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AUGUST 2012
August 2012
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1 @ 5:00 PM
The Rubin Museum of Art presents as part of the Spiral Music project!
Ehren Hanson – Tabla + Guest
Rubin Museum of Art - Spiral Music
150 west 17 Street (7 Ave)
New York, 10014
Free
SOLD OUT!
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 1 @ 8PM
The Music Room... Presented by HarmoNYom
In association with AAICM.
Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan (Maestro Vocalist from the Kirana Gharana) will be performing one exceptional and intimate Baithak Concert!
Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan has musical blue blood in his veins owing to his family lineage. A direct descendant of the family of the great Ustad Abdul Karim Khan and the much legendary Sartaj-e-Mousiqui, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan who were the founders of the famous Kirana Gharana. Ustad Mashkoor Ali Khan is the son of the great Sarangi-nawaz, Padmashree Ustad Shakoor Khan, who was the grand nephew of Ustad Bande Ali Khan Beenkar who composed numerous bandishes under his pseudonym 'Sabras". www.mashkooralikhan.com/
Nitin Mitta - Tabla http://www.nitinmitta.com
Kedar Naphade - Harmonium http://kedarnaphade.com/
Michael Harrison- Vocal support/Tanpura www.michaelharrison.com
Aaron Shragge- Tanpura www.aaronshragge.com
House Concert - Baithak
312 West 104 Street (between West End Ave. and Riverside Dr.), NYC 10025
General Admission: $45 - Students w/ID, Seniors: $30
REGISTRATION in advance required (Limited seats) (No cash at door)
http://musicroom2012.eventbrite.com
Supported by NYSCA, MELA Foundation, Ragachitra, TV Asia, DooBeeDooBeeDoo, Marcus Simpson Photography & WKCR 89.9 FM
www.HarmoNYom.org www.AAICM.org
FRIDAY AUGUST 3 @ 7:00 PM
Rageshree Music presents a Flute concert with Jay Gandhi and Nitin Mitta on Tabla. "BREATH OF THE REED".
Reflection Yoga
250 West 49 Street, 2 Floor, NYC
Tickets: $25, $20 for Advanced, Members of RMI, Student ID & Senior Citizen
http://rageshreemusicinst.org/events
SATURDAY AUGUST 4 @ 4:00 PM
Shruti Laya presents Carnatic Music Concert!
Sankaran Namboothiry (Vocal)
A. K. Balaskandan (Violin)
Naveen Basavanahalli (Mridangam)
P. S. 115
80-51 261st Street, Floral Park, NY 11004
Ticket: $15 - Free for Members and Children.
SATURDAY AUGUST 18 @ 10:00 AM
SATURDAY AUGUST 18 @ 8:00 PM
Woodstock Music Circle presents:
Bansuri Flute Concert
with Jay Gandhi-bansuri flute
Ray Spiegel-tabla
Ted Moreno- Tanpura
Jay Gandhi. An outstanding disciple of the world renowned bansuri maestro Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, Jay is an avid performer with a remarkable artistic maturity and depth. With performances spanning the globe, he has been lauded for his musical sensitivity and expressive sound. His music reflects the training he has received from some of the greatest living masters of the North Indian Classical flute. Initially trained under Pandit Ronu Majumdar, Pandit Vijay Raghav Rao and Pandit Raghunath Seth, he is truly blessed to presently be studying under the living legend of the bansuri, Padma Vibhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, at Brindavan Gurukul in Mumbai, since 2006. His musical pursuits are not limited to that of the Indian sub-continent and he has grown up with a great love for the music of the African diaspora and America's classical music - Jazz as well. In 2004, he completed an Individual Major in Jazz Performance at Oberlin College/Conservatory of Music (Ohio), studying privately under such Jazz luminaries as the saxophonist Gary Bartz and trumpetist Marcus Belgrave. He has since collaborated extensively with many noted Jazz musicians including composer/Jazz pianist Courtney Bryan and trumpetist Lech Wierzynski. A recipient of the prestigious American Institute of Indian Studies Senior Performing Arts Fellowship, he currently splits his time between New York City and Mumbai, India.
Ray Spiegel began his study of tabla at 13, and attended the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, CA starting in 1970. His main teacher and influence is the famous tabla master Ustad Alla Rakha with whom Ray maintained a very close relationship over twenty five years. Ray has also studied extensively with Ustad Zakir Hussain, and Sri B.S. Ramanna of New Delhi. He has performed and recorded Indian classical music with many top Indian artists such as Aashish Khan, Sultan Khan, Ravi Shankar, Irshad Khan, Barun Kumar Pal, Tejendra Mazumder, and vocalists Vidyadhar Vyas, Subhra Guha, Madhup Mudgal, Sanhita Nandi, and Raka Mukherjee among others. Other credits include: the Grateful Dead, Diga Rhythm Band, Danilo Perez, Patty Smyth, Shunzo Ohno, Mickey Hart, among others.
He is the founder of the Simla House record label and has produced many recordings, including Indo-jazz fusion releases, “Sum and Kali” and “Raga Jazz”, and archival tabla recordings by Ustad Ahmedjan Thirakwa, “Thirakwa” and “the Genius of Thirakwa”.
Ted Morano. An accomplished sitar player and expert in Indian classical music, Ted studied sitar from Pt. Amyia Das Gupta at Cal Arts University in California. An expert in sound and video recordings, Ted plays tanpura at many Indian musical events.
The YURT at Sacred Mountain
320 Meads Mountain Road
Woodstock, NY
http://www.jaygandhi.com/flash.html
By donation: $20
FRIDAY 8/24 to SUNDAY 8/26
Films: "Dhupad" & "Siddheshwari" at the Museum of Modern Art, NYC!
Dhrupad1984. India. Directed by Mani Kaul. This documentary explores a form of Indian classical music dating from the 15th century, as performed (for the most part) by the Dagar Brothers. In Hindi; English subtitles. 72 min.
Friday, August 24, 2012, 4:00 p.m.
Theater 3 (The Celeste Bartos Theater), mezzanine, The Lewis B. and Dorothy Cullman Education and Research Building
Saturday, August 25, 2012, 7:30 p.m.
Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2
Siddheshwari
1990. India. Directed by Mani Kaul. With Ranjana Srivastava, Pandit Narayan, Shavani Mukherjee. An impressionistic biographical look at Siddheshwari Devi (1908–1977), the classical Indian singer whose voice was appreciated by the maharajas and public alike. In Hindi; English subtitles. 92 min.
Saturday, August 25, 2012, 4:00 p.m.
Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2
Sunday, August 26, 2012, 2:00 p.m.
Theater 2 (The Roy and Niuta Titus Theater 2), T2
The Museum of Modern Art,
11 West 53 Street, New York, NY 10019
(212) 708-9400 . www.moma.orgSATURDAY AUGUST 25 @ 7:00 PM
Community Arts Finale Concert this at the Hindu Temple Cultural Center with Sitar Concert by Veena Chandra.
Temple Cultural Center
450 Albany Shaker Rd. Loudonville NY
Free
TUESDAY AUGUST 28 @ 10:00 AM
Namaskar School of Music is very excited to launch Raga Kids. 
Every Tuesday Mornings from 10am to 11am!
This is a weekly Tuesday morning 10am gathering for small kids in Prospect Heights / Park Slope.
A great chance to give your little one a weekly musical experience between breakfast and morning nap! Hosted by Trina Basu (P.S. 9 Violin Teacher), Sameer Gupta (Carnegie Hall Global Encounters), and Neel Murgai (Chocolate Chip Chamber Music) these three young artists and educators are pairing up to bring Indian music to kids ages 1 month – 3 years old.
Each session will last 45 – 60 minutes, with music and movement along with live music Story-Telling, as well as interactive games all with an Indian style. Nannies, Parents and Kids all are welcome!
Namaskar School of Music
698 Dean St, Brooklyn NY 11238
(basement studio) Prospect Heights Brooklyn (b/q, 2/3, c)
Tuition: $40 for child for 4 consecutive sessions
http://www.namaskarschoolofmusic.com
The Pauline Oliveros Series at The Stone presents:
Laajawab - music crossing all borders!
Raga-electronica-sound collage not to be missed... a live interactive performance by
Curtis Bahn - electric sitar / esraj / laptop
Steve Gorn - bansuri flute, clarinet and percussion
The Stone
Avenue C & end Street, NYC
TUESDAY AUGUST 28 to SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 2
Theater for the New City Presents “The Shalom Bombay Show”. 
with Kumar Das on Tabla.
A dramatic and spiritual sixty minute adventure of music and monologues that explores two distinct cultures in two distinct ways. Jewish culture, Indian culture, the combination of jazz piano with Indian tabla and the telling of personal, cultural stories by the musicians on stage. Using elements of jazz improvisation and the oral tradition, "Shalom Bombay" is meant to be a conversation between the performers on stage and with the audience at the same time. The monologues utilize the foundations of the oral tradition where there is no fourth wall and the story itself is scripted orally and changes during each performance based on audience response.
Theater for the New City
155 First Avenue, New York, NY 10003 (Between 9th & 10th St.)
Tickets: $15
http://www.smarttix.com/show.aspx?showcode=SHA83
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29 @ 5:00 PM
The Rubin Museum of the Art presents as part of the “Spiral Music”,
guitarist Steve Booke and sitarist Abhik Mukherjee. 
Steve Booke and Abhik Mukherjee perform traditional Indian ragas with the untraditional arrangement of sitar and acoustic guitar. From the heights of musical virtuosity, to the beauty of a simple melody, their performance is bound to please and enthrall any listener.
The Rubin Museum of Art
150 West 17 Street (7 Ave), New York, NY 10011
http://www.rmanyc.org/events/load/1832
Free
WEDNESDAY AUGUST 29 @ 9:00 PM
FREE demonstration by Siddharth J. Mehta on the 'Khartal'! 
Khartal is an ancient instrument mainly used in devotional/ folk songs. It has derived its name from Hindi words ‘kara’ means hand and ‘tala’ means
clapping. This wooden clapper is a Ghana Vadya which has discs or plates that produce a clinking sound when clapped together. It falls under the
class of idiophones of self-sounding instruments that combine properties of vibrator and resonator. Usually made wood or metal, a khartal player
will hold one 'male' and 'female' Khartal in each hand. The 'male' khartal is usually thicker and is held with the thumb while the 'female' khartal
is usually thinner and is mainly balanced on the ring finger, which represents the fire element. It is associated with the sun and the root chakra. Its force provides staying power, stamina, and the power to be assertive. A pair of wooden castanets with bells attached to them was the earliest form of the khartal. These pieces of wood are not connected in any way, however they can be clapped together at high speeds to make rapid complex rhythms. Aside from being an excellent accompaniment instrument, khartal is the most portable percussion instrument in the world.
http://www.sidsmusic.com
Studio 39, 216 East 39th Street, 3rd Fl.
New York, NY 10016
FREE!!! Limited Seating- Refreshments by 911 Tea Terrace
Please RSVP: studio39nyc@gmail.com
THURSDAY AUGUST 30 @ 8:30 PM
Multi Music Media presents a rare opportunity to celebrate a summer evening by listening to a flute virtuoso, Ustad Azizul Islam.
Accompanied by Robi Shankar on the tabla.
Club Sanam
36 Street, 36th Avenue, Astoria, Queens, NY
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