Saturday, November 19, 2022 8:00 PM EST
Written and directed by Gowri Ramnarayan
Co-sponsored by: Ektaa Center – Irvine, CA | Indian Fine Arts Academy San Diego, CA | Kalavandanam – St Paul MN | SciArt Services – Madison, WI
Free for 2022 Annual Members
Samarth Anantuni accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 17, 2021
Saturday, October 30, 9:30 PM EDT | 6:30 PM PDT | 7 AM IST (on 31st)
Tanjavur Quartet Compositions and their current-day relevance, a panel discussion with Bharathi Ramasubban, Charu Chandrasekar, Christopher Gurusamy, Ganesh Vasudeva and Preethi Ramaprasad.
FREE for Annual Members
Saturday, November 13, 7:00 PM EDT
Bhargavi Balasubramanian – chitravina | R S Sudha – violin | B. Ganapathyraman – mridangam | S. Sunil Kumar – kanjira
Artist Reception on Zoom immediately following.
July 3, 2022, 9:30 AM EDT
SHWETA PRACHANDE – Bharatanatyam | RITVIK RAJA – Vocals | HN BHASKAR – Violin | AADITH SESHADRI – Nattuvangam | PRAVEEN SPARSH – Mridangam / Kanjira |SIVA PRASAD – Mridangam
R Suryaprakash accompanied by emerging accompanists Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 16, 2021
Sai Govind Vijayaraghavan (Mandolin) accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Held on Friday, February 19 6:30 pm PST | 9:30 pm EST (Saturday, February 20, 8:00 am IST)
Discussion and Workshop with Melvin Varghese and Gautam Marathe
When Eyes Speak – Indian Choreography Festival 2021
December 17, 2021 – June 30, 2022
21 Carnatic and Hindustani music concerts, original dance and music collaborations and a North-South Instrumental jugalbandi
Sunday, August 2 | 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
An introduction to ghatam, the instrument, and its music will be presented by Vidvan Sri N. Guruprasad.
December 17, 2021 6:00 PM EST
Uday Bhawalkar – Vocals | Pratap Awad – Pakhawaj | Meghana Sardar & Meghana Bhawalkar – Tampuras & Supporting Vocals
Sunday, September 6 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
How does institutional injustice impact Indian classical art practice and performance in America? Preethi Ramaprasad and Ananya Ashok explore this intersection…
V K Arun Kumar accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
June 5, 2022, 9:30 AM EST
ABHISHEK RAGHURAM – Vocal | HN BHASKAR – Violin | PATRI SATISH KUMAR – Mridangam
Saturday, August 29 8:00 pm EDT
Aditya Prakash, Shiva Ramamurthi and Rohan Krishnamurthy will present an energetic concert in an informal setting.
Sunday, November 1 11:30 am EST
A discussion and demonstration on the art, science and techniques of singing swarakalpana in concerts.
April 17, 2022 9:30 AM EST
Vishnudev KS – Vocal | HN Bhaskar – Violin | Delhi Sairam – Mridangam | Anirudh Athreya – Kanjira
Dr Pappu Venugopal Rao on Dikshitar, and Prof Robert Morris on Beethoven Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 15, 2021
Sunday, October 11 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Sharing music to build bridges between communities. A conversation with the musicians of Maithree and members of the American Composers Forum.
Zoom Event
January 30, 2022 6:00 PM EST
Venkatesh Kumar (vocals) | Raghunath Nakod (tabla) | Guruprasad Hegde (harmonium) | Aishwarya Desai and Arjun Vathar (tanpura and backup vocals)
Saturday, March 6 6:30 pm EST
RK Shriramkumar – violin | J Vaidhyanathan – mridangam | Dr. S Karthick – ghatam | Nandita Kannan – tambura
Sunday, September 20 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
We will be introduced to the bamboo flute and playing techniques by Jayanth.
July 31, 2022, 9:30 AM EDTAugust, 2022 9:30 AM EDT
From the Misty hills of the Darjeeling region comes this fitting finale concert with
Pandit Budhaditya Mukherjee on surbahar and sitar Soumen Nandy – tabla
This epic concert will be presented in two parts. Part two will be released on August 14th, 2022.
Friday, February 19 – 6:30 pm PST | 9:30 pm EST (Saturday, February 20, 8:00 am IST) Discussion and Workshop with Melvin Varghese and Gautam Marathe
Friday, March 19 – 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, March 20, 7:30 am IST) Performance and Discussion with Sudharani Raghupathy
Friday, April 16 – 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, April 17, 7:30 am IST) Performance and Discussion with Yashoda Thakore
February 27, 2022 8:30 AM EST
Christopher Gurusamy | Vignesh Ishwar | Sumesh Narayanan | Sayee Rakshit | Sri Sudarshini
Renuka Suryanarayanan accompanied by Apoorva Ravindran Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
May 08, 2022, 9:30 AM EST
S. Sowmya – Vocal | L. Ramakrishnan – Violin | R. Narayanan – Mridangam | K.V. Gopalakrishnan – Kanjira
Friday, April 16 7:00 pm PST | 10:00 pm EDT (Saturday, April 17, 7:30 am IST)
Performance and Discussion with Yashoda Thakore
Kavita Ramanan accompanied by Vittal Rangan and Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Friday, April 30 6:30 pm EDT
Dhvani Presents
Trinity – a Carnatic musical play in English
A Madras Players production
with Vidwan Vijay Siva, Vidushi Gayathri Venkataraghavan and Vidwan Dr. Sunder in the title roles.
Available from Friday, April 30 – till Sunday, May 2nd
August 8th 1 PM EDT | Noon CDT | 1 1 AM MDT | 10 AM PDT | 10:30 PM IST
Utsaaha – the annual music program by the Students of Dhvani Music School
Two years since the start of DMS, we are excited to have our get-together to celebrate our pursuit of musical knowledge and excellence.
No fee. Once you register you can check it out and access the zoom event link at no charge.
Available from Saturday, May 01 at 5:30 PM PDT – till Tuesday, May 4th 5:30 PM PDT ( 8.30 pm EDT | 6.00 am IST next day)
Through the eyes of the Apsaras
Exclusive Premiere presented by the Abhinaya Dance Company of San Jose
Saturday, July 24 11:00 am EDT | 10:00 am CDT | 9:00 am MDT | 8:00 am PDT
Abhinaya Deconstructed; Bharatanatyam Master Class for teachers. practitioners, and advanced students
Ramya Harishankar of Arpana Dance Company Student of the late Kalanidhi Narayanan
Saturday, December 5 8:00 pm EST
G Chandrasekara Sharma – vocal / ghatam/ konnakol | Ambur Padmanaban – mridangam | Sunil Kumar – kanjira | R Raman – moharsing
Saturday, July 9, 2022 1:00 – 4:00 PM EDT
Join us for an afternoon of fun with music and a potluck picnic lunch.
Venue: Dublin Coffman Park Amphitheater
Admission is free
Sunday, August 161:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
We often think of ragas as being a structure of notes in a structured sequence. As with our understanding of colors, we realize that just as colors are both more and less that their chromatic numeric codes. so it is with ragas.
Ramakrishnan Murthy – Vocals | RK Shriramkumar – Violin | NC Bharadwaj – Mridangam | N Guruprasad – Ghatam
Ajay Balasubramanian accompanied by K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Special feature on Dikshitar by Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran, and Archana Upadhyaya & Samanvi Udupi Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sunday, August 23 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Aishwarya Srinivas will share her insights into the quintessential aspects of D.K Pattammal’s music, her way of rendition, and her unique bani.
Saturday, April 23, 7:30 PM EDT | 6:30 PM CDT | 4:30 PM PDT
Dhvani Celebrates Vishu with
Central Ohio Malayalee Association
Duryodhana Vadham – Sri Krishna Dhoothu
Sponsored by Premier Allergy & Asthma
FREE for 2022 Annual Members
Sikkil Gurucharan accompanied by emerging accompanists Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sunday, May 2 1:00 pm EDT
A lecture-demonstration about the chitravina and its precursor, the Gottuvadyam. Bhargavi will demonstrate how these instruments are played and the nuances of the tones they can produce.
FREE for Annual Members.
Akkarai Sisters – Vocal accompanied by emerging performers Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 14, 2021
Saturday, October 23, 7:00 PM EDT
Dhvani Presents Ghana Raga Concert
Ranjani Sivakumar – Vocal | Sriramya Mantha – violin | Ramakrishna Chiliveru – mridangam