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For Kirana gharana vocalist Prabha Atre, 2002 has been special for
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Tim Arnold and Richard Morris of the Associated Board of the Royal School of Music are meeting western classical music teachers in different cities of the country.
They have already visited Mumbai, New Delhi and Kolkata and are scheduled to visit Hyderabad on April 21, Bangalore the following day, Chennai on April 25 and Goa on April 26.
The Associated Board was founded in 1889 by an agreement between the Royal Academy of Music and the Royal College of Music to act as an examining body to improve the standard of musical education. Associated Board exams began in India in 1925. Practical exams are held once a year between September-November in the country while theory exams are held twice a year, in March and November.
Tim Arnold studied at the University of Surry and the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and has enjoyed a career as a performer, playing solo piano and in chamber music, in venues including The Purcell Room, the Queen Elizabeth Hall and St John"s Smith Square. He has also taught for many years, including as head of keyboard at the famous English school, Lancing college.
Always involved with conducting choral groups, Tim has worked with the Mid Sussex Choir and The Hurstpierpoint Singers, for whom he has been musical director since 1988. He was appointed an examiner by the Board in 1989 and has worked in many of its international centres. Tim has also worked as a course leader for the board"s professional development course for instrumental and singing teachers.
He now leads the international work of the board with responsibility for the administration and development of music examinations in over 80 countries.
Tim Arnold and Richard Morris will meet music teachers in Bangalore on April 22 between 2.30 pm-6 pm at the Gateway Hotel on Residency road. |
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| A Tabla Site
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The Tabla Gharana homepage is a resource dedicated to furthering the
knowledge of the six main schools of solo tabla.
It contains detailed
articles on solo performance, accompaniment, gharana history and lineage.
Additionally, there is an extensive links page for further information
about artists, a list of all published materials pertaining to tabla and a
complete discography of solo recordings.
http://members.nbci.com/tablaghara
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| Dhrupad ::: the grandest form of Hindustani vocal music
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It is said to have descended from an older form called the prabandha (nonexistant today) and adapted for court performance during the reign of Raja Man Singh Tomar of Gwalior. dhrupad has been in decline since the 18th century.
Dhrupad (the song)
A dhrupad is composed in a particular raaga and taala and has a text.
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| The word kathak derives from katha, a story
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The word kathak derives from katha, a story. A kathak is therefore one who tells a story, and from ancient times traditional classes, and later castes, of story-tellers specialized in conveying through dance and music tales from the great Indian epics and scenes from the lives of the gods. Their role was therefore to teach as well as to entertain with the aid of an extremely rich and highly sophisticated poetic literature in Sanskrit and Brajbhasha.
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