The teen singer, Sam ShivRaj (www.samshivraj.com), daughter of Nivedita ShivRaj, presented concerts in 5 locations during MMNY 2008.
MMNY performance schedules:
11:00 am - Sam ShivRaj music performance at Mitchell-Linden Civic Association at the intersection of 31st Road and Union Street, Flushing.
12:00 noon - Nivedita ShivRaj and RagaChitra Music Group concert at Flushing Town Hall.
12:30 p.m. - Sam ShivRaj performance at Flushing Town Hall.
3:00 p.m. - Sam ShivRaj performance at Middle Village Tamil Church Lawns.
4:00 p.m. - Indian cine music at Touch of India, 232, West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018.
5:00 p.m. - Sam ShivRaj pop music at Moon Soup Children's Center, 1059 Second Avenue, New York, NY 10022.
6:00 p.m. - Sam ShivRaj pop music and Indian cine music at Touch of India, 232, West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018.
Namo Narayana - Annamacharya Kirthanas
Sunday, May 18, 2008, 2:30 p.m. at Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA.
Host: Capitol Area Telugu Society (CATS)
Visit www.theuscats.org for tickets and more details about the program..
Nivedita ShivRaj and RagaChitra Classical Choir presented Annamacharya Kirthanas to the accompaniment of digital music.
Lead Singers: Nivedita ShivRaj, Samyuktha ShivRaj
Chorus Singers: Janani Kannan, Amrita Rajagopal, Gayathri Dharmavaram, shruthi Visveswara, Akila Venkatram, Padma Sivakumaran.
Charanam - concert of contemporay Carnatic music
RagaChitra's 2nd Annual Day
Saturday, December 08, 2007, 4:00 p.m.
Tamil Church, Middle Village, Queens, NY
Ragachitra's students beginners, juniors and seniors enthralled the audience with 4 hours of classical and light music.
RagaChitra's Deepavali Celebrations
"Srishti" an echanting Classical Music Concert presented by Mahesh Vinayakram (Son of Ghatam Maestro Vikku Vinayakram)
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Diwali Celebration by Shiv Bhagat Baba Balak Nath Temple
Friday, November 02, 2007, 8:30 p.m.
Venue: Gujarati Sama, Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
RagaChitra students & Choir presented bhajans, devotional songs, bollywood songs.
RagaChitra students at The Deepavali Deepavali Festival
Sunday, October 14, 2007, 12:00 noon
South Street Seaport, New York
Ranjani Mala
Saturday, October 06, 2007, 5:00 pm, Saraswathi Hall, Ganesha Temple, Flushing, NY 11355
Ragachitra will present its unique production "Ranjani Mala" a collection of carnatic compositions on various Ranjani suffixed ragas.
Workshop on Carnatic Music
Nivedita ShivRaj presented a workshop on carnatic music to the incoming freshman at Kingsboro Community College. She was supported by Samyuktha ShivRaj on the vocal.
Date.............. August 23 2007, Thursday
Venue............ Kingsboro Community College, Brooklyn, NY
1st Annual World Cultural Fair at The Atlas Park
RagaChitra Classical Choir performed exotic Indian Classical Songs at The Multicultural Family Festival at The Atlas Park, Queens, NY.
Date.............. August 11, 2007 (Saturday) and August 12, 2007
Venue............ Atlas Park, Queens, NY
Dasanjali
Inspiring Classical Music Concert with Compositions of Purandaradasa, Kanakadasa and more.
Date & Time ... 7 p.m., Saturday, August 11, 2007
Venue............ Saraswathy Hall at Ganesh Temple, Flushing, NY
Vocal: Dr.Nagaraj Rao Havaldar
Vocal Support: Omkarnath
Harmonium: Madhu Vora
Tabla: Sai Shyam
Carnatic Music Festival 2007, June 02, 2007
Carnatic Music Festival, a treat for music lovers, music teachers and students is here again. The festival will feature concerts, lecture demonstrations, exhibition, quiz and many more.
Carnatic Music Festival 2007
Celebration of the Life of Alice Coltrane
Nivedita ShivRaj, Janani Kannan & Samyuktha ShivRaj sang compositions of the Jazz musician Alice Coltrane, with Ravi Coltrane's String orchestra, at the remembarance ceremony organized by the Coltrane Family. They also presented bhajans along with singers from Sai Anantam Ashram, CA.
Date.............. May 17 2007, Thursday
Time.............. 7:00 p.m.
Venue............ St.John The Divine Church, New York
Composers Day
Ragachitra students participated in the Composers Day celebrated by the Hindu Temple, Flushing.
Date.............. May 05 2007, Saturday
Time.............. 3:00 p.m.
Venue............ Ganesha Temple, Flushing, NY 11355
Participants..... Archana Iyer, Meetha Ramu, Samyuktha ShivRaj, Gokul Iyer, Ramya Iyer,Sruthi Shankar,Swetha Gupta, Shreya Gupta
Macy's Asia Pacific Heritage Month Celebrations
RagaChitra Choir presented bhajans & folk music at the Macy's Asia Pacific Heritage Month Celebrations.
Date.............. April 29 2007, Sunday
Time.............. 3:00 p.m.
Venue............ Macys, Flushing, NY 11355
Participants..... Akila Venkatram, Archana Iyer, Janani Kannan, Meetha Ramu, Samyuktha ShivRaj
Chorus........... Gokul Iyer, Ramya Iyer, Shivakumar Iyer, Srinidhi Rao, Lakshmi Rao, Sruthi Shankar, Varshini shankar, Priyanka Algu, Preeti Talathoti, Dakasha Rajabathor, Arvind Rajabathor, Revathi Rajabathor
Ranjani Mala A Garland of Ranjanis
Carnatic Vocal Concert with raga demonstration by Nivedita ShivRaj
The word "Ranjani" in Sanskrit means something that is pleasant, enjoyable
and attractive.
Nivedita ShivRaj presented a carnatic vocal concert with raga demonstration on various Ranjani ragas and taking us into the realms of the divine Ranjani ragas. Nivedita ShivRaj gave an insight into Ranjani Ragas, their features, history and some interesting snippets on Ranajani ragas.
Nivedita was supported on the vocal by Janani Kannan and Samyuktha ShivRaj.
Sridhar Subramaniam accompanied the trio on the Mridangam. Sridhar Subramanian. Sridhar Subramanian has been trained in Mridangam by his father Shri T.R. Subramani Iyer. He began learning Mridangam at the age of 10. He is a recipient of several prestigious awards from Srikrishna Gana Sabha and Indian Fine Arts, Chennai. Participated in many concerts in India and USA. Sridhar has been pursuing a dual career at New Jersey as a Software consultant and Mridangist.
|Presented by... The Arch
Date.............. February 25 2007, Sunday
Venue............ ARCH Studios, 66 W. 39th St., 3rd Floor, New York, NY 10018
India Heritage Camp February 2007
Date......... February 19 2007, Monday thru February 23 2007, Friday
Venue....... Flushing, Queens, NY
India Heritage Camp February 2007 (Click here for camp details.)
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