Schedule for 2009-2010
Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha
109th December Music Fesitval
16-12-2009 to 2-1-2010
http://www.parthasarathysabha.com
 Ph: 2499 7269 ; 2499 1248
 
 
Venue: Vidya Bharathi, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore,  Chennai -4 
 

Wednesday 16-12-2009  
4:00 PM Mangala Isai – Nadaswaram by G.K. Raghuraman & Party  

6:00 PM Inauguration and Conferring the title ‘ Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ On Veenai E. GAYATHRI. 
His Holiness Sri. GOVINDA ETHIRAJA JEER SWAMI (Sri Ethiraja Jeer Mutt,Sriperambudur) inangurates and confers the title of Veenai E. Gayathri and Honouring vidushi Smt. N.C. SOUNDARAVALLI for her Life Time Service to Carnatic field.  
Dr. NALLI KUPPUSWAMI CHETTI - Presides 
  
7:00 PM E. GAYATHRI – Veena / Trichur C. Narendran / Madipakkam Murali  

Wednesday 17-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “The uniqueness of G.N.B.” - Mahamahopadhyaya T.R. Subramaniam  

10:00 AM  Sriram Gangadharan-Vocal;B.Raghavendra Rao- Violin; Neyveli Narayanan– Mridangam;S.Karthick-Ghatam.  

12:30 PM  Ramya Kannan - Vocal ; Sudha R.S.Iyer- Violin ; Vignesh - Mridangam  

2:00 PM  V. Deepika - Vocal ; S.P.Anandapadmanaba- Violin ; S.J.Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam .G.Harihara Sharma - Kanjeera.  

4:00 PM  Dr. Vijaya Gopal - Flute  

6:30 PM  `Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ Bombay JAYASHREE RAMNATH - Vocal ; H.N.Baskar - Violin ; Arun Prakash - Mridangam. ; K.V. Gopalakrishnan - Kanjeera.  

Friday 18-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “Panchanadai Pallavi” Chingleput Ranganathan, - Principal, T.T.C., The Music Academy, Chennai.  

10:00 AM  Madurai T.N.S. Krishna - Vocal ; V.V.Ravi- Violin ; Trichur C. Narendran - Mridangam B.S.Purushothaman - Kanjeera.  

12:30 PM  K.Subhiksha - Vocal ; Bombay Anand - Violin ; N.C. Bharadwaj - Mridangam .  

2:00 PM S.M.Vilasini - Vocal ; S.P.Anandapadmanaba- Violin ; Guru Raghavendra - Mridangam  

4:00 PM “Madangalile Naan Margazhi” - A Thematic Presentation by Dr. Nirmala Sundarrajan & Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy - Vocal ; Kalyani Shankar - Violin ; Tanjavur Kumar - Mridangam .G.Ravichandran - Ghatam  

6:30 PM `Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ T.V. SANKARANARAYANAN -Vocal ; Nagai Muralidharan-Violin; `Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman-Mridangam; Sri Sundarkumar - Kanjeera  

Saturday 19-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “Technique of singing Varnam with Gati bheda” - Trichy J. Venkataraman, Musician & Musicologist.  

10:00 AM  R.Suriya Prakash - Vocal ; M.A. Sundareswaran- Violin ; Srimushnam V.Rajarao - Mridangam; E.M.S. - Ghatam.  

12:30 PM  Shreya Devnath - Violin Solo; Madurai B.Sundar - Mridangam ; R.V.P. Balachandran - Morsing.  

2:00 PM  Sriram Kannan - Vocal ; Arunachala Karthik - Violin ; Manikkudi S.Chandrasekaran - Mridangam .  

4:00 PM  Mambalam Sisters - Vocal ; Dr. R.Hemalatha - Violin ; Ramiah Vittal - Mridangam . K.S. Rangachari - Kanjeera 

6:30 PM  “Bhajan & Abhang” by O.S. ARUN ; Mullaivasal G.Chandramouli - Violin ; B.Sivaraman - Mridangam ; Ganapathy - Tabla; Kiran - Tabla; Kalaiselvam - Tala.  

Sunday 20-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect Demo: “A vision of Sri Rama in the compositions of Sri Tyagaraja” - Prof.R.V. Krishnan, Retd. Vice Principal, Govt.Music College, Chennai.  

10:00 AM  “Isai Tarum Irumaappu” Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan and Sri. Ganesh Sharma.  

12:30 PM  Rithvik Raja - Vocal ; Aditi Krishnaprakash - Violin ; R. Ramkumar - Mrudangam  

2:00 PM  V.Sowmyasri - Vocal ; S.V.Sudarsan - Violin ; Madurai B.Sundar - Mridangam .  

4:00 PM  Papanasam Ashok Ramani - Vocal ; Nagai Sriram- Violin ; Guruvayur Durai - Mridangam .Srirangam Kannan - Morsing  

6:30 PM  `Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ SUDHA RAGHUNATHAN - Vocal ; Embar Kannan - Violin ; Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan- Mridangam ; R.Raman-Morsing.  

Monday 20-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect Demo : “Significant role of the anga-s in the Musical form Kriti” Dr. Rajshri Ramakrishna, Lecturer, Dept. of Indian Music, Univ. of Madras.  

10:00 AM  Kunnakudi M.Balamuralikrishna - Vocal ; Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi - Violin ; Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam; T.V.Vasan - Ghatam.  

6:30 PM  Dr. K.J.YESUDOSS - Vocal ; Mahadeva Sharma- Violin ; B.Harikumar - Mridangam Vaikom Gopalakrishan - Ghatamn  

Tuesday 22-12-2009 
8:30 AM  “The Concept of 22 Srutis” Dr. R.S. Jayalakshmi, Lecturer, T.T.C. The Music Academy, Chennai.  

10:00 AM  “Rukmani Kalyanam” - Harikatha by Kalyanapuram Sri. R.Aravamudachariyar.  

12:30 PM  Nandini Sharma Anand - Vocal ; T.K. Padmanabhan - Violin ;  

2:00 PM  Prasanna Venkatraman - Vocal ; Charumathi Raghuraman - Violin ; Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam .  

4:00 PM  Mangalam Shankar - Vocal ; Kalyani Shankar- Violin ; Thanjavur Kumar - Mrudangam  

6:30 PM  `Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ Madurai T.N.SESHAGOPALAN - Vocal ; Bangalore H.K.Venkatram- Violin ; Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam ; B.S. Purushothaman - Kanjeera.  

Wednesday 23-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “Harikatha Chakravarthi Embar Sri Vijayaraghavachariyar” - Dr. B.M. Sundaram. Musicologist.  

10:00 AM  “Hayagreeva Vaibhavam” A musical presentation by Kousalya Sivakumar & Party.  

12:30 PM  Vaaraki Wijayaraj - Vocal ; R. Kailasam - Violin ; Venkatasubramaniam - Mridangam 2.00 p.m. Shankar Ramani - Vocal ; Srilakshmi Venkatramani - Violin ; Ramesh Srinivasan - Mridangam .  

4:00 PM  Aruna Ranganathan - Vocal ; M.A. Krishnaswamy - Violin ; Thanjavur Ramdas - Mridangam  

6:30 PM  “Karnatic - Hindustani Jugalbandhi” - Dr. SRIRAM PARASURAM & ANURADHA SRIRAM & Party.  

Thursday 24-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “A rational approach to vivadi svaras in ragas with proximity to Vadi, Samvadi & Anuvadi svaras” - Dr. T. Sachi Devi, Retd Prof.of Music, Maharani Arts College, Bangalore.  

10:00 AM  “Vintage Old Film Melodies” by Revathy Krishna - Veena ; M.Manikandan - Keyboard ; M.Karthikeyan - Keyboard ; Kiran Kumar - Tabla ; Suresh - Rhythm Pad ; K.V. Sridhar - Special Effects  

12:30 PM  Dr.Shankaran Mahadevan - Vocal ; Kovai Chandran - Violin ;  

2:00 PM  Chaitraa Sairam - Vocal ; M.S. Ananthakrishnan- Violin ; R.Sankaranarayan - Mridangam .  

4:00 PM  “Venkatesa Vaibhavam” - Thematic Concert by Carnatica Brothers K.N.Sashikiran & Ganesh - Vocal ; V.V.S. Murari- Violin ; Tiruvarur Vaidyanathan - Mridangam ; Udupi Balakrishnan - Ghatam.  

6:30 PM  RANJANI & GAYATHRI - Vocal ; Mysore Srikanth - Violin ; Poongulam Subramaniam -Mridangam ; Trichy Murali. - Ghatan  

Friday 25-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo. : “Manodharma Made Easy”-Compositions as a guide to improvisation in both Carnatic and Hindustani music - Dr. Sriram Parasuram, Musician & Musicologist.  

10:00 AM  S.Saketharaman - Vocal ; Nagai Sriram- Violin ; Mannarugudi Eswaran - Mridangam .T.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjeera.  

12:30 PM  Aishwarya Venkatraman – Violin Solo ; Vellore G. Ramabadran – Mridangam ; Vinod Venkataraman – Kanjira  

2:00 PM  S.Mahathy - Vocal ; B.Ananthakrishnan - Violin ; M.S. Varadhan - Mridangam . Nerkunam Shankar - Kanjeera.  

4:00 PM  HYDERABAD BROTHERS - Vocal ; Akkarai Subhalakshmi - Violin ; K.V. Prasadh - Mridangam ; Vaikom Gopalakrishnan - Ghatam.  

6:30 PM  T.M. KRISHNA - Vocal ; R.K.Sriramkumar - Violin ; Mannargudi Eswaran - Mridangam ; Udupi Sridhar - Ghatam.  

Saturday 26-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “Voice Disorder and Remedy” - Dr. T. Unnikrishnan, Dean, Faculty of Music, Indira Kala Sangita Vishvavidyalaya,Chattisgarh  

10:00 AM  “Sa Ga Ma Pa Ni Sa Patterns” By Nadha Yogi’ Prof. S.R. Janakiraman, Musician & Musicologist.  

12:30 PM  J.B.Sruthi Sagar - Flute ; n - Mridangam; .r - Kanjeera.  

2:00 PM  Sangeetha Vasudevan - Vocal ; Raghul - Violin ; Manikandan - Mridangam ; Prasanna - Ghatam.  

4:00 PM  V.Sankaranarayanan - Vocal ; V - Violin ; n - Mridangam .r - Kanjeera.  

6:30 PM  Sikkil GURUCHARAN - Vocal ; M.A. Sundareswaran- Violin ; Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ Umayalpuram K.Sivaraman-Mridangam ; E.M.S. - Ghatan  

Sunday 27-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “Viruttam Singing” - Alepey Venkatesan, Musician & Musicologist  

10:00 AM  “ Mangalya Sthavam “ Sublime observation by Velukkudi Sri. U.Ve. Krishnan 
Swami - Musical Presentation by Vasundara Rajagopal - Vocal ; Padma Shankar - Violin ; Nellai Balaji - Mridangam.  

12:30 PM  K.Mahathy - Keyboard Karnatic ; Villivakkam Raghuraman – Violin ; Tillaisthanam Suryanarayanan - Mridangam ; Ammangudi Ramnarayanan – Ghatam.  

2:00 PM  Amrutha Murali - Vocal ; P.Hemamalini- Violin ; Nellai Balaji - Mridangam.  

4:00 PM  Dr.R.Ganesh - Vocal ; Kandadevi S. Vijayaraghavan - Violin ; Umayalpuram Mali - Mridangam ; .A.S. Krishnan - Morsing.  

6:30 PM  `Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ SANJAY SUBRAMANIAN - Vocal ; S.Varadarajan - Violin ; Neyveli Venkatesh - Mridangam ; S.Karthick - Ghatam  

Monday 28-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “Venkatesa Vaibhavam” An ecstatic outpourings of composers - Dr. M.Premeela Gurumurthy, Prof.& Head, Dept. of Indian Music, Univ. of Madras (Prog : Dedicated to Sri. Embar)  

10:00 AM  M.Chandrasekhar & G.Bharathi - Violin Duo ; B.Harikumar- Violin ; H.Sivaramakrishnan - Mridangam.  

12:30 PM  Ankrang Indonesia Bambo Instrument ( Carnatic ) - Anusuya Kulkarni ; S.P. Ananthapadmanabha - Violin ; H.S. Sudhindra - Mridangam .Nanganallur Swaminathan – Ghatam.  

2:00 PM  Subhiksha Rangarajan - Vocal ; d- Violin ; Arjun Ganesh - Mridangam ;  

4:00 PM  Sangeetha Swaminathan - Vocal ; V.Sanjeev- Violin ; R.Ganapathyraman - Mridangam; Adambakkam Shankar - Kanjeera.  

6:30 PM  `Sangeetha Kalasarathy’ NEYVELI R.SANTHANAGOPALAN - Vocal ; T.K.V.Ramanujacharyulu - Violin ; K.V.Prasad - Mridangam.; T.V.Vasan - Ghatan  

Tuesday 29-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “Jatisvaram as a Dance form and as an Art form” Dr. M.B. Vedavalli, Emeritus Professor, Dept. of Indian Music, Univ. of Madras.  

10:00 AM  Ghatam Dr. S. Karthick’s HeArt Beat Music Ensemble, Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam, Konnakol and Vocal ; Embar Kannan - Violin; K.Satyanarayanan - Keyboard; Poongulam Subramanian - Mridangam; K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjeera; Tirukannapuram Sourirajan - Thavil / Morsing  

12:30 PM  Aditya Prakash - Vocal ; V- Violin ; n - Mridangam .r - Kanjeera.  

2:00 PM  Sriranjani Santhanagopalan - Vocal ; Delhi Sriram- Violin ; M.Rajeev - Mridangam  

4:00 PM  Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal ; Ranjanai Ramakrishnan- Violin ; Cherthalai R.Ananthakrishnan - Mridangam ; Nanganallur Swaminathan - Kanjeera.  

6:30 PM  GEETHA KRISHNAMURTHY - Veena ; Tirupathy M.Sudhakar - Mridangam ; N.Rajaram - Ghatam.  

Wednesday 30-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “Mallaari and its Special Features” Vyasarpadi G.Kothandaraman Nagaswaram & Paalapattu Dr.R.Rajendran, Principal, Govt. Music College, Coimbatore.  

10:00 AM  Mysore M.Nagaraj & Mysore M.Manjunath - Violin Duo ; Tiruvarur Bhakthavatsalam- Mridangam ; E.M. Subramaniam - Ghatam  

12:30 PM  Srilatha Sundarrajan - ;  

2:00 PM  Amrutha Venkatesh - Vocal ; M.S. Anantha Krishnan - Violin ; Delhi Sairam - Mridangam .  

4:00 PM  Tornoto Brothers Ashwin Iyer & Rohin Iyer - Vocal ; - Violin ; Manakkal Sriram - Mridangam.  

6:30 PM  MALLADI BROTHERS - Vocal ; Mysore Manjunath - Violin ; M.Lakshminarayanaraju - Mridangam ; Trichy Murali - Ghatam.  

Thursday 31-12-2009 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “A critical study of Ramanatakam” - Dr. S.A.K. Durga, Emeritus Prof. Dept. of Indian Music, Univ. of Madras.  

10:00 AM  Namasankeerthanam by Udayalur R.Kalyanarama Bhagavathar & Party  

12:30 PM  D.L. Prachothan - Vocal ; V- Violin ; n - Mridangam .r - Kanjeera.  

2:00 PM  G.Ramanathan - Saxophone ; Suresh Babu- Violin ; A.Padmanabhan - Mridangam .D.Arul - Kanjeera.  

4:00 PM  Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam - Vocal ; H.N. Baskar - Violin ; Malakkaveri Balaji - Mridangam ; Papanasam Sethuraman - Kanjeera.  

6:30 PM  PRIYA SISTERS - Vocal ; V.V.Srinivasa Rao - Violin ; Patri Satishkumar - Mridangam ; Sri Sundarkumar - Kanjeera. 

At Triplicane  
Friday 01-01-2010 
9:00 AM  “ Tiruppavai “ By Padma Krishnan & Party  

10:00 AM  “Sri Srinivasa Kalyanam” by Velukkudi Sri Krishnan Swami.  

At Vidya Barathi  
Friday 01-01-2010 
10:00 AM Abaswaram Ramj’s Isai Mazhaligal   

4:00 PM  Charulatha Mani - Vocal ; Bombay Anand - Violin ; Tillaisthanam Suryanarayanan - Mridangam ; Harihara Sharma - Kanjeera.   

6:30 PM  NITHYASHREE MAHADEVAN - Vocal ; B. Raghavendra Rao - Violin ; I. Sivakumar- Mridangam ; Dr. S. Karthick - Ghatam.   

Saturday 02-01-2010 
8:30 AM  Lect. Demo : “Kolaru Padigam of Tirujnanasambandar” - A study Smt. Vijayalakshmi Sankaranarayanan, Musician & Musicologist.   

10:00 AM  N.C. Soundaravalli - Vocal ; B. Raghavendra Rao - Violin ; Neyveli Skandasubramanian - Mridangam ; H. Sivaramakrishnan- Ghatam. R.V.P. Balachandran - Morsing.   

2:00 AM G.Ravikiran - Vocal ; Kovai Chandran - Violin ; Mannarkoil J.Balaji - Mridangam .   

4:00 PM  Nisha Rajagopal - Vocal ; Padma Shankar - Violin ; Trivandrum Balaji - Mridangam ; K.V.Gopalakrishnan - Kanjeera. 

6:30 PM  GAYATHRI VENKATRAGHAVAN - Vocal ; Pakkala Ramdas - Violin ; Mannargudi Eswaran- Mridangam ; E.M.S. - Ghatam.  
 
 

 
Music Education Series information from The Hindu , December 1, 2009