Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 7:30 pm JAYATEERTH MEVUNDI Indian classical vocalist of the Kirana gharana "Took [Kolkata's Nazrul Mancha] conference by storm. His presentation of Sudhkalyan followed by Pahari Thumri and Bhajan is still ringing in my ears. Jayatu Jayateerth!" – Dhaka Daily Star
Crossroads Music 48th and Baltimore Ave. (in Calvary United Methodist Church) http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org or 215-729-1028 Tickets are $20, $10 discount, $30 for supporters, $5 for 12 and under. Jayateerth Mevundi is a Hindustani classical vocalist and celebrated younger representative of the Kirana gharana style of vocal music. He grew up in a musical family in Hubli, Karnataka, and began his formal study of music in the Gwalior gharana. In 1994, he became a student in the lineage of great vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, and is now widely known for his sonorous voice and virtuoso taankari (rapid melodies improvised on a single sound). Mevundi sings khyal, a relatively modern style of North Indian classical vocal music. Khyal developed, some say, from music sung in the small, private rooms in the womens’ quarters of royal courts, where delicate ornamentation and fast tempos could be appreciated – subtleties that would have been lost in the large, reverberant halls where the older, more austere dhrupad was performed. With the collapse of the Mogul Empire in the 18th century, men began to sing khyal as well as women, and many different gharanas – lineages of teachers and disciples with a distinctive musical style and philosophy – developed. Mevundi’s Kirana Gharana, known for sweetness, emotionality, and intricate improvised ornament, originated in Uttar Pradesh about 100 years ago and was heavily influenced by Carnatic (South Indian) music. Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania South Asia Center UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday, April 22, 2010 from 7 to 10 pm FREE KLEZMER WORKSHOP with Dan Blacksberg Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 7:30 pm (kid's show at 4:00 pm) ALASH ENSEMBLE - Tuvan throat-singing "Utterly stunning. Audience members picked their jaws up off the floor." - Washington Post "Seemed to demonstrate superhuman powers using their vocal cords" - Cornell Daily Sun Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 7:30 pm Generations of Resistance, featuring: ANNE FEENEY - unionmaid, hell raiser, and labor singer "Congratulations on your fine songwriting!" - Pete Seeger "Anne Feeney is the best labor singer in North America." - Utah Phillips EVAN GREER - Songs to inspire hope, build community and incite resistance "Songs [that] will be heard at the barricades for years to come." - Tom Morello, Rage Against the Machine "An eloquent and energetic writer." - Howard Zinn ROY ZIMMERMAN - Funny songs about ignorance, war, and greed "Lacerating wit & keen awareness of society's foibles that bring to mind a latter-day Tom Lehrer." - Los Angeles Times "Reintroducing literacy to comedy songs." - Tom Lehrer Friday, May 21, 2010 at 7:30 pm BRUCE MOLSKY & ALE MOLLER - Appalachian old time and Swedish traditional music "The Rembrandt of Appalachian fiddling." - Darrol Anger. "Among the most talented, active and prolific on the Swedish scene." - Dirty Linen Crossroads Music is in part supported by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and the Samuel S. Fels Fund. This project is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), its regional arts funding partnership. State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administred in this region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. Wednesday, April 21, 2010 at 7:30 pm JAYATEERTH MEVUNDI Indian classical vocalist of the Kirana gharana "Took [Kolkata's Nazrul Mancha] conference by storm. His presentation of Sudhkalyan followed by Pahari Thumri and Bhajan is still ringing in my ears. Jayatu Jayateerth!" – Dhaka Daily Star Crossroads Music 48th and Baltimore Ave. (in Calvary United Methodist Church) http://www.crossroadsconcerts.org or 215-729-1028 Tickets are $20, $10 discount, $30 for supporters, $5 for 12 and under. Jayateerth Mevundi is a Hindustani classical vocalist and celebrated younger representative of the Kirana gharana style of vocal music. He grew up in a musical family in Hubli, Karnataka, and began his formal study of music in the Gwalior gharana. In 1994, he became a student in the lineage of great vocalist Pandit Bhimsen Joshi, and is now widely known for his sonorous voice and virtuoso taankari (rapid melodies improvised on a single sound). Mevundi sings khyal, a relatively modern style of North Indian classical vocal music. Khyal developed, some say, from music sung in the small, private rooms in the womens’ quarters of royal courts, where delicate ornamentation and fast tempos could be appreciated – subtleties that would have been lost in the large, reverberant halls where the older, more austere dhrupad was performed. With the collapse of the Mogul Empire in the 18th century, men began to sing khyal as well as women, and many different gharanas – lineages of teachers and disciples with a distinctive musical style and philosophy – developed. Mevundi’s Kirana Gharana, known for sweetness, emotionality, and intricate improvised ornament, originated in Uttar Pradesh about 100 years ago and was heavily influenced by Carnatic (South Indian) music. Sponsored by the University of Pennsylvania South Asia Center UPCOMING EVENTS Thursday, April 22, 2010 from 7 to 10 pm FREE KLEZMER WORKSHOP with Dan Blacksberg Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 7:30 pm (kid's show at 4:00 pm) ALASH ENSEMBLE - Tuvan throat-singing "Utterly stunning. Audience members picked their jaws up off the floor." - Washington Post "Seemed to demonstrate superhuman powers using their vocal cords" - Cornell Daily Sun Saturday, May 1, 2010 at 7:30 pm Generations of Resistance, featuring: ANNE FEENEY - unionmaid, hell raiser, and labor singer "Congratulations on your fine songwriting!" - Pete Seeger "Anne Feeney is the best labor singer in North America." - Utah Phillips EVAN GREER - Songs to inspire hope, build community and incite resistance "Songs [that] will be heard at the barricades for years to come." - Tom Morello, Rage Against the Machine "An eloquent and energetic writer." - Howard Zinn ROY ZIMMERMAN - Funny songs about ignorance, war, and greed "Lacerating wit & keen awareness of society's foibles that bring to mind a latter-day Tom Lehrer." - Los Angeles Times "Reintroducing literacy to comedy songs." - Tom Lehrer Friday, May 21, 2010 at 7:30 pm BRUCE MOLSKY & ALE MOLLER - Appalachian old time and Swedish traditional music "The Rembrandt of Appalachian fiddling." - Darrol Anger. "Among the most talented, active and prolific on the Swedish scene." - Dirty Linen Crossroads Music is in part supported by the Philadelphia Cultural Fund and the Samuel S. Fels Fund. This project is supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA), its regional arts funding partnership. State government funding for the arts depends upon an annual appropriation by the Pennsylvania General Assembly and from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administred in this region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance. ---- You are receiving this because you are subscribed to the list named "UnivCity-Announce." To unsubscribe or for archive information, see <http://www.purple.com/list.html>. You may post announcements to this list, but this list attempts to prevent discussion. Please use univcity to discuss messages on this list. Subscribers of univcity receive all mail to this list.
