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

This section will carry updates on the seminar schedules and the topics of discussion. Very useful to students of music or dance. Check out this section to plan your time-table.

	Seminar on Dance Dramas Kartik Fine Arts will organise 'Natya Darshan' a seminar themed on dance-dramas. To be convened by dance gurus Prof. Sudharani Raghupathy and Chitra Visweswaran, this will be held between 20 and 22 December at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan's auditorium, Madras.
	Natya Kala Conference at Krishna Gana Sabha The annual Natya Kala conference at Krishna Gana Sabha will be convened by dancer Leela Samson.
	Music Academy lec -dem Thursday 19-12-2002 - 9.30 a.m. - Dr. Pappu Venugopala Rao - Contribution of Sanskrit to Classicism in Karnatic Music Friday 20-12-2002 - 8.30 a.m - Dharmapuram P. Swaminathan - Sundarar Tevaram 9.30 a.m - Dr T.K.Moorthy 72 Melakara Talas Saturday 21-12-2002 - 8.30 a.m - Prof. T.R.Subramnaiam - Manodharma in Karnatic Music - Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow Sunday 22-12-2002 - 8.30 a.m - Dr S.A.K.Durga Musical Instruments as tools of experimental research. 9.30 a.m - Vadapalani N. Arumuga Oduvar Tiruppugazhin Seermai Monday 23-12-2002 - 8.30 a.m - Prof. Enrique Camara Hybridisation in Latin American Music Tuesday 24-12-2002 -8.30 a.m - Prof. Dr.R. Sathyanarayana - Contribution of Kannada to Classicism of Karnatic Music 9.30 a.m - R. Vedavalli - Beauty of Gamakas in Karnatic Music Wednesday 25-12-2002 -8.30 a.m to 9.30 a.m - Raga Lakshana Session - Ragas (Bhairavi-Maanji; Poornachandrika-Janaranjani; Darbar-Naayaki) Participants:Sangita Kalanidhi Prof.T.N. Krishnan, Prof.S.R.Janakiraman, Chingelput Ranganathan, Prof.B.Krishnamurthy, V.Subramaniam Thursday 26-12-2002 - 9.30 a.m - Sujatha Vijayaraghavan - Contemporary forms and themes in Bharatanatya Friday 27-12-2002 - 9.30 a.m - Bangalore K. Venkataram - Compositions of Sangita Kalanidhi T. Chowdaiah Saturday 28-12-2002 - 8.30 a.m - Kalpakam Swaminathan - Musical Embellishments in Veena Playing Sunday 29-12-2002 - 8.30 a.m - Shri G. Raj Narayan - Demonstration of Digital Veena 9.30 a.m - Prof. Dr.(Smt.) Omana Kutty - Contribution of Malayalam to Classicism in Karnatic Music Monday 30-12-2002 - 9.30 a.m - Nookala Chinna Satyanarayana - Contribution of Telugu to Classicism in Karnatic Music Tuesday 31-12-2002 - 9.30 a.m - Smt. Kunjumani & Smt. Neela (Sikkil Sisters) - Venu Vaadya Vaibhava Wednesday 01-01-2003 - 8.00 a.m Students of Music Academy's Teachers College of Music - Pre-Trinity Compositions 8.30 a.m to 9.30 a.m - Summing up Session and Open House
	Narada Gana Sabha in association with Saraswathi holds lec-dems at its mini hall. Time: 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. daily 21 Dec - Aharia (Costume & Jewellery) in Dance - Saroja Vaidyanathan. 22 Dec - Teaching of Carnatic Music and the role of Technology - Sashikiran 23 Dec - 'Nirupanams in Harikatha' - Ramasubramania Sarma. 24 Dec - 'Thana Varnams' - Prof. S.R. Janakiraman. 25 Dec - 'The Word, the Song and the Dance; their relationship in Classical Dance - C.V. Chandrasekar. 26 Dec - 'Thyagaraja Yoga Vaibhavam' - Kausalya Shivakumar 27 Dec - 'Thevaram' - Seethalakshmi 28 Dec - 'Ettu Kadai Swaram & Chitta Swaram' - R. Kausalya. 29 Dec - 'Bakthi in Natyam' - Krishnakumari Narendran. 30 Dec - 'Virtuosity of the Violin' – V.V. Ravi. 31 Dec - 'Contribution of Telugu to Classical Carnatic Music' - Pappu Venugopala Rao
	Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha Venue: Vidya Bharathi Time: 9:30 a.m. daily 18 Dec - 'Sakthi Mahima' A Thematic presentation on the musical master pieces of the Trinity on Goddess Devi – V.V. Srivatsa. Musical presentation by Carnatica Brothers. 20 Dec - 'Azhagan Aathiriyan' A musical feature – Kousalya Sivakumar. 21 Dec - 'Sangeetham Rasippom Varungal' – Neyveli R. Santhanagopalan. 22 Dec - 'Evolution of Ghatam in World Music' - Ghatam Maestro Vikku T. H. Vinaykram. 23 Dec - 'Dance compositions of M. Balamuralikrishna' – Saraswathi 25 Dec - T. N. Seshagopalan - Veena 26 Dec - Ghatam S. Karthick's - 'HeArt Beat' Music Ensemble. 28 Dec -'Raga Vaibhavam' – Kunnakudi R. Vaidyanathan. 29 Dec - The Legend of Mridangam – by Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman. 30 Dec - Lalitha & Nandini – Violin Duo
	The Indian Fine Arts Society Venue: Balamandir German Hall 19 Dec - 9:00 a.m. 'Bhajana Sampradaya' – by Kanthimathy 10:00 a.m. 'Nakkeerar Aruliya Pathai' – Sudka Seshayan 20 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'Women in Bharathi's Vision' – Saroja Vaidyanathan 21 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'Bhairavimala' – by Suguna Purushothaman 22 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'Tillanas for Music concerts & Tillanas for Dance Recitals' - Prof. V. Subramaniam of Ottawa. 23 Dec - 9:00 a.m. 'Kaithalam Patra Kana Kanden – A. Parthasarathy. 10:30 a.m. 'Special Features in Dikshitar's Compositions' – V.V. Srivatsa 24 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'Sri Bidaram Krishnappa: The Illustrious Guru of T. Chowdiah' - Anusuya Kulkarni and G. R. Jaya. 25 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'The Aspect of Bhava in Bharatha Natyam' – Geetha Ganesan of Hyderabad. 26 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'Special Features in Veena' – Jayaraj Iyer & Jayashree 27 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'Status of Carnatic Music prior to Trinity' – S.R. Janakiraman 28 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'Ragamalika in Kutcheris' – T. R. Subramaniam. 29 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'Layamum Sangeethamum' – V. Raja Rao 30 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'Nindhasthuthi Padalgal' – Dr. Rama Kousalya 31 Dec - 10:30 a.m. 'Subtility of Certain Ragas' – M. Narmadha 1 Jan - 10:30 a.m. 'Namasankeerthanam' – Udayalur K.Kalayanarama Bagavathar.