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The Hindu : Arts / Music : Lec-dem mela will focus on manodharma in music

SRUTI & The Music Forum Lec Dem mela available with Free webcast at:
http://hooghli.com/musicforum/

for program details visit www.columbuscarnatic.org

All Composers' Day

Support all the children who are singing during All Composers' Day

Saturday Dec 10th from 12:30 - 6PM
At Sai Mandir , Sawmill Road, Dublin
For further information please contact:
Shanthi Swaminathan
(614) 833-9231
keeravani87@gmail.com

Live Webcast of T.M. Krishna Concerts from December Season

Live Online & On-Demand During the December Season

 http://tmkrishna.com/webcast/streaming.php

For the first time ever, you can watch T.M. Krishna's December Season concerts online live! 3 full concerts will be available to watch through high quality webcast.

23rd Dec. Mylapore Fine Arts at 6:00 PM

with Embar Kannan, B. Ganapathiraman & Vaikom Gopalakrishnan

27th Dec. Krishna Gana Sabha at 4:30 PM

with Mysore Srikanth, Guru Karaikudi Mani & V. Suresh

8th Jan. Kalarasana at 5:00 PM **4 Hour Concert

with R.K. Shriramkumar, Trichy Sankaran, B.S. Purushotham & N. Guruprasad

All concerts will also be available on-demand for 24 hours from 12PM IST on the following day to accommodate viewers around the world.

 http://tmkrishna.com/webcast/streaming.php

Pricing

India Outside India

Single Concert Rs. 500 INR $15 USD

3 Concert Bundle Rs. 1200 INR $35 USD

Columbus Music Teacher’s Day

You are cordially invited to Columbus Music Teacher’s Day

The Music Teachers of Columbus and their students are celebrating 

the fourth annual  Music Teacher’s Day 

by presenting an innovative concert by ten teachers. 

Date: October 23, 2011

Place: Room A, Washington Township Community Center,

                             5985, Cara Road, Dublin, OH 43016

Time: 12:45 pm to 6:45 pm.

Please attend with your family and friends, and enjoy fine music and refreshments. 

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Jugalbandhi Concert; A Sublime Journey at 6:00pm on Sep 10th

 CCMA is proud to present A Sublime Journey; jugalbandhi with veena and sitar.  

Saturday, September 10th at 6PM. 

Upper Arlington City Building

This group has been playing to rave audiences across the country. Mark this concert in your calendars. This is program you will not wish to miss. A talented quartet of musicians  including:

Nirmala Rajasekar - Veena
Gaurav Mazumdar - Sitar
T. Murugaboopathi - Mridangam
Vishal Nagar -Tabla

CCMA Fall 2011 Concert Series

CCMA is proud to announce an exciting line up of programs for the Summer and Fall of 2011.  Be sure to mark these dates in your calendar and attend all of these programs. Most of the programs are being held at the Upper Arlington City Building. Tickets and memberships details may be found on the CCMA website.
Do check the website for updates and additional events which are being planned.

Saturday June 11th at 6 pm
Thiruppugazh Concert by
Sankari Krishnan

Keerthana Sankar - violin

Vinod Seetharaman - mridangam

Saturday July 30th at 6 pm
Composers of Kerala by
M.K. Sankaran Namboodiri
Prashanth Gururaja - violin
Mridangam - tba

Saturday Sep 10th at 6 pm
Jugalbandhi with Veena and Sitar
Nirmala Rajasekar & Gaurav Mazumdar
A Sublime Journey


Friday Sep 16th at 7 pm
Vocal Concert by
Sikkil Gurucharan & Party

Friday October 21st at 7pm
Vocal Concert by
Gayathri Venkataraghavan & Party

Friday November 11th  at 7pm
Grand Instrumental Concert by
Sangeeta Ratnakara Chitravina Ravikiran
Trichy Sankaran - mridangam
Akkarai Subhalakshmi- violin

Remembering Rao Mama

S.T. Rao seen here with his friend Sangeetha Kalanidhi N. Ramani

Many of you who knew Sri S. Tyagaraja Rao ( Rao mama)  have suggested that we recognise his contributions to the community on the CCMA website. Let us all join together to create a collage in his honor. We invite each one of you to share your personal memories of Rao mama and come together to celebrate his life and his presence in our midst. 


You may share your thoughts and memories of Rao mama by adding a commnet on this blog.  If you prefer, you may email us at to_ccma@yahoo.com. Deadline for submissions is February 25th. Please also send any photographs you may have.

S. Tyagaraja Rao Memorial Childrens' Competition 2011

In order to showcase the talent of our youngsters who are learning Carnatic Music, CCMA will conduct a Children's Carnatic Music Competion. The competition will be judged by a team of visiting artists who will be presenting a jugalbandhi concert that evening. The competition is open to all children between ages 5 and 16 years. Age groups will be determined after the registration deadline.

To enter the competition  please email CCMA  (to_ccma@yahoo.com) ) giving the contestants’ name, age, phone number, address, an email address as well as the song that he/she wishes to present. All registrations must be received by Feb 21st  2011. Rules and additional details are shown below.  A registration fee of $10 per child will be due on the day of the competition. The fee will be waived for Patrons and Benefactors of CCMA.

Venue: Dublin Community Recreation Center, 5600 Post Road, Dublin Ohio.

Competition Rules 

• Children between the ages of 5 – 11 yrs and 12 - 16 yrs of age are eligible to participate.
• Participants will be given up to five minutes each to present a krithi without accompaniment.
• Children may also present a geetham, varnam, or other song and will be given three minutes each.
• A bell will sound at the end of the time. If a contestant continues to sing past the bell, they may be disqualified.
• The competition will include instrumental categories including percussion.
• All songs must be sung or played without Alapana, Niraval or Kalpana Swarams
• Songs are not restricted to any particular composer or language.
• All presentations must be solo without any instrumental or other support except sruthi.
• To participate you must register by email to CCMA (to_ccma@yahoo.com) giving the contestants’ name, age, phone number and address, as well as the song that he/she wishes to present.
• All registrations must be received by Feb 21st 2011.
• A registration fee of $10 per child will be due on the day of the competition.
• The fee will be waived for 2011 Patrons and Benefactors of CCMA.
• Age Groups will be determined after registrations are complete.
• If there are a large number of participants CCMA – at its sole discretion - may arrange an audition round and may adjust the time allowed per contestant.
• All participants will be required to arrive by 8:45 AM at the venue on the day of the competition.
• Failure to comply with any of these rules of the competition will result in disqualification.
• The judges will be visiting artists.
• Certificates will be awarded for the best presentations in each category.
• Winners will be announced and awards presented at the end of the concert which will be held on the same day in the evening.
• The judges’ decisions will be final