Yoga Maya Studio presents an Evening of Indian Classical Music!

Achyut Joshi – vocal

Ehren Hanson – tabla

Rohan Prabhadesai - harmonimum

Achyut Joshi is a young emerging Hindustani vocalist.  Born in India and raised in New York, Achyut began studying with Shiv Shankar Pandey, of the Kirana Gharana, in Jaipur.  In 2005, he received a US Fulbright Scholarship to study vocal music in Pune with Raghunandan Panshikar, foremost disciple of renowned vocalist Kishori Amonkar, of the Jaipur-Atrauli Gharana.  In the US, he has received invaluable guidance from jazz vocal coach Richard Harper, choral director John Lewers, Hindustani vocalist Vishwanath Shrikhande, and Hindustani vocalist Shubhangi Sakhalkar of the SF Bay Area.

Ehren Hanson was accepted as a disciple by the great Pandit Anindo Chatterjee in the year 2000 and has developed into an exciting performer and dynamic teacher, tabla player, composer, and director of the ACST. In 2005 he received the prestigious “Senior Performing Arts Fellowship” from the American Institute of Indian Studies.

Rohan Prabhudesai began his training in Hindustani classical music on the harmonium with Gokurdas Rasaikar, a disciple of Smt. Nirmala Kakode. He continued this musical pursuit under the guidance of Dr. Kedar Naphade, a senior disciple of Pt. Tulsidas Borkar. 

Yoga Maya Studio
135 W 20 Street - 6th Floor (between 6th and 7th Aves)

New York, NY
http://www.yogamayanewyork.com/

Tickets: $20

Shruti Laya presents Papanasam Sivan Day... Songs and Dances of Papanasam Sivan's composition by children and local artists.

GRAND CONCERT: Aditya Venkatesh - Vocal

Vivek Rudrapatna - Violin

Laxmisha Sridhar - Mridangam

More details: www.shrutilaya.org

PS 115 Elementary School

80-51 261 Street, Floral Park, NY  11004

Free Admission

Chhandayan Annual Gala Fund-raising with Concert. Event Program

6.30 pm -  Welcome
6.35 pm -  New School Ensemble presenting three pieces
                   Raag-Ranjani - Indian classical - 10 mts.
                   Sitaron - collage of film songs - 7 mts.
6.50 pm -  Chhandayan trio
                   Daniel Weiss - Drums
                   Stephen Cellucci - Tabla
                   Lana Cencic - Voice
7.00 pm - Appetizers 
7.30 pm - Award ceremony
7.45 pm - Awarded student performance
                  Paramita Das - voice
                  Tejas Tope - tabla
                  Kaberi Das - Harmonium
8.30 pm - Awarded musician performance
                  Tripti Mukherjee - voice
                  Dibyarka Chatterjee - tabla

Chhandayan Center for Indian Music - Ballroom

4 West 43 Street (5/6 Ave), New York, NY

Admission purchase is available until Friday, December 4th midnight: http://tabla.org/concerts/at-ccim-in-nycconcerts/archive//?id=91&eid=53

An Evening of Indian Classical Music  and a benefit concert for Rageshree Music Institute!

By Sitarist

Amit Chatterjee

& Polash Gomes on Tabla

Sitarist Amit Chatterjee is also a guitarist, singer and composer who combine his heritage in Hindustani music with many years of playing and studying European, jazz and popular music. He has recorded and performed extensively with artists such as Joe Zawinul (1993 to present), Eric Johnson, Carlos Santana, Badal Roy, Glen Velez, Layne Redmond, David Lieberman, Paul Winter and Paul Halley. Currently Amit is featured in Zawinul's symphonic work on Phillips Classic 'Stories of the Danube'. He is also part of Zawinul's Grammy-nominated world/jazz recording, My People.  www.endlessradiance.com   

Polash Gomes born in a Bengali Roman Catholic family in Kolkata, India. He is an accomplished tabla player in New York area. He follows the line of the distinguished Lucknow baj, he is a disciple of Dr. Mrinal Pal of Lucknow Gharana. He has also studied tabla under Pandit Swapan Chaudhri. He is the founder of Rageshree Music institute, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to the dissemination of Indian Music in the West. www.rageshreemusic.org

Manhattan Sikh Center
104 East 30th Street (bet Park & Lex. Ave)

New York, NY

For advance purchase, Rageshree Music Inst. at (718) 672-3211. 

For Donation, contact www.rageshreemusic.org

Donation $15:00 at the door.

SUNDAY DECEMBER 5 @ 7:00 PM

WKCR 89.9FM - Raga Live Broadcast

Hosted by Ashok Ilankovan - WKCR 89.9FM

Live recording of

Pt. Krishna Mohan Bhatt accompanied by Nitin Mitta on Tabla.

Live performance recording by WKCR at Reflections Yoga in May 2010 in NYC.

FRIDAY DECEMBER 10 @ 8:00 PM

Shreenath Enterprise proudly presents Shaam-E-Ghazal with Ghazal price Jaswinder Singh.

An enchanting evening of music and fine dining!

Mr. Jaswinder Singh obtained his initial music training from his father, before joining the Gandharva Mahavidyalaya.  At a very young age, he took to listening and learning from masters such as Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali and Jagjit Singh. Jaswinder's favourite singer was Jagjit Singh, and in due course he became a part of the Jagjit Singh gharana. Jaswinder is not only a talented singer but also a versatile composer.
In 2000, Jagjit presented Jaswinder's first ghazal album titled "Aage Aage Dekhiye" which was released by HMV.
The second ghazal album "Tamanna" composed and sung by Jaswinder demonstrates his coming of age as a consummate practician of the art. This album features melodies written by Nadeem Parmar, Farhat Shehzad, Rajinder Singh Jolly and others.

The Cordon Bleu Banquet Hall

96-01 Jamaica Avenue

Woodhaven, NY 11421

Tel: 718-805-8300

More info call: Suhag Mehta: 347-8526 or email: suhagmehta@aol.com or janewaheed@hotmail.com

www.shreenathenterprise.us

Tickets: $50

Free! SATURDAY DEC. 11 @ 7:00PM

Young and talented Vocalist Paromita Das 

accompanied by maestro Ramesh Misra on Sarangi and Nitin Mitta on Tabla.

Raga Puriya Kalyan performed by Paromita Das at the Chhandayan "Jyotsna Award" ceremony in NYC (December 4, 2010). Smt. Kaberi Das on harmonium, Tejas Tope on the tabla, and Benjamin on the tanpura.

P.S. 131Q

170-45 84th Avenue,

Jamaica, NY 11432

FREE!

The Universe Hangs on Sound an Evening with Bansuri Flutist Steve Gorn

Please join for an evening of analysis, demonstration and performance of RAGA;   the source and  structures of raga as a 'classical music' form.....drone ostinato as the ground for creation.....symmetry within the modal raga form....and much more!

The Sanskrit proverb ‘the universe hangs on sound,’ suggests that the right sound, at the right time, in the right place, is more than music....... it is what nurtures the synchronization of our body and mind, and perhaps sanity in the world.

Dave Freeman's loft

Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

RSVP and directions: dkfproductions@gmail.com

$10  suggested contribution

Ustad Rajkumar Rizvi, the Ghazal Maestro from
Mumbai on tour with his two very talented daughters

Runa & Neha presenting “SUR AUR TAAL”i.e  ( Melody &  Rhythm) in a fundraiser for Mrs. Helena Kaushik Women's P.G. College, Rajasthan, India. www.helenakaushik.org

Ustad Rajkumar Rizvi  an Acclaimed Senior artist and well known as the Ghazal Maestro from Mumbai, India. Rajkumar grew up singing under the tutelage of his father Ustad Noor Mohammed in the desert land of Rajasthan. He is not only a one of a kind artist in Indian Classical Ghazal singing but is also known as the Mehndi Hasaan Of India. Currently He is on his tour in the United States with his two very talented daughters Runa & Neha Rizvi who are not only trained  in classical and all musical genre’s by their father and guru Shri Rajkumar Rizviji but are also extremely talented and versatile artists and performers in their own right.

Program:

Registration 5pm; Cash Bar opens at 5pm

Reception 5:30pm to 6pm; Cash Bar

Dinner 6:00pm to 7pm

Sur Aur Taal 7:30pm-10:30pm with Ghazal,Sufi, Film Melodies & Kathak Fusion.

Holiday Inn

215 Sunnyside Blvd, Plainview,

 Long Island, NY 11803.  516-349-7400 (Ballroom)

Please e-mail registration request to: profkaushik@yahoo.com or call (914)762-6168 to book seating.

Internationally renowned Kanjira artist Ganesh Kumar will be in New York and giving
percussion classes in New York/Brooklyn.

Ganesh Kumar is a young Kanjira exponent (South Indian Frame Drum Tambourine) from Chennai - a Southern Metropolitan City in India.

Born in a music loving family in 1964, Ganesh is one of the few percussionists, with an aesthetic sense of approach in playing this traditional classical instrument.

He learned from versatile genius and percussion maestro Sri T.H. Subash Chandran, in whom Ganesh Kumar found a teacher, friend, philosopher and guide to mean him a perfect percussion artist in every respect. Ganesh Kumar learned fundamental training from Sri T. R. Hari Hara Sharma and he switched over to frame drumming by the advice of Sri Subash Chandran. http://www.ganeshkanjira.com/kanjira.php

(Solo) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPPBoei6oCs&feature=related

(Concert) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=delgPUavWfg&feature=related

Topics: developing a groove; vocal percussion techniques & compositions; solo and accompaniment skills (also kirtan and groups songs); playing in odd time signatures (6 ½, 7 ¼, 9 ¾).

Venue:

122 Winthrop St. Apt 1

Brooklyn, NY 11225

Subway:  Q train to Parkside Ave, or 2/5 Train to Winthrop St.

Call 609-558-4148 to schedule classes.

Ananda Ashram presents

"Music Learning & Discovery" course  with Sitarist  Acharya Roop Verma.

Acharya Roop Verma introduces a concise system of musical training which he has applied successfully at music schools and universities around the world. Students will learn principles and techniques of Indian classical music, experiencing basic sounds and rhythms and exploring the evolution of notes, scales, ragas, compositions and improvisation.

Acharya Roop Verma is an internationally respected sitarist, composer and teacher of Indian classical and sacred music, meditation and Nada Yoga philosophy. He was formally trained in the oral tradition under highly revered teachers of our time: maestros Ali Akbar Khan and Ravi Shankar, Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati and Swami Shyam of the Himalayas. Roop Verma has performed and taught widely in Europe, North and South America, India and Northern Africa and conducts Nada Yoga intensive retreats internationally. As director of the East-West School of Music, he regularly teaches and performs at Ananda Ashram. http://www.roopverma.com/ for more information.

Ananda Ashram - Yoga Society of New York

Tuition $108