FRIDAY DECEMBER 9 @ 7:00 PM

Presented in collaboration with the Aga Khan Music Initiative, a program of the Aga Khan Trust for Culture "Lands of the Mughals".

In the Footsteps of Babur features:

Homayun Sakhi, Afghan rubab
Rahul Sharma, santur
Salar Nader, tabla, zerbaghali
Sirojiddin Juraev, dutar, tanbur
Mukhtor Muborakqadomov, Badakhshani setar

This program features new music developed from an artistic collaboration supported by the Aga Khan Music Initiative. Inspired by visual images and literary descriptions of exuberant music-making in the Mughal courts, the Music Initiative brings together musicians from Afghanistan, India, and Tajikistan with the aim of merging their talents, traditions, and musical instruments to create new sounds.
Listen to a sample (Sakhi, Sharma, Nader – Dhun: Misra Kirwani) (© 2010 Smithsonian Folkways Recordings)

Metropolitan Museum

The Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium

Fifth Avenue/West 81 Street

New York, NY

Tickets: $35

http://metmuseum.org/events/programs/concerts-and-performances/subscription-concerts/music--lands-of-the-mughals?eid=3630

FRIDAY DECEMBER 9 @ 8:00 PM

Brooklyn Raga Massive in Brooklyn!

1st set

Hindustani Classical Music (8-9pm)

Eric Fraser- bansuri

Sameer Gupta- tabla

and 2nd set

Sameer Gupta's Namaskar (9-10pm)

Sameer Gupta- tabla/drumset (www.sameergupta.com

Marc Cary- piano (www.marccary.com

Arun Ramamurthy- carnatic violin (www.arunramamurthy.com

Neel Murgai- Sitar (www.neelmurgai.com

Rashaan Carter- bass

Nova Bar & Lounge at the Village @ Gureje

884 Pacific St., Brooklyn, NY 11238 (Prospect Heights, 2/3, B/Q, C)

http://brooklynragamassive.wordpress.com/

$10-20 Suggested Donation. 

SATURDAY DECEMBER 10

@ 10AM to 5:30PM

Shruti Laya cordially invites you to come and enjoy the last program of 2011, a grand celebration  of the compositions of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal.

The Swathi Thirunal Day will be an all day program of  performances of Swathi Thirunal Compositions by children and young artists, singers, instrumentalists and dancers.

10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon Music Session 1

12:00 Noon to 12:30 PM Lunch Break. Lunch items will be available for purchase at nominal cost.

12:30 PM  to 2:30 PM Music Session 2

4:00 PM to 5:00 PM Dance Session.

We are also happy to announce the following special performances on this day.
2:30 PM to 4:00 PM A special thematic concert by Smt. Bhavadhaarini Anantharaman. She will be accompanied by  our own Vivek Rudrapatna on the violin and Shenthuraan Tharmarajah on the mridangam.
5:00 PM to 5:30 PM A dance performance by Smt. Sadhana Paranji and Smt. Satya Pradeep. They will be performing Swathi Thirunal's operatic piece  "Bhavayami Raghuramam".

PS 115 Auditorium

80-51 261 Street, Floral Park, NY 11004

www.shrutilaya.org

Free

SATURDAY DECEMBER 10 @ 11:30 AM and 1:30 PM

(2 sessions)

Lotus Music and Dance presents a Carnatic Music Workshop by

Shobana Raghavan (Vocalist and teacher).

Saturday December 10, 11:30am to 1pm

Varnam Maamohalaahiri – Learn to sing the charanam(verse) of this beautiful Tamil song in Khamas ragam and Rupaka thalam.

Saturday December 10, 1:30pm to 3pm

Varnam Raama neeve – Learn to sing the charanam (verse) of this lovely Telugu melody in Kharaharapriya ragam and Aadhi thalam.

Shobana Raghavan was fortunate to undergo training in vocal music from the esteemed Guru Smt. Suguna Varadachari in Chennai, India. Shobana has performed both as a soloist and as vocal accompaniment for classical dance at many prestigious festivals and venues around the world, including the Ellora caves festival, the Haryana Palace festival, the Tokyo relations program in Japan and an Off-Broadway production in New York.

She has been singer, composer and lyricist for a Carnatic-Jazz fusion song "AmrithaVarshini" in the recently released album titled "Come n play", now available on Itunes and Amazon.

She has conducted Carnatic vocal workshops at several educational institutions including the New York university and the City College of New York.  shobana.raghavan@gmail.com

Please note: Being able to stay on pitch (shruthi) and follow a rhythm (thalam) is required for both the sessions. Training in Carnatic vocal music is not required. All ages. Audio recording of workshop permitted for personal use.

Lotus Music and Dance

109 West 27th street (between 6th and 7th), 8th floor,

NY, NY 10001

Contact: 212-627-1076, info@lotusmusicanddance.org

Tickets: $25/each session (cash only, at door)

SUNDAY DECEMBER 11 @ 5:00 PM

"Intimate ICM Concert Series" presented by The Anindo Chatterjee School of Tabla & Brooklyn Raga Massive.

Andrew Mendelson - sitar
accompanied by Ehren Hanson

Sameer Gupta - tabla solo

Experience Indian music in ACST's Intimate Indian Music Concert Series. Get to know your community, enjoy tea and snacks afterward. Please arrive 15 minutes early if possible. Limited seating so please.

Ehren and Camila's House,

65 Ocean Ave. apt 4E,

Brooklyn, New York (Prospect Heights) - Subway: B/Q/S to Prospect Park

Donation suggested: $15

SUNDAY DECEMBER 18 @ 5:00 PM

"Intimate ICM Concert Series" presented by The Anindo Chatterjee School of Tabla & Brooklyn Raga Massive.

Camila Celin - sarod
accompanied by Sameer Gupta

Ehren Hanson - tabla solo

This Sunday December 18th, Sameer Gupta will be opening the evening with a small talk about the music, followed by a Sarod piece by Camila Celin, featuring Sameer Gupta on tabla accompaniment. Lastly a Tabla solo by Ehren Hanson. 

Ehren and Camila's House,

65 Ocean Ave. apt 4E,

Brooklyn, New York (Prospect Heights) - Subway: B/Q/S to Prospect Park

Donation suggested: $15

FRIDAY DEC. 30 AND SATURDAY DEC. 31 @ 10:00 AM

Ananda Ashram presents classes with sitarist Acharya Roop Verma.

A class series offering study of the Sitar in authentic oral tradition under a master teacher and performer. Other string instruments such as guitar, violin and cello are also included.
Acharya Roop Verma shares a unique and concise system of musical training. His experience comes from observation of how we learn things. He has simplified the process for this age of technology, where less time is available, by re-arranging essential features and filtering out non-vital elements that are irrelevant to the learning experience.
Topics will include introduction to the Indian musical system of notes, correct positioning of hands, fingers and instrument, rhythm exercises, simple music-making techniques, study of the science of ragas as a medium of self expression, as well as learning compositions in ragas and improvisation techniques specific to Indian classical music. Acharya Roop Verma

Ananda Ashram - Yoga Society of New York, Inc.

13 Sapphire Road, Monroe, NY 10950

Phone: 845.782.5575

www.anandaashram.org

Tuition: (10:00AM-12:30PM) $40 per class with a minimum of 3 students
$35 per class if more than 3 students.