Musical tribute by maestros

TAKING INDIAN classical arts to school and college students. This has been the major objective of SPICMACAY (Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth).

In pursuit of this goal, the organisation regularly conducts Lec- Dem (lecture-demonstration) series, which provide the scope for informal interaction between artistes and students, helping to create and fine-tune a future audience.

This time, a number of events have been lined up, starting from October 1 to 16, and they are dedicated to Mother Teresa.

The programmes are going to be held in Coimbatore, Udumalpet, Kodaikanal, Dindigul and Tiruchi, apart from Chennai.

Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan and Chinmaya International Residential School in Coimbatore, Bhavan's Gandhi Vidyashram in Kodaikanal, Regional Engineering College (REC) and Alpha Plus Higher Secondary School in Tiruchi, and Sankara Senior Secondary School and Women's Christian College (WCC) will be among the places where the annual series will take place.

N. Ramani, veteran musician, will present all his programmes in Coimbatore and Udumalpet during October 1 to 3. T.V. Sankaranarayanan, vocalist, will go from Kodaikanal to Dindigul to Tiruchi for the interaction sessions (October 12 to 14).

The programme of the Bharatanatyam exponents, Dhananjayans, will be at Sankara School in Adyar on October 15.

On the same day, the Hindustani flute maestro, Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia, will be at the REC and at the WCC the next day.

The 24-year-old SPICMACAY, a voluntary body, believes that the programmes such as the Lec-Dem enable students understand the classical art forms better, be they Hindustani music, Bharatanatyam and Carnatic music.

By T. Ramakrishnan

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