Musical Workshop
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Musical Workshop By Devaganavali Trust
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devaganavalitrust
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prashant
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It was a privilege to attend this workshop. The weekend's activities commenced with an introductory speech by Sri D. R. Santhanam, Trustee of the dEvaganAvaLi Trust, following which the workshop was inaugurated by senior advocate and mrudanga vidvAn Sri K. C. Rajappa.
25+ students were then taught the first 36 rAgAs of this grand piece under the attentive, articulate, and affectionate supervision of Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. R. Vedavalli. Detailed notations were provided which were very useful.
Smt. Vedavalli explained several lines of this piece in great detail, with emphasis on Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan's poetic and literary skill in embedding the rAgA name in each line. The musical acumen of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan was also elaborated on, especially in the way the CiTTaswaras in each rAgA were constructed to avoid repetition of rhythmic and melodic structures. Smt. Vedavalli's teaching and explanation was a window into her deep understanding of this composition, which she learnt from her Guru, Sangita Kalanidhi Mudikondan Sri Venkatarama Iyer.
It was extremely heartening to see such committed participation from students of music of all ages. It was a treat for me to spend time with our knowledgeable and erudite forum member Sri Nandagopal [knandago2001] who traveled all the way from Kolkata to attend this workshop. I was also happy to meet satya_vrathan, also a member of this forum, who attended from his home in Trichy.
I am eagerly looking forward to the second instalment of this workshop, which is likely to be held in June. My sincere thanks to Smt. Vedavalli for sharing her knowledge with us participants, and also to her students in Chennai who helped to put together this workshop in a most efficient and smooth way.
25+ students were then taught the first 36 rAgAs of this grand piece under the attentive, articulate, and affectionate supervision of Sangita Kalanidhi Smt. R. Vedavalli. Detailed notations were provided which were very useful.
Smt. Vedavalli explained several lines of this piece in great detail, with emphasis on Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan's poetic and literary skill in embedding the rAgA name in each line. The musical acumen of Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan was also elaborated on, especially in the way the CiTTaswaras in each rAgA were constructed to avoid repetition of rhythmic and melodic structures. Smt. Vedavalli's teaching and explanation was a window into her deep understanding of this composition, which she learnt from her Guru, Sangita Kalanidhi Mudikondan Sri Venkatarama Iyer.
It was extremely heartening to see such committed participation from students of music of all ages. It was a treat for me to spend time with our knowledgeable and erudite forum member Sri Nandagopal [knandago2001] who traveled all the way from Kolkata to attend this workshop. I was also happy to meet satya_vrathan, also a member of this forum, who attended from his home in Trichy.
I am eagerly looking forward to the second instalment of this workshop, which is likely to be held in June. My sincere thanks to Smt. Vedavalli for sharing her knowledge with us participants, and also to her students in Chennai who helped to put together this workshop in a most efficient and smooth way.
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devaganavalitrust
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Dear Prashant,
Thanks for the nice note. Thanks to all of you, who made this event possible. Yes, a special mention for the students who came from stations outside Chennai. It is their love for music , that has driven them to be here, including yourself.
Smt.RV, is such an excellent teacher, that words cannot describe her fine sense of music and her ability to transfer knowledge. It was indeed a fortunate thing to be able to learn from her.
She also has the knack of pinning down microscopically on the subtle notes and features of raga, tala ,bhava, pronunciation and explaining it to the students. She does not tire of repeating herself, neither does she proceed till she gets a satisfactory output from the student.
Her tips on handling the subtleties of swaras or phrases is unique and it really opens up the students mind to think beyond. In today's music world, she is one of the best 'walking - talking- singing' universities, an aspiring student of music can get.
Her clarity of the subject, her research bent of mind and her steadfastness to the art and its discipline is noteworthy and something which every music aspirant should emulate.
Though initially the composition seemed daunting, many of us may have found out that she made the whole thing so easy, that by the second day of the workshop, each one of us were humming some of the tunes effortlessly.
We are looking forward to host Part 2 of this, sometime in June and shall soon work it out.
Sivapriya Krishnan.
Thanks for the nice note. Thanks to all of you, who made this event possible. Yes, a special mention for the students who came from stations outside Chennai. It is their love for music , that has driven them to be here, including yourself.
Smt.RV, is such an excellent teacher, that words cannot describe her fine sense of music and her ability to transfer knowledge. It was indeed a fortunate thing to be able to learn from her.
She also has the knack of pinning down microscopically on the subtle notes and features of raga, tala ,bhava, pronunciation and explaining it to the students. She does not tire of repeating herself, neither does she proceed till she gets a satisfactory output from the student.
Her tips on handling the subtleties of swaras or phrases is unique and it really opens up the students mind to think beyond. In today's music world, she is one of the best 'walking - talking- singing' universities, an aspiring student of music can get.
Her clarity of the subject, her research bent of mind and her steadfastness to the art and its discipline is noteworthy and something which every music aspirant should emulate.
Though initially the composition seemed daunting, many of us may have found out that she made the whole thing so easy, that by the second day of the workshop, each one of us were humming some of the tunes effortlessly.
We are looking forward to host Part 2 of this, sometime in June and shall soon work it out.
Sivapriya Krishnan.