Chhandayan Diwali Festival

Chhandayan Diwali Celebration: featuring music, dance and other types of performances.

Sitting: Mostly sitting on chairs.
Dress Code: Festive.
Food and beverage: There will be snacks, meal and beverage available for purchase.

The event will start at 2 pm and end at 9 pm.

There will be fun activities set up in the adjacent room for youth, we encourage children to please participate in Rangoli decoration, craft and games.  There will be a magician at 4 PM

Program in the main hall:

Welcome
     Few words about Chhandayan

     Light Diya candles 

 

Vocal performance -  

     Aishani Singh

     Guru – Vidushi Sanghamitra Chatterjee 

     Tabla - Saurav Patel, student of Dibyarka Chatterjee

 

Vocal performance by students of Raag-Rang 

     Maitreyi Mehta, Aarushi Mehta, Shreyansh Singh, Raima Bhattacharyya

     Guru - Vidushi Mitali Bhawmik

     Tabla: Saurav Patel, student of Dibyarka Chatterjee

 
Vocal performance - Performers: SvarNaad Vocal Ensemble

      Anvi Ogale, Anvi Ajay, Aarohi Mahimkar, Aadya lyer, Ananya lyer, Prasoon Kharabe, Aarya Nargund, Tanmayee
      Salunkhe, Prisha Deogaonkar, Avyaan Khapli, Saveer Jambhekar, Anisha Ajgaonkar, Harshita Bhave, Tarun Sire, Asmi
      Shetty, Shriya Hedge
      Guru - Shreemati Rucha Muley Jambhekar

      "SvarNaad believes in continuing the rich Indian cultural and musical tradition by teaching and nurturing the next generation of artists and musicians. Through their teaching methods which align with the guru shishya Parampara they skeey to transform students' passion in Hindustani Music into a lifelong journey of reward and fulfilment.

For more information you can visit ruchamjmusic.com or email [email protected]

Tabla Solo - 
      Aditya Joshi - tabla

Chhandayan Tabla Ensemble 

     Aneesh Joshi, Ishaan Freeman, Keyur Thakar, Shiv Gandhi, Shiv Sharma, Harshal Joshi

Kathak demonstration -  

      Sneha Bolisetty: 

      Sneha Bolisetty is a public educator and Kathak dancer in New York City. She is a student of renowned Kathak artists Rachna Nivas, within the lineage of the great Kathak master Pandit Chitresh Das. She is an apprentice dancer of Leela Dance Collective. Sneha has performed at venues including the prestigious ASU Gammage, and in Rachna Nivas's acclaimed production, 'Reclaiming the Divine Feminine' at New York Live Arts.

 

Panel Discussion on the human perception of sound and music

o   Participants - Dr. Antonio Merolli, Ustd Hidayat Khan, Samir Chatterjee

o   Moderator - Maulik Mehta

Hidayat Husain Khan - sitar,
Dibyarka Chatterjee - tabla