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

Music Academy Morning Academic Sessions

From Dec. 16, 2008 – Jan. 1, 2009
Daily form 8.00 am to 9.35 am. At Kasturi Srinivasan Hall, Music Academy premises, TTK Road.
Single Lecdem session is for 1 hour 15 minutes and Double lecdem sessions are for 45 minutes duration each.

Dec. 16 : S R Janakiraman on Some Eka Kriti Ragas of Thyagaraja – Vijayavasantham,
Dundubhi, Kaikavasi, Supradeepam, Deepakam, Gaanavaaridhi and Vardhani.

Dec. 17 : Dr. Achutsankar Nair, Trivandrum - Demystifying Swathi Tirunal
Vidvan P. Muthukumaraswamy - M.M. Dandapani Desikar’s Compositions

Dec. 18 : Dr. T S Sathyavathi, Bangalore - Relevance of Maanasollaasa to present day music

Dec. 19 : Dr. Sachidevi, Bangalore - Soolaadi – structural analysis
Sudha Raghunathan - A comparative study of Dasara Padagalu

Dec. 20 : Dr. Shubha Choudhri, AIIS, New Delhi - Creating and maintaining music Archives
Jaya Chandran - Tiruvarur stalam as interpreted in Smt. Rukmini Devi’s
Choreography In Rupamu Joochi Varnam

Dec. 21 : Prof. Trichy Sankaran (Toranto, Canada) - Multifacets of Khandam and Thrisram with a special reference to Guru Sri Pazhani Subramania Pillai style

Dec. 22 : Dr. Vikram Sampat, Mysore - Mysore as seat of Music with special reference to
Mysore bani of Veena playing.
K.G.Vijay Krishnan, Hyderabad - Comparing the music and language faculties in humans.

Dec. 23 : Ganga Ramachandran - Contribution of Ennappadam Venkatarama Bhagavatar
(1880 – 1961) – Rare ragas.
Chitravina N. Ravikiran - Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi - perspectives through Internal Evidence.

Dec. 24 : Suhash Vyas, Mumbai - Bandishes of Pt. CR Vyas.
Sriram Parasuram - Hindusthani Ragas and their adaptation in Carnatic Music.

Dec. 25 : Nedunuri Krishnamurthy supported by Malladi Brothers - Annamacharya’s compositions and music composed by Nedunuri to them.

Dec. 26 : Rajasree Ramakrishna - An analytical study of the abhyasa gaana in Sangita Sarvaarthasaara Sangrahamu.
Kalyani Sharma, Mumbai - Bodhaka Award – Performance by her students.

Dec. 27 : T. K. Govinda Rao - Periasami Thooran’s compositions.
Tiruchi R. Thayumanavan - Konnakkol

Dec. 28 : Sangita Kalanidhi - Designate A K C Natarajan with B. M. Sundaram - Clarinet and Nadaswaram – a comparative analysis.

Dec. 29 : Meegada Ramalinga Swamy(Andhra), Jayasree Anandaraj(Karnataka), Arimalam Padmanabhan(Tamil Nadu) - Thematic Presentation – Music of the Regional Theatres of Telugu, Kannada and Tamil.

Dec. 30 : Prof. Rithvik Sanyal, Benares Hindu University, Varanasi - Different Schools and Styles of Dhrupad Singing.

Dec. 31 : R. Vedavalli, Suguna Purushothaman, Chingleput Ranganathan, Dr. N. Ramanathan, Ritha Rajan - Ragalakshana Session :“Dealing with Ragas –
Rudrapriya, Kaanada, Karnaataka kapi and Durbaar”

Jan. 1, 2009 : 8.00 to 8.20 am Students of Teachers’ College of Music Purandaradasa Compositions.
8.25 to 9.20 am. Experts Committee Members Open House

Indian Fine Arts Society Lec-dem series

Dec. 19 - 9 am : Unnai Thodarnthu sikkenapaidithen by Dr.Rama Kousalya.
10.30 am: Lec Dem Allied ragas in Karnatic Music by Dr.M. Narmadha

Dec. 20 - 10.30 am: Sangeethakriya by Suguna Purushothaman.
Dec. 21 - 10.30 am: Aayiram Ramar Ninkeezh Nigar Avaroo by Dr.Sudha Seshayyan.
Dec. 22 - 9 am: Naan Oru Vilayattu Bommiah by Bombay Sisters.
10.30 am: Sanchari Bava in Bharathanatyam by Jayanthi Subramanyam.
Dec. 23 - 10.30 am: Sanskrit Compositions of Saint Thyagaraja by Dr. S. A. K. Durga

Dec. 24 - 10.30 am: Akshya Linga Vibho by Dr.V.V.Srivatsa
Dec. 25 - 10.30 am: Aruna Ranganathan -Dr.Hemalatha -Thanjavur Ramadoss.
Dec. 26 - 10.30 am : 'Telugu' - The special status enjoyed by Telugu in Karnayic Music by T. R. Subramanyam
Dec. 27 - 10.30 am: 'Vivadhi Ragas/melas by S. Rajam.
Dec. 28 - 10.30 am: The Laya Beauty in Sri Uthukadu Venkatamahi's compositions by Srimushnam V.Raja Rao.
Dec. 29 - 10.30 am: Dr. Manjula Lusti Narasimhan presents Bharathanatyam - margam.
Dec. 30 - 10.30 am: Tamil Natakam - Netru-Inru - Naalai by T.K.S. Kalaivanan.
Dec. 31 - 10.30 am: Pallavi Singing in Karnatic Music by Neyveli R.Santhanagopalan

Jan. 1, 2009 - 10.30 am. Discourse on Kaithalam Patrna Kanakkanden Thozhie By Sri Dhamal Ramakrishnan and Smt. Perunthevi Seshadri
Jan. 2, 2009 - 10.30 am Ghata Tharang by Bangalore Sukanya Ramgopal and party.

Narada Gana Sabha lec-dem series

Narada Gana Sabha and Saraswathi organise a lec-dem series from Dec. 22 to 31, 2008. Admission free.

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

Dec. 22 : Akshaya Linga Vibho by B. Madhavan

Dec. 23 : Music Tradition in Temples by B. M. Sundaram

Dec. 24 : Raghava and Krishna in the same slokas (Raghava Yadhaviyam) by Smt. Kausalya Sivakumar

Dec. 25 : Veenai - The Saga of evolution - Smt. Jayanthi Kumaresh

Dec. 26 : Ettukadai Swarams, Chittaswarams and Swara Sahithyams by Dr. Radha Bhaskar and party.

Dec. 27 : Theveram by Valayapatti Sri Krishnan, Smt. T. V. Sundaravalli and party (Vaiyacheri Thevaram Seetharamier Endowment)

Dec. 28 : Kapi in Bharathanatyam - Smt. Sujatha Vijayaraghavan and party

Dec. 29 : Composers from Kerala by Smt. Neela Ramgopal and party.

Dec. 30 : Vatsalya, Sringara and Bhakthi rasas in Purandaradasa's Compositions by Smt. Chitra Visweswaran and party.

Dec. 31 : Importance of Sahithyam in compositions by Madurai Sundar and party
 

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