MIT Swara

Past And Upcoming Events/Activities

Upcoming: November 1st (Sat) 2008, Carnatic Music Quiz: We are organizing Pragnya, a grand carnatic music quiz open to all: music students, teachers, rasikas and the like. The first prize is $250, and there will be audience prizes, as well as fun questions, discussions and audio/video clips. For more details and to register to participate, click here.

April 7th (Monday) 2008, Veena Concert by Smt. Kalpagam Swaminathan Cancelled: Unfortunately, we have had to cancel the planned veena concert by Smt. Kalpagam Swaminathan: the artist could not make it owing to unavoidable circumstances. We are really sorry and apologize for the inconvenience caused, if any.

March 7th 2008, Spring Music Show: We organized our first-ever Music Show on the evening of March 7th at Killian Hall. The show had many wonderful performances, and the details of the program will be up shortly.

Dec 9th 2007, Informal Discussion Session and Lunch: We discussed a number of topics, ranging from the history and evolution of Hindustani and Carnatic Music, to the concept of a raga, to styles of the great Carnatic composers. Slides by Krishna Jagannathan (Part 1) and Arvind Thiagarajan (Part 2).

Nov 10 2007, Lec-Dem On Harmonium By Kedar Naphade (With MITHAS): A very informative lecdem by Shri Kedar on the harmonium, including a tribute to the legendary harmonium wizard P. Madhukar, a discussion of the qualities which make for a good harmonium, and lovely demonstrations by Kedar-ji in ragas Yaman and Madhuvanti.

Nov 2 2007, Group Performance For Diwali Nite 2007: Swara's first group performance. We sang Kannodu, a very popular semi-classical AR Rehman song from the evergreen 1998 Tamil hit movie, Jeans.

Oct 6 2007, Lec-Dem On Mridangam By Rohan Krishnamurthy (With MITHAS): A slick Power Point presentation by Shri Rohan about the mridangam and laya (rhythm) in general. More details in Hari Arthanari's review for Lokvani.