By subhash, on April 23rd, 2012%
Author: Sunitha
Hello Friends,
If you get a chance, please don’t miss the LIVE concert by O.S.Tyagarajan.
Last night I attended a vocal concert by Sri O.S.Tyagarajan, organized by SIFAA at the West Cary Middle School. I was very impressed to see that the concert actually started on time! I think people are so used to the delays – there were very few when the concert started, but people kept entering the hall for about 45 minutes after it started! Even I was late by 2 minutes, but didn’t miss anything.
I had listened to his singing on the radio long ago, but had never been to his concerts. He looked like a ball of energy, singing effortlessly, with so much passion! He was very lively and kept engaging the accompanying artists as well as the audience. The Violinist (Mullavasal Chandramouli) was one of the best performers I have come across. His face was full of expressions and smiles and it was looking as though he was facially acting the phrases of the music he played on the violin. It was both entertaining and melodious and added a special flavor to OST’s vocal music.
Continue reading Concert by O. S. Tyagarajan
By subhash, on April 21st, 2012%
Author: Maddy
It had been a while since our last travel and so when an opportunity came to do something a little different, we thought it a good idea. This time it was to attend the Tyagaraja festival at Cleveland Ohio where our niece was going to perform in one of . . . → Read More: Cleveland – Tyagaraja and Govinda
By subhash, on April 20th, 2012%
By Sunitha
I love music-filled weekends! I attended a concert on Saturday evening, followed by our music session on Sunday morning and another Concert on Sunday afternoon! I can hear some voices saying " what else does she have in life"  ) And I guess I agree with you totally! If you see my schedule during the next couple of weekends, all the rest of you will agree as well. I do consider myself fortunate for being blessed with this chance to enjoy the wonders of music, while not feeling guilty about not doing my other duties….because I don’t have many!
Let me come to the real point now. This weekend has been an exceptional one, with two amazingly beautiful concerts, which included three schools of music – Hindistani, Karnatic and Spanish (Flamenco)
Saturday I attended the "Flamenco Journey" concert at Duke’s Page auditorium by Anouska Shankar and the Traveler Ensemble. I have to admit that I wouldn’t have liked it as much if it was a traditional Sitar concert where Anoushka shankar had played with Tabla accompaniment. What made it special was the blend of multiple approaches to music, while keeping the originality of each one to its fullest form, but each one contributing to the creation of what looked like yet another school of music.
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By subhash, on April 8th, 2012%
By Sunitha
Some of us attended the flute concert by Shantala Subrahmanyam in Durham yesterday, organized by ICMDS. I didn’t have much expectations when I went there, even though her resume had looked quite interesting – Flute Shahank’s little sister, tutored in vocal music by O.S. Tyagarajan, and also taken extensive training by percussion maestros. I have to say that she didn’t let me down!
She was quite vocal and adamant with her specific requirements for the sound system and her surroundings while preforming, unlike most female Indian musicians I have encountered! I have to admit that I admired her for that!
Continue reading Flute Concert by Shantala Subrahmanyam on April 1, 2012
By subhash, on April 8th, 2012%
It was great to see a well represented srgm crowd at the Priya Sisters’ concert today. It was a very nice concert. They performed really well, in outstanding unison, which is their strength, I believe. One of them (Shanmukha Priya) seemed to have some trouble with her throat (One can imagine how tough it is for these artists to fly to a country on the other side of the globe and expected to perform as though they are singing at home!). But it was amazing to see the team effort where the other sister made up completely for it.
Continue reading Priya Sisters’ Concert on April 10, 2011
By subhash, on January 26th, 2010%
Hello SRGMites,
We had an almost full-house attendance this Sunday. We also had three new prospect members. We sang "Janmadinamidam" to our Dec/Jan birthday girls, Ramya, Usha and Annu.
After the Ganesha stuti, we sang the Tulsi Bhajan "Gopala Gokula". Then we went over our new song, the Purandara Daasa Kriti "Raagi Tandera" in the raga . . . → Read More: Samaroha Update
By subhash, on November 25th, 2009%
How do you describe the August Samaroh? An intimate gathering of amateur music lovers celebrating three major Indian festivals through music. It all started with Sunitha’s fantastic idea to celebrate all the three major festivals of August through our Samaroh – Ganesh Chaturdhi ,Janmashtami and the Independence day. It was, indeed, a . . . → Read More: Report – August 2009 SRGM Samaroha
By subhash, on November 11th, 2009%
I received this video from a friend. I really enjoyed watching it. Hope you will enjoy too!
download – Music Engineers . . . → Read More: Music Engineers – Fascinating Video
By subhash, on October 30th, 2009%
Dear SRGM friends,
We are eagerly looking forward to the next Samaroh to be held at our place on Sunday, Nov 15, 2009.
The Samaroh starts at 4pm and we would love for everyone to attend this Samaroh with your families.
The theme for the Samaroh is ‘Devi Gana Mahima’. We . . . → Read More: SRGM Samaroh, November 15, 2009
By subhash, on July 21st, 2009%
Namaste all,
Looks like we are going to have our next Samaroh on Aug 15th at Usha’s place. Naresh has kindly agreed to be the MC again.
We missed some of you in the class today; you missed an intense Vataapi and Gaayiye ganapati practice session and you also missed a delicious pineapple . . . → Read More: SRGM Session July 18
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