Some of the sabhas organise seminars and lec-dems on South Indian arts. Usually held in the mornings, they are open to all.

These sessions are very useful to students of music or dance. The schedule of such events will be posted here as and when we receive them from the organisers.

Narada Gana Sabha and Saraswathi Music Festival- December 2006

Lecture - Demonstrations from Dec, 22 to Dec. 31, 2006.
Daily 9.30 am to 11.30 am at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall

Schedule:

22-12-06 - Importance of Abhyasa Ganam - Neyveli Santhanagopalan and Party
23-12-06 - Philosophy in Dance - Krishnakumari Narendran and Party

24-12-06 - Constructional similarities in the compositions of Trinity and Papanasam Sivan - Papanasam Ashok Ramani and party

25-12-06 - Compositions on Tiruvarangan - Dr. Lalitha Ruckmani (Kalakshetra)

26-12-06 - Veenai - Learning Techniques - Geetha Bennet

27-12-06 - The place of Chittaswarams and Swara Sahithyams in compositional music - Madurai Sundar

28-12-06 - Thevaram - Dr. Saraswathi Ramanathan (Vaiyacheri Thevaram Sitaramaier Endowment)

29-12-06 - Padams and Javalis with Mukhabhavam - Nirmala Ramachandran

30-12-06 - Raga development through compositions of 20th century - Vijayalakshmi Subramanian

31-12-06 - Dasavatharam as seen by Vaggeyakaras - Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao

The Music Academy

Lecture - Demonstrations from Dec. 16, 2006 to Jan. 1, 2007. Daily 8.00 am at The Music Academy Mini Hall

Schedule:

16-12-06 - Compositions of Sri Patnam Subramanyam Aiyar - Kalpagam Swaminathan.
17-12-06 - Compositions of Mysore Pattabhiramaiah and Mysore Sivaramaiah - Dr. M. B. Vedavalli
18-12-06 - Compositions of Sri Gopalakrishna Bharathi - Suguna Purushothaman.
19-12-06 - Compositionsof Meeshu Krishna Aiyar - Chingalput Ranganathan.
20-12-06 - Compositions of Haridass - T. K. Govinda Rao.
21-12-06 - Compositions of Dikshita Parampara - R. Vedavalli.
22-12-06 - Compositions of Sri Maha Vaidyanatha Aiyar - B. Krishnamoorthy.
23-12-06 - Compositions of Maharaja Swati Tirunal - Prof. T. N. Krishnan
24-12-06 - Compositions of Shri Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar - B. Rajam Iyer
25-12-06 - Compositions of Sri Papanasam Sivan - Sulochana Pattabhiraman.
26-12-06 - Compositions of Shri Neelakanta Sivan - V. Subramaniyam
27-12-06 - Compositions of Sri Muthiah Bhagavatar - T. N. Seshagopalan.
28-12-06 - Compositions of Kshethrayya - Dr. S.A.K. Durga
29-12-06 - Compositions of Annamacharya - M. Chandrasekharan
30-12-06 - Rare Compositions of Sri Thiagaraja Swamy - P. S. Narayanaswamy
31-12-06 - Compositions of Subbraya Shastri and Annaswamy Shastri - Vidya Shankar.
1-1-07 - Open house.

Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

Lecture - Demonstrations from December 14 to 20, 2006. Daily 9.30 am at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha. T, Nagar, Chennai - 17

Schedule:

14-12-06 - Theme (Parampara Evam Prena) (Tradition and its challenges today) Convenor - "Nritya Choodamani" Bharati Sivaji - Keynote address by Nritya Choodamani Yamini Krishnamurthy. A) Lec Demo by Bimbavati Devi - Manipuri. B) Sheejith Krishna - Bharathanatyam.

15-12-06 - Natya Kala Conference - a) Dr. Sandhya Purecha - Bharathanatyam. B) Manjari Chathurvedi - Kathak

16-12-06 - Natya Kala Conference - a) Vijayalakshmi - Mohini Attam. B) Navtej Johar - Bharathanatyam.

17-12-06 - Natya Kala Conference - a) To be announced. b) Rama Vaidyanathan - Bharathanatyam

18-12-06 - Natya Kala Conference - a) Sujatha Mohopatra - Odissi. B) to be announced

19-12-06 - Natya Kala Conference - a) Pallavi Krishnan - Mohini Attam. B) Geetha Chandran - Bharathanatyam.

20-12-06 - Natya Kala Conference Concludes - a) Kalamandalam Venkitt - Kathakali. B) S. Santhosh Nair - Chhau

The Indian Fine Arts Society

Lecture - Demonstrations at Balamandir German Hall .
Schedule:

17-12-06
9.00 am - "Gong" The Multi-Faceted Instrument ('Mani' in Tamil) by Bangalore Dr. Anasuya Kulkarni
10.30 am - "Nava Vidha Bhakthi" by Dr. Sudha Seshayan

18-12-06
10.30 am - 'Varali Vaibhavam' by Suguna Purushothaman
19-12-06
10.30 am - "Kallvannam Aangu Kanden Kai Vannam Ingu Kanden" by Kalyanapuram R. Aaraavamudhachariar.

20-12-06
10.30 am - "Status of Karnatic Music Prior to Trinity" by Dr. M. Narmadha

21-12-06
10.30 am - "Thiruvadi Charanam" (Compositions of Sri Gopalakrishna Bharathiar) by Dr. Raama Kowsalya

22-12-06
10.30 am - "Vivadhi Melas Handled by Different Composers" by Dr. S. A. K. Durga

23-12-06
10.30 am - "Nattu Padalgal" by T.K.S. Kalaivanan

24-12-06
10.30 am - "Sri Thyagaraja Namasthe Namasthe" by Dr. V. V. Srivatsa

25-12-06
10.30 am - "Suddha Nrittam and Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer's style of Dance" by Revathi Ramachandran.

26-12-06
10.30 am - "Welcome Innovation in Swara Kalpana" by Prof. T. R. Subramanyam

27-12-06
10.30 am - "Devi Visualized by Saint Thyagaraja" by R. Vedavalli

28-12-06
10.30 am - "Vaayinal Padi Manathinal Sindikka' by Dr. Premeela Gurumurthy

29-12-06
10.30 am - "Jhawali" by Bombay Sisters

30-12-06
10.30 am - "Exhibiting through facial expressions Padams and Javalis with Abhinaya" by Nirmala Ramachandran

31-12-06
10.30 am - "Laya and Sahithyas" by Kalaimamani Srimushnam V. Raja Rao

Sri Parthasarathy Sabha

Lecture - Demonstrations from Dec. 17 to 31, 2006. Daily 8.30 am - 9.30 am at Vidya Bharathi Kalyana Mandapam, Bheemasena Garden Road, near Jammi Building, Mylapore, Chennai-4.

Schedule:

17-12-06 - "Jakkini Daru" - a dance form - Dr. Saraswathi, Bharathanatyam Exponent.

18-12-06 - "Fantacies of Chimes in Music" - Dr. Anasuya Kulkarni, Ethnomusicologist, Bangalore.

19-12-06 - "Procedure in singing Kalpana swaras" - Tiruvengadu Jayaraman, Musician and Musicologist.

20-12-06 - "Music and Mass Media" - Dr. B. M. Sundaram, Musicologist

21-12-06 - "Concept of Ghana ragas and Tyagarja Pancharatna Kritis" - Dr. Premeela Gurumurthy, Prof. And Head. Dept. of Indian Music, University of Madras.

22-12-06 - "Pallavi and its varieties" - Suguna Purushothaman, Musician and Musicologist

23-12-06 - "Alapana - Rakti Ragas" - Alepey Venkatesan, Musician 

24-12-06 - "Tillana past and present" - Dr. S.A.K. Durga, Emeritus Prof. Dept. of Indian Music, University of Madras

25-12-06 - "Some similar themes of Annamacharya and Tyagaraja" - Prof. S. R. Janakiraman, Musician and Musicologist.

26-12-06 - "Desadi Madyadhi Talas" - Dr. Ritha Rajan, Retd. Prof. and Head, Dept. of Indian Music, Q.M.C.

27-12-06 - "Panchadasa Gamakas and Dasavida Gamakas" - Dr. R. S. Jayalakshmi, Former Lecture, Dept. of Indian music, University of Madras.

28-12-06 - "Ragamalika and its Structural Analysis" - Dr. M. B. Vedavalli, Retd. Prof and Head, Dept. of Indian Music, Univ. of Madras

29-12-06 - "Abyasa Gana in sangeetha Sarvartha Sara Sangrahamu" - Rajashri Ramakrishna, Lecture, Dept. of Indian Music, University of Madras

30-12-06 - "Musical nuances" - Dr. Rama Ravi, Musician and Musicologist

31-12-06 - "Krishna Bhakthi of Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar" - Dr. V. V. Srivatsa, Musicologist.

Narada Gana Sabha

Narada Gana Sabha and Saraswathi Music Festival will hold the following lec-dems on dance at Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall at 9.30am.

Dec. 23 - Philosophy in Dance - Krishnakumari Narendran and Party
Dec. 29 - Padams and Javalis with Mukhabhavam - Nirmala Ramachandran

Natya Kala Conference at Sri Krishna Gana Sabha

Sri Krishna Gana Sabha hosts its 26th Natya Kala Conference from Dec. 14 to 20, 2006 at its auditorium in T. Nagar Chennai. Time: 9.30 am. The theme for this year is 'Tradition and its challenges Today. The convenor is Bharati Sivaji, the mohiniattam exponent.

Dec. 14 - Inauguration. Keynote address by Yamini Krishnamurthy. a) Lec- Dem by Bimbavati Devi - Manipuri. b) Sheejith Krishna - Bharathanatyam.

Dec. 15 - a) Dr. Sandhya Purecha - Bharathanatyam. b) Manjari Chathurvedi - Kathak

Dec. 16 - a) Vijayalakshmi - Mohini Attam. b) Navtej Johar - Bharathanatyam.

Dec. 17 - a) To be announced. b) Rama Vaidyanathan - Bharathanatyam

Dec. 18 - a) Sujatha Mohopatra - Odissi. b) to be announced

Dec. 19 - a) Pallavi Krishnan - Mohini Attam. b) Geetha Chandran - Bharathanatyam.

Dec. 20 - a) Kalamandalam Venkitt - Kathakali. B) S. Santhosh Nair - Chhau

The following are the lec-dems on dance hosted by the Indian Fine Arts Society at Balamandir German Hall, T. Nagar, Chennai.

Dec. 25 at 10.30am - 'Suddha Nrittam and Mangudi Dorairaja Iyer's style of Dance' by Revathi Ramachandran.

Dec. 30 at 10.30am - 'Exhibiting through facial expressions Padams and Javalis with Abhinaya' by Nirmala Ramachandran.

The lec-dems are hosted by Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha at VidyaBharati Kalyana Mandapam, Bheemasena Garden Street, (Near Jammi Building) Mylapore, Chennai.

Dec. 17 at 8.30am - 'Jakkini Daru' - a dance form - Dr. Saraswathi, Bharathanatyam Exponent.

 

The following are the lec-dems hosted by Kartik Fine Arts. They will be held from Dec. 22 to 24 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mylapore, Chennai.

Schedule:

Dec. 22 - 9.30am - Malathy Iyengar; 10.30 am - Rama Vaidhyanathan; 11.30am - Ranjana Gawhar(Odissi)

Dec. 23 - 9.30am Madhukeri Nataraj (Kathak); 10.30am - Prakariti Bhaskar; 11.30am - Bharathi Shivaji (Mohiniattam)

Dec. 24 - 9.30am - Thulasi Ramachandran ; 10.30am Ananda Shankar Jayant; 11.30 am M. V. Narasimhachari and Vasanthalakshmi
 

Dance Festival at the Music Academy will be held from Jan 3 to 9, 2007. The following is the schedule of lec-dems to be held.

Jan. 4, 2007 - 10am - Padma Subrahmanyam;
Jan. 5, 2007 - 10am - Anita Ratnam
Jan. 6, 2007 - 10am - Chitra Visweswaran
Jan. 6, 2007 - 11.30am - Lakshmi Viswanathan
Jan. 7, 2007 - 10am - V. P. Dhananjayan and Shantha Dhananjayan
Jan. 7, 2007 - 11.30am - Vijayathimala Bali
Jan. 8, 2007 - 10am - Rhadha
Jan. 9, 2007 - 10am - C. V. Chandrasekar