Chennayil Thiruvarur

Chennayil Thiruvarur

"CHENNAYIL TIRUVARUR "
On 11th May 2019, Sri Thyagaraja Swamigal's jayanthi was celebrated in a grand manner by Tiruvarur Karnataka Mummorthigal seva samithi organised by Madipakkam swaminathan, Mridangam maestro Tiruvarur Dr.Baktavatsalam at Ragasudha Hall.... Legendary vocalist Bombay sisters was felicitated by T.S.Raghavan, Kovai Anuradha Kovai on that occasion.
Followed by Pancharatnam group rendition led by
Bombay sisters smt.C.Saroja & smt.C.Lalitha along with Galaxy of eminent musicians including

Vidwan Dr.B.Umashankar
Paramakkudi S.Ravindran
Calcutta Shankar
Shruthi Bhat
Sai Vignesh
Dr.Ganapathiraman
Meenakshipriya Sundar
Ghayathri Ramachandran
Baghesri umashankar

Usha Rajagopalan
Meera Sivaramakrishnan
Melakaveri K Thiagarajan
Vagadeeswari
Flautist Thiagarajan
Athul Kumar
Sumesh Narayanan
Adarsh Devarajan
Rohith
Gnanendra
Ghatam Sivaramakrishnan
Kanchira Madipakkam Gopalakrishnan

A grand lunch was served by Sangeetha hotels group. Vaidyanathan PRO organised the entire festival with a team of volunteers. Thyagayya TV, Sankara TV, Jaya TV and various media recorded and telecasted this grand festival.

:- A report by
Sangeetha vidwan
Dr.B.Umashankar,
Joint secretary,
Tiruvarur Sangeetha Mumoorthigal seva samithi.

Music Higher Vocal- DGE exam: Useful information for the Students

Music Higher Vocal- DGE exam: Useful information for the Students

I hope the information below will be useful for the students who apply for the DGE- Vocational exams, Music Higher. I am not sure if this pattern will be same every year. But, I guess there may not be much change.

The Higher Music exam- vocal/ instrument is for 150 Marks. This is conducted as 2 sessions:

Session 1:(Morning)

For 30 Marks out of 150, the students will be given a paper and 5 questions will be asked for which students seated in their respective numbers  in the class room have to write the answers in the paper

1. Raga identification- The examiner sings a song and students have to identify the raga and write the Raga name
2. Thala Identification- The examiner sings a song and students have to identify the thala of the song and write the thala name
3. Eduppu Identification- The examiner sings a song and students have to identify the eduppu of the song and write the same (Sama or Visama (Atheetha or Anagatha))
4. Write the Arohanam & Avarohanam & Janya of Which Mela kartha- The examiner sings a song and students have to identify the raga of the song and write the Arohanam & Avarohanam along with the Kartha name
5. Thala & Gati- The examiner sings a song and students have to identify the raga of the song and write the thalam along with the gati

Session 2 :(Noon)

For  remaining 120 Marks, students will have to sing/ play using the instrument a composition under the headings below:

1. Ata thala Varnam
2. Pancharathnam (Only Gana raga pancharathnam)
3. Swarajathi (Only Swarajathi of Shyama Sasthri)
4. Raga Malika
5. Padam
6. Javali
7. Thillana
8. Daru
9. Krithis
10. Ashtapathi
11. Tharangam
12. Raga Alapanai & Karpanaswaram (Any Raga & Karpana swaram for krithi in same raga)

Each of the above carries 10 marks. In addition, the examiner will also give you a paper with a notation on it. The Raga and Thala will be mentioned. We need to sing the same in the raga mentioned and the thala specified.

All the best to all students appearing for Higher exam and I hope the above information is useful to you!

Bhajan sandhya (Sweet memories)

Bhajan Sandhya
Bhajan Sandhya, as the name suggests is the event of the evening. We OSAC, Old students of Chinmaya perform bhajans, singing in praise of the Lord. The idea of the bhajan sandhya to my knowledge was initiated by our Ganesh anna, a CHYK. He has always encouraged us in all spiritual endeavors. So planned, we started this event in our school, performing on the eve of our Gurudev swami chinmayanandha's Aradhana day.

Bhajan Sandhya 2008- The first initiative

This was our first year and we started preparing with the songs we had sung in the school bhajans. This year's bhajan sandhya comprised of songs for all the Gods. We had Tabla and Mridangam accompanying us. The singers as in below photo ( top row- from left: Thushara, viji, karthikeyan, Ghayathri, Hema sri; Bottom row: Harish with mirudhangam, mukunth, aravind, shobana, srinidhi,Sriram and Raghavan)

Bhajan Sandhya 2009

We have our school at srirangam. It has a neat campus with a hanumanji temple. OSAC can be called as a group of friends/ people of similar age group performing deeds. Though the Goals and objectives are yet to be made specific, the path we have walked so far has been great. Personally, I felt happiness being ONE with them, ONE among them.

Learning- I would say are many. Team work, understanding of every indivudual, respect for every person, patience, punctuality, dedication, and the list prolongs.
It helped me understand more about myself and my role as an OSAC. I had the wonderful opportunity to co-ordinate the event- LOGIN.

LOGIN is the summer camp we enjoy every summer with kids. I must say I became one among the little kids enjoying, singing, dancing with them. Nothing mattered to me. I lost the identity of ME. I was ONE with them.

LOGIN gave wonderful brothers and sisters who are all fun to be with. No words to describe the fun and happiness. I cherish all the moments shared with my friends.

The trips to kollimalai, thiru eengoi malai, thirunelvaeli, thiruchendur, kanyakumari are memorable. Special mention here goes to our Swamiji, Ganesh anna who has been a guide for all of us.

K J Yesudas Anna Katcheri

25/12/2009

It was the Music season popularly told as the december season or Marghazhi season. The music was the only thing in the air just as I breathe. The days looked beautiful and colorful. All the magazines, TV shows were all so colorful with traditional and classical looks. All the silk saries, colorful rangolies, Lamps, traditional food varieties. Smelt so sweet.

Every year I never Miss Yesudas anna katcheri. He has been myManaseega Mentor from Kinder garden. It was his Sarana tharangini that brought out the Music in me. It not only developed the Music, it taught me Tamil, It taught me Bhakthi and a sense of happiness which I cherished the most in my childhood.

I continuously heard 5 concerts in the year 2007 as I was in chennai for my Project. I couldn make it in 2008 as I was in training in Bangalore. This year, I made to 2 of his Katcheries- One at YGP auditorium and another at Vani Mahal. I listen to many people's singing. But personally I feel that only His Majestic voice probs through my heart. I am not a person with deep knowledge in the music. But I can always understand the emotions that each Raga bring forth and thereby find the raga.

I wait the whole concert to hear few songs out of his Voice to mention:

En naenjil palli kondavan

Enna varam

Kannanai kandayoo

Enna punniyam saeidhaeno

Uyyala Jampalalo

and in special Harivarasanam

Blessed are few who have such melodious voice. Thank you das anna. I am blessed to hear your voice. The medium to reach GOD is music and I feel myself in the right path hearing you sing.

Thank you so much.

Left the hall with his autograph like the prasadham and a heart so light:)

Shanmugapriya, my favourite raga

SHANMUGAPRIYA.. My favourite raga
 
There are a lot more songs in this raga like
Kadhal kasakkuthaiya,
Marandhirundhu paarkum,
Tham thananam thana thalam varum
Here is one from the hands of The Mastreo
Thaalaatum Poongaatru Naanallavaa
Harris Jayaraj also has given amasterpiece in his first movie with Shanmugapriya
"Mudharkanavae mudharkanae marupadi aen vandhai"

There are few the classical songs in this raga too
Saravana bava enum thirumandhiram
Vilayada ithu nerama
Siddhi vinayagam and many more..