Past Music Circle Events

2009-2010 Season


Mahesh Kale
vocal


Gopal Marathe
harmonium

Hemant Ekbote
tabla

Saturday,
June 5, 2010

Herrick Chapel
Occidental College
Los Angeles


Aashish
Khan

sarod


Alam
Khan

sarod

Swapan Chaudhuri
tabla

Saturday,
May 8, 2010

Herrick Chapel
Occidental College
Los Angeles


Aruna
Narayan

sarangi

Debasish Chaudhuri
tabla
Saturday,
March 27, 2010
Herrick Chapel
Occidental College
Los Angeles


Shujaat Khan
sitar
Abhiman
Abhiman
Kaushal

tabla
Saturday,
February 6, 2010
Herrick Chapel
Occidental College
Los Angeles

 


The Ramayana

Balinese adaptation of the classic
Indian drama

Choreographed by I Nyoman Wenten
and Nanik Wenten

  • 14 dancers
  • 25 gamelan musicians
  • guest artists from Bali
  • Lecture by ethnomusicologist Sue Carole DeVale, PhD
  •  

    Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment of the Arts

    November
    6, 7, and 8, 2009
    Redcat Theater (Disney Hall)
    Los Angeles

     

    Shashank
    flute


    H. V.
    Srivatsan

    violin
    Anantha R.
    Krishnan

    mridangam

    Sunday,
    October 11, 2009

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

    accompanistAishwarya
    Venkataraman

    violin
    accompanist
    Vinod
    Venkataraman

    mridangam
    Srinivasan
    Govindarajan
    moorsing

    Saturday,
    September 6, 2009

     

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

    2008-2009 Season

    Read the glowing reviews of the Emerging Artists Series! (click here)

    David Philipson
    flute


    Abhiman Kaushal
    tabla

    Sunday,
    June 7, 2009

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Morning Ragas...

    Vandana
    Bakhale-Ghate

    vocal
    Afternoon Ragas....
    Seema
    Hanamsagar

    vocal

    Sunday,
    May 10, 2009



    Gopal
    Marathe

    harmonium


    Hemant
    Ekbote

    tabla
    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles
     


    Aashish
    Khan

    sarod


    Swapan
    Chaudhuri

    tabla

    Sunday,
    April 11, 2009

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    NEA Emerging Artists Series, Part 3

    First Half

    Prasad Upasani
    Prasad
    Upasani

    vocal
    with
    <Raja Upasani> Raja
    Upasani

    harmonium

    andHemant EkboteHemant
    Ekbote

    tabla

    Sunday, November 2, 2008

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

    Second Half                                          
    Maharashtrian Folk Ensemble
    Marathe ensemble
    Gopal Marathe
    director

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    NEA Emerging Artists Series, Part 2
    First-Second3
    Nilajan
    Chaudhuri

    tabla
      Smita
    Rawal Alves

    kathak dance

    Accompanying
    Debasish Chaudhuri and Nilajan Chaudhuri



    Accompanying Smita Rawal Alves

    Gopal Marathe
    Gopal
    Marathe

    harmonium

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    Sarika Ravindran
    Sarika
    Ravindran

    vocals

    Charenjeet
    Charenjee
    vocals and
    harmonium

    Abhiman
    Abhiman
    Kaushal
    tabla

     

    Sunday, October 5, 2008

     

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

     

    NEA Emerging Artists Series, Part 1
    First Halfvocal
    Roopa
    Mahadevan

    vocal
               

     

     

    Sunday, September 14, 2008

     

     

     

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

     


    Accompanying
    Roopa Mahadevan
    Accompanying
    Aishwarya Venkataraman
    accompanist
    Ajay
    Narasimha

    violin
    accompanist
    Neyveli R.
    Narayanan
    accompanist
    Vinod
    Venkataraman

    mridangam
    accompanist
    Srinivasan
    Govindarajan

    moorsing
           

    2007-2008 Season


    Ronu
    Majumdar

    flute

    Ramdas
    Palsule

    tabla

    Sunday,
    June 8, 2008

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

     


    Aashish
    Khan

    sarod


    Swapan
    Chaudhuri

    tabla

    Sunday,
    May 11, 2008

     

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

     


    Debashish
    Bhattacharya

    guitar
    Subhashish
    Bhattacharya
    tabla
    Sunday,
    April 27, 2008

     

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

     


    Aruna
    Narayan

    sarangi


    Abhiman
    Kaushal

    tabla

    Sunday,
    March 16, 2008

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Nandkishor
    Muley

    santoor


    Prasad
    Upasani

    vocal

    accompanying
    Prasad Upasani

    Gopal
    Marathe

    harmonium

    accompanying both
    main artists

    Abhiman
    Kaushal

    tabla

    Sunday, February 24, 2008

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles



    Brij Narayan
    sarod


    Abhijit Banerjee
    tabla

    Sunday,
    October 14, 2007

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    2006-2007 Season


    Ronu
    Majumdar

    flute

    Abhijit
    Banerjee

    tabla

    Sunday,
    June 17, 2007

    Thorne Hall
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


     


    Sunday, May 6
    and
    Monday, May 7, 2007

     

     

    Funded by a grant from the National Endowment For the Arts

    McKinley School and
    First Congregational
    Church

    Pasadena

    Dhrupad Vocal and Pakhawaj
    Workshops

    Uday Bhawalkar
    and
    Manikrao Munde



    Uday
    Bhawalkar

    dhrupad vocal

    Manikrao
    Munde

    pakhawaj

    Saturday,
    May 5, 2007




     

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles



    Shashank

    South Indian flute


    with                          
    B. U.
    Ganesh Prasad

    violin

    and                    
    Parupalli S.
    Phalgun

    mridangam

    Saturday,
    April 1, 2007

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Tarun
    Bhattacharya

    santoor


    Arup
    Chatterjee

    tabla

    Saturday,
    March 10, 2007

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles



    Ashish
    Khan

    sarod

    Swapan
    Chaudhuri

    tabla

    Sunday,
    February 18, 2007


     

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

     


    Vishwa Mohan Bhatt
    guitar


    Lakshmi Shankar
    vocal


    Subhankar
    Banerjee

    tabla


    Gopal
    Marathe

    harmonium

    Jagan
    Ramamoorthy

    violin

    Remembering
    George Harrison
    Supported by the
    Material World
    Charitable Foundation

    Saturday, November 11, 2006

    The George and Sakaye Aratani
    Japan America Theater

    Los Angeles



    Debashish
    Bhattacharya

    guitar

    Subhashish
    Bhattacharya

    tabla

    Saturday,
    October 28, 2006

     

    Harbeson Hall
    Pasadena City College

     



    Shruti
    Sadolikar

    vocal

    Anupama
    Bhagwat

    sitar

    Anandogopal
    Bandopadhyay
    tabla


    Jyoti
    Guho
    harmonium

    Saturday, September 2, 2006

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

    2005-2006 Season


    Partha
    Bose

    sitar


    Swapan
    Chaudhuri

    tabla

    Sunday,
    May 28, 2006

    Beckman Institute,
    California
    Institute of
    Technology

    (with Caltech OASIS)


    GURUKULUM
    accompanied by

    T. N. Krishnan

    violin

    and his son

    Sriram Krishnan
    violin

    Vellore Ramabhadran
    mridangam

    Vinod Venkataraman
    kanjira

    and introducing

    Aishu Venkataraman

    Sunday,
    May 7, 2006
    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

    Special Event
    RAGA MALA

    An evening to benefit the Music Circle
    featuring fine Indian cuisine, a Silent Auction and the enchanting
    music of...


    Mala Ganguly
    vocal

    with

    Jagan Ramamoorthy
    violin

    Sunday,
    April 9, 2006

    Arcadia Community Center



    and
    V. V. Ramana Murthy

    mridangam
    Saturday,
    March 4, 2006

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

    Shashank
    South Indian flute
    Purbayan Chatterjee
    sitar
    with
    Anup Chattopadhyay
    tabla

    Jagan Ramamoorthy
    violin

    Abhiman Kaushal
    tabla

    Sunday,
    November 6, 2005

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Shujaat Khan
    sitar

    Abhiman Kaushal
    tabla

     

    Sunday,
    October 3, 2005


    Schoenberg Hall
    UCLA Campus
    Los Angeles



    Rajan and Sajan
    Mishra

    vocal


    and Rajan Mishra's sons

    Ritesh and Rajnish
    Mishra

    vocal

     


    with
    Kumar
    Bose

    tabla

    "A Concert for Prayer and Healing"

    Sunday,
    September 11, 2005
    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

    Professional Tabla
    Workshop
    with

    Kumar Bose

    Sunday,
    September 11,
    2005

    Savla residence
    Pasadena
     

     

    2004-2005 Season


    Rashid
    Khan

    vocal

    Anandogopal Bandopadhyay
    tabla


    and

    Jyoti
    Guho

    harmonium

    (in association with Harmoni Ventures)

    Saturday,
    July 23, 2005
    Thorne Hall
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

    Arati Ankalikar
    vocal
    Ramdas Palsule
    tabla

    and
    Milind Kulkarni
    harmonium

    Sunday,
    May 15, 2005
    Home Concert
    (Savla residence)
    Pasadena


    Uday Bhawalkar

    dhrupad vocal

    Manikrao Munde

    pakhawaj
    Sunday,
    April 10, 2005

    Home Concert
    (Savla residence)
    Pasadena

    Professional Flute
    Workshop

    with

    Shashank

    Sunday,
    February 20, 2005

    Savla residence
    Pasadena

     

     

     

    Saturday, February 19, 2005

     

     

     

     

     

    Thorne Hall
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

     


    Shashank
    South Indian flute

    P. Satish Kumar
    mridangam
    Sukanya Ramgopal
    ghatam

    Parupalli S. Phalgun
    kanjira

    Anuradha
    Sridar

    violin


    Kala
    Ramnath

    violin
    Mayookh
    Bhaumik

    tabla
    Sunday,
    November 21, 2004
    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Kartik
    Seshadri

    sitar

    Swapan
    Chaudhuri

    tabla
    Sunday,
    October 3, 2004
    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

     

    2003-2004 Season


    Tarun
    Bhattacharya

    santoor

    Abhijit
    Banerjee

    tabla
    Saturday,
    June 23, 2004
    Home Concert
    (Savla residence)
    Pasadena

    Special Event

    An evening to benefit the Music Circle
    featuring fine Indian cuisine, a Silent Auction and
    the exquisite music of...



    Lakshmi Shankar
    vocal


    Ramesh Kumar
    tabla

    Krishna Gopinath
    harmonium

     

    Sunday,
    June 6, 2004

    Arcadia Community Center



    Ulhas Kashalkar

    vocal

    Suresh Talwalkar
    tabla

    with
    Vishwanath Kanhere
    harmonium

    Saturday,
    May 29, 2004

    Home Concert
    (Savla residence)
    Pasadena


    Purbayan
    Chatterjee
    sitar

    Aneesh
    Pradhan

    tabla
    Saturday,
    April 18, 2004
    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

     

    Tejendra Majumdar
    sarod

    Subhankar Banerjee
    tabla

    Saturday,
    March 27, 2004

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Songs of Romance and Devotion

    Mala Ganguly vocal

    Ramesh Kumar
    tabla

    Saturday,
    February 7, 2004
    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles

    Chitravina N. Ravikiran
    Gottuvadyam
    (South Indian vina)

    accompanied by

    Akkarai Subhalakshmi
    violin


    Rohan Krishnamurthi
    mridangam

    Saturday,
    November 15, 2003

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles



    A FAMILY FUN DAY

    at the Pacific Asia Museum
    Celebrate
    VIJAYA DASHAMI:

    RAMA SLAYS THE
    10-HEADED DEMON RAVANA!


    BHAJANS
    Suniti Bergman
    KATHAK
    Prachi Dixit
    ODISSI
    Odissi Dance Circle
    Nansita Behra
    , Director
    BHARATA NATYAM
    Angahara Ensemble
    Ramaa Bhradvaj, Director

     

    SLIDE SHOW: One Family’s Celebration of Vijaya Dashami in India

    PUJA: Ritual Ceremony for Rama, Lakshmana, Sita and Hanuman

    HANDS-ON ACTIVITIES:
    Make a mask of Rama or Ravana
    Make a flower garland
    Make a folk instrument
    Make rangoli (floor decorations with colored powders)
    Palm painting with henna
    Face painting

    Saturday, October 18, 2003

    Pacific Asia
    Museum
    Pasadena

    From Prince to Buddha:
    A Journey to Enlightenment

    (co-sponsored)



    Viji Prakash and
    The Shakti Dance Company



    Saturday,
    October 11, 2003

    Bing Auditorium
    Los Angeles County Museum of Art
    Los Angeles

    Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande
    vocal

    Vishwanath
    Shirodkar

    tabla

    Seema
    Shirodkar
    harmonium
    Saturday,
    March 30, 2003
    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Hariprasad
    Chaurasia

    flute


    Vijay
    Ghate

    tabla

    Thursday,
    September 26, 2003

    Skirball Center
    Los Angeles

     

    2002-2003 Season

    Bali and Beyond

    Music and
    Shadow Play

    Maria Bodmann

    Sunday,
    June 8, 2003

    Pacific Asia
    Museum
    Pasadena

    Anjani
    Ambegaokar

    Kathak Dance

    Workshop and Performance

    Sunday,
    May 4, 2003

    Pacific Asia
    Museum
    Pasadena

    Lakshmi Shankar
    vocal

    Samar Das
    tabla

    Sunday,
    April 13, 2003

    Pacific Asia
    Museum
    Pasadena

    Ronu Majumdar
    flute

    Tarun Bhattacharya
    santoor

    Vijay Ghate
    tabla


    Saturday,
    March 30, 2003

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Shashank
    flute

    P. Satish Kumar
    mridangam

    Parupalli S. Phalgun
    kanjira

    Saturday,
    February 22, 2003
    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Mala Ganguly

    vocal
    Sunday,
    January 26, 2003

    Pacific Asia
    Museum
    Pasadena

    Arun Dravid

    Harihar Rao

    Lecture-Demonstration;

    and

    Vocal recital by
    Arun Dravid

    Saturday ,
    November 23, 2002

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Purbayan
    Chatterjee

    sitar

    Abhijit
    Banerjee

    tabla
    Saturday,
    October 26, 2002

    Herrick Chapel
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles


    Uday
    Bhawalkar

    dhrupad vocal


    Manikrao
    Munde
    pakhawaj

    Sunday,
    October 6, 2002

    Thorne Hall
    Occidental College
    Los Angeles