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UNH to Feature Classical South Indian Music Nov. 21

WEST HAVEN, CONN. --- A workshop and concert featuring the classical music of South India will take place at the University of New Haven on Thursday, Nov. 21.

 

The workshop will take place from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m., and the concert will begin at 6 p.m. Both will be in University Theater in Dodds Hall on the University’s West Haven campus, 300 Boston Post Road, and are free and open to the public. 

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The performance will feature vocalist B. Balasubrahmaniyan.  accompanied by violin, mrdangam (double-headed drum), kanjira (frame drum) and tamboura (drone lute).

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South Indian classical music is considered one of the most sophisticated music traditions in the world, and the associated drumming on mrdangam is regarding as among the most complex percussion traditions. 

 

The music featured will be Carnatic, a system of music commonly associated with the southern part of the Indian subcontinent. It is one of two main sub-genres of Indian classical music that evolved from ancient Hindu traditions. The main emphasis in Carnatic music is on vocal music; most compositions are written to be sung, and even when played on instruments, they are meant to be performed in gāyaki (singing) style.

 

Balasubrahmaniyan performs and teaches Karnatak music in India and in the United States. He is a regular performer on All India Radio and Doordarshan television, He is an adjunct professor of music at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn.

 

Other performers include:


L. Ramakrishnan began his study of music at age two and performed his first solo concert at the age of 12 in Mumbai. He has performed all over India and across the United States. 

 

David Nelson plays the mridangam and has been performing and teaching South Indian drumming since 1975, He is an adjunct professor of music at Wesleyan University, and he has written extensively on South Indian drumming.

 

Sriram Ramesh performs on the Khanjira, drums, rhythm pads and morsing (a wind-percussion instrument). 

 

The University of New Haven is a private, top-tier comprehensive institution recognized as a national leader in experiential education. Founded in 1920 on the campus of Yale University in cooperation with Northeastern University, UNH moved to its current West Haven campus in 1960. The University operates a satellite campus in Tuscany, Italy, and offers programs at several locations throughout Connecticut and in New Mexico. UNH provides its students with a unique combination of a solid liberal arts education and real-world, hands-on career and research opportunities. The University enrolls approximately 6,400 students, including nearly 1,800 graduate students and more than 4,600 undergraduates – the majority of whom reside in University housing. Through its College of Arts and Sciences, College of Business, Henry C. Lee College of Criminal Justice and Forensic Sciences, Tagliatela College of Engineering, and College of Lifelong & eLearning, UNH offers 75 undergraduate and graduate degree programs. UNH students have access to more than 50 study abroad programs worldwide, and its student-athletes compete in 16 varsity sports in the NCAA Division II’s highly competitive Northeast-10 Conference.

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