Annual Music Workshop by Nadasangamam at Thennangur

[music.vignesh]

Nadasangamam-
Annual Music Workshop at Thennangur 29th - 31st January, 2016



Nadasangamam, the music wing of Narada Gana Sabha, Trust has been organising residential workshops for musicians and senior students of music since 2011 at Thennangur, situated 117 km from Chennai. This town is famous for its Panduranga temple. The convener for this event is Dr. R. S. Jayalakshmi and co- ordinater Dr. Sumathi Krishnan.

This year it is scheduled to be held between 29th - 31st January, 2016. Thennangur is a unique experience as great Gurus come to teach and students get the rare opportunity to interact with them closely for a few days. The routine is challenging, starting from nada yoga in the early morning, continuing with teaching sessions through the day and culminating in dolotsavam and bhajans at the Panduranga temple in the evening.

This year we are fortunate to have experts with their sessions- Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. R. Vedavalli (Varnams of Mudicondan Venkatarama Iyer), Sri Srimushnam Raja Rao (Konnakol/ some of his own tuning of Purandara dasa songs) Dr. N. Ramanathan (Manodharma Sangeetham), Sri Neyveli Santhanagopalan(Concert Techniques) and Smt. Shyamala Venkateswaran (Rare songs). Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi will anchor a session on the structure of varnams.

Voice training and voice culture is a very vital part of the training and shaping of a musician. Dr. Shyamala Vinod, will conduct sessions on Nada Yoga on two consecutive days.

Nadasangamam hopes to encourage young musicians and give them opportunities to meet and interact with senior musicians thus enriching their musical experience. Those interested in registering for the event may collect forms at the Narada Gana Sabha Office (contact 24993201) or contact [email protected].



Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi
(Convenor)

Dr. Sumathi Krishnan
(Coordinater)