Morning Academic Sessions
December 16, 2008 January 1, 2009
TIMINGS : Invocation : 8.00 a.m. Lecture Demos including discussions : 8.05 a.m. 09.35 a.m.
Discussions open to audience after comments from the Experts Committee members
16.12.08 Tuesday Sangita Kala Acharya S R Janakiraman
Member, Experts Committee, Chennai
Some Eka Kriti Ragas of Thyagaraja Vijayavasantham, Dundubhi, Kaikavasi, Supradeepam, Deepakam, Gaanavaaridhi and Vardhani
17.12.08 Wednesday
Lecdem 1 Dr. Achutsankar Nair
Trivandrum
Demystifying Swathi Tirunal
Lecdem 2 Vidvan P. Muthukumaraswamy M.M. Dandapani Desikars Compositions
18.12.08 Thursday Dr. T S Sathyavathi
Bangalore
Relevance of Maanasollaasa to present day music
19.12.08 Friday
Lecdem 1 Dr. Sachidevi
Bangalore
Soolaadi structural analysis
Lecdem 2 Vidushi Sudha Raghunathan
Musician, Chennai
A comparative study of Dasara Padagalu
20.12.08 Saturday
Lecdem 1 Dr. Shubha Choudhri
Associate Director General, Archives and Research Centre for Ethnomusicology, AIIS, New Delhi
Creating and maintaining music Archives
Lecdem 2 Sri. Jaya Chandran Tiruvarur stalam as interpreted in Smt. Rukmini Devis Choreography In Rupamu Joochi Varnam
21.12.08 Sunday Prof. Trichy Sankaran
(Toronto Canada) Member, Experts Committee
Multifacets of Khandam and Thrisram with a special reference to Guru Sri Pazhani Subramania Pillai style
22.12.08 Monday
Lecdem 1 Sri. Vikram Sampath
Bangalore
Mysore as seat of Music
Lecdem 2 Vidvan K.G.Vijay Krishnan
Hyderabad
Comparing the music and language faculties in humans
23.12.08 Tuesday
Lecdem 1 Vidushi Ganga Ramachandran
Chennai
Contribution of Ennappadam Venkatarama Bhagavatar (1880 1961) Rare ragas
Lecdem 2 Vidvan N Ravikiran
Musician Musicologist, Chennai
Oottukkadu Venkata Kavi - perspectives through Internal Evidence
24.12.08 Wednesday  
Lecdem 1 Vidvan Suhash Vyas
Mumbai
Bandishes of Pt. CR Vyas
Lecdem 2 Vidvan Sriram Parasuram Hindusthani Ragas and their adaptation in Carnatic Music
25.12. 08 Thursday Sangita Kalanidhi Nedunuri Krishnamurthy
Member, Experts Committee (Andhra)
supported by Malladi Brothers
Annamacharyas compositions and music composed by Nedunuri to them
26.12.08 Friday  
Lecdem 1 Vidushi Rajasree Ramakrishna
(Dept of Music, University of Madras)
An analytical study of the abhyasa gaana in Sangita Sarvaarthasaara Sangrahamu
Demo 2 Vidushi Kalyani Sharma
Mumbai
Bodhaka Award Performance by her students
27.12.08 Saturday  
Lecdem 1 Sangita Kalanidhi T K Govinda Rao
Member, Experts Committee, Chennai
Periasami Thoorans compositions
Lecdem 2 Vidvan Tiruchi R. Thayumanavan Konnakkol
28.12.08 Sunday Vidvan Sangita Kalanidhi - Designate A K C Natarajan with
Vidvan B M Sundaram
Member, Experts Committee, Puducherry
  Clarinet and Nadaswaram a comparative analysis
29.12.08 Monday Vidvan Meegada Ramalinga Swamy (Andhra) Vidushi Jayasree Anandaraj
(Karnataka) Vidvan Arimalam Padmanabhan
(Tamil Nadu)
  Thematic Presentation Music of the Regional Theatresof Telugu, Kannada and Tamil  
30.12.08 Tuesday Prof. Rithvik Sanyal
Benares Hindu University, Varanasi
Different Schools and Styles of Dhrupad Singing
31.12.08 Wednesday Sangita Kalanidhi R Vedavalli
Member, Experts Committee, Chennai

Moderator

Vidushi Suguna Purushothaman
Member, Experts Committee, Chennai Sangita Kala Acharya Chingleput Ranganathan
Member, Experts Committee, Chennai

Dr. N. Ramanathan
Member, Experts Committee, Chennai

Dr. Ritha Rajan Chennai
  Ragalakshana Session : Dealing with Ragas Rudrapriya, Kaanada, Karnaataka kapi and Durbaar”
1.1.2009 Thursday  
8.00 to 8.20 Students of Teachers College of Music Purandaradasa Compositions
8.25 to 9.20 Experts Committee Members OPEN HOUSE