Dasa Namana 2012

CFAA  is excited to announce  our support of

the 2nd annual Naada's  "Daasa Namana" event for the year 2012

On Sunday Feb 19th, 2012   

from 2 pm to  6pm

At Broomfield Auditorium, 

Broomfield, CO  

In the spirit of remembering and celebrating the Haridasa's of 15th Century who gave us devotional Dasa Sahitya called Dasarapadas, we invite you to attend an afternoon filled with classical style compositions rendered by various artists in the area. 

For those interested in participating, 

please fill out the participation form  

or  email Naada Colorado (Naada.Colorado@gmail.com) .

The following are the requirements set forth.

• Compostion to be a Haridasa sahitya. A few examples of great composers are Sri Purandara Dasaru, Sri Kanaka Dasaru, Sri Gopala Dasaru , Sri Vyasa Rayaru.
• Rendering to be in classical style (Carnatic or Hindustani)
• Any accompaniments to be decided and co-ordinated by participants/teachers
• Duration to be under 5 minutes per participant
• Competency level for students to be at or above Varna stage.

Since pronunciation is key to meaning and emotion of the compositions, it is best to consult those who know the language. We are open to helping or connecting you with the lyrics.

Please note that we would like to encourage as many participants as possible and with the given time constraints there may be a possibility that we would request group performances based on RSVP's. To help us with co-ordination we humbly request the PARTICIPATION-RSVP deadline of January 7th, 2012 to be taken very seriously.

We do need volunteers in helping with organizing, planning and executing this event and would appreciate it if you would let us know in your RSVP's if you are interested in helping out in any way.  Please forward email to anyone else you know who may be interested in attending or participating.    The event flyer is attached.

  

We look forward to the program and hope to hear back from you at your earliest convenience.

Swathi Sangeethotsavam January 6th to 12th ,2012

 Daily 6pm to 9pm at Kuthiramalika Palace , East Fort , Trivandrum

 6-1-2012                     Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan           -          Vocal

 Friday                        Sri S.Varadarajan                            -          Violin

                                    Palghat Sri Maheshkumar                 -          Mridangam

                                    Dr. S.Karthick                                 -          Ghatam

  7-1-2012                     Prince Rama Varma                   -          Vocal

  Saturday                     Sri S.Varadarajan                         -          Violin

                                      Sri B.Harikumar                            -           Mridangam  

                                      Dr. S.Karthick                              -          Ghatam

   8-1-2012                      Bangalore Sri S.Shankar            -          Vocal

   Sunday                        Parur Sri M.A Sundareswaran      -          Violin

                                       Nanjil Sri Arul                               -          Mridangam

                                       Perukavu Sri P.L.Sudheer              -          Ghatam

               

   9-1-2012                     Prof. Venkataramanan                 -           Vocal   

   Monday                      Sri S.R.Mahadev Sharma              -           Violin

                                      Sri Anil Kumar Wadagara             -           Mridangam

                                      Manjoor Sri Unnikrishnan             -           Ghatam                     

  10-1-2012                  Master G.Abhilash                        -            Vocal

  Tuesday                    Avaneeswaram Sri S.R.Vinu          -            Violin

                                    Dr.G.Babu                                       -            Mridangam

                                    Udipi Sri Srikanth                           -            Kanjira

                                    Udipi Sri Sridhar                             -            Ghatam

  11-1-2012                 Hindusthani Bhajans of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal 

  Wednesday               by Smt Abhradita Bannerjee

     

 12-1-2012                  Akkarai Sisters

 Thursday                  Subhalaksmi and Sornalatha        -            Vocal      

                                   Avaneeswaram Sri S.R.Vinu          -            Violin

                                   Neyveli Sri Narayanan                    -            Mridangam

                                   Sri Guruprasad                                 -            Ghatam

 Music lovers please feel welcome to attend the festival as well as to spread the word among your music loving friends. Kindly keep your mobile phones in the silent mode.

 For enquiries and feedback, please write to kuthiramalika@gmail.com

Please visit http://ramavarma.yolasite.com/swathi-sangeethotsav-faqs.php to view frequently asked questions regarding the festival.

Kalanjali Series # 1 - Emerging Masters Series

We are inviting everyone for the first ever Kalanjali Series Program coming up on Jan 14th, 2012, Saturday at 3:00 PM at the DL Parsons Auditorium

Admission is FREE ! (Non Patrons can donate any amount for the CFAA charity), but the seats are limited

More details regarding Kalanjali is available here

Kalanjali I Poster is available below. Click to enlarge and read

Please RSVP by visiting the Facebook Event Page

Rhapsody 2011

A Great Event Celebrating the First Year of CFAA took place on Nov 19th afternoon at the Aurora Central High School.

The event was intended to be an annual report out to the patrons of CFAA on our achievements and accomplishments in 2011.

We also shared a lot of information on what is coming up in the years to come

State of CFAA - 2011

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Rhapsody 2011

The board of directors of CFAA would like to cordially invite you and your family to our year ending  classical music and dance program - Rhapsody 2011. This event presents one of the greatest set of local Indian Classical artists ever assembled. The program itself is a unique presentation of Carnatic & Hindustani music with Indian Classical dance pieces skillfully stitched together. 

Expect to see great vocalists performing some exquisite pieces with the support of our best percussionists as well as Veena, Violin , Guitar and keyboards.

The event takes place on Nov 19th, Saturday at the Aurora Central High School auditorium, 11700, East 11th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80010

The program invitation can be accessed by clicking here

If you haven't made your reservations, please do so by clicking here

We also need your help in spreading the word regarding this event. Please forward this information your friends and post it on facebook. While this is a FREE event for CFAA patrons as always, we have kept the ticket prices for Non Patrons at $10.00 (Kids under 10 free)

Hope to see you there ! If you have time to help us out by volunteering on the event day, please signup here - 

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