committee member and volunteer:
33nd annual
Navaratri Festival of Indian Music and Dance
October, 2009
Center for the Arts
Wesleyan University
Middletown, Connecticut
http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/events.html#navaratri
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bamboo flute:
Saturday Passport Series - South Indian Music & Dance
Saturday, September 26, 2009, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Middletown's vibrant Carnatic music and Bharata Natyam dance performers join together for an afternoon of performance, demonstration and audience participation. Musicians will demonstrate their instruments and discuss basic South Indian musical principles. Dancer Anand Venkatachalam will demonstrate and explain hand gestures, footwork and talk about the differences between Abhinaya (storytelling) and Nritta (pure dance).
Location: Green Street Dance Studio
Green Street Arts Center
51 Green St., Middletown, CT 06457
Admission: Free
http://www.wesleyan.edu/greenstreet
telephone contact: 860-685-7871
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South Indian flute:
Arangetram - South Indian Bharatanatyam dance performance
by a student of Alka Shah
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Landmark Theater, Port Washington, NY
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bamboo flute for Indian music and dance:
Green Street Arts Center open house
date: Sun., Sept. 13
http://www.wesleyan.edu/greenstreet/Fall2009OpeningDay.htmllocation: 51 Green St., Middletown, CT 06457
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bari sax, flute, mbira, clarinet:
P O N D E R 2
Saturday, September 12
location: 64 Prout Hill Rd., Middletown, CT 06457
"Cosmic Hue" - improvising on woodwinds and electronics
with Bob Nasta at 9am
"Tennischerzo" - improvising on bari sax with a large ensemble
during a tennis match at 6pm
http://michaelpestel.com/projects/ponder/ponderprogram.html
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South Indian flute:
Rangapravesham
South Indian Kuchipudi dance performance
by a student of Prafulla Velury
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Providence, RI
http://www.kuchipudiRI.com/
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bari saxophone, etc.:
Children's Circus
Oddfellows Playhouse
Middletown, Connecticut
5pm, Friday, July 31, 2009
http://www.oddfellows.org
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Music Director and performer:
The Taming of the Shrew
produced by Art Farm
7pm, July 16-19 & 23-26, 2009
Middlesex Community College
Middletown, CT
http://www.art-farm.org
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guest musician:
Gamelan Kusuma Laras
Gamelan of the New York Indonesian Consulate
presents
Wayang Kulit
shadow puppet theater of Java
May 16, 2009
http://nygamelan.com
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Editor of the publication:
A Celebration of Silent Sounds, the literary
publication of the Middletown Public Schools
readings by drama students and awards to writers
Tuesday, May 5, 2009, 7pm
World Music Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
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Director of the Youth Gamelan:
Gamelan concert featuring Wesleyan gamelan
ensembles and the Youth Gamelan
Saturday, May 2, 2009, 3pm
World Music Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
info, directions, tickets: http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
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member of the group:
Wesleyan Gamelan Ensemble
Music and Dance of Java Spring Concert
Thursday, April 30, 2009, 8pm
World Music Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
info, directions, tickets: http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa
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guest musician:
The Boston Village Gamelan
a community group performing traditional Javanese music
3pm, Sunday, April 19, 2009
Granoff Music Center
Tufts University, Medford, MA
http://bvg.home.comcast.net/~bvg/
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live sound and audio recording engineer:
Raga Club of Connecticut presents:
April 26, 2009 at 4:00 PM: Carnatica Brothers; Shashikiran and Ganesh (Vocals) – Nagai Sriram (Violin) – Guruvayur Dorai (Mrdangam)
May 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM: Keyboard Sathya – Embar Kannan (Violin) – Poongulam Subramaniam (Mrdangam) – Krishnababu (Talam)
May 31, 2009 at 4:00 PM: Neyveli Sri Santanagopalan (Vocal) – S.D. Sridhar (Violin) – Tanjore Murugabhoopati (Mrdangam)
http://www.ragact.org
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classical South Indian flute:
Students of Wesleyan University
performance at the
Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana
8am, Sunday, April 12, 2009, Waetjen Auditorium
Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio
http://www.aradhana.org
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classical South Indian flute:
Abhogi to Kadanakuthalam
Wesleyan Indian Music Students
house concert, Glastonbury, Connecticut
4pm, Sunday, April 5, 2009
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percussionist:
She Unnames Them
A Senior Thesis Opera by Xiaoxi Tu
A post-modern opera in two acts, with gamelan, hoe-downs, raps, and aria's from the mind of Xiaoxi Tu. Inspired by Ursula K. Le Guin's short story about Adam and Eve naming (and unnaming) the animals in the Garden of Eden.
Saturday April 4: 7pm and Sunday April 5: 2pm, 7pm
World Music Hall, Wesleyan University
http://wesleyan.facebook.com/event.php?eid=58094211723
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musical accompanist:
DanceMasters
modern dance master classes
Center for the Arts, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
March 7 & 8, 2009
http://www.wesleyan.edu/cfa/dancemasters
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guest musician on percussion:
The Wesleyan University Chinese Music Ensemble
Lunar New Year Celebration
7pm, Saturday, February 7, 2009
Beckham Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
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member of the ensemble:
Wesleyan Gamelan
special performance as part of the Ives Vocal Marathon
10pm, Friday, January 30, 2009
World Music Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT
http://www.ivesvocalmarathon.com
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