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Indian musician teaches, performs during Fulbright stay

Sikkil Gurucharan, a well-known musician in his native India, is engaging students and the larger community while at 嘿嘿视频 as a Fulbright Scholar. Gurucharan, co-teaching a class in the Department of Religious Studies, will give several workshops on Indian music and perform in a concert with other Indian musicians.

Gurucharan

鈥淚 plan to interact at large with the student community and also collaborate with the eclectic mix of musicians in the area,鈥 said Gurucharan, a vocalist who lives in Chennai on the southeast coast of India. 鈥淚t is a new step in my career as a performing musician and I am excited to be able to reach out to a wider audience. I am looking forward to some great ideas and music.鈥

He, Rita Sahai, director of the 嘿嘿视频 Department of Music鈥檚 Hindustani Vocal Ensemble, and several other musicians will present the concert Jugalbandi: Carnatic and Hindustani Music, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 25. The concert will represent a dialog, or 鈥渏ugalbandhi,鈥 between the Hindustani and Carnatic traditions of Indian classical music. The two have a shared vocabulary of melody and rhythm, but also differ in significant ways. The Hindustani tradition is mostly found in northern Indian, Carnatic in the south.

The concert will be in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

Gurucharan will also present four two-hour-long workshops while here. The workshops on a variety of Indian music and featuring other musicians from the region will take place on three Saturdays, Feb. 7 and 21, and March 7, all from 10 a.m. to noon; and 5-7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13.

The workshops are free and open to the public, with registration required by Thursday (Feb. 5). Send your registration by email to the music department's Phil Daley (put 鈥淕urucharan Workshop" in the subject line).

In early 2012, Gurucharan visited 嘿嘿视频 and performed in a class taught by Archana Venkatesan, an assistant professor in religious studies.

鈥淭hat was the starting point of this whole new turn for me as a Fulbright scholar,鈥 he said. 鈥淚t was Professor Venkatesan鈥檚 idea that I apply for a Fulbright to come to 嘿嘿视频 to do research and co-teach.鈥

 

 

 

 

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