Yakshagana at Columbus

Yakshagana Kalavrinda and the Bharatiya Hindu Temple will present JAMBAVATHI KALYANA
Sunday August 15th at 5PM at the Bharathiya Hindu Temple in Powell Ohio.

Dont miss this special event.

More about Yakshagana

 

 Sri A.V. Rangarajan (Rangarajan Mama) of Dayton is no more. He had been ailing for some time. He will be missed.  All of us at CCMA owe him a debt of gratitude for his work to promote Carnatic Music in Ohio. A link to his obituary is provided below so those who knew him may share a message with his family if they wish.


http://www.legacy.com/dayton/Obituaries.asp?Page=Lifestor...y&PersonId=144084944

Svanubhava Festival In Chennai : August 2nd - 7th, 2010.

The performing arts festival conducted by Matrka (Bombay Jayashri and T.M.Krishna) and YACM ( Youth Association for Classical Music ) Svanubhava is from the 2nd to the 7th of August this year. This is the 3rd edition of Svanubhava ( a performing arts festival for students ) Due to strong demand and interest from  public schools and a great demand from them also to host the festival at their institution this year svanubhava will be held in 5 locations in Chennai.Over 1500 students are expected to attend this festival each day.

Here are a number of links below that will give you information and  a look into this unique festival.  Lots of cool stuff to read and pictures and vidoes... enjoy!

http://svanubhava.blogspot.com/p/schedule.html
http://svanubhava.blogspot.com/
http://carnaticdarbar.com/news/200902/20090809.asp
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_Cr3Te3wDU
http://beta.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2290.ece
http://www.charsur.com/charsur/index.php?main_page=index&cPath=27_85
http://www.youtube.com/user/svanubhava

CCMA presents Prince Rama Varma in concert on May 28th in Columbus

CCMA is proud to present a Swathi Thirunal thematic concert by Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma. 

Please visit http://www.columbuscarnaticmusic.org/ for details.

Prince Aswathi Thirunal Rama Varma, a member of the Royal Family of Travancore, is a direct descendant of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma and Raja Ravi Varma. Born on the 13th of August 1968, Prince Varma fell in love with music in general and with the music of M.D.Ramanathan (In the Carnatic style) and Kishore Kumar (In the universal style) in particular when he was still a toddler. He grew up listening to the music of the various great maestros who performed regularly at the Navarathri Mandapam in Thiruvavanthapuram and the constantly updated collection of LP records of Hindi Film Music from his father and sister. more

Maharaja Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma was born in 1813 in Swathi (Chothi) star. And as by the tradition in his family, he was named Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma. more

Ragasurabhi

http://www.ragasurabhi.com./identifying-ragas.html

Paula Richman - How the squirrel got its stripes

Vindhya Tyagaraja Purandara Dasa Music Festival on May 8th 2010

The 27th Annual Purandaradasa & Thyagaraja Music Festival will be held on Saturday, May 8, 2010. The evening concert is by Sangeetha Kalanidhi Madurai T. N. Seshagopalan.  Visit Vindhya's website for updates and venue at http://www.vindhya.org/.

Podcasts from Raagasarika

http://raagarasika.podbean.com/2008/06/


One of the best ways to appreciate Carnatic Music better is to listen to songs. In that spirit, we will be regularly featuring certain songs and talk about them.

Membership Drive 2010

Your CCMA committee members are busy planning concerts and events for the 2010 season, Vijay Siva, Prince Rama Varma of Travancore, Dr. Pantula Rama and Sri. M.S.N. Murthy and Malladi Brothers are some of the artists we hope to feature this year.  We are also actively working to expand our membership and get everyone to renew for 2010.  Renew now during our membership drive and help us plan the best possible concert season.  Please mail in your 2010 dues to CCMA, 1207 Tranquil Drive, orthington Ohio 43085.  Or give your check to any one of your CCMA committee members.