Music Academy Lecdem series

Dec. 16 :
Dept. of Indian Music, Madras University Nowka Charitram of Thyagaraja
'Rare Compositions of Mysore Vasudevachar' by Dr. Padma Murthy

Dec. 17:
T. V. Meenalochani & Party - Annamacharya Compositions
'Nada Pallavi' by J. Venkataraman

Dec. 18:
Sri Nadananda Sangeetha Vidyalaya - Arunachala Kavirayar Compositions
'Kerala Natanam' by S. Vinayachandran

Dec. 19:
Andavan Pichai Bhajanai Mandali - Andavan Pichai Compositions
'Nottuswara Sahitya of Muttuswamy Dikshitar' K. Kannikeswaran

Dec. 20:
Ganamalika Group - Tharangams of Narayana Theerthar
'Voice Culture in Hindustani & Carnatic Music' by Dr. T. Unnikrishnan

Dec. 21:
Kanthimathi Santhanam and Party - Uthukadu Venkata Subba Aiyer's compositions on Muruga
'SangitaRatnakara& Karnatic Music' – Dr. N. Ramanathan
'Self Compositions' – by P. Jayaprakash

Dec.22:
Karnaranjani - Compositions of Ramanathapuram (Poochi) Srinivasa Iyengar
'Dattilam' by – Prof. Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao
'Principles of teaching music to differently-abled children' by Dr. Sundar

Dec. 23
Sunaadam Group - Compositions of Syama Sastri
'Shatkala Pallavi in Raga Kalyani' by B. Krishnamurthy

Dec. 24
Dr. Mathangi Ramakrishnan and Party - Pasurams of Kulasekara Alwar
'Simhanandana Tala Pallavi in Raga Todi' by Suguna Purushothaman

Dec. 25
Devaganavali Group - Compositions of Mysore Vasudevachar
'Sarvalaghu Element in Dance Music' by K. Lakshmanan, Rama Rao and Vellore G. Ramabhadran

Dec. 26 :
TKG Gurukulam Group - Compositions of Periasamy Thooran
'Role of Tanam in Carnatic Music' by T. V. Gopalakrishnan

Dec. 27
Amrutavahini Group - Devarnamas of Haridasas
'Hindustani & Carnatic Music – Overview' by M. S. Gopalakrishnan and Dr. M. Narmada

Dec. 28
Champa Kumar and Party - Compositions of Muthiah Bhagavathar
' Subbarama Dikshitar as a Composer' by V. Subrahmaniam and his Disciples

Dec.29 :
Geetha Nivedhana Trust - Compositions of Muttuswamy Dikshitar
'Rare Talas in Dance Compositions' by Kumbakonam Gajendran and Smitha Madhav
'Role of Tala in Bharatanatyam' by M. V. Narasimhachari and Vasanthalakshmi

Dec. 30:
Ghatam V. Suresh and Party - Songs on Vishnu
'Multi-faceted splendor of Mishram' by Palghat R. Raghu

Dec. 31:
Vasantha Rammohan and Party - Tevaram
'Derivatives of 22 nd Melakarta – Madhyamavathi' by Vidyashankar
'Derivatives of 22 nd Melakarta –Sri and Manirangu' by V. Subrahmaniam
'Derivatives of 22 nd Melakarta – Brindavana Saranga and Brindavani' by Dr. S. A. K. Durga
'Derivatives of 22 nd Melakarta – Pushpalatika' by T. R. Subramaniam

Jan. 01, 2008
Students of Teachers' College of Music of The Music Academy Madras - Compositions of Subbaraya Sastri
Open house

Indian Fine Arts Society

Lec-dem sessions from Dec. 16, to Dec. 31, 2007 and on Jan. 3, 2008

Daily at 10.30 am
Venue: Balamandir German Hall, Prakasam Street, T. Nagar, Chennai - 17

Dec. 16 : Arut perum jothi - Thani perum karunai by Dr. Sudha Seshayyan

Dec. 17 : Sangeetha Manohari by Suguna Purushothaman

Dec. 18 : Techniques of playing flute in Karnatic music by Dr. N. Ramani

Dec. 19 : Traditional Thamizh Dramatic Songs by T. K. S. Kalaivanan

Dec. 20 : Thyaga brahmam potrum Narada brahmam by Dr. S. A. K. Durga

Dec. 21 : Sarojadala netri by Bombay Sisters

Dec. 22 : Hindustani Ragas handled by Indian composers by Dr. M. Narmada

Dec. 23 : Ullam kavar kalvan by Dr. Raama Kausalya of Thillaisthanam

Dec. 24 : Maha Ganapathy Manasa Smarami by Dr. V. V. Srivatsa

Dec. 25 : Innovation and thematic presentation in Bharatanatyam by Srekala Bharath

Dec. 26 : Ragam Thanam Pallavi on Veena by Jayanthi Kumaresh

Sri Krishna Gana Sabha - Natya Kala Conference

Sri Krishna Gana Sabha, T. Nagar, Chennai hosts Natya Kala Conference from Dec. 14 to 20, 2007. Daily at 9.30 am to 12 noon.
Theme for this year is 'Sangeetham in Dance'

Dec. 14 - Sharmila Biswas - Odissi and Saroja Vaidyanathan - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 15 - Preethi Patel - Manipuri and Vempati Ravishankar - Kuchipudi

Dec. 16 - Dr. Sunil Kothari - Chau and Bhagavathamela

Dec. 17 - Mahua Mukherjee - Gaudiya and Nritya and Prof. C. V. Chandrasekhar - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 18 - Usha - Nangiar Koothu and Nandini Ramani - Bharatanatyam

Dec. 19 - Geethanjali Lal - Kathak and Sonal Mansingh - Odissi

Dec. 20 - Anupama Kailash - Vilasini Natyam and Neena Prasad - Mohiniattam

Narada Gana Sabha lec-dem series

Narada Gana Sabha and Saraswathi organise a lec-dem series from Dec. 22 to 31, 2007. Admission free.

Venue : Narada Gana Sabha Mini Hall
Daily at 9.30 am to 11.30 am.

Dec. 22 : Isaiyum Bhakthiyum by Dr. Sudha Seshayyan

Dec. 23 : Sri Thyagaraja - The genius in selection of Ragas by Prof. S. R. Janakiraman

Dec. 24 : Thevaram by Kalakkad Dr. R. Sitalakshmi

Dec. 25 : Music compositions for Dance by Prof. C. V. Chandrasekhar

Dec. 26 : Structural varuiations in compositions since Trinity by Gayathri Girish

Dec. 27 : An analysis of Ramanataka Keerthanais of Arunachala Kavi by Dr. S.A.K. Durga

Dec. 28 : Varnam in Bharatanatyam form by Dr. Nandini Ramani

Dec. 29 : Pallavis - Yesterday, today and tomorrow by Dr. Radha Venkatachalam

Dec. 30 : Badrachalam Sri Ramadasar by Pappu Venugopala Rao

Dec. 31 : Vaggeyakarargal kanda Hanumar by Kausalya Sivakumar

Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha

Lec- dem series of Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha will begin on Dec. 17 and will go on till Dec. 31.

Venue : Vidya Bharathi, 55, Bheemasena Garden Road, Mylapore, Chennai

Daily at 8.30 am

Dec. 17 : Mahavaidyanatha Iyer's 72 Mela ragamalika by Rajashri Ramakrishna

Dec. 18 : Contribution to Carnatic Music by various composers by O. S. Thyagarajan

Dec. 19 : Techniques of singing Alankaras and Gathi Bedhas and Nadai Bedhas' by Trichy J. Venkataraman

Dec. 20: Mahaangal kattiya Manodharma Sangeetham by Neyveli Santhanagopalan

Dec. 21 : Role of Saraswathi Mahal Library for propagation of Music by Dr. B. M. Sundaram

Dec. 22 : Saint Tyagaraja's Utsava Sampradaya Kritis by Dr. Pramila Gurumurthy

Dec. 23 : Ragas with similar lakshana having dual names and vice versa by Dr. M. B. Vedavalli

Dec. 24 : A studyof Surdas Bhajans by Dr. S. A. K. Durga

Dec. 25 : Pallavi Singing - Then and Now by Allapey Venkatesan

Dec. 26 : Distinctive feature of the melas - Sankarabharana and Kalyani ; Dhenuka and Subhapantuvarali by Dr. Sachidevi

Dec. 27 : Allied ragas - Kambhoji, Yadukulakambhoji, Khamas, Harikambhoji by Dr. R. S. Jayalakshmi

Dec. 28 : Panns in Divya Prabhandha by Dr. Uma Maheswari

Dec. 29 : Samskrita and Sangeeta by Dr. V. V. Srivatsa

Dec. 30 : Mighty, mystic, magic Flute by Sikkil Mala Chandrasekar

Dec. 31 : Tamil Padams by Dr. Nirmala Sundarrajan and Dr. Subhashini Parthasarathy.