| Press Release |
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| The Jindal Arts Centre of the National Centre for the Performing Arts organizes a series of workshops to promote art and culture that aims to provide participants with a new understanding of art and artists starting from October 2007. |
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 The first of the series is an exciting workshop that aims to provide young children and youth with exposure to a premiere quality of performing arts. The "sing-a-long" sessions will celebrate the history of the Indian Independence movement through music. Through specially selected songs, they will: make the participants aware of the variety and diversity of Indian music by teaching them compositions from different genres; show the participants that music is a way of protesting or of spreading a social or a political message; introduce concepts such as taal, raag, badhat etc through the songs; look at specific historic events through verse and song; introduce the participants to composers, lyricists/poets, singers, musicians beyond the 'celebrity musicians' currently seen on television and the media. The workshop will culminate in a presentation by the students in the Little Theatre - giving their parents and friends a chance to appreciate the children's newly developed skills. |
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| Music and the Independence movement would be rendered by Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan from 28th October to 2nd November from 3.30pm to 5.30pm daily. |
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| Shubha Mudgal is one of the most versatile and popular performers in India. She has been trained by stalwarts such as Ram Ashreya Jha, Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, Vasant Thakar, Jitendra Abhisheki, Kumar Gandharva, and Naina Devi, Equally at ease with khayal and thumri-dadra as with Indipop and contemporary cross cultural experiments, Shubha is also recognized as a composer. |
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| Aneesh Pradhan is among the country's most accomplished tabla players. He has spent time at the University of New England, Australia as 'artist in residence', lectured at the Music Department, University of Mumbai and several other universities in other countries. A student as well as teacher of music, he has received a scholarship for advanced training in tabla instituted by the Government of India and the Aditya Birla Kala Kiran Award. |
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| The Jindal Arts Centre was established in 1994 on invitation of the National Centre for the Performing Arts. It operates as an independent body under the umbrella of the NCPA, providing a platform for a wide range of activities encompassing the various art forms - music, dance, theatre, film and the visual arts. The centre encourages creative interaction between these arts and promotes art awareness by organizing shows, exhibitions, workshops, lectures and more. |
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| Programme Details: |
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| Music and the Independence Movement By Shubha Mudgal and Aneesh Pradhan |
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| Dates |
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Sunday, October 28 to Saturday, November 2, 2007 |
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3.30pm to 5.30pm daily |
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| Venue |
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AV Room / Little Theatre |
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| Fees |
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Rs.750/- for all 6 sessions |
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| A limited number of seats are available for children between 10 to 15 years. |
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| For registrations and enquiries please contact Severina Fernandes on 24917954 between 11am and 5pm or email jacic.jswf@gmail.com |
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