Simla House and Woodstock Music Circle presents a Full Moon/End of Summer Concert of Indian Classical Music by Maestro Ramesh Misra on Sarangi and Ray Spiegel on Tabla.

First half: Tabla Solo by Ray Spiegel accompanied by Pt. Ramesh Misra on Sarangi.
Second half: Ramesh Misra on Sarangi accompanied by Ray Spiegel on tabla.

Ray Spiegel is a disciple of the late Tabla Master Ustad Alla Rakha since 1975, specializing in the Punjab Gharana (style) of Tabla playing. He has also benefited from the intensive training and guidance he has received from Ustad Zakir Hussain from 1973 to 1980. Ray began his formal training at the Ali Akbar College of Music in San Rafael, CA under Sri Shankar Ghosh in 1970. He studied with Sri B.S. Ramanna, (a disciple of Sheik Dawoodkhan of Hydrabad) in New Delhi in 1971 and 1972.
http://www.simlahouse.com/people/ray.php

A glaring example of total dedication, depth and maturity, Pandit Ramesh Mishra is a phenomenon in the field of Indian classical Music.

Mastering over one of the most difficult unique string

instruments ' Sarangi', Ramesh Mishra is today acclaimed as an outstanding artist of India. Son of great sarangi maestro Pt. Ramnath Mishra, Ramesh started his initial intensive training at very tender age from his father and acquired further knowledge and training from finest musicians of Benaras Gharana Pandit Hanuman Prasad Mishra and late Pandit Gopal Mishra. Presently Ramesh is under the tutelage of the legendary maestro Pandit Ravi Shankar. http://www.rameshmisra.com/

Unitarian Universalist Congregation

320 Sawkill Road

Kingston, NY

www.uucckingston.org

For more details: Call 845-798-8865

or email: info@simlahouse.com

Tickets: $20

Suphala - Tabla in concert with her new group with Mike Block on cello, Hadi Eldebek on oud, and Chern Hwei on violin.

Tabla artist, composer, and producer, Suphala, is a
protege of Ustad Allarakha and Ustad Zakir Hussain, has 3 albums out worldwide, and a long list of top-notch collaborators from all different musical styles. Suphala has performed studio sessions with hip-hop producer, Timbaland, toured with rock star, Perry Ferrell, performed with icon, Yoko Ono, and has special guests including Norah Jones, Vernon Reid, King Britt, Edie Brickell, and Antonio Banderas, featured on her compositions. In February 2005, Suphala made history when she became the first musician to play in in public in Afghanistan, since the fall of the Taliban. This performance will feature Suphala's new trio with Mike Block on cello, Hadi Eldebek on oud, and special guest Fung Chern Hwei on violin. http://www.suphala.com

Littlefield

622 Degraw Street (Between 3/4 Ave)

Brooklyn - Carrol Garden, NY

Tel: 718-855-3388

Directions: http://www.littlefieldnyc.com/directions/
Subway: Stop: Union Street (Brooklyn)

For more details: info@suphala.com

Tickets: $12

Ananda Ashram presents a special Jugalbandhi concert, a duet of two melodic instruments by Michael Braudy, violin & Anjana Roy, sitar with Eric Phinney, tabla.

In addition, Michael will play solo Bach and Celtic folk music.

Michael Braudy is an experienced violinist in Western,
North Indian and Celtic music, a versatile improviser and has taught music and meditation for over 30 years. In India, he recently played in Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Auroville, and has performed at the Jaipur International Festival in Rajasthan.  His recordings include Sumanas, Vriddhi and Awakening Peace, a series of ragas for health, and Celtic Afternoon, a live concert at Sufi Books in Manhattan. www.michaelbraudy.com 

Anjana Roy had her early education in music from her
father Shri Rebati Ranjan Debnath, who was a senior disciple of Ustad Allauddin Khan of Maihar.  She later had training from several other masters , including Professor erma of Jaipur, Pandit Debu Chowdhury of Delhi, and Pandit Manilal Nag of Calcutta.  She settled in NYC.

Eric Phinney's North Indian tabla studies started under the tutelage of the Benares tabla master, Pandit Sharda Sahai.  He is a disciple of Pandit Samir Chatterjee of the Farrukhabad gharana.  Highlights include The Silk Road Project with Music from China and Yo Yo Ma at the Smithsonian Institution, the Pulse Percussion Ensemble's tour of Japan and the Ethos Percussion Group at Carnegie Hall and London's Wigmore Hall.

Ananda Ashram
141 Sapphire Road
Monroe, NY 10950
(914) 782-5575 or Michael Baudry 718 596-6772

www.anandaashram.org/eventDescription_id_101192.htm

www.anandaashram.org/travelDirections.html

$15 / members $12; included in overnight guest rate.  

SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 6 @ 7:00 PM

Hindustani Duet Bansuri Flute with Steve Gorn and Eric Fraser - Ehren Hanson - Tabla.

Live concert recorded in NY August 14 2009 at Atmananda Yoga Studio by WKCR.

WKCR FM New York’s “Raag Aur Taal” program present ‘Ragas – Live’ Series with a performance featuring Indian Classical Maestros!
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.

WKCR FM New York - 89.9 FM

or over the Internet at www.wkcr.org.
Email hosts of the program at raagaurtaal@gmail.com or the In All Languages Department at ial@wkcr.org
Tel: 212.854.9920

Workshop of Hindustani Music with Vocalist

Smt. Venna Sahashrabuddhe.

Venna Shashrabudde will be talking about different

aspects of a raga and classical music in general and how to perform and to be a good listener of Indian classical music.

Venue: Manhathan, NY
For more details, contact Sneh Thakkar by email at: sneh1984@hotmail.com

or 516- 817-4601
Capacity is limited to only 10 people. For all levels. Reservation id required!

Tuition: $60 per person

Sursangeet presents a mesmerizing evening of Soulful music by Hindustani Vocalist Smt. Venna
Sahashrabuddhe.

Veena Sahasrabuddhe is widely acclaimed today as a performer of the khayal style of Indian classical singing and of moving bhajan devotional songs. Her father, Pt. Shankar Shripad Bodas was a disciple of the legendary Pt. Vishnu Digambar Paluskar. He and brother Pt. Kashinath Shankar Bodas are her two gurus. She follows the ragas through the most complicated harmonic twists and turns, adding stunning displays of note-changing vibrato that will leave you absolutely breathless. A member of the prestigious Gwalior gharana, Veena ji's style is direct and complex, and draws lightly on other traditions to supplement her own rich teachings. She is one of the best-known and most favored classical Hindustani singers performing in India and all over the world today. Labels including HMV (EMI), BMG-Crescendo and Sony have published a total of 40 albums of hers.
http://www.it.iitb.ac.in/~hvs/Veena/bio.html

Accompagnement:

Shri Kedar Naphade - Harmonium

Shri Shripad Jail - Tabla

Venue: Old Westbury

Long Island, NY 11568

For more details, contact SnehThakkar by email at: sneh1984@hotmail.com or 516- 817-4601

RSVP IS A MUST! (Please RSVP if you are sure about attending the concert), limited seating. 

Tickets: $65 per person (Includes concert fee, Full course dinner, dessert & Coffee).

Beat a Tabla! Strum a Sitar! Groove to Teen Taal and Rock to a Raga with Little Ustaads...

For the first time in the US, Little Ustaads presents an Indian Classical Music class for children between the ages of 0 to 5 years old.

Little Ustaads is a packed 45 min session of Indian culture, values, Hindi language, arts and FUN! Already a success in Mumbai, the program introduces your little ones to the fundamentals of Indian Classical Music - sargams, alankars, ragas and taal. The curriculum, music and presentation is uniquely created for this program and taught by trained Classical teachers. Through playful puppets, vibrant visuals and rhythmic sounds, children will be exposed to sounds/music/language and visuals that they never would otherwise experience.

Born and raised in New York, Kavita Bafana grew up in an environment which supported classical Indian Arts. Kavita started her Kathak training at the age of 6 and has performed at many venues such as, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden and Nehru Center in Mumbai.
Though her first passion is Kathak, having twin boys she quickly realized her classical teaching has to go beyond just dance. Hence, the idea of Little Ustaads was born. Kavita has her BA from Columbia University and MA from Northwestern University. www.tacindia.net

Music Center

4 West 43 Street # 618 (Between 5/6 Avenue)

New York, NY

Free Trial Class.

Chhandayan Center for Music presents an Hindustani Vocal Concert by Dr. Stan Scott and Nitin Mitta on Tabla.

Dr. Stan Scott began his study of North Indian classical
singing in 1972.  His singing blends aspects of the Gwalior and Agra gayakis.  His gurus include Dr. Vidyadhar Vyas, Mohan Singh, Krishna Chandra Banerjee, Sushil Mukherjee, and Kali Das Gupta.  A recipient of both Fulbright and American Institute of Indian Studies fellowships for extended study in India, he has performed as a featured soloist at Bombay’s National Centre for the Performing Arts, Calcutta’s Rabindra Sadan, Pune’s Swaramayee Gurukul, the Bhatkhande Music Institute, the Ramakrishna Mission in Lucknow, and many other venues in Ireland and the United States.  He directs the Rangila School of Music in Connecticut, teaches Hindustani music at Wesleyan and Southern Connecticut State Universites, and has lectured on Indian music at Yale, Colgate, Brown, UC Santa Cruz, and Clark Universities.

Nitin Mitta on Tabla www.nitinmitta.org

Chhandayan Center for Music

4 West 43rd street, (between 5 and 6 Ave) # 616

New York, NY 10036 www.tabla.org
Tel: 212 302 0720 or email: chhandayan@tabla.org

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12 @ 7:30 PM

Be a part of this incredible, once in a lifetime event and join an historic Invitation only Fundraising Concert in responding to the humanitarian crisis in Pakistan.

Spearheaded by musician and UNAIDS Goodwill
Ambassador Salman Ahmad, a special event will be organized on September 12 to bring together a range of well-known artists and personalities in a display of unity to raise awareness as well as funds for Pakistani IDPs.

Salman Ahmad is well known as a rock star and founder of the hugely successful band Junoon. He has sold over 25 million albums and is one of the most popular and exciting musicians in the world. Salman is also a humanitarian, bridge-builder, and social activist. His real "junoon" (passion) is using his music to bring people together and raise awareness of some of the most important social and political issues of our time: bridging the divide between Islam and the West, promoting peace between Pakistan and India, HIV/AIDS, and global health and poverty.

Featuring:

Salman Ahmad, Sting (via video), Jeff Skoll, Junoon,
Qawwali singers, Outlandish, Deepak Chopra,
Amin Hashwani, Rabbi Shergill, Bobby Sager,
Susan Deyhim, Naif Mutawa...
and other celebrities and advocates as they come together to raise awareness for this humanitarian crisis.

Please visit www.ssgwi.org for concert details

UN General Assembly Hall

New York City

For more details and for donation contact: info@ssgwi.org or Call: 845-821-0481 or 646-651-6690 for more details.

Shruti Laya takes great pleasure in inviting you to the Purandaradasa Day Festival!

This will be an all day festival celebrating the music of the
saint composer. The day will start with a group singing of the first three Purandara Geethams that most students learn:

1- Sree Gananantha (Lambodara)

1- Kerayaneeranu and

3- Padumanabha.

This will be followed by groups of students from the various music and dance teachers in the area, performing Purandaradasa Krithis (and all other Dasar Namas and Padagalu). (Expecting about 135 participants).

In addition to the student groups, Shruti Laya is proud to present four 15 minutes mini performances by talented young artists at an advanced stage in their music or dance learning.

Mini Concerts:

Chi.Sriram Garikapati (Guru Smt. Vatsala Gabbur)

Kum. Veena Kumar (Guru Smt. Indu Kope)

Chi. Hari Rau Murthy (Guru Smt.Ranjani Venimadhavan)

All these concerts will be accompanied by Chi.Siddharth Ashok Kumar on Violin, and Chi. Harsha Kanumalla on mridangam

Mini Dance Performance in Bharatanatyam and Kuchipudi style by Kum. Sriya Bhumi (Guru Smt. Satya Pradeep).

The day will conclude with a grand musical concert by our very own artist in residence, Smt. Saavitri Ramanand.

Sri S.P.Ananthapadmanabhan will accompany her on the violin, and Sri. Sriniketh Sundar on mridangam.

PS 24

141 - 11 Holly Avenue

Flushing, NY

Email:  purundara@shrutilaya.org - www.shrutilaya.org

Kupferberg Center Performances is proud to host the
Queens County Folk Festival 2010 including Carnatic Music by Akshara and South Indian Dance by Sonali Skandan.

They will perform original and restaged pieces for this unique multicultural festival hosted by

Round up family and friends, bring your chairs, and spend the day outdoors listening to the rich and varied sounds of the Queens music scene.

Featuring an exciting lineup of local musicians representing Queens’ various cultural and ethnic communities, the Queens County Folk Festival offers some- thing for every-one.
 
Queens College  - Campus Quad

An Evening of Bharatanatyam and South Indian Music concert with Professor CV Chandrasekhar.

C V Chandrasekhar, one of India's senior most
Bharatanatyam dancers was trained at the internationally renowned Kalakshetra in Chennai under the mentorship of Rukmini Devi Arundale. He has imbibed from his mentor the best of Indian art, culture and aesthetics. He served the Banaras Hindu University and M. S. University of Baroda and retired as the Head and Dean of the Faculty of Performing Arts of M S University of Baroda.

This will be followed by a full Margam concert by his disciple, Sonali Skandan, highlighting his choreography.
The orchestra will be led by:

Professor CVC on vocals and nattuvangam,

AR Balaskandan on mridangam

The Anindo Chatterjee School of Tabla is a New York City based institution dedicated to spreading the knowledge and music of the great tabla maestro, Pandit Anindo
Chatterje.

Monday and Thursday 

6:00 to 9:00 PM
6 Classes

Modeled after Guruji’s class in Kolkata, where he has produced some of the best young tabla players in the world, up to 5 students will learn with Guruji per hour segment. This is a rare opportunity to begin, and continue your studies with one of the world's living legends of tabla. Tabla sets will be provided.

Pandit Anindo Chatterjee is recognized as one of India's most eminent tabla players. In 2003 the President of India crowned him with the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi award. The All India Critics Association adjudged him as the ‘Best Performer of the Year 1997’. http://www.anindochatterjee.com/

Anindo Chatterjee School Of Tabla

65 Ocean Avenue # 3D

Brooklyn, NY

Admission is limited. Private lesson are also available. http://www.schooloftabla.com/
For registration, contact Sameer at 415-573-6229

or Email: contact@schooloftabla.com

Tuition: $300 for 6 Classes

Caffe Vivaldi presentsTiger Lilies in Concert!

Tiger Lillies 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.

http://www.myspace.com/tigerliliesmusic

http://www.myspace.com/trinabasu

trinamusic@gmail.com

Caffe Vivaldi

32 Jones Street @ Bleeker Street

New York, NY 10014

Free

Drom presents an Indian and global music concert with Maestro Snehashish Mozumder and his band SOM.

Snehasish Mozumder & SOM. Snehasish Mozumder, an exploratory string virtuoso, expands the boundaries of the mandolin instrument. Classical and jazz fusion’s
Snehasish Mozumder’s double-neck mandolin is at the center of his band SOM, that swings it North Indian style.  His talent comes from the sublime human voice he coaxes from his instrument - be it an Indian melody, a haunting Celtic rendering or something completely different. He, together with his guest accompanists, improvises on North Indian classical style ragas shaped around harmonious melodies. His bassy North Indian vocal phrasings elevate his music beyond global boundaries.
SOM feautures:

Snehasish Mozumder - doubleneck mandolin
Sameer Gupta - tabla
Vin Scialla - drums, frame drums
Nick Gianni - saxophone
Bopa King Carre - percussion
Aaron Whitby - piano, keys

Snehasish & SOM recently performed at the Lincoln Center Festival 2009.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8-pHs8BhVc

Snehashish 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. He is the recipient of Surmani and Jadubhatta Awards. Besides playing Indian Classical Music, he is very much involved in the film industry and arranged music for many award-winning films. 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/

Drom

85 Avenue A  (b/w 5th & 6th street)
New York, NY
Tel: (212) 777-1157

www.dromnyc.com - Doors open 6:30pm.
Tickets: $10 & adv. tickets available at Drom’s website

Chhandayan Center for Music presents a Hindustani Bansuri Concert by Joshua Geisler and Sri Daniel Weiss on Tabla.

Joshua Geisler is a young master of the Bansuri, the North
Indian Bamboo Flute. An award-winning artist, his work has received funding from the American Institute of Indian Studies and the New York State Council for the Arts.
After graduating in 1998, he moved to upstate New York to study North Indian Classical music with the great American bansuri master, Steve Gorn. This was followed by multiple trips to India to study with Pandit Raghunath Seth and with Varanasi-based Sarod maestro Pandit Vikash Maharaj, a 14th-generation master musician. He has performed with several masters of Indian Classical Music such as: Pandit Raghunath Seth, Steve Gorn, Pandit Vikash Maharaj, Fazal Qureshi, Sabir Khan, and Ramesh Mishra. By embracing the concept of hybridization, Joshua Geisler has innovated both the playing technique and construction of his instrument. His book, The Chromatic Bansuri, details a unique fingering system of his own creation that enables the bansuri to play virtually any style of music. As a flute maker, he has improved the tone, volume, and response of the bansuri by studying flute-making techniques from around the world and the mathematics governing the process.
http://www.joshuageisler.com/live

Daniel Weiss - Tabla http://www.danweiss.net/bio.html

Chhandayan Center for Music

4 West 43rd street, (between 5 and 6 Ave) # 616

New York, NY 10036
Tel: 212 302 0720 or email: chhandayan@tabla.org

www.tabla.org

An evening of Ghazals and Indian Music with

Minoo Purushottam!

Minoo Purushottam, a name which is indelibly linked with
Indian Music, entered the film world at a tender age of sixteen. As a tyro, Minoo took her first lesson in Classical Vocal Music from Pandit Laxman Prasad Jaipurwalle, a well-known personality in the world of classical music. Born in an agriculturist family of Patiala (Punjab), she acquired Bisharad (Bachelor of Arts degree) in music from an international city, Bombay, India.
Indian music was rapidly growing as a bridge towards world peace and friendship and at such a time, Minoo too burgeoned in her favourite field. Sri Sahir Ludhianvi, one of the greatest poets and well known music director Sri Roshan appreciated her talent and zeal and introduced her in Hindi films. 'Taj Mahal' which is one of the top musical films of India was the film where Minoo made her debut. King of Ghazals, music director Sri Madan Mohan, a cognoscente in special style of ghazal singing imparted his profound knowledge of music to Minoo. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1264025/bio

The Club House of Chatham

1 Kensington Gate

Manhasset, NY

Directions: Long Island Expressway exit 34,cross traffic light (New Hyde Park Road,) - Stay on south service road of LIE, within half a mile look for Chatham.
BY ADVANCE RESERVATION ONLY!
For more details, call: 516-480-5578 or 516-375-9875

Tickets: $50

SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 26 @ 7:30 PM

Chhandayan Center for Music presents a Hindustani Vocal Concert by Pt. Suman Ghosh and Samir Chatterjee on Tabla

In Hindustani Classical Music circles, Pandit Suman
Ghosh does not need much introduction. A senior disciple of Sangeet Martand Pandit Jasraj-ji, Pandit Suman Ghosh is one of the present generation stalwarts of the Mewati Gharana of Hindustani Classical music. Winner of a number of prestigious awards and honors, Pandit Ghosh has performed all over India and many other countries of the world. Enriched with a mellifluous voice, well-cultivated & all-round musicianship and seasoned performing skills, Pandit Ghosh is also one of the few musicians in India who have admirably combined performance with academics.

Sri Madhu Vora – Harmonium

Samir Chatterjee - http://www.tabla.org/samir.html

Chhandayan Center for Music

4 West 43rd street, (between 5 and 6 Ave) # 616

New York, NY 10036
Tel: 212 302 0720 or email: chhandayan@tabla.org

www.tabla.org

World Music Institute, celebrating its 25th season,
presents captivating traditions from the heart of the Indian desert with the New York debut of Rhythm of Rajasthan – Desert Caravan in a program of music and dance.

Rhythm of Rajasthan is comprised of renowned artists who have toured throughout the world. The ensemble was formed in 2007 by Nitin Nath Harsh, who began his career in folklore with the late legendary folklorist Padma Bhusan Komal Kothari. The group performed at the 1st Rajasthan International Folk Festival, the India Festival in Amsterdam organized by the Concertgebow, and the 2nd International Sufi Music Festival in Amman, Jordan.

Rajasthan, the “land of kings” in northwestern India and home of the Great Thar Desert, has one of the liveliest folk traditions in India. The musicians in Rhythm of Rajasthan, from the Langa (“song giver”) and Manghaniyar hereditary groups of itinerant entertainers, perform vibrant and joyous folk music encompassing driving percussion, ecstatic Sufi songs, and hypnotic sarangi (bowed lute) and algoza (double flute). Though both communities are made up of Muslim musicians, many of their songs are in praise of Hindu deities and celebrate Hindu festivals such as Diwali and Holi.

They are joined by the famed Suva Devi, a dancer in Tony Gatlif's film Latcho Drom, who performs the sensuous Kalbeliya Sapera snake-charming dance and the spectacular Bhavai folk dance.

This program is the closing concert of the 5th New York Gypsy Festival (www.nygypsyfest.com).
http://www.youtube.com/rorajasthan?gl=IN&hl=en-GB

Peter Norton Symphony Space

2537 Broadway @ 95 Street

New York, NY

Helene Browning Tel: (212) 545-7536
http://worldmusicinstitute.org/event.php?id=938

Alwan for the Arts presents a TABLA SOLO performing

by Pandit Samar Saha and Andrew Shantz on Piano & Harmonium accompaniment.

Born and raised in Kolkata, Samar Saha showed great promise at a very young age. Samar's initial training started at a very tender age under the guidance of his father Sri Sudhansu Bhusan Saha and brother Sri Tarak Saha, who was himself a Tabla player of repute. His formal training started under the tutelage of Sri Satchidananda Goswami and then flowered under the able guidance of Sri Krishna Kumar Ganguly (Natubabu) of Banaras Gharana.
Samar has performed on the Tabla in several foreign countries as well, like Germany, USA and UK. Samar Saha is a full-time senior faculty member of ITC Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, since its very inception in 1978. http://samarsaha.com/

Harmonium accompaniment by Andrew Shantz.
There will also be a short opening set featuring original compositions by Mr. Shantz for piano and tabla.

Alwan For the Arts

16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor (Bet Broad/Bway)

New York, NY

For more details: info@alwanforthearts.org
Please call 646 732 3261- http://www.alwanforthearts.org

Tickets: $15

Tiger Lillies 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.

http://www.myspace.com/tigerliliesmusic
http://www.myspace.com/trinabasu

Linger Cafe & Lounge

533 Atlantic Avenue

Brooklyn, NY 11201

Tel: 347-689-4813

For more details: trinamusic@gmail.com

Free