SMC Monthly Concert - Aug 2017
Dear Music Rasikas,
SMC would like to invite you with family and friends to Monthly Concerts - Aug 2017 to be held on 26th August 2017 at the Dundas Community Centre, 21 Sturt Street, Telopea.
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM: Vocal recital by Kum. Sindhuja Ganapathy, accompanied on Violin by Sri. Kranthi Kiran Mudigonda and on Mrudangam by Chi. Sumukha Jagadeesh.
05:10 PM - 07:10 PM: Vocal recital by Smt. Sangeetha Ayyar, accompanied on Synthesizer by Sri. Mohan Ayyar and on Mrudangam by Sri. Sivakumar Sethupathi.
Artiste Profiles:
Sri. Mohan Ayyar
For over 25 years, Mohan has been giving concerts on the synthesizer, an instrument he has adapted to suit Carnatic music. While self-taught on the synthesizer, he had vocal training under Smt Uma Ayyar, Smt Prema Anandakrishnan and Smt Hemalatha Ganesan. Mohan has given many solo concerts and has also accompanied many local and international artistes in performances all over Australia and in Chennai. Mohan has composed music for several bharatanatyam programs and has partially completed a PhD in Indian music from Macquarie University - analysing the composition process for bharatanatyam music. He has presented papers on music at conferences in Amsterdam, Mumbai and Kolkata. Mohan teaches keyboard to a number of students and continues to maintain the popular music web page www.carnaticcorner.com
Smt. Sangeetha Ayyar
Sangeetha is the daughter and disciple of the late Sri Karaikudi S. Kannan, an All India Radio artist from Andhra Pradesh. She also had advanced lessons in Chennai from Smt Suguna Purushothaman and Smt Meera Nathan in India and from Smt Hemalatha Ganesan, Smt Chitra Krishnamurthy and Smt Uma Ayyar in Sydney. She has won prizes for music during her college days in India. Smt Sangeetha has performed extensively over the last fifteen years and had the opportunity to sing at the Asian Festival of Music and Dance at the Sydney Opera House and at the National Multicultural Festival in Canberra. Sangeetha has given concerts across Australia, in USA and during the Chennai music season. She has sung for many dance performances and has set the music for several dance items. She teaches music to a number of students in Western Sydney.
Kum. Sindhuja Ganapathy
Sindhuja was introduced to Carnatic music at the age of six by her late grandmother Smt. Vasantha Ramamoorthy. She has since been learning both Carnatic and Light Classical music under the able guidance of her gurus Smt. Bhavani Govindan and Smt Pushpa Jagdish. Sindhuja has been a regular performer in music programs around Sydney for over 10 years. Since 2016, Sindhuja has been frequently singing for Bharatanatyam arangetrams and programs, most notably for Thrayee School of Dance and Rasana Dance Theatre. She also possesses a keen interest in live band shows and has performed with numerous artists from across Sydney and Melbourne. Outside of music, Sindhuja is currently pursuing her post graduate degree in Human Resources while working in HR/Recruitment
Sri. Kranthi Kiran Mudigonda
Kranthi Kiran Mudigonda had his initial training in music with Sri P.S.S.R Jagannatham and Sri N. C. Ramanujam. He had advanced training under eminent vidwan Sri Dwaram Satyanarayana Rao at Hyderabad. He is currently under advanced tutelage in vocal from Hyderabad Brothers and violin from Parur Sri M A Sundareswaran. He has a vast experience in accompanying local and visiting artistes for various concerts across Australia. He also developed interest in percussion and has undergone training in mridangam and kanjira from Sri Kaliprasad Babu, Melakaveri Sri K Balaji and Sri Nerkunam Sankar. He continues to learn mridangam from Maestro Sri Patri Satish Kumar. He founded Geervani Academy of Performing Arts and teaches Vocal, Violin and Mridangam in Sydney.
Sri. Sivakumar Sethupathi
Siva had his training in mridangam under Guru Sri T.S. Janakiraman, a disciple of Sri Palani Subramania Pillai. He was a recipient of music scholarship awarded by the Centre For Cultural Resources and Training, Government of India. He is a sought-after mridangam artiste for Carnatic music programs, Bharatanatyam recitals and Sampradaya Bhajans in Australia. He has accompanied several leading artistes from India. Siva is a founding member of Sydney Bhajan Mandali.
Chi. Sumukha Jagadeesh
Sumukha's early rhythmic childhood at the age of 4 and half had an inspiring upshot on Sri Arun of Bangalore and he initiated Sumukha into the world of Carnatic percussion. Then, Sumukha continued his training under the tutelage of Sri Suthanthiraraj for the next 10 years. He had the opportunity to play Mridangam and Kanjira in the Thyagaraja and Swathi Tirunal festivals and he won prizes in the mridangam competitions conducted by SwaraLaya. He is keen in learning all percussion instruments. He is currently mentored by Sri Melakkaveri Balaji. Sumukha is in 2nd year Uni doing Chemical Engg and Bachelor of Science at UNSW and his main interests are music, table tennis and cricket.