Music Academy December season schedule (2009)

annapoorne · Post by **annapoorne** » 31 Oct 2009, 18:59

The December season schedule has been posted on their website.

Lots of surprises in store.

Enjoy!!!!

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 31 Oct 2009, 20:59

Thanks, annapoorne. Sikkil Gurucharan fiiiiiiiinally gets senior standing. And Kunnakdy BMK in the evening slot, too! Well deserved, I would say.

gn.sn42 · Post by **gn.sn42** » 01 Nov 2009, 03:43

The website is here: http://www.musicacademymadras.in/music_schedule.php

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 01 Nov 2009, 16:21

Thanks for the link.

I had spent some time searching the site for it --- before realising they have a big splash on the front page [Blush] !

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 02 Nov 2009, 08:00

Nick:

You are like Hanuman who could not identify Sita because he had never looked at her face...

gn.sn42 · Post by **gn.sn42** » 02 Nov 2009, 08:29

but the web site does not make it easy - the home page has two copies of the same picture of the building as well as pictures of the current and past presidents that are prominently displayed. In my setup I had to scroll down to see the 2009 season announcement.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 02 Nov 2009, 08:45

So who are the seniors who have been retired to give way to the youngsters in the senior slot? Some absences I noticed include MSG, TVR, Jayanthi Kumaresh and MS Sheela

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Nov 2009, 09:02

Suguna Purushotham, Neela Ramgopal, G.S. Mani, at a glance.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 02 Nov 2009, 09:21

Maybe taking in the Academy Season program is one of the tests of a rasika: my head spins after looking at a couple of days!

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 02 Nov 2009, 09:29

Are the two evening senior slots considered equivalent in terms of stature? And, how about the super-senior morning slot but on the last day. Shashank is given that slot.

mohan · Post by **mohan** » 02 Nov 2009, 09:38

VK - the mornings seem to be allocated to (usually senior) musicians who don't traditionally draw large audiences. Both evening slots are equal in stature with the same ticket valid for both sessions.

Other omissions include AKC Natarajan (Last year's Kalanidhi), Hyderabad Brothers and Kadri Gopalnath. Any NRIs performing this year? I only recognised Ranja Swaminathan in a noon concert.

annamalai · Post by **annamalai** » 02 Nov 2009, 16:42

TVR is a big omission; especially this is GNB centennial year. Rama Ravi , Rudrapatnam Brothers are some notable omissions.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 02 Nov 2009, 21:16

I thought I saw Rudrapatnam bros listed!

Shashank was given the morning slot perhaps because there weren't enough slots in the evening for all.
Yes, I will miss AKC this year.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 02 Nov 2009, 22:56

Appalled to see that Smt. Gayathri Girish is not featured on the Senior slot this year! And Smt. Vasudha Keshav is featured in the Junior slot!!

Seems that the inmates have taken over the asylum

saianamika · Post by **saianamika** » 02 Nov 2009, 23:43

I expected to see Abhishek Raghuram and Swarna Rethas too. I'm a bit disappointed that they are not in the lists.

gobilalitha · Post by **gobilalitha** » 03 Nov 2009, 06:57

I am also very much disappointed that Smt.Gayathri Girish is not featured in the seniors list. G O K. GOBILALITHA

rshankar · Post by **rshankar** » 03 Nov 2009, 08:29

sureshvv wrote:Appalled to see that Smt. Gayathri Girish is not featured on the Senior slot this year! And Smt. Vasudha Keshav is featured in the Junior slot!!

Seems that the inmates have taken over the asylum

LOL! You are probably correct! I can think of some of the 'seniors' who make their MMA concerts seem like 'light-music-bhajani extravaganzas' who could have made way. It is indeed a pity that Smt. Gayathri Girish is not featured in the senior slot.

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 03 Nov 2009, 08:50

>'seniors' who make their MMA concerts seem like 'light-music-bhajani extravaganzas'

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 03 Nov 2009, 15:48

A note of dissent...

When one can see one's favourite and most-respected musicians at other venues, why worry whether they are favoured by the Music Academy itself?

The Academy is only the great authority over seniority whilst the rasika public consider it to be so.

But, hey, perhaps this academy-slot watching is as much part of the festivities as is canteen appreciation, and I'd hate to take away from anybody's Seasonal Fun, so --- dissent over

bilahari · Post by **bilahari** » 04 Nov 2009, 11:14

Wait - am I overlooking this or is TNS also missing from the lineup?

vasanthakokilam · Post by **vasanthakokilam** » 04 Nov 2009, 11:31

bilahari: He is the season opener.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 04 Nov 2009, 11:32

Annamalai,
Rudrapatnam Bros on the 19th.

Bilahari,
Not to worry. TNS gives the first evening concert of the season.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 04 Nov 2009, 22:57

nick H wrote:
When one can see one's favourite and most-respected musicians at other venues, why worry whether they are favoured by the Music Academy itself?

Oh,,, But some of us so love to worry

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 04 Nov 2009, 23:18

I thought as much. Don't mind me...

I'll carry on enjoying my usual worries!

sangeethamquest · Post by **sangeethamquest** » 04 Nov 2009, 23:22

I don't understand the Music Academy's logic. Shashank draws packed crowds as witnessed by his last year's morning concert. And I will take a bet that 90% of this audience would have still made it even if the concert was ticketed.

However the MA prefers to give top slots to folks who don't draw half the crowd.

Shashank not playing at prime slot seems more of a loss to MA than to Shashank.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Nov 2009, 00:16

Let's see. Shashank IS playing, which makes him and the rasikAs happy. He 'does' attract crowds, whatever time of the day, and as a bonus, those who have always wanted to hear him but haven't--will only add to the number of rasikAs because it is free, no worry about getting public transport or auto at a late hour. And rasikAs don't have to push and shove even if they paid for admission as they do sometimes for a poular evening concert.
All in all, sounds good! It is not an odd thing either for the Acedemy to schedule an instrumentalist for the morning. I have heard Ravi Kiran a few times in the morning.

Divya Gopalan · Post by **Divya Gopalan** » 05 Nov 2009, 20:34

mohan wrote: Any NRIs performing this year? I only recognised Ranja Swaminathan in a noon concert.

Just wondering why there is a special interest for NRI's as a separate category of performers?

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 05 Nov 2009, 23:37

Wait a second! I don't seem to find Suryaprakash either! Am I not thorough in scanning the schedule?

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 06 Nov 2009, 00:58

HINT: those seekers of a specific artist can use their browser's search function:

FireFox: key "/" to go straight to a text entry box at the bottom of the screen. You can type Ctrl-G to repeat the search on this and any subsequent page until you enter a new search test. Ctrl-F gives a slightly more complex search.

Internet Explorer: Ctrl-F or use "Find on this page" in the Edit Menu.

I never use Internet Explorer, so offer the above as a pointer only. Similarly, I always use / in Firefox, so can't comment further about the Ctrl-F input, though I should check it out.

<a few minutes later>

.... Yes, the "Highlight all" in Firefox's Ctrl-F search is neat!

.

saianamika · Post by **saianamika** » 06 Nov 2009, 08:36

Girish Surendra (Brindamma's grandson) is in the junior slot on the 20th. I hope we get to hear some nice padams which he is excellent at.

rbharath · Post by **rbharath** » 06 Nov 2009, 10:32

as arasi said, Academy has a trend of shuttling people between morning and evening slots. Some people i can immediately think off are, Ravikiran, OST, Shashank, Trichur & Charumathi Ramachandran, Nedunuri, Srikantan, m sure there are many others...

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 06 Nov 2009, 13:10

My take on this was that the morning slot was reserved for senior artistes who are past their "prime". Now it seems that they want us to play find-the-odd-man-out

coolkapali · Post by **coolkapali** » 06 Nov 2009, 13:39

i did not know such a big thread was happening and i started a thread of my own...hehehe....our Mohan pointed out this link.

Is Abhishek missing because he spoke in between his concert last year? Like he mentioned that one song is dedicated for his friend from Banglore..... I hope not as that is a lil harsh on him...

Rasika911 · Post by **Rasika911** » 07 Nov 2009, 07:49

Can somebody please explain how these slots are decided and who decided who gets to perform.
I would like to understand the process before making a jugement

vanamali · Post by **vanamali** » 07 Nov 2009, 12:45

Good to see that Mysore Nagaraj and Manjunath have got a prime slot this year. They didnt perform last year in the academy. Also nice that V K Raman is performing in the sub senior category.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 07 Nov 2009, 20:56

Yes, nice to see them fetured prominently. I have heard them in the morning slot but I do feel that showcased in the evening slot will draw more crowds.
Of course, they will be accompanying several stars as they did last year.

grsastrigal · Post by **grsastrigal** » 09 Nov 2009, 11:34

Notable missing- Maharajapuram Ramachandran/Srinivasan, Gayathiri (Veena). I remember Maharajapuram Santhanam was asked to fix his date in MA for Dec programme. Sad to see the IIIrd Generation Maharajapuram is missing.

Last year missing, added this year- Priya S and Satur S.

sureshvv · Post by **sureshvv** » 09 Nov 2009, 13:08

coolkapali wrote: Is Abhishek missing because he spoke in between his concert last year? Like he mentioned that one song is dedicated for his friend from Banglore

He did that the previous year (2007) also. So may be he was castigated for doing this 2 years in a row

On some more reflection, I have concluded that the main stumbling block is the fixed duration of 15 days to accommodate all these artistes.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 09 Nov 2009, 23:22

You are right. Too many artistes in every category, too little time to accomodate them all.
By the way, Raji Gopalakrishnan is another name I miss. However, her student Vilasini--a rasikA member too--is slated to sing. Hope she sings one of Ramaraj's songs, if time permits.

If there is going to be a jam session of the RasikAs, it will be nice if she sings a few songs of dear Ramaraj. How I wish Cool joins in and makes things happen!

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 10 Nov 2009, 00:11

Are the schedules of other sabhas available anywhere? I could be in Chennai only after January 02, 2010. Will there be any concerts in any of the sabhas after Jan 02,2010 ? I know that Music Academy programs end on Dec 31.

srinivasrgvn · Post by **srinivasrgvn** » 10 Nov 2009, 06:25

Here is an exhaustive and useful list of concerts compiled by Ram:
http://ramsabode.wordpress.com/concerts-in-chennai/

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 11 Nov 2009, 03:46

Thank you Sri Srinivasaraghavan. Th information will be helpful for me to plan ahead.

arasi · Post by **arasi** » 11 Nov 2009, 04:53

Sundara Rajan,
Still more to come, since some sabhas haven't come out with their schedules. Ram keeps updating them, so it's worth looking his blog up regularly.

Sundara Rajan · Post by **Sundara Rajan** » 11 Nov 2009, 05:32

Thank you Arasi. I would also appreciate any information on the January 2010 schedule of Satguru Samajam, Madurai, usually held in the fisrst two weeks. I would like to attend some of the concerts there, especially of artists that I would miss in Chennai season. I note from her website that Bombay Jayashri will be singing in Satguru Samajam, Madurai on Jan 13,2010.

Nick H · Post by **Nick H** » 11 Nov 2009, 20:08

How about kutcheribuzz, I wonder: will they do their usual online shedule?

Sumathish · Post by **Sumathish** » 11 Nov 2009, 21:01

I saw some schedules are already up here - http://chennaidecemberseason.com

But it is sad to see the sabhas' websites have not been updated for a long time now including Sri Krishna Gana Sabha - http://www.krishnaganasabha.org/ , Sri Parthasarathy Swami Sabha - http://parthasarathysabha.com/ , Kartik Fine Arts - http://www.kartikfineartschennai18.com/ . . .

prasanna_mn · Post by **prasanna_mn** » 12 Nov 2009, 08:31

I am surprised an artiste of the calibre of R.Suryaprakash doesn't figure in the Music Academy's scheme of things this year...He gave an outstanding performance in Minneapolis last month. He must be in the prime slot.

grsastrigal · Post by **grsastrigal** » 12 Nov 2009, 16:33

Continuing my earlier thread

"¢Hyderabad Brothers- is also missing.
"¢Gayathri Girish, Veena Gayathri, MSG duo or LGJ duo are definitely better than Bombay Jaishree, Unnikrishnan and Papanasam Ashok Ramani and Aruna Sairam

"¢Priya Sisters addition was also surprising. Last concert, I heard was below par. They have become "Mambalam Sisters"

shyamala3091 · Post by **shyamala3091** » 12 Nov 2009, 21:17

many good quality singers do not get frequent chances in Music Academy? Even i can point out many good singers who have not sung in Academy for many years, some artists who are not up to the basic standard get frequent chances, committee alone knows the reason, On what basis does the committee select and promote the artists???

dundubi1944 · Post by **dundubi1944** » 15 Nov 2009, 22:50

their comittee functions the way BCCI used to select our cricket team 20 years back. ability has nothing to do with it. each member has his list to push through. in the past they used to pester touring singers for booze and cigrettes and other gifts now maybe that is not there. mudslinging and hyping all part of the game. it is a well known that ashok ramani cannot sing much these days. as academy concerts are held so you can be seen there it does not matter if singer is singing or braying. real music lovers can go to narada gana sabha for less money. better still empty the bladder at academy first then go as atleast toilets are best there. also useful in the afternoon for taking naps as seats are more comfortable.