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MADRAS MUSIC MELA 2001
LECTURE-DEMONSTRATION SCHEDULE FOR THE MUSIC ACADEMY
75th Annual Conference at the Kasturi Srinivasan Hall 15 - 12 - 2001 to 01 - 01- 2002
Venue: 168, T T K Road, Chennai
Agenda of the Conference
President : Vidwan Umayalpuram K Sivaraman
| DATE | TIME | TOPIC |
| 15th December 2001 | 8.00 am | Kanthimati Santhanam Group - Shodasa Ganapati Dhyanam |
| 8.30 am | Dr. M B Vedavalli - Ugaboga, Suladi and Vachanas | |
| 9.30 am | S Manjulamma - Harikatha in Sanskrit - (P B Sarvarayulugaru Endowment) | |
| 16th December 2001 | 8.00 am | Sankara Ganamrutham Group - Disciples of Thanjavur Sankara Iyer - Irai Pamalai |
| 8.30 am | Dr Nagalakshmi Suryanarayan - Post Trinity Composers - Composers from Karnataka (Sri Ramanarayana Sarma Endowment) | |
| 9.30 am | Dr R S Santhakumari - Compositions of T Lakshmana Pillai (Nachimuthu Gounder Rukmani Ammal Charitable Trust in memory of Rukmani Nachimuthu Gounder) | |
| 17th December
2001
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8.00 am | Champa Kumar Group - Thirupugazh - "Aarupadai Veedu" |
| 8.30 am | R S Jayalakshmi - B Balasubramanyam - Kuravi Lalitha - Geeta, Taya, Alapana | |
| 9.30 am | Dr Rita Rajan - Jatiswara / Swarajati | |
| 18th December 2001 | 8.00 am | "Subhasruti" Dr Mathangi Ramakrishnan Group - Songs on Godess Durga |
| 8.30 am | M A Bhageerati - Musical Prabandas | |
| 9.30 am | Sangita Kalanidhi Papa Venkatramaiah Centenary Celebrations | |
| 19th December 2001 | 8.00 am | Nadamuni Bhajans Sangh - Stuti Manjari |
| 8.30 am | Madhavi Rajagopalan - Compositions of "Kumara Ettendra" (Chellammal Natarajan Endowment lecture) | |
| 9.30 am | Lakshmi Viswanathan - Dance Lecture Demonstration - "The Romance and Ragas of Padams" | |
| 20th December 2001 | 8.00 am | B Ramamurthu Rao - Sri Purandaradasa Compositions |
| 8.30 am | Sangeeta Iswaran - Dance Lecture Demonstration - "The Ramayana in the performing Arts of Southeast Asia - A comparison with respect to the Thai, Cambodian and Indonesian Traditions". | |
| 9.30 am | Fabrizio Cassol - The Greatness of Carnatic Music - Melody and Rhythm and its adaptability to Jazz, Fusion concert in the west. | |
| 21st December 2001 | 8.00 am | Surmangal Group - Jayadeva's Ashtapadi songs. |
| 8.30 am | Sriram Parasuram - The structure of Kriti (Alamelu Narayana Sarma Award) | |
| 9.30 am | B Rajam Iyer - Twenty two srutis in Raga Bhairavi. | |
| 22nd December 2001 | 8.00 am | Geetha Nivedhana Trust - Sri Ramadootam Sirasa Namami |
| 8.30 am | S R Janakiraman - The suitability of the different types of ragas for the different types of Musical compositions. | |
| 9.30 am | Harold Powers - Verbal and musical rhythms (Dr V Raghavan Shashtyabdapurti Endowment) | |
| 23rd December 2001 | 8.00 am | Sunadam Group - Suguna Purushothaman - Pasurams |
| 8.30 am | Valayapettai R Krishnan - Mahabharata in Tiruppugazh (M Ganesa Iyer Birth Centenary Memorial Lecture) | |
| 9.30 am | Vainika Vidya Shankar - Tala Anubhavas of the Trinity | |
| 24th December 2001 | 8.00 am | Sri Tripurasundari Sametha Sri Adipureeswara Tevara Patasalai group - Tevaram songs. |
| 8.30 am | Dr S A K Durga - Layam in Musicological perspective (Brinda Varadarajan Memorial Lecture) | |
| 9.30 am | Suguna Purushotaman - Trinity Compositions - (T S Sabesa Iyer Endowment for Bodhaka Award) | |
| 25th December 2001 | 8.00 am | Devaganavali group - Tarangams of Sri Narayana Teertha. |
| 8.30 am | B R Kumar - Moovar Tevaram - 'Thodudaya' - Tirugnanasambandar. (Nachimuthu Gounder Rukmani Ammal Charitable Trust in memory of P Nachimuthu Gounder) | |
| 9.30 am | Dr Pappu Venugopala Rao - Connotation of Padas and Kritis. | |
| 26th Decemeber 2001 | 8.00 am | Lakshmi Hariharan Group - Songs on Mangadu Amman |
| 8.30 am | Dr A Manavalan - Nalayira Divya Prabhandam (Nachimuthu Gounder Rukmani Ammal Charitable Trust in memory of K Palani Gounder) | |
| 9.30 am | Dr Mani Krishnaswami assisting by Suguna Varadachari - Sangatis in Compositions. | |
| 27th December 2001 | 8.00 am | Sangita Alayam group - Bhajans in different languages. |
| 8.30 am | Dr M Narmada - Raga Oriented Compositions. | |
| 9.30 am | Bangalore K Venkatram - Rhythmic innovations for percussion ensembles. | |
| 28th December 2001 | 8.00 am | Brihat Kalyan group - Rama Nataka Kirtanas of Arunachala Kavirayar. |
| 8.30 am | Trichy Shankaran | |
| 9.30 am | Nirmala Ramachandran - Dance Lecture Demonstration "Aesthetics of Pandanallur Tradition - Nritta, Nritya and Abinaya. | |
| 29th December 2001 | 8.00 am | Meera Kedarnathan Group - Versus of Sri Adi Shankara & Mahakavi Kalidasa. |
| 8.30 am | Dr Prameela Gurumurthy - Sirkhazhi Moovar - Musical Reference in Tiruvisaippa and Tiruppallandu - the 9th Thirumurai. (Nachimuthu Gounder Rukmani Ammal Charitable Trust in memory of Chellammal Palani Gounder) | |
| 9.30 am | R Vedavalli - Pallavi Singing. | |
| 30th December 2001 | 8.00 am | Sri Ganapathi Sachchidananda Trust Ashram group - Compositions on Sri Ganapati. |
| 8.30 am | Sulochana Pattabhi Raman - Ekaika Kriti Ragas. | |
| 9.30 am | Umayalpuram K Sivaraman - Laya Dhara - My Rhythmic Compositions. | |
| 31st December 2001 | 8.00 am | Sivan Arts Academy - Devotional songs of various composers. |
| 8.30 am to 10.30 am | Raga
Lakshana - Lesser known ragas/ Allied Ragas - Discussions.
1. V Subramanyam 2. S R Janakiraman 3. N Ramanathan 4. Dr Mani Krishnaswami 5. Dr N Ramani. | |
| 01 January 2002 | 8.00 am | The teachers' College of Music, Music Academy - Krishna Ganam |
| 8.30 am to 10.30 am | Summing up of Conference Proceedings and open house. |
Posted on 1st December 2001
