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Schedule

  Friday, March 21, 2008
9:00am – 5:00pm Music Competition
6:30pm Nrithya Lahari — A Special Program of Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland with Smt. Ramya Ramnarayan (Bharatanatyam) and Dr. Kamala Reddy (Kuchipudi)
  Saturday, March 22, 2008
7:00am Puja — Prayer and Worship
7:30am Bhajans by children
8:00am Pancharatna Krithis — Group singing of Thyagaraja's five greatest compositions
9:30am – 3:30pm Individual participation
3:30pm Chennai Online and the Aradhana Committee present
Release of Sri A. Sundaresan's book Rare Kritis of Trinity
Release of Dr Pappu Venugopal's book Science of Sri Chakra
Release of Sri K.N. Shashikiran's book Learning Carnatic Music is Fun
Release of Melakartha Ganamalika, compositions of Dr Ashok Madhav
4:00pm – 6:30pm Lalgudi Sri G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (Violin duo)
Accompanist - Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira).
6:30pm – 7:00pm Felicitation and Awards ceremony
7:15pm Sustaining Sampradaya: Prahlada Bhakti Vijayam, concert by the Torch Bearers from the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana family.
  Sunday, March 23, 2008
9:00am – 12:00pm* Golden Voice and Silken Strings: Sri R.K. Shrikantan (Vocal) with Prof. Sri R.S. Ramakanth (Vocal support)
Accompanist - Sri N. Ravikiran, (Chitravina),
Accompanist - Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Babu (mridangam).
1:00pm – 2:00pm Prize distribution
2:15pm – 4:15pm Sri Srivalsan Menon (Vocal)
Accompanist- Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin),
Accompanist - Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira).
4:30pm – 6:30pm Smt. Kalpagam Swaminathan (Veena)
Accompanist - Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam),
Accompanist - Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira).
7:00pm Tradition of the Tanjore Quartet — A special Bharatanatyam program featuring Smt. Rhadha, Kum. Narthaki Nataraj, and Smt. Roja Kannan, with Kum. Pranathi, Kum. Sivasri, and Kum. Abinaya.

Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao (Nattuvangam)
Accompanist - Sri Girish (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri Hari Babu (mridangam)
Accompanist - Kum. Akkarai Swarnalatha (violin)
Accompanist - Sri Devarajan (flute)

  Monday, March 24, 2008
9:00am – 10:15am Lecture-Demonstration by Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan
10:30am – 12:00pm Lecture-Demonstration by Smt. Sudharani Raghupathy
1:00pm – 2:00pm Talavadyam concert by Sri T.S.Nandakumar
2:15pm – 4:15pm Mambalam Sri M.K.S. Siva (Nadaswaram) and Sri K. Durga Prasad (Nadaswaram),
Accompanists - Sri P. Arulanandan (thavil) and
Sri V.M. Palanivel (thavil)
4:30pm – 7:00pm * Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal)
Accompanist - Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin),
Accompanist - Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
7:15pm * Sustaining Sampradaya: Kamalamba Nava Varnam, concert by the Torch Bearers from the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana family, with additional commentary by Pappu Sri Venugopal Rao.
  Tuesday, March 25, 2008
9:00am – 11:00am Smt. M.S. Sheela (Vocal)
Accompanist - Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin),
Accompanist - Toronto Sri Gowrishankar (mridangam)
11:00am – 12:00pm Swaralayamrutham: Group Presentation led by Smt. Rajeshwari Bhat of Houston TX,
Accompanist - Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Mayuran Manogaran (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Ganesh Ramnarayan (kanjira)
1:00pm – 2:00pm Kum. Aishwarya Venkataraman (Violin)
Accompanist - Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam)
2:15pm – 3:45pm Salem Sri Sriram (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri Suhas Rao (violin),
Accompanist - Sri Vasudevan Nambudiri (mridangam)
4:00pm – 6:30pm Sikkil Sri Gurucharan (Vocal)
Accompanist - Nagai Sri Sriram (violin),
Accompanist - Neyveli Sri Skandasubramaniam (mridangam)
6:45pm * Sri N. Ravikiran (Chitravina)
Accompanist - Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin),
Accompanist - Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam)
  Wednesday, March 26, 2008
9:00am – 11:00am Prof. Sri R.S. Ramakanth (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin),
Accompanist - Ramnad Sri V. Raghavan (mridangam)
11:00am – 12:00pm Guru Samarpanam: Group Presentation by Disciples of Sri A. Sundaresan
Accompanist - Smitha Krishnan (violin),
Accompanist - Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Vasudevan Nambudiri (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Ganesh Ramnarayan (kanjira)
1:00pm – 2:00pm Sri Ravi Ramdas (Vocal)
Accompanist - Smt. Pavani Mallajosyula (violin),
Accompanist - Sri Vivek Chellappa (mridangam)
2:15pm – 3:45pm Toronto Brothers Ashwin Iyer & Rohin Iyer (Vocal) Accompanist - Sri Keshav Raghavan (violin),
Accompanist - Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
4:00pm – 6:30pm Sri. V.K. Manimaran (Vocal)
Accompanist - Nagai Sri Sriram (violin),
Accompanist - Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam), Accompanist - Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira)
6:45pm * Neyveli Sri R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri V.V. Ravi (violin),
Accompanist - Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam)
  Thursday, March 27, 2008
9:00am – 11:00am Smt. Nirmala Sundararajan and Smt. Subhashini Parthasarathy (Vocal)
Accompanist - Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin),
Accompanist - Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
11:00am – 12:00pm Kum. Sharanya Sivakumar (Vocal)
Accompanist - Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin),
Accompanist - Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
1:00pm – 2:00pm Smt. Revathy Subramony (PA) (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri Keshav Raghavan (violin),
Accompanist - Sri Ramesh Srinivasan (mridangam)
2:15pm – 3:45pm Sri Girish (Vocal)
Accompanist - Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin),
Accompanist - Sri Babu (mridangam)
4:00pm – 6:30pm Lalgudi Smt. Srimathi Brahmanandam and Smt. Anuradha Sriram (Violin)
Accompanist - Sri Sriram (mridangam)
6:45pm * Rudrapatnam Brothers Sri R.N. Thyagarajan and Sri R.N. Tharanathan (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri V.V. Ravi (violin),
Accompanist - Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam), Accompanist - Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira)
  Friday March 28, 2008
9:00am – 11:00am Smt. Jayalakshmi Santhanam (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin),
Accompanist - Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
11:00am – 12:00pm Smt. Bhushany Kalyanaraman (Vocal)
Accompanist - Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin),
Accompanist - Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam)
1:00pm – 2:00pm Smt. Kalpana Venkat (Vocal)
Accompanist - Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin),
Accompanist - Sri Arjun Narayan (mridangam)
2:15pm – 3:45pm Smt. Sankari Krishnan (Vocal)
Accompanist - Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin),
Accompanist - Sri Venkat Janardhanan (mridangam)
4:00pm – 6:30pm Carnatica Brothers Sri K.N. Shashikiran and Sri P. Ganesh (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin),
Accompanist - Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam), Accompanist - Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam)
6:45pm * Sri O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri B. Raghavendra Rao (violin),
Accompanist - Thanjavur Sri Murugaboopathy (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
  Saturday, March 29, 2008
9:00am – 12:00pm * Manakkal Sri Rangarajan (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin),
Accompanist - Manakkal Sri S. Sriram (mridangam)
1:00pm – 2:00pm Competition Winner
Accompanist - Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin),
Accompanist - Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam)
2:15pm – 3:45pm Smt. Jayalakshmi Sekhar (Veena)
Accompanist - Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam)
4:00pm – 6:30pm Smt. Suguna Varadachari (Vocal)
Accompanist - Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin),
Accompanist - Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira)
6:45pm * Madurai Sri T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal)
Accompanist - Sri V.V. Ravi (violin),
Accompanist - Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam),
Accompanist - Sri Ravi Balasubramaniam (ghatam)
  Sunday, March 30, 2008
9:00am – 12:00pm Margam — A Journey featuring Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan and Smt. Sudharani Raghupathy with dancers from the Dance Workshop
1:00pm – 2:00pm Smt. Divya Kasthuri (Bharatanatyam)
2:15pm – 6:00pm Dance Competition
 
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