Teachers of both Hindustani and classical music, and their senior students  in the New England area assemble to present ‘Nada sangamam’ a musical extravaganza on May 16^th at the Chinmaya Mission which will offer Carnatic and Hindustani music lovers an evening complete with different styles, different ragas, a variety of types of performers designed to bring the best of the community to a diverse audience.

According to Durga Krishnan, Director of MITHAS and a Carnatic music teacher, the event is a community effort with the support of teachers and students and will be a fund-raiser for MITHAS’s scholarships and future workshops by renowned artists.  

Geetha Ramamurthy, Chairperson of MITHAS is pleased with the new initiatives taken by the new board members at MITHAS, saying that their commitment to music is total and their efforts and hard work to hold these fundraisers is to be much appreciated. “These events are not easy, she said, adding “that it takes months of planning, coordination, time and dedication to bring an event of this nature. At the end of it , there is great satisfaction because here the senior students showcase their talent and are given an opportunity to play at the same platform as their teachers”

The musical event is aptly named Nada Sangamam or confluence since the repertoire is wide and varied. The student’s ensemble is a unique addition says Durga Krishnan and they include traditional pieces as well as a medley which involved some creativity but the end result is pretty amazing.

Surely an evening not to be missed for lovers of Indian classical music !

Nada Sangamam (Carnatic and Hindustani Vocal/Instrumental Ensemble) 

A musical Symphony of Carnatic and Hindustani Vocal and Instrument ensembles with Distinguished Teachers and Select Students from the Greater Boston area

When: Sunday, May 16 @ 3:30PM - 7:30PM

Where: Andover, MA (NOT at MIT, Please checkout the Venue details and directions below)

Chinmaya Mission Auditorium
1 Union Street, Andover, MA (map)

Driving directions: Click here for the Google Map of the venue

Tickets: MITHAS Members - 20% off all pricing levels below ( FREE MITHAS member passes are NOT applicable for this fundraiser event)
VIP Platinum - $100 ($80 for MITHAS members)
Gold Seating - $30 ($24 for MITHAS members)
General Admission - $20 ($16 for MITHAS members)

• Carnatic Instrumental Ensemble - 30 minutes
  Veena: Durga Krishnan, Ram Naidu Revathi Ramaswamy
  Violin: Tara Bangalore, Surya Sundarajan and K.V.S. Vinay
  Mridangam: Chandra Sekhar, Mahalingam Santhanakrishnan, Pravin Sitaram

• Carnatic Vocal Ensemble – 30 minutes
  Vocal: Aparna Balaji, Tara Bangalore, Padma Valli Bhamidipati, Bhuvana Ganesh, Geetha Murali
  Violin: Surya Sundarajan, K.V.S. Vinay
  Mridangam:  Chandrasekhar, Mahalingam Santhanakrishnan, Pravin Sitaram

• Hindustani Teachers' Vocal ensemble – 30 minutes
  Vocal : Preeti Chakravarthy, Purba Debnath, Sarita Deshpande, Madhavi Mahanthe, Suchita Rao, Mohan Samlal, Warren Senders
  Tabla: Akhay Navaladi
  Harmonium: Preeti Chakravarthy, Sarita Deshpande, Mohan Samlal
  

• Hindustani Select Senior Student Ensemble – 30 minutes
  Vocal : Kriti Badola , Divya Bhatia, Shreya Bhatia, Radhika Jangi, Anusha Kulkarni, Natasha Kumar, Anjali Ramakrishnan , Abhiram Rao, Radha Rao, Rohit Rao, Minerva Teli, Priyam Turkhia
  Tabla Ensemble: Vishal Ahuja, Shaheen Bharvani, Bhavik Nagda, Janak Shah, Nishikant Sonwalkar

• Carnatic Select Senior Student Ensemble – 30 minutes

Veena :Nandhakumar Mohan, Kaustubh Garimella, Rupa Ravi,Sridhar Sivapurapu
Flute:Prayuth Naduthota
Violin:Raghav Balaji, Vighnesh Viswanathan, Shyam Venkatramani, Arjun Sridhar

Vocal:Swetha Sundar. Divya Chandramouli,Virinchi Balabhadrapathruni, Nynika Kotagiri  
Pavithra Chari,Adithi Iyengar,Pavithra Devarajan ,Ramya Ramadurai, 

Mridangam:,Kaushik Vasudevan Tarun Bangalore,Sudarshan Thirumalai

• Hindustani Teachers' Instrumental – 30 minutes
  Jawwad Noor (Sitar), Phil Kaplan (Guitar), Christopher Perei (Harmonium), Gopi Shankar (Flute) Tabla: Akshay Navaladi

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