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Music and Fine Arts Univ in Chennai: Admissions to Post-Grad courses

Admission to the post-graduate courses at Tamil Nadu Music and Fine Arts University is now open. MA degree courses in vocal, veena, mridangam, nadaswaram, violin and in Bharatanatyam are offered over two years. The MFA course is run part time (over weekends and over a period of 3 years) and it offers painting and visual communication. All info is posted at www.tnmfau.ac.in  Phone: 044-24629035. The varsity functions in the TN Music College campus in R. A. Puram in south Chennai.

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RTP contest for young singers; Mangaluru

Sangeetha Parishath based in Mangalore is organising a RTP vocal competition for Carnatic music artistes / students with a age limit of below 25 years.  Contact Krishna Moorthy for details @ 9480432780 or refer Parishath's Facebook page

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Carnatic-Western percussion music; workshop in Bengaluru

Have you ever wondered how percussionists create rhythmic patterns, with numbers? How they improvise? And most importantly, how emotions are expressed in rhythm? Sunaadam Trust presents in Bengaluru on August 15 an interactive presentation and workshop by ghatam maestro Sukanya Ramgopal and drummer Avinash Srinivas. The workshop will cover the basics of Carnatic and Western rhythms and see how they dialogue with each other. Who can participate?
Anyone curious about Carnatic and Western rhythm systems are welcome to participate. The session is open to all age groups. The seating is limited, so register for the workshop asap.For registrations, call - 9535462794 /9980959759

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Workshop on Purandara Dasa kritis; Chennai

Vocalist Vasudha Kesav will hold a workshop on Purandara Dasa kritis on Oct.28 in Chennai. It is on from 10am to 11.30 am at Narada Gana Sabha mini hall, Chennai. A press note says Vasudha Kesav is a award holder for Dasar compositions and has been an expert trainer for students performing in the Cleaveland music festival under Sustaining Sampradhaya program. She has been under the tutelege of many gurus like H S Mahalakshmi and P S Narayanaswamy. Her grandfather, Hemmige Srirangachar, was a court musician of H H Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV (Mysore). Vasudha has been performing for over two and a half decades, an A-grade artist in AIR, Doordarshan and has many awards to her credit. Registration must be done before October 22 at following the link https://goo.gl/forms/OF2Z7YukUXwNI1wz2 Fees:  Rs. 100 per participant. Contact - 9840182538, 9840029480

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