Mukthambar Fine Arts Inc. New York, presents a
Grand Carnatic Classical Concert by Vocalists Anisha and Anjali Kunnel.

They will be accompanied by:
* Sri S.P Ananthapadmanbha on Violin
* Sri Murali Balachandran on Mrudangam
* Sri H. Sivaramakhrisnan on Ghatam

The Hindu Temple

Saraswhati Hall

Chhandayan Center for Music presents a Grand Concert
“Common Chords” with Jewish Klezmer, Islamic Sufi and Hindu music.

The members of Common Chords were originally brought together by the "Bridging The Divide" program series at Queens College. Klezmer great Yale Strom of Hot Pstromi & Sufi rock star Salman Ahmad of Junoon are joined by tabla virtuoso Samir Chatterjee, klezmer vocalist Elizabeth Schwartz, and others in a celebration of what unites us all. Common Chords concerts are noted for their energy, seamless harmonies and fusion of rock, klezmer, Bhangra, Indian, Pakistani and other cultural influences. www.CommonChordsMusic.com

Salman Ahmad – vocal and guitar

http://www.junoon.com/home2.htm
Yale Strome – fidel (violin)

http://www.yalestrom.com
Samir Chatterjee – tabla

http://www.tabla.org/samir.html
Elizabeth Schwartz – Klezmer vocal

www.voiceofklezmer.com

Chhandayan Center for Music

At the Ballroom

4 West 43 Street (5/6 Avenue)

New York, NY

www.tabla.org

Admission: $20, $16 (students and seniors with valid ID), $8 (kids under 12)

Ananda Ashram presents a Classical Indian Vocal
Concert by Shrimati Kankana Banerjee in honor of Baba Bhagavandas with Naren Budhakar on Tabla.

Shrimati Kankana Banerjee is a celebrated classical singer. Born in Kolkata, India, she first studied Hindustani music with her mother. As a child she was introduced to the renowned vocalist Ustad Amir Khan of Indore, from whom she received intensive training during her formative years. She gave her first performance at age 14. Later, Kankana also studied with Pt. Pratap Narain of the Mewati Gharana. She has performed regularly at major Indian venues and internationally and has released a number of independent recordings. Kankana is the recipient of prestigious awards including the Kala Saraswati Andhra Ratna.

Naren Budhakar was born in Pune, India, and was first exposed to classical music by his father who was a violinist. From his cousin Shashikant Purandare he learned Delhi style percussion and began performing at a young age. He was initiated as a disciple by Tabla Maestro Ustad Shabbir Nisar. www.naren.org

Ananda Ashram – Yoga Society of New York

13 Sapphire Road

Monroe, NY 10950

www.anadaashram.org

Tel: 845-782-5575

WKCR 89.9FM Radio - New York presents a performance recorded in live concert in New York on July 24 2009 by Carnatic violonist  Dr. Mysore M. Manjunath.

Dr. Mysore Manjunath was born in Mysore, the culturally rich city and a centre for Music. He had his violin training under his father Prof. Mahadevappa, who is a veteran musician belonging to Bidaram krishnappa school. Blessed with unique creativity and technical virtuosity, it did not take long for Manjunath to blossom as one of the brilliant violinists in India. He is an A-Top Violinists in India today. He has performed all over the world.

Accompagnied by Sri Arun Ramamurthy - Violin (Karnatic)

Arun has trained originally with the esteemed A. Ananthakrishnan. Later Arun got the good fortune to learn from the celebrated violin brothers, Mysore Nagaraj and Mysore Manjunath.

Rohan Krishnamurthy - Mridangam
Narendra Budhakar – Tabla

The performance and interviews with renowned Indian classical artists will be featured on “Raag Aur Taal”, a show that airs every Sunday from 7pm to 9pm on WKCR FM New York. The Series will inaugurate a new program “Raga-Live” under Raag Aur Taal that will feature a live performance every first Sunday of the month in order to tie our program more closely to the Indian classical music scene in NYC. The program will continue within the scope of Raag Aur Taal presenting classical, light classical, and regional folk music of India. www.wkcr.org

WKCR FM New York - 89.9 FM
Email hosts of the program at raagaurtaal@gmail.com or Ashok Ilankovan at ial@wkcr.org - Tel: 212.854.9920

FRIDAY AUGUST 7 @ 8:00 PM

Original Sessions presents a concert by Carnatic group Akshara.

Akshara is an exciting new percussion group rooted in Indian classical musical traditions. Comprised of virtuosic performers in Carnatic and Hindustani classical genres, Akshara performs an energetic blend of classical Indian melody and rhythm highlighted with solo and scale-based improvisations. The group performs original compositions by Bala Skandan, demonstrating the powerful and complex rhythmic structures inherent in South Indian classical music.

http://www.myspace.com/aksharapercussion

Bala Skandan - Mridangam, Kanjira
Arun Ramamurthy - Violin
G Balaganesh - Kanjira, Morsing
Avi Shah - Tabla
Special Guest: Amali Premawardhana - Cello

OS Art House - John Street Grill

17 John Street

New York, NY

aksharamusic@gmail.com

FRIDAY AUGUST 7 @ 8:00 PM

Alap....A solo performance of Indian Classical Ragas:

Steve Gorn - bansuri flute

Premlata - tamboura accompaniment

Sky Lake Lodge

22 Hillcrest Lane

Rosendale, New York

www.skylake.shambhala.org 

Tel: (845) 658-8556

Chhandayan Center for Music presents a Sarod Concert by Sri Anindya Banerjee and Samir Chatterjee on Tabla.

As the son of the famous singer Shrimati Aradhana Banerjee, Anindya Banerjee began his studies on the sarode in 1968 at the Ali Akbar College of Music in Kolkata. Among his teachers were Shri Dhyanesh Khan, Ustad Aashish Khan, Ustad Bahadur Khan and the late Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. Nowadays, he seizes every opportunity to receive advanced lessons of the sarode luminary Ustad Ali Akbar Khan in person. As an outstanding musician of the Maihar Gharana (the classical school that already generated Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Nikhil Banerjee), Anindya Banerjee plays no less than two instruments with virtuosity, which after all constitutes his uniqueness: the sursringar and the sarode. The sursringar (an instrument rarely used anymore) is often used by him in alaap (introduction to the Raga), enabling him to modulate in a better way the long meends (gliding tunes), which are substantial in some rare Ragas for the gradual unfoldment of the mood. He then purposefully employs the sarode for the more rapid passages and rhythmic patterns of the gat (main part of the Raga).http://www.raga.info/indian-music/musicians/Anindya-Banerjee.html

Samir Chatterjee began his studies early with Pandit Bankim Ghosh, Pt. Balaram Mukherjee, Pt. Rathin Dhar and Mohammad Salim. His later formation as a musician occurred under the guidance of Pt. Amalesh Chatterjee (since 1966) and Pt. Shyamal Bose (since 1984). All of Samir's teachers have been from the Farrukhabad Gharana (school) of Tabla-playing, which he now represents. http://www.tabla.org/samir.html

Chhandayan Center for Music

4 West 43 Street (5/6 Avenue) # 616

New York, NY

Tel: 212 302 0720 / chhandayan@tabla.org

www.tabla.org

Simla House and Woodstock Music Circle present an Hindustani Classical Music Concert by Maestro Snehasish Mozumder - Mandolin and Ray Spiegel - Tabla.

Snehasish Mozumder is among those few established musicians in India who has mastered the art of playing Mandolin, and has blended it perfectly into the style of Hindustani Indian Classical Music. Coming from a musically oriented family, he started his initial training at the age of four with Tabla and then Mandolin under the guidance of his grand father late Sri Bibhuty Ranjan Mozumder and then he took training under his father Sri Himangshu Mazumder and his uncle late Sri Ranjan Mozumder. Gradually he switched over to his cousin Sri Tejendra Narayan Majumdar who is a well-known sarode player of the country. He continued his study under late Acharya Ajoy Sinha Roy who was a beloved disciple of Baba Allauddin Khan Saheb, the founder of Maihar Gharana and he takes lesson of laykari under the guidance of Pandit Anil Palit who is a senior most disciple of Pandit Kishan Maharaj, Finally he came under the tutelage of Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. He is the recipient of Surmani and Jadubhatta Awards. http://www.mandolinclassic.com/

Unitarian Universalist Congregation
320 Sawkill Rd
Kingston, NY 12401
(845) 331-2884
www.uucckingston.org
For more info: 845-679-8865 or simlahouse@gmail.com

Tickets: $20.00

Tiger Lilies is a newly formed duo based in New York City, composed of violinist Trina Basu

and cellist Amali Premawardhana.

As two emerging artists with roots in India, Sri Lanka and North America, Trina and Amali aspire to discover and bring to light the music of their own cultural backgrounds as well as music from other parts of the world that has deeply inspired them. Drawing upon influences of nature, beauty, simple folk melodies and complex classical compositions, Tiger Lilies seeks to blend creative improvisations and arrangements with authentic traditions.

Chair and the Maiden Art Gallery

19 Christopher Street

New York, NY

FREE! WEDNESDAY AUGUST 12 @ 7:00

Lincoln Center “Out of Doors” Festival presents Red Baraat!

Led by drummer Sunny Jain, Red Baraat is the first and only dhol ‘n’ brass band of its kind in the States, melding the infectious North Indian rhythm Bhangra with brass funk and expressing the human spirit through improvisation and a powerful live sound.  Comprised of dhol (double-sided, barrel-shaped North Indian drum slung over one shoulder), percussion and horns, this NYC-based group plays fresh originals, as well as traditional Punjabi songs and Bollywood numbers with a dramatic stage performance and presence.

In the short time since their inception, the group has delivered blistering performances at the 4th Annual Droma Gypsy Festival, The Kitchen performance art space, the underground loft party series Brooklyn Wonderland, India Independence Day Parade, Barbes, Joe’s Pub, Santos Party House, as well as a live radio broadcast for WFMU-FM 91.1 and WKCR-FM 89.9.  They recently recorded the credit roll theme song for the movie, The Yes Men Fix the World, performed at the 43rd Annual War Resistors League Peace Award ceremony, alongside folk legends Steve Earle and Allison Moorer, and performed for Ports 1961 at the 2009 Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week (NYC).

Debut CD to be released January 2010. http://www.redbaraat.com/

Lincoln Center

Josie Robertson Plaza

West 66 Street/Broadway

New York, NY

http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/red-baraat-festival

Free - no tickets required

Lincoln Center “Out of Doors” Festival presents Brooklyn Qawwali Party and Susheela Raman by OuterIndia!

1- Jazz-funksters Brooklyn Qawwaly Party deconstruct the
Sufi melodies of the late Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan for fans of adventurous improvisation.

http://www.brooksqawwaliparty.com/live/

2- Tamil Londoner Susheela Raman is a bewitching singer and incandescent performer equally at home with South Indian classical and folk music as with rock, soul, and jazz. This boundary-defying collaboration features musicians from India and the UK.

“I was born in London in 1973 to South Indian parents. My family moved to Australia when I was very young and were eager to keep our Tamil culture alive. I grew up singing South Indian classical music and began giving recitals at an early age. As a teenager I branched out into more blues-based music, which demanded quite different voice techniques. The question then was how to bring these streams together. In 1995 I went to India to study with Shruti Sadolikar, one of the greatest living Hindustani vocalists. This was a challenging experience as I had to let go of what I thought I knew and find a new, more insightful approach to my craft” Susheela http://www.susheelaraman.com/

Lincoln Center

Damrosch Park Bandshell

West 66 Street/Broadway

New York, NY

http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/brooklyn-qawwali-party

Free - no tickets required

FREE! THURSDAY AUGUST 13 @ 6:00 PM

Lincoln Center “Out of Doors” Festival presents

Master Mandolinist Snehasish Mozumder & Som.

(Artists listed in order of appearance.)

1- Classical and jazz fusion's Snehasish Mozumder's double-neck mandolin is at the center of SOM a band that swings it North Indian style featuring:
Snehasish Mazumder- mandolin,
Vin Scialla - drums
Nick Gianni-woodwinds,
Jason Hogue- bass, Bopa-percussion.
Three exploratory string virtuosos expand the boundaries of their instruments.
SOM is finishing its new album and will be released this year, avail this Fall 2009.
www.myspace.com/somintrance
www.myspace.com/missiononmars

Snehasish Mozumder is among those few established musicians in India who has mastered the art of playing Mandolin, and has blended it perfectly into the style of Hindustani Indian Classical Music. Recently, Snehasish was invited by Pandit Ravishankar to perform for the George Harrison Memorial Concert held in ROYAL ALBERT HALL, London. http://www.mandolinclassic.com/

2- Hawaiian Ukelele maverick Jake Shimabukuro’s extraordinary facility is mesmerizing at any speed.

3- The Derek Trucks Band’s namesake slide guitarist, a member of The Allman Brothers’ extended clan, rocks the blues the modern way, blending jazz, Latin, East Indian, and other global influences.

Lincoln Center

Damrosch Park Bandshell

West 66 Street/Broadway

New York, NY

http://new.lincolncenter.org/live/index.php/snehasish-mozumder

An evening of North Indian Classical Music with very
melodious Bansuri Flute Duet by Steve Gorn & Eric Fraser. Ehren Hanson/Tabla

Describing his 1996 performance in Mumbai at the Sangeet Research Academy's Indian Music and the West Seminar, SRA West Chairman, Arvind Parikh has said, "Steve Gorn's concert was widely appreciated for its outstanding musicianship.... and has won him a host of admirers."
www.stevegorn.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ke5SMAi6yyg

Eric Fraser is a disciple of Pandit Gopal Roy of Kolkata, India and Steve Gorn, two of the few living exponents of the Padmabhushan Pannalal Ghosh and Pandit Gour Goswami lineage. www.myspace.com/ericfraser

Accompanied on Tabla by Ehren Hanson disciple of Maestro Anindo Chatterjee. www.tollywoodallstars.com

Atmananda Yoga Center
324 Lafayette St. (at Bleeker St - Houston) # 7 Floor
New York, NY 10012
Tickets: $20 at door

Come celebrate India Day in a creative and fun way with your kids!

Children's Day Event… Rhythmic Stories at The Rubin Museum in collaboration with Little Ustaads and Erasing Borders 2009. http://www.iaac.us/IAAC_dance_fest09/program_august_15.htm

Join Little Ustaads founded by Kavita Bafana for an interactive program especially designed for children (age 4-10) of dance, music, and storytelling in collaboration with Rubin Museum of Art. Children will see performances of three different Indian dance forms and have an opportunity to play drums, cymbals and other instruments, dance with professional dancers and hear stories of little Krishna- magical and mischievous!  
Performers:
Sonali Skandan (Bharatanatyam)
Sangita Rai (Kathak)
Radha Virupaksha (Kuchipudi)

Guest Teacher: Kavita Bafana (Founder, Little Ustads)

Email to Kavita Bafana littleustaads@tacindia.net or call at 773-744-1662 for more details.

Rubin Museum of Art

Theater

150 West 17th Street (6/7 Avenue)

New York, NYC

For Reservations: http://rmanyc.org/events/load/353 or Box Office at 212.620.5000 x344
For children ages 5 and up and adult learning partners. Program meets in the theater. Participating children must be accompanied by at least one adult at all times.

Ticket fees: $10 per child ($5 for children of RMA members);

Free for accompanying adults, children 12 months and younger, and Cool Culture members.

INDIA’S INDEPENDENCE DAY CELEBRATION at DROM!

Fund Raising Party featuring: 

Sonali Skandan - Bharatanayam Dance
Her original productions include Urban Kutcheri (2006, premiered at Joyce So/Ho) and Bharatanatyam Margam (2004 Lighthouse Theatre). Sonali has performed regularly at venues all over the US, Canada and India .

Directions - an exciting and aptly named brooklyn-based world-music quintet. Featuring a blend of North and South Indian musics as well as eastern and western influences, their music covers territory ranging from traditional ragas to contemporary fusion. 
Joshua Geisler - Bansuri, Trina Basu - Carnatic Violin, Nemanja Rebic - Acoustic Guitar, Matt Kilmer – Percussion.

Come celebrate Joshua’s birthday 8/15 as well!

Trina Basu - Carnatic Violin
Trina will present some traditional compositions of the South Indian Classical repertoire with Jonathan Singer on mrudangam.

Yiddish Princess - Looking to reconcile your love of 80s power pop with your love of traditional Yiddish music? Your search is over. Behold, Yiddish Princess in all its Yiddish belting, guitar wailing, synthed out glory.
The Xylopholks are Brooklyn’s furry-clad musical act, drawing fans from around the world to see their original subway act!  The Xylopholks are led by virtuoso xylophonist Jonathan Singer, a graduate of the Berklee College of Music and Queens College, CUNY.  Singer’s partner in crime is bassist Bridget Kearney, a graduate of the New England Conservatory.  They are often joined by a rotating cast of furry musical collaborators. If you have yet to see them, 400,000 other folks checked them out on You Tube and on http://www.myspace.com/xylopholks

This Event at Drom is Jonathan Singer’s farewell show as the Xylopholks release their EP and raise funds for a 3 week tour of India this January. The Xylopholks Singer will be a Fulbright scholar for the ’09-10 academic years in Chennai, India. India Tour 2010 will be documented by award winning filmmaker Martha Shane.

Support India Tour 2010 http://www.xylopholks.com

DROM
85 Avenue A (Between 5/6 Street)

New York, NY, 10009

(212)777-1157 or www.dromnyc.com

The Yoga of Voice: North Indian Vocal Music Classes

with Deepak Kumar.

This class introduces the fundamentals of the classical Indian music system (raga) as well as devotional songs (bhajans), chanting (kirtan) and the philosophy and awareness of singing in correct tone.

Born in Rajasthan, India, Deepak Kumar is a quintessential romantic singer, songwriter and guitarist. His repertoire covers light classical North Indian vocal music as well as a wide spectrum of devotional music styles. Deepak first studied with his father, Shri P.N. Vyas, and later with Ustad R.F. Dagar, Ustad Moinuddin Khan and Shri Mohinderjit Singh. He is accomplished on several musical instruments including harmonium, tamboura, guitar and keyboard. As a faculty member of the East-West School of Music, Deepak Kumar offers regular performances and monthly vocal music classes.

This class will help to perfect your voice no matter what your singing style is. For students of all levels.

New students, e-mail or call in advance to facilitate scheduling: yogaofvoice@gmail.com or 610.209.7934. Private classes available by appointment.

Class from 10:30AM to 12:30PM

Sat 10:00AM Beginners

Ananda Ashram
Yoga Society of New York, Inc.
13 Sapphire Road
Monroe NY 10950
Phone: 845.782.5575

www.anandaashram.org

Chhandayan Center for Music presents a Semi-classical (upa-shastriya) Vocal Concert by Srimati Savita Devi.

Savita Devi is the daughter of renowned Vocalist Siddheshwari Devi. Siddheshwari Devi's music represented Banaras Gharana style, which lays more emphasis on the intensity of feelings and expression of emotions through musical notes and voice modulations. A stalwart of thumri, Siddheshwari's music also included khayals, dhrupads, dadras, tappas, kajris, chaitis, horis and bhajans. In thumris she specialized in "Poorabang" thumri, which is also known as the "Bol-Banav-ki thumri". Reliance on ragas was a distinctive feature of Siddheshwaris thumris. She helped in raising thumri to a classical form. She earned the title of "Thumri-Queen" and was presented the much coveted Padma Shree award in 1967. Siddheshwari Devi strongly believed in "Guru Shishya Parampara" which has been kept alive by her daughter Vidushi Savita Devi.

Savita established "Smt Siddheshwari Devi Academy of Indian Music" in the loving memory of her mother in 1977, the year in which Siddheshwari passed away. Savita Devi regularly broadcasts over radio and television. She has performed at numerous concerts in various parts of the country and abroad, which have won her wide acclaim. http://savitadevi.com/

Accompagnied by:

Chhandayan Center for Music

4 West 43 Street (5/6 Avenue) # 616

New York, NY

Tel: 212 302 0720 or email: samir@tabla.org

www.tabla.org

Tickets: $20, $16 (students and seniors with valid ID)

Simla House and Woodstock Music Circle present an Indo-jazz fusion concert with the Ray Spiegel Ensemble.

Featuring:
Snehasish Mozumder- Mandolin
Harvie S- Bass
Tani Tabbal-Drums
Ray Spiegel-Vibes and Tabla

http://www.Simlahouse.com
http://www.mandolinclassic.com/
http://www.harvies.com/
http:/www.tanitabbal.com/

Unitarian Universalist Congregation

320 Sawkill Road

Kingston, NY 

www.uucckingston.org
Door opens at 8 PM
for further information, call: 845-679-8865

Tickets: $20

Sun to Stars South Asian Festival 2009!

Due to the impending arrival of Hurricane Bill, the entire festival has been postponed to Sunday August 23!

Featuring:

3:30 - 4:20 - Sonali Skandan & Co.
4:30 - 4:50 - The Parul Shah Dance Company
5:15 - 6:00 - Indrajit Roy-Chowdhury & Ehren Hanson
6:15 - 6:45 - Jaleo Dance
7:00 - 7:45 - Bill Buchen & Nemanja Rebic
8:00 - 8:45 - Tollywood Allstars
9:00 - 9:45 - Achyut Joshi & Sameer Gupta
10:00 - 10:45 - Neel Murgai & Co.

Inspired by the traditional all-night concerts along India’s Ganges River, Sun to Stars evokes the traditional durbar and bethak-style concerts where performers and audiences interact in an informal setting to create an intimate artistic experience. With a backdrop defined by both natural and urban elements, the performers present work that grapples with the environment be it through mythological folktales or a particular raga connected to nature.
The Sun to Stars festival is solar-powered by the energy collected by the photovoltaic panels on the Solar 1 roof. The event also features a market place that includes regional South Asian cuisine from local chefs, Indian style seating with floor rugs and cushions, and information about important local South Asian and environmental nonprofit organizations.
Free to the public, Sun to Stars draws a diverse crowd, including New York’s large South Asian community, local residents, music and dance enthusiasts of all kinds, activists, families, and college students.
Accessible to all ages and South Asian food will be available for sale!

Solar 1 (S1)

For more details about the festival:
http://solar1.org/events/suntostars/

FREE

Shruti Laya teams up with Sai Mandir to bring this exclusive concert by Kalaratnam K.G.Jayan. Aarathi at the Saimandir after the concert.

Kalaratnam K.G.Jayan (of the legendary Jaya Vijaya duo), the only living disciple and torchbearer of the Ascended Master Padma Vibhooshan Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagavathar. A veteran songster who breathes music. Music is his inseparable twin. Music is his life breath. Music is his food of life. A life brimming with real music. Music is in every pulsation. A life full of music. Exponent of Violet Musicology. The Master Singer and Music Director of popular devotional songs in South India. Kalaratnam K.G. Jayan is in pursuit of creating new ragas in Carnatic music. His magnificent obsession is on research in Music Neurology. http://www.jayavijaya.com/

Accompanying Sri.Jayan will be:
A.R. Balaskandan on the Violin,
Murali Balachandran on the Mridangam.

Sai Mandir Temple

http://saimandirusa.org/temple/schedule-daily.html for directions and schedules.
More details: www.shrutilaya.org

Free