Special feature on Dikshitar by Anahita & Apoorva Ravindran, and Archana Upadhyaya & Samanvi Udupi Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 15, 2021
Dr Pappu Venugopal Rao on Dikshitar, and Prof Robert Morris on Beethoven Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Dhvani presents in Collaboration with Kala Prashala
“The Art of Composing” an interactive session with Chitravina N Ravikiran & Neyveli R Santhanagopalan, on Zoom. Moderated by Dr. CM Venkatachalam and Revathi Subramanian.
Friday, February 12 – 7:30 pm CST | 8:30 pm EST |5:30 pm PST
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.
Saturday, Oct 2, 10 PM EDT Sunday, Oct 3, 7 PM EDT
Milan 21
Join us for Milan 21, a musical presentation featuring 12 emerging, highly talented young artists from the Indian Diaspora of Southern California.
Q&A on Zoom immediately following.
FREE
Saturday, March 12 2022, 8:00 AM – 3:00 PM EST
Venue: Dublin Community Recreation Center
Click here to view competition rules. The deadline for registration will be February 19.
Saturday, January 29 2022, 7:00 – 8:30 PM EDT
Dhvani Music School is proud to present a showcase of some ideas, concepts, and innovative techniques learned in these workshops with relevant explanations by students.
Free Event
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
Mylai M Karthikeyan – Nagaswaram Gummidipoondi R Gnanavel – Nagaswaram Mangalam M K Aasan – Tavil R Thandavamoorthi – Talam Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 14, 2021
T N Arunagiri accompanied by Vittal Rangan and Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
January 17, 2021
Sowmya Acharya accompanied by Vittal Rangan and Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Kavita Ramanan accompanied by Vittal Rangan and Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Ajay Balasubramanian accompanied by K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Renuka Suryanarayanan accompanied by Apoorva Ravindran Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Prithi Narasimhan accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
V K Arun Kumar accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Anirudh Raja accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sai Govind Vijayaraghavan (Mandolin) accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sapna Ganesh Prasad accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Prameela Mandyam accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Samarth Anantuni accompanied by Vittal Rangan & Neyveli Narayanan Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Shilpa Sathyanathan accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Adithya Anandan accompanied by Vittal Rangan & K V Prasad Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Akkarai Sisters – Vocal accompanied by emerging performers Dikshitar – Beethoven Melharmony Festival
Sunday, August 9 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Kavita will share several excerpts from Ramanatakam to demonstrate the use of abhinaya and storytelling as integral aspects of Bharatanatyam.
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.
Sunday, August 30 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
Amritha Murali will share some insights into approaches to Raga Alapana. She will show us how different types of ragas can be handled In accordance with their intrinsic flavor.
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…
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.
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.
Sunday, September 13 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
A Dhvani Exclusive: A short solo veena recital by the talented young musician followed by a virtual reception with the artist. Ramana plays solo and sings along.
Sunday, September 20 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm EDT
We will be introduced to the bamboo flute and playing techniques by Jayanth.
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
Sunday, November 1 11:30 am EST
A discussion and demonstration on the art, science and techniques of singing swarakalpana in concerts.
Sunday, December 13 11:30 am – 12:30 pm EST
How can maths be used to learn and produce good music? How can music be used to make learning maths fun? How do musical and mathematical concepts interplay and how can this be used to create better engagement with both? And how can you have fun while doing all this? Let us explore!
Saturday, April 10
Hemmige S Prashanth – vocal | Charulatha Ramanujam – violin | BR Srinivas – mridangam
FREE for Annual Subscribers.
Available through April 25th.
Saturday, May 8 – Monday, May 10 7 pm EDT | 4 pm PDT
Bharatanatyam by Kavita Thirumalai interprets five emotions
Artist Reception on Zoom immediately following.
FREE for Annual Members
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.
Saturday, October 30, 7:30 PM EDT
This concert will celebrate the music of the four brothers, Chinnayya, Ponnayya, Sivanandam and Vadivelu whose contributions transformed many aspects of what we now call Bharatanatyam.
Bharathi Ramasubban – vocal | Vittal Rangan – violin | NC Bharadwaj – mridangam | Anirudh Athreya – kanjira
Sunday, June 20 1 pm EDT
Dhvani Presents The Song of the Tambura a lecture demonstration on the exceptional qualities of this ancient and sonorous instrument by Ranjani Sivakumar.
Sunday, July 11 1:00 pm EDT
Kalpavriksha; celebrating nature with Carnatic Music
Bharathi Ramasubban
Vocalist Bharathi Ramasubban shares her thoughts and examples of a variety of compositions where the composers have used nature for themes and ideas in their compositions. There is an 80-minute video – available from Wednesday evening to Sunday morning.
Please watch this video before the Zoom discussion with the artist at 1 PM.
The Video will be available here for viewing from 5 PM Wednesday July 7th to 11 AM Sunday July 11th (EDT).
FREE for Dhvani Annual Subscribers.
Sunday, July 25 1:00 pm EDT
War or Peace; story from the Mahabharatha
by Theater Nisha
Sauti, Vaishampayana, and Sanjaya were present at the Kaurava court when Sri Krishna came to broker peace between the Pandavas and Kauravas. These three observers have agreed to join us on Zoom to narrate the story from the Udyoga Parva of the Mahabharata.
Sunday September 12 1:00 pm EDT
The Year of Silence – stories from the Mahabharata
The year of incognito. Well hidden from Duryodhana’s spies, an event bears the risk of exposing them to the Kurus.
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.
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