ANNUAL CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 2018
Academic Sessions
December 16, 2018 – January 1, 2019
PRESIDED BY Vidūṣi Aruna Sairam
Convenor: Sri Sriram V
Discussions open to audience after comments from the Members of the Expert Committee
Admission: Open to all, first come first served basis
(right of admission reserved)
| Lecdem No | Time | Speaker | Topic |
| 16.12.2018 –Sunday | |||
| 8.00 am -8.25 am | Senior Students of ASCM, Music Academy | DEVOTIONAL MUSIC | |
| Lecdem 1 | 8.30 am – 9.25 am | Vidwan D Balakrishna | The Operas of PT Narasimhachar, with focus on the music by Sangita Kalanidhi Mysore V Doreswami Iyengar |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.30 am – 10.25 am | Dr. AR Venkatachalapathy | Creativity and Copyright, from the experience of Subramania Bharathi’s works |
| 17.12.2018 – Monday | |||
| 8.00 am – 8.25 am | Junior Students of ASCM, Music Academy | DEVOTIONAL MUSIC | |
| Lecdem 1 | 8.30 am – 10.00 am | Vidushi Vijayalakshmi Subramaniam, Sushri S Janaki, Smt. Ramani Dharmaraja and Shri Ramachandran Mahadevan (Lalitharam) |
Sangita Kala Acharya S Rajam – a centenary tribute |
| 18.12.2018 – Tuesday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Dr. Harini Srivatsa | Parur Style of Violin Play, a Study |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Prof. Maragaret Bastin | Arutpas of Vallalar Ramalinga Swamigal |
| 19.12.2018 – Wednesday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Vidushi Sumithra Vasudev | The Melaragamalika of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Vidushi Malavika Sarukkai | Tradition and Change in Bharatanatyam |
| 20.12.2018 – Thursday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Shri M Ravindra Narayanan and Shri P Sridhar |
Music of Sri Ramanasramam |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Dr. Premeela Gurumurthy | Metrical Forms in Sambandar Thevaram |
| 21.12.2018 – Friday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Vidwan RK Shriramkumar | An insight into the Chaturdasa Ragamalika of Muthuswami Dikshitar |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Dr. Radha Bhasker (moderator), Vidwan Neyveli Santhanagopalan, Dr. RS Jayalakshmi, Dr. Sriram Parasuram |
Panel Discussion – The Importance of Sahitya in Carnatic Music |
| 22.12.2018 – Saturday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Vidushi Kamala Shankar | The Shankar Slide Guitar |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Pt Ajay Chakraborty accompanied by Vidwan Indranil Bhaduri |
The Gharanas of Hindustani Music |
| 23.12.2018 – Sunday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Vidwan Sadguru Charan | Panchamukhi Tala Avadhana |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Dr. Arati Rao | Interesting insights into Ugābhōga-s based on Thanjavur manuscript notations |
| 24.12.2018 – Monday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Vidwan Srikantham Nagendra Sastry | Maharajah Jayachamaraja Wodeyar – a centenary tribute |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Vidushi Lalitha Sivakumar and Vidushi S Nityashree Mahadevan |
Sangita Kalanidhi DK Pattammal and her music – a centenary tribute |
| 25.12.2018 – Tuesday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Dr. TS Sathyavathi | The Vachanas of Basavanna and Akka Mahadevi |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Vidushi Shanta Dhananjayan with senior students of Bharata Kalanjali |
Abhinaya Karana (Based on Bharatarnava of Nandikeswara & Natyasastra of Bharatamuni) Positions for Mudras & hastas with facial expressions |
| 26.12.2018 – Wednesday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Shri KPS Sivakumar & Dr. Rama Kausalya | Sangita Kalanidhi Thanjavur KP Sivanandam – a centenary tribute |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Vidushi Charumati Ramachandran | Rare Purandara Dasa kritis from the Lalithangi / Sangita Kalanidhi ML Vasanthakumari school |
| 27.12.2018 – Thursday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Dr. Arimalam Padmanabhan | Vannams in Kamba Ramayanam |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Vidwan Rama Chakkyar Vidwan Kaladharan Viswanath |
Chakkyar Koothu |
| 28.12.2018 – Friday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Vidwan Thanjavur Ramadas | Mridangam Techniques of Sangita Kalanidhi Palghat TS Mani Iyer |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Smt. Nithya Balaji and Dr. Ram Naidu | Smt Vidya Shankar – a centenary tribute |
| 29.12.2018 – Saturday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | . Vidushi Kalyani Ganesan | Chittaswarams composed by Vainikas |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Vidushi Aruna Sairam | The impact of Bhajana Sampradaya on Carnatic Music |
| 30.12.2018 – Sunday | |||
| Lecdem 1 | 8.05 am – 9.00 am | Vidwan Shashi Vyas accompanied by Vidwan Aditya Oke | From Bal Gandharva to Anand Gandharva – a study of Marathi Natya Sangeet |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.05 am – 10.00 am | Vidushis Ranjani and Gayathri | Leveraging the Tukkada |
| 31.12.2018 – Monday | |||
| 8.00 am – 8.30 am | Anugrah Lakshmanan Group | DEVOTIONAL MUSIC | |
| Lecdem 1 | 8.30 am – 9.25am | Dr Ritha Rajan | The Music Books of Kakinada CS Krishnaswami Iyer |
| Lecdem 2 | 9.30 am – 10.25 am | Dr K Omanakutty | Some rare classical compositions in Malayalam |
| 01.01.2019 – Tuesday | |||
| 8.00 am – 8.30 am | Gnyaneshwar Bhajan Mandali | Devotional Music | |
| 8.35 am- 9.30 am | Experts Committee Members & Audience | Open House | |
Conferences and Concerts
