IACRF INC

Grand concert by Maharajapuram Ramachandran 

with Nagai Sri R. Muralidharan on Violin
Tanjore Sri R. Ramadas on Mridangam
 

Venue :
Sri Venkateswara Temple
780 Old Farm Road, Bridgewater, New Jersey

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28 2007 at  7:30 PM

TICKETS:  $15 per person
Seniors/Students $10

For tickets, please contact:   BY EMAIL: IACRFINC@AOL.COM or call:

Bargavi Sundararajan (732) 819-0773

Rajam Ramanathan   (732) 422-6830

Susheela Swaminathan (908) 575-8402

Maharajapuram Sri S. Ramachandran, the renowned Carnatic vocal musician is the heir to a great musical tradition. He had the unique privilege of being tutored by two extraordinary musical giants, his grandfather, Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer and his father, Maharajapuram Santhanam, and is 7th in the direct sishya parampara of Saint Thyagaraja. With such a strong foundation, it is not difficult for Ramachandran to earn a name for himself and he has established himself as the authentic custodian of the Maharajapuram style. His adherence to excellence and tradition has earned him many awards and titles such as Sangeetha Ratnakara, Isai Puyal, Isai Kalai Selvan, Sangeetha Samrat, Sangeetha Ganamani from the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetam and Tamil Isai Vendar. In Aug 2007, he received the prestigious Sangeetha Chudamani award from the Krishna Gana Sabha of Chennai. Ramachandran is a grade A artist of All India Radio and Doordarshan and he is a member of the faculty of Fine Arts, Annamalai University.

The New Jersey State Theatre, in cooperation with IACRF INC and World Entertainment, is scheduled to present a jugalbandi between Carnatic and Hindustani music maestros,

Dr. Balamurali Krishna and Ajoy Chakrabarty

on

Saturday, September 22 at 7 pm

as part of the Discover Artistic India program.

The evening will also feature stunning performances in Indian classical dance by a group of visually challenged dancers from India. The audience is taken beyond the senses of sight and hearing. They will be bathed in an aura of colors that is experienced during the awakening of the chakras solar plexus; fragrance associated with each manifestation wafts in the air. Tantric images and mystical syllables will lead the spectator to a spiritual experience.

For more details…

EVENTS:

*        Carnatic Beginners Class
*        Bhajans Class
*        Tamil Devotional Class
*        Sloka Class
*        Carnatic Advanced Class

TUTOR:    Mrs. Neela Jagannathan

Neela Jagannathan, a talented teacher/performer, has been teaching young students Carnatic music, devotional music, bhajans and slokas for the past 18 years in Chennai, India. She started learning music at a young age of 7 at Rasika Ranjani Sabha (RR Sabha, Mylapore, Chennai) and thereafter became a disciple of leading vocalist Gana Padmam Tiruvengadu A. Jayaram. She was also trained by Sethu Mahadevan (Bombay Sisters), Hyderabad Brothers and S. Sowmya . 

Neela has been giving performances in Sabhas and Temples and teaching for over 18 years now. She has done jingles (advertisements) in Tamil and Malayalam. She has also performed in AIR as junior artist in Youth Programs.

For Enquiries Contact:

Mrs. Bargavi Sundararajan: 732-819-0773
Mrs. Rajam Ramanathan:   732-422-6830
Mrs. Priya Senthilkumar:   732-750-9331

Indo American Cultural & Religious Foundation Inc. and
CMANA Inc.
presents

“Sankara” – The Ultimate Instrumental Ensemble by

Sri. T H Subhash Chandran – Ghatam and Konnakol
Sri. Harikrishnan – Keyboard and vocal
Sri. H N Bhasker – Violin
Sri. Triplicane K Sekar – Thavil
Sri. N Ganeshkumar – Kanjira
Sri. Akshay Padmanabhan – Mridangam

on
Saturday, Mar 31st 2007 at 3:30 PM

Venue:

Terrill Middle School,
1301 Terrill Rd, Scotch Plains,
NJ 07076

Tickets:

$15 – General Admission
$10 – Students (with proper ID)
$10 – Seniors who are members of CMANA

Music Card Accepted

Indo American Cultural & Religious Foundation Inc.
and CMANA Inc.
present a Grand Carnatic Music recital by Sri. P Unnikrishnan

Sri. P Unnikrishnan – Vocal
Sri.Vittal Ramamurthy – Violin
Sri.K Arun Prakash – Mridangam

on Sunday, May 6th 2007 at 3:30 PM

Venue:
Terrill Middle School,
1301 Terrill Rd, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
Tickets:

$15 – General Admission 
$10 – Students (with proper ID)
$10 – Seniors

Music Card Accepted

Mrs. Bargavi Sundararajan : 732-819-0773
Mrs. Rajam Ramanathan : 732-422-6830
 

Indo American Cultural and Religious Foundation

presents

A Double Feature

On Saturday, APRIL 28

At 3 PM

Flute Maestro Shashank
Ganesh Prasad on Violin
Parupalli Phalgun on Mirudangam

At 6 PM

Padmashri Chitra Visweswaran
with live orchestra in a Bharathanatyam performance

 
Venue:

Sri Venkateswara Temple
780 Old Farm Road, Bridgewater, New Jersey

TICKETS:

Single Event:  $15
Both programs:  $25

For tickets, please contact: or call:

Bargavi Sundararajan: (732) 819-0773
Rajam Ramanathan:   (732) 422-6830

Indo American Cultural & Religious Foundation Inc.
and
CMANA Inc.
present a Grand Carnatic Music recital by

Smt. Nithyasree Mahadevan – Vocal (bio)

Sri. Ramachandran Sivakumar – Violin

Sri. I Sivakumar – Mridangam

on

   Sunday, March 18th 2007 at 3:30 PM
                                at
                   Terrill Middle School
       1301 Terrill Rd, Scotch Plains, NJ 07076
For details contact:

- Bargavi Sundararajan     732-819-0773
- Rajam Ramanathan        732-422-6830

Tickets:
$15 – General Admission 
$10 – Students (with proper ID)
$10 – Seniors
 
MUSICARD NOT ACCEPTED

“A dance drama with 16 acclaimed dancers from eminent schools celebrating women of extraordinary courage and character, of gumption and grace: “

Sita of Hindu theology, RaniLakshmi Bai of Indian Freedom Movement, and Aparajitha of today’s India.

Music : T. V. Gopalakrishnan

Costumes : Laksmi Krishnamurthy

Script : Ranjita Ashok

Choreography by : The celebrated V. P. Dhananjayan & Shanta

Producer : Cleveland cultural Alliance who brought you such gems as Krishnam Vande Jagad Gurum (1992), Sangamitra (1993), Jaya Jaya Devi (1994), Abhyasa (2004).

Venue : Forum Theater
314 Main Street, Metuchen, New Jersey

Sunday November 19 2006  at  4 PM

TICKETS :

Reserved: Donors $100,  Patrons $50; $35 (3 for $100)

Unreserved: $25 or 5 for $100 includes balcony.

For tkts call:

(732) 819-0773
(732) 422 6830
(201) 358-0001
(609) 890-2182
(732) 792 9715

To order tickets, please send a check to IACRF INC.
15 Lenox Street, Edison, NJ 08817
IACRFINC@AOL.COM OR EKAANTHA@AOL.COM

A Saxophone concert
 
By Padmasree Kadri Gopalnath

Saturday, November 11 2006 at 5 pm
 
Accompanied by

Vittal Ramamoorthy on Violin,
Selva Muthukumaraswamy on Thavil,
and Tripunithara Radhakrishnan on Ghatam.

Venue:

Hickman Hall, Rutgers University,
89 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ

TICKETS:  $15 each concert

For tickets, please contact: or call:

Bargavi: (732) 819-0773
Rajam:   (732) 422-6830

IACRF Inc.  Presents

Classical Carnatic Concert with Bhajans
(Bhajans in many languages)

by O. S. Arun

Friday, Nov 3, 2006  at  7 pm

Melakaveri Thyagarajan on Violin
A. V.Manikandan on the Mirudangam
A. Kiran Kumar on the Tabla
 
Venue:
Sri Venkateswara Temple
780 Old Farm Road, Bridgewater, New Jersey