Lec dem on "Navarasas in Carnatic Music"

I gave a lecture demonstration on "Navarasas in Carnatic Music" last Saturday at the Siva Vishnu Temple. It was interesting to deliver a lec-dem (for the first time!). I presented the following:

viribONi - in Adi tALam for adbhutam
aThANA raga alapana for vIra rasam followed by nArada gAna lOla
kharaharapriya - dayavillayA dayALO - for karuNA rasam
indendu vaccitivirA - padam in surutti for beebhatsam
jANarO in khamAs - for shringAram

smarasundarAnguni - upon request
adi nIpai - yamuna kalyani

It was a great experience and Smt Pavani and Shri Balajee enriched it with their outstanding support!

-- Gokul

Concert at JSS mission - Gaitheburg - MD

I performed at this serene place in Gaithesburg on Saturday, 17th March, 2012. Here is the list:

1. entho prEmatO - suruTTi - varnam (S)
2. shrI kAmAkshi - vasantA (R,S @ pallavi)
3. nAradagAna lOla - aThAna (R)
4. marakatha maNi varNa - varALi (R,S @ parama purusha)
5. akshaya linga vibhO (RNST)
6. OsOsi
7. ErAtagu naTara
8. kuvalayAkshirO

I was supported by Smitha Krishnan on the violin and Ajay  Ravichandran on the Mridangam. This concert will be in my memory for a long,long time because my advisor, Nathan Hultman attended with his daughter although the venue was far (it felt like rural Maryland). They listened to almost 3/4ths of the concert before leaving.  I enjoyed singing here and am hoping to sing there more!

--Gokul