SHRUTI SWARA LAYA , Fremont , California
Presents
SANGEETHA SIKSHA
A 6 DAY COMPREHENSIVE THEMATIC WORKSHOP AND MUSIC FESTIVAL
April 23-28 2007
April 23- 27 : 4- 9 p.m.
April 28: 9-12 noon
Please contact Anu Suresh at ggavimal@sbcglobal. net
Featuring
Chitravina Narasimhan – The recipient of the Cleveland Tyagaraja aradhana award 2007.
Guru of Chitravina maestro Ravikiran, Shashikiran, Kiranavali and Ganesh and Exponent of Chitravina and vocal who believes music can be taught to one and all and is an expert in grooming child prodigies and is also known for his Laya and RTP skills.
Carnatica bros
K.N.Shashikiran, one of the Carnatica bros, is an established vocalist and a World record holder for non-stop duo singing, who has a vast experience of over 3500 concerts including lecture-demos, jugalbandis, & fusions in prominent organizations in India,USA,Canada, UK, GULF, Singapore, Malaysia. He is also the Director of the Carnatica.net and has been the brain behind several innovative concepts in globally promoting Carnatic music such as the World’s First CD ROM Nadanubhava and so on. His subject for his Ph D is Teaching Methodology of Indian Classical Music which is the reason why his teaching methods are unique and well researched. He has specialized in Voice management and is also a music director and composer.
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P.Ganesh (Carnatic Vocalist &Chitravina Player) is a child prodigy and sings along with Shashikiran as Carnatica bros. and has performed across the world.
He is also an exponent of Chitravina. He has created history by performing non stop for a record duration in the vocal and chitravina. He is also a music composer and has performed Jugalbandis and fusions. He has created innovative raga based ring tones for mobile phones.
Nagai Sriram, hails from the family of musicians and is the nephew of Sri.Nagai.Muralidha ran. Sriram has already made a mark in the field as one of the most popular Violinists and has accompanied several leading artistes such as T.N.Seshagopalan, T.V.Sankaranarayana n, O.S.Tyagarajan and has also been a regular accompanist for Carnatica Bros.
He has several awards from various leading sabhas and has been performing actively in India and abroad.
Thanjavur Murugaboopathi
A very popular mridangist, he is the senior disciple of Thanjavur Upendran and is the frequently accompanying artistes such as Mandolin Srinivas, Aruna Sairam, T.N.Seshagopalan. He has traveled all over the globe and has been a regular accompanist for Carnatica bros
He has received several awards from leading institutions.
SANGEETA Siksha is a unique music education symposium for beginners, advanced students of music, aspiring performers and music teachers to get an insight of an approach to achieving excellence in their pursuit to Carnatic music. The workshop would have courses covering :
Voice culture for beginners, teachers and aspiring performers in any style of music be it Classical, devotional, or light. There would be special courses in Carnatic covering select masterpieces of various composers, rare kritis, varnams, padams and Javalis and concert management and presentation. . There will be courses on manodharma and pallavi singing, Tamil music, theory and music appreciation for rasikas.
The worshop will have separate session on the Laya aspect and also seperately for mridangam, violin and even konnakkol for beginners and advanced levels.
Individual sessions are also available with the experts.
Shruthi Swara Laya, School For Indian Music and Dance
3392 Seldon Court
Fremont CA- 94539
510-490-4629 __._,_.___
Shruthi Swara Laya, School For Indian Music and Dance
3392 Seldon Court
Fremont CA- 94539
510-490-4629