levels.
Guitar, flute, veena, keyboard, etc – medium and advanced levels.
Plus supplementary sessions on pronunciation, yoga, voice-culture etc.
Format: 20 hours per week – common to all students which will cover a different approach to basics, voice culture techniques, special practice methods, small compositions, rhythmic exercises, theoretical aspects and sessions on pronunciation, yoga, etc.
PLUS individual/smaller group sessions for interested students on various other topics like
• Masterpieces of Trinity, Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi, Purandara Dasa, Swati Tirunal, Papanasham Sivan and others
• Improvisation techniques like alapana, kalpana swaras and neraval.
Attendance: Students can attend the entire camp or choose to attend on a weekly basis.
Stay: Accommodation would be arranged at nominal costs, by IFCM.
For all other details, contact: carnaticworld@yahoo.com
Sincerely,
Bhargavi
Coordinator, IFCM
Visit: http://ifcm.ravikiranmusic.com
Summer Camp in San Diego July 4-24, 2006
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arunsri
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How can such workshops achieve anything productive? Our music is best learnt at an individual level. Institutionalised, class roon and group teaching is OK until basics: saraLi through varnams and small kritis. Each student's ability to grasp is different, Nuances are lost in group renditions. Over time there is large scale dilution of pAThAntaram.
Also, with all due respects, senior musicians with good exposure to both lakshya and lakshana sangeetham, conducting such workshops is OK. I feel junior musicians who are still young cannot contribute much.
Anyway, for some in the US, this is a chance to atleast learn good music , going by quality of some teachers in the US. For others, it is a chance to put something on their resume.
Also, with all due respects, senior musicians with good exposure to both lakshya and lakshana sangeetham, conducting such workshops is OK. I feel junior musicians who are still young cannot contribute much.
Anyway, for some in the US, this is a chance to atleast learn good music , going by quality of some teachers in the US. For others, it is a chance to put something on their resume.