Grammy Nominated Chandrika Krishnamurthy in Boulder

Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon, nominated for a Grammy award this year, is coming to Boulder on 11/3 for a benefit concert.

All of the information can be found here.

                         

Below is a short description of the event.

Chandrika Tandon will perform an innovative repertoire of classical chants combining her intensive training in Hindustani and Carnatic Indian music with western rhythms and percussion in an easily accessible way. The concert will include selections from her Grammy-nominated album, Soul Call, which was an eight syllable healing chant for wellness, from her new album (Soul March), and other pieces.

Ms. Tandon will be accompanied by her Soul Chants ensemble which consists of 7- 8 musicians playing eastern and western instruments - including the flute; saxophone; sitar; tabla; mridangam; guitar; keyboard - and will include local musicians and singers in the concert as well.

Some of the members of her Soul Chants ensemble are listed below:

Abhik Mukherjee, sitar:
Premik Russell Tubbs, saxophone:
Steve Gorn, flute:
Anirban Roy Chowdhury, tabla:
Pedro Da Silva, guitar:
T. S. Nandakumar, mridangam:
Local musicians and singers joining Ms. Tandon on stage include the following:
Vamadeva:
Joni Allen
Jim Beckwith:
Tom Duffy
Kate Spear:
Beth Miller

Bhairavi's Abhishek Raghuram Concert - Supported by CFAA

CFAA supported carnatic music concert by Abhishek Raghuram celebrating the 10th anniversary of Bhairavi School of Music was an amazing success.

Denver audiences were treated to once-in-a-lifetime experience ! Here are some pictures from last night

Rocky Mountain Thyagaraja Utsavam 2012 - Apr 7th & 8th

The CFAA RMTU committee take great pleasure in the announcement of the 2012 Rocky Mountain Thyagaraja Utsavam.

Rocky Mountain Thyagaraja Utsavam is transforming in 2012.

The 5th year celebration of RMTU in April 2012 is being presented in a bigger and grandeur form than ever before!!

2 major changes you will be seeing for the RMTU 2012 are:

1. DANCE: RMTU will also have a NATYA(traditional dance) section .

2. CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES: In Addition to the traditional rendering of Pancharathna kritis, and classical performances of the Colorado’s Premier performers, we are also presenting 2 of the most popular Indian Performing artists – Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan & Priyadarshini Govind - during the Utsavam.

You can read all about RMTU 2012 and register for the competitions by visiting our CFAA website

Please talk to any of us if you need more information and look for more information at all the upcoming CFAA events.

- CFAA RMTU Team

Grandson of Padmashri Sheikh Chinna Moulana - Naadaswaram Vidwan

Grandson of Padmashri Dr Sheikh Chinna Moulana, Paul, who is also a Nadaswaram player is performing in Denver on Friday, 21st the same day as the Abhishek Raghuram Concert.


You can read about Paul, his works and the event details by clicking below

Bhairavi 10th Anniversary Celebrations

Hats off to Priya Hariharan's Bhairavi School of Music for putting up a wonderful show tonight at the Broomfield Auditorium.

It's so heartening to see the path taken by Priya and Krish over the past decade in not only training young kids to love and learn music, but being cultural ambassadors of this genre of music to the Denverites.

Kudos !

Introducing Kalanjali

CFAA is presenting a unique opportunity for all the extremely talented artists who practice any types of South Asian Fine Arts to perform in front of the esteemed Colorado audience.

Starting early 2012, we are launching a series to showcase the future masters of these artforms right here in Denver.

Read all about Kalanjali - What it is ? How to Participate ? .. click here for all the information

Transcript of the Official Communication from VK Arunkumar, Director of Program Development

Dear Patrons, Members and well-wishers of CFAA,

CFAA is presenting a unique opportunity for all the extremely talented artists who practice various types of South Asian Fine Arts to perform in front of the esteemed Colorado audience.

Starting early 2012, we are launching a series to showcase the future masters of these artforms right here in Denver.
You can read more about it and register to perform at Kalanjali by visiting our website @ http://coloradofinearts.org/kalanjali

Please free to contact me or any of the board members if you need further information.

Thanks,
Arun

V.K.Arun Kumar
Director - Program Development
Colorado Fine Arts Association

AMP'D - A Rock Concert for CRY America

CRY America is a charity organization involved in the betterment of underprivileged children.

Here is a concert coming up at the Broomfield Auditorium on Oct 30th @ 2:00 pm. Ticket prices are $9/head. Please attend and support this good cause and enjoy some fun music