Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Dasa Namana 2012


CFAA  is excited to announce  our support of

the 2nd annual Naada's  "Daasa Namana" event for the year 2012


On Sunday Feb 19th, 2012   

from 2 pm to  6pm
At Broomfield Auditorium, 
Broomfield, CO  



In the spirit of remembering and celebrating the Haridasa's of 15th Century who gave us devotional Dasa Sahitya called Dasarapadas, we invite you to attend an afternoon filled with classical style compositions rendered by various artists in the area. 




For those interested in participating, 
please fill out the participation form  

or  email Naada Colorado (Naada.Colorado@gmail.com) .


The following are the requirements set forth.
  • Compostion to be a Haridasa sahitya. A few examples of great composers are Sri Purandara Dasaru, Sri Kanaka Dasaru, Sri Gopala Dasaru , Sri Vyasa Rayaru.
  • Rendering to be in classical style (Carnatic or Hindustani)
  • Any accompaniments to be decided and co-ordinated by participants/teachers
  • Duration to be under 5 minutes per participant
  • Competency level for students to be at or above Varna stage.

Since pronunciation is key to meaning and emotion of the compositions, it is best to consult those who know the language. We are open to helping or connecting you with the lyrics.



Please note that we would like to encourage as many participants as possible and with the given time constraints there may be a possibility that we would request group performances based on RSVP's. To help us with co-ordination we humbly request the PARTICIPATION-RSVP deadline of January 7th, 2012 to be taken very seriously.

We do need volunteers in helping with organizing, planning and executing this event and would appreciate it if you would let us know in your RSVP's if you are interested in helping out in any way.  Please forward email to anyone else you know who may be interested in attending or participating.    The event flyer is attached.
  
We look forward to the program and hope to hear back from you at your earliest convenience.

Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Swathi Sangeethotsavam January 6th to 12th ,2012



 Daily 6pm to 9pm at Kuthiramalika Palace , East Fort , Trivandrum

 6-1-2012                     Sri Sanjay Subrahmanyan           -          Vocal
 Friday                        Sri S.Varadarajan                            -          Violin
                                    Palghat Sri Maheshkumar                 -          Mridangam
                                    Dr. S.Karthick                                 -          Ghatam

  7-1-2012                     Prince Rama Varma                   -          Vocal
  Saturday                     Sri S.Varadarajan                         -          Violin
                                      Sri B.Harikumar                            -           Mridangam  
                                      Dr. S.Karthick                              -          Ghatam

   8-1-2012                      Bangalore Sri S.Shankar            -          Vocal
   Sunday                        Parur Sri M.A Sundareswaran      -          Violin
                                       Nanjil Sri Arul                               -          Mridangam
                                       Perukavu Sri P.L.Sudheer              -          Ghatam
               
   9-1-2012                     Prof. Venkataramanan                 -           Vocal   
   Monday                      Sri S.R.Mahadev Sharma              -           Violin
                                      Sri Anil Kumar Wadagara             -           Mridangam
                                      Manjoor Sri Unnikrishnan             -           Ghatam                     

  10-1-2012                  Master G.Abhilash                        -            Vocal
  Tuesday                    Avaneeswaram Sri S.R.Vinu          -            Violin
                                    Dr.G.Babu                                       -            Mridangam
                                    Udipi Sri Srikanth                           -            Kanjira
                                    Udipi Sri Sridhar                             -            Ghatam


  11-1-2012                 Hindusthani Bhajans of Maharaja Swathi Thirunal 
  Wednesday               by Smt Abhradita Bannerjee
     
 12-1-2012                  Akkarai Sisters
 Thursday                  Subhalaksmi and Sornalatha        -            Vocal      
                                   Avaneeswaram Sri S.R.Vinu          -            Violin
                                   Neyveli Sri Narayanan                    -            Mridangam
                                   Sri Guruprasad                                 -            Ghatam

 Music lovers please feel welcome to attend the festival as well as to spread the word among your music loving friends. Kindly keep your mobile phones in the silent mode.

 For enquiries and feedback, please write to 
kuthiramalika@gmail.com

Please visit 
http://ramavarma.yolasite.com/swathi-sangeethotsav-faqs.php to view frequently asked questions regarding the festival.

Kalanjali Series # 1 - Emerging Masters Series

We are inviting everyone for the first ever Kalanjali Series Program coming up on Jan 14th, 2012, Saturday at 3:00 PM at the DL Parsons Auditorium

Admission is FREE ! (Non Patrons can donate any amount for the CFAA charity), but the seats are limited

More details regarding Kalanjali is available here

Kalanjali I Poster is available below. Click to enlarge and read
Please RSVP by visiting the Facebook Event Page

Sunday, November 20, 2011

Rhapsody 2011

A Great Event Celebrating the First Year of CFAA took place on Nov 19th afternoon at the Aurora Central High School.


The event was intended to be an annual report out to the patrons of CFAA on our achievements and accomplishments in 2011.


We also shared a lot of information on what is coming up in the years to come


Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Rhapsody 2011



The board of directors of CFAA would like to cordially invite you and your family to our year ending  classical music and dance program - Rhapsody 2011. This event presents one of the greatest set of local Indian Classical artists ever assembled. The program itself is a unique presentation of Carnatic & Hindustani music with Indian Classical dance pieces skillfully stitched together. 

Expect to see great vocalists performing some exquisite pieces with the support of our best percussionists as well as Veena, Violin , Guitar and keyboards.

The event takes place on Nov 19th, Saturday at the Aurora Central High School auditorium, 11700, East 11th Ave, Aurora, CO, 80010


The program invitation can be accessed by clicking here

If you haven't made your reservations, please do so by clicking here

We also need your help in spreading the word regarding this event. Please forward this information your friends and post it on facebook. While this is a FREE event for CFAA patrons as always, we have kept the ticket prices for Non Patrons at $10.00 (Kids under 10 free)


Hope to see you there ! If you have time to help us out by volunteering on the event day, please signup here

Monday, October 24, 2011

Grammy Nominated Chandrika Krishnamurthy in Boulder


Chandrika Krishnamurthy Tandon, nominated for a Grammy award this year, is coming to Boulder on 11/3 for a benefit concert.

All of the information can be found here.

                         

Below is a short description of the event.

Chandrika Tandon will perform an innovative repertoire of classical chants combining her intensive training in Hindustani and Carnatic Indian music with western rhythms and percussion in an easily accessible way. The concert will include selections from her Grammy-nominated album, Soul Call, which was an eight syllable healing chant for wellness, from her new album (Soul March), and other pieces.

Ms. Tandon will be accompanied by her Soul Chants ensemble which consists of 7- 8 musicians playing eastern and western instruments - including the flute; saxophone; sitar; tabla; mridangam; guitar; keyboard - and will include local musicians and singers in the concert as well.

Some of the members of her Soul Chants ensemble are listed below:

Abhik Mukherjee, sitar:
Premik Russell Tubbs, saxophone:
Steve Gorn, flute:
Anirban Roy Chowdhury, tabla:
Pedro Da Silva, guitar:
T. S. Nandakumar, mridangam:
Local musicians and singers joining Ms. Tandon on stage include the following:
Vamadeva:
Joni Allen
Jim Beckwith:
Tom Duffy
Kate Spear:
Beth Miller

Saturday, October 22, 2011

Bhairavi's Abhishek Raghuram Concert - Supported by CFAA

CFAA supported carnatic music concert by Abhishek Raghuram celebrating the 10th anniversary of Bhairavi School of Music was an amazing success.

Denver audiences were treated to once-in-a-lifetime experience ! Here are some pictures from last night

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Rocky Mountain Thyagaraja Utsavam 2012 - Apr 7th & 8th


The CFAA RMTU committee take great pleasure in the announcement of the 2012 Rocky Mountain Thyagaraja Utsavam.

Rocky Mountain Thyagaraja Utsavam is transforming in 2012.

The 5th year celebration of RMTU in April 2012 is being presented in a bigger and grandeur form than ever before!!

2 major changes you will be seeing for the RMTU 2012 are:

1. DANCE: RMTU will also have a NATYA(traditional dance) section .

2. CLASSICAL PERFORMANCES: In Addition to the traditional rendering of Pancharathna kritis, and classical performances of the Colorado’s Premier performers, we are also presenting 2 of the most popular Indian Performing artists – Dr. Nithyashree Mahadevan & Priyadarshini Govind - during the Utsavam.

You can read all about RMTU 2012 and register for the competitions by visiting our CFAA website

Please talk to any of us if you need more information and look for more information at all the upcoming CFAA events.

- CFAA RMTU Team


Monday, October 17, 2011

Grandson of Padmashri Sheikh Chinna Moulana - Naadaswaram Vidwan

Grandson of Padmashri Dr Sheikh Chinna Moulana, Paul, who is also a Nadaswaram player is performing in Denver on Friday, 21st the same day as the Abhishek Raghuram Concert.


You can read about Paul, his works and the event details by clicking below

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Bhairavi 10th Anniversary Celebrations

Hats off to Priya Hariharan's Bhairavi School of Music for putting up a wonderful show tonight at the Broomfield Auditorium.

It's so heartening to see the path taken by Priya and Krish over the past decade in not only training young kids to love and learn music, but being cultural ambassadors of this genre of music to the Denverites.


Kudos !

Friday, October 14, 2011

Introducing Kalanjali



CFAA is presenting a unique opportunity for all the extremely talented artists who practice any types of South Asian Fine Arts to perform in front of the esteemed Colorado audience.

Starting early 2012, we are launching a series to showcase the future masters of these artforms right here in Denver.

Read all about Kalanjali - What it is ? How to Participate ? .. click here for all the information



Transcript of the Official Communication from VK Arunkumar, Director of Program Development


Dear Patrons, Members and well-wishers of CFAA,

CFAA is presenting a unique opportunity for all the extremely talented artists who practice various types of South Asian Fine Arts to perform in front of the esteemed Colorado audience.

Starting early 2012, we are launching a series to showcase the future masters of these artforms right here in Denver.
You can read more about it and register to perform at Kalanjali by visiting our website @ http://coloradofinearts.org/kalanjali

Please free to contact me or any of the board members if you need further information.

Thanks,
Arun

V.K.Arun Kumar
Director - Program Development
Colorado Fine Arts Association

AMP'D - A Rock Concert for CRY America

CRY America is a charity organization involved in the betterment of underprivileged children.

Here is a concert coming up at the Broomfield Auditorium on Oct 30th @ 2:00 pm. Ticket prices are $9/head. Please attend and support this good cause and enjoy some fun music


Thursday, October 13, 2011

Golden Hour Documentary


As part of CFAA's mission of promoting arts and culture in our state, we always hope that promoting the arts have a positive impact on the global society. 

Recently a specific case was brought to our attention, where a team of two faculty members and a student from our own CU Denver filmed a documentary titled The Golden Hour, in India this summer. The film is about curbing fatalities due to road accidents in India. India happens to be #1 right now on the global list for these kind of fatalities. 

The team is right now actively running a small fund-raising campaign that ends of 10/18 for their post production activities. While CFAA will not be able to do anything officially to support this cause, we wanted to bring this to the attention of arts lovers here in case anybody is interested. 

You can watch the trailer of this documentary below: 








For more information you can contact the director/producer of the  documentary directly - Roma Sur @ 720 675 ROMA 

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Great Opportunities for CFAA Patrons

We wanted to bring to your attention to some great opportunities available exclusively for CFAA Patrons


Latest Carnatic CDs at more than 60% discounts


CFAA is partnering with Charsur Arts Foundation, the leading carnatic music album producer in India today to bring to you, our patrons an opportunity to receive all their new works at more than 60% discounts.


Read more about it here






Lifetime Membership


Some of you had asked about CFAA's lifetime membership options. CFAA board recently approved this. If you are interested, please check this out.


Lifetime patrons enjoy significant privileges for your long term commitment to CFAA.


Please call me @ 720 340 CFAA directly if you are interested. Feel free to share this with your other friends who might be interested.


Abhishek Raghuram Concert on 10/21


Abhishek Raghuram (grandson of Palakkad Raghu & Disciple of PS Narayanaswami), will be performing a Carnatic Vocal concert to celebrate Bhairavi School's 10th anniversary on Friday 10/21. CFAA Patrons receive exclusive discounts (50% of the ticket prices). If you are interested in attending and have not made the reservations yet, please do so by visiting this link


Monday, October 10, 2011

Svanubhava 2012


Svanubhava is an annual festival conducted by the students of performing arts primarily in Chennai. It is a cultural movement in celebration of Indian art like never before. 


This 3 year old festival is now branching out to other parts of India like New Delhi, Trivandrum, Mumbai, Kolkota, Trichy etc.. 


Starting this year, a live webcast of this event is available from
http://svanubhava.blogspot.com



The timings are as follows: 
   - October 10th-12th from 9am IST
   - October 13th-15th from 10am IST 



Replays will be available from 
   - October 11th-16th from 9pm IST 


Hope you all will be able to find time to enjoy this innovative program 

Saturday, October 1, 2011

CFAA 2012 Presentations

We expect 2012 to be a breakthrough year for CFAA. The professional artists being presented by CFAA during the course of the year are as follows. In addition, we will be doing significant number of local programs that are unique in its form and presentation




Winter 2011-'12
'
Mar 3rd, 2012, DL Parsons Theatre, Northglenn




Spring (All artists confirmed)

Nithyasree Mahadevan, Carnatic Vocal
Apr 15th, 2012, Broomfield Auditorium


Apr 22nd, Sunday, Broomfield Auditorium
May 6th, Lakewood Cultural Center




Lavanya Ananth, Bharatanatyam
May 13th, Sunday, Broomfield Auditorium
May 12th, Saturday, Workshops

Summer 2012 

Music Lessons, Symposium
CFAA Education Series
June 11-15 (Classes), June 16th (Symposium), 
DL Parsons Auditorium, Northglenn


Fall 2012 




Oct 27th, 2011 - Broomfield Auditorium


More to follow .... !!!!

Monday, September 26, 2011

Nachiketa Yakkundi Audio CDs available


Audio CDs of the Nachiketa Yakkundi concert are now available. 




Platinum level ($500) patrons receive the CD set free, while the price has been set at nominal amount of $10/set for the Gold level ($250) patrons. 


All other members can also purchase the CD at a discounted price of $15/set 


Please make the payments at our online store to receive the CDs in the mail. These CDs will be available for purchase at the future CFAA events too. 

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Rhapsody 2011 - Mark your calendars !


CFAA is presenting a once in an era opportunity right here in Denver to be part of a classical dance & music extravaganza with a difference !

You, the patrons, helped us get going on the concept of CFAA earlier this year. As the year is drawing to a close, we want to thank you in the most unique way possible while continuing to uphold our promise of a quality  organization that presents quality programs.


Later this fall, on Nov 19th, Saturday, before the holiday season kicks in, we will be presenting to you a unique program of classical music and dance by local stalwarts in an unforgettable afternoon. After the concert, you will have the opportunity to meet face to face with the CFAA board of directors and give us the feedback on how we are doing and what we can do to improve going forward.



More information about the program and the artists are available by clicking here , which we will continue to update during the next couple of months . To help CFAA control our expenses and thereby stretching your investment in CFAA, the top artists in our community are doing this program free of cost !

We hope to see you there on Nov 19th also. You can RSVP for that event
by clicking here .  Please help us spread the word about this event by forwarding this email to any of your friends who might be interested.

Need More Information ? : Talk to any of us at the CFAA registration desk at this weekend's Nachiketa concert.

Saturday, August 20, 2011

CFAA Recognizes Sonu Vaidehi Venkataraman

CFAA today recognized Ms Sonu Vaidehi Venkataraman during her Kuchipudi Arangetram.

You can find more about Sonu's arangetram from her website

Mr. VK Arunkumar, from the CFAA Board of Directors, handed out the gift to the budding artist.

Monday, August 15, 2011

Live Concert by Prince Ramavarma Online


A live carnatic vocal concert by the renowned Carnatic Vocalist Prince Ramavarma will be available for the CFAA Patrons tomorrow. This is available courtesy of Mr Varma himself.


   - Date:    Tuesday, 08/16/2011
   - Time:    7:00 PM IST / 7:30 AM MT
   - Stream: http://www.chennaistream.com/sripeetam/
   - About the Artist: http://ramavarma.yolasite.com


Saturday, August 13, 2011

CFAA Recognizes Azelia Pradhan and Angela Korah

CFAA today recognized Azelia Pradhan and Angela Korah, 2 students of Mrs Usha Muralidharan who performed their arangetrams today.


Mrs. Anjana Gopakumar, CFAA Board member handed out the gifts of recognition to them.

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Sharmila Roy Concert

CFAA Board is proud to present to you a prestigious and unique event on  May  21st, 2011,  a few weeks after our TM Krishna Premier Event.


2011 being the 150th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranatha Tagore, we are celebrating it with a live concert by a noted Tagore Scholar and vocalist, Mrs Sharmila Roy Pommot.


You can learn more about this concert by checking out the preliminary flyer - http://coloradofinearts.org/docs/Sharmila/Sharmila_Roy.pdf - we  have.