We are very happy to announce that Carnatic Symphony 2018 will be back again with a bang and is scheduled to be performed on the Easter Sunday, April 1, 2018 at 8 am in the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana

The Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival is the largest Indian classical music festival outside of India. The year 2018 is the festival's 41st year. Cleveland festival has been a gateway for carnatic music. Over several years, what started in a humble way with a small group celebrating the Thyagaraja Aradhana, has now become one of the biggest musical event in carnatic music. The festival shall serve as an ideal treat for carnatic buffs, music students and connoisseurs of music. Today it has also been an inspiration for several other festivals in USA and around the world designated to Thyagaraja or otherwise.

The event will be part of Carnatica USA ' s initiative to support talents from North America.

This will be yet another opportunity for young children of North America to be part of this innovative.

Conceptualised and brain child of K.N.Shashikiran, this year the Carnatic Symphony will be conducted by Nirmala Rajasekhar along with the Carnatica Brothers.

Nirmala Rajasekar is a world renowned Carnatic veena virtuoso and educator of South Indian Music. She is the artistic director of the school NaadhaRasa (Essence of Tone), Center for Music. Performances of her ensemble have been seen and heard at many venues in the USA and on radio and television

Prof Leo Coach and Genevieve Gilbert will anchor the orchestra team.

Eligibility Criteria:

We are very pleased to bring this initiative to you and hope to provide a grand platform for the performance and recognition of your students. We look forward to your involvement and support.

• No Age limit. All are welcome to participate.
• We are looking for participants who can hold pitch correctly and sing in rhythm. All are welcome to participate.
• Students may register for either vocal or instrumental category.
• If a music school is registering, it is up to the local gurus to judge and choose students.
• Participating students will be awarded a medal and a certificate.

Training:

Initially the students will be provided an online access to the songs, to be performed for the symphony and get trained through their local Gurus. There will be local rehearsals done by our core team of Gurus in cities where there are more than 10 students enrolled.

Fee:

• $150 - If you have participated in Carnatic Symphony earlier or if you are registering through your school.
• $200 - Individual new registrations

Participation Fee

Registering through a school (or) previous year Participant $150.00 USDIndividual New Registrations $200.00 USD

Payment:

1. Make payment through Paypal.
2. Note down the Paypal Transaction ID & Paypal Email ID.
3. Enter the Paypal Transaction ID & Paypal Email ID in the registration form.
4. If you are paying for more than 1 participant in a single transaction, then enter the same Paypal Transaction ID & Paypal Email ID. for each participant registration.
5. Paypal payment is to be made first before submitting the registration form.

**Fee once paid will not be refunded for any reasons.

Registration for Carnatic Symphony 2018:

Dress Code:

Participants are required to be in traditional Indian attire.

Girls: Skirt (Pavadai) and blouse, half sarees or sarees. Colors are individual's / school's choice.

Boys: Kurta (Preferably white or half white) and Pyjama, dhoti.

Practice Sessions and Grand Rehearsals:

• March 29, Thursday 6 pm - 9pm
• March 30, Friday 5.30 pm - 9pm
• March 31, Saturday 2.00pm - 7.30pm

Participants to take care of food/snacks and water. None provided. Adhoc breaks will be planned based on the progress.

Songs:

Songs in Level 1 are for beginners and Level 2 is aimed at intermediate and advance level students.
Students may learn songs from either of the levels or from both. It is not mandatory to learn all the songs. However, all the songs may be featuring in the event.

Level 1

S.No	Songs	Only BGM for Songs	Only Voice	Score	Song with Instrument	Carnatic Notations
1	Govinda jaya	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download
2	Dharo jagannatha	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download
3	Kinkininaadangal	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download
4	Muchukunda	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download
5	Anjaneyam sada	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download
6	Garudagamana	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download

Level 2

S.No	Songs	Only BGM for Songs	Only Voice	Score	Song with Instrument	Carnatic Notations
1	Sri guruguha	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download
2	Meluko dayanidhi	Will be uploaded soon	Will be uploaded soon	Download	Download	Download
3	Tirupati venkataramana	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download
4	Swagatham - Pt.Ravishankar tribute	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download

Additional Songs: ( These songs may / may not be presented this year.)

S.No	Songs	Only BGM for Songs	Only Voice	Score	Song with Instrument	Carnatic Notations
1	Shuklambaratharam	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download
2	Narayana jaya	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download
3	Raghunandhana	Download	Download	Download	Download	Download
4	Muddugare	Will be uploaded soon	Will be uploaded soon	Download	Download	Download
5	Swarajathi - senchuruti	Download	Download	Download	Download	Will be uploaded soon

We are very happy to announce that Carnatic Symphony 2019 will be back again with a bang and is scheduled to be performed on the Easter Sunday, April 1, 2019 at 8 am in the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana

The Cleveland Thyagaraja Festival is the largest Indian classical music festival outside of India. The year 2019 is the festival's 41st year. Cleveland festival has been a gateway for carnatic music. Over several years, what started in a humble way with a small group celebrating the Thyagaraja Aradhana, has now become one of the biggest musical event in carnatic music. The festival shall serve as an ideal treat for carnatic buffs, music students and connoisseurs of music. Today it has also been an inspiration for several other festivals in USA and around the world designated to Thyagaraja or otherwise.

The event will be part of Carnatica USA ' s initiative to support talents from North America.

This will be yet another opportunity for young children of North America to be part of this innovative.

Conceptualised and brain child of K.N.Shashikiran, this year the Carnatic Symphony will be conducted by Nirmala Rajasekhar along with the Carnatica Brothers.

Prof Leo Coach and Genevieve Gilbert will anchor the orchestra team.

Eligibility Criteria:

We are very pleased to bring this initiative to you and hope to provide a grand platform for the performance and recognition of your students. We look forward to your involvement and support.

• No Age limit. All are welcome to participate.
• We are looking for participants who can hold pitch correctly and sing in rhythm. All are welcome to participate.
• Students may register for either vocal or instrumental category.
• If a music school is registering, it is up to the local gurus to judge and choose students.
• Participating students will be awarded a medal and a certificate.

Training:

Initially the students will be provided an online access to the songs, to be performed for the symphony and get trained through their local Gurus. There will be local rehearsals done by our core team of Gurus in cities where there are more than 10 students enrolled.

Registration for Carnatic Symphony 2019:

Dress Code:

Participants are required to be in traditional Indian attire.

Girls: Skirt (Pavadai) and blouse, half sarees or sarees. Colors are individual's / school's choice.

Boys: Kurta (Preferably white or half white) and Pyjama, dhoti.

Rehearsals :

Tentative Songs List:

The songs have been carefully hand picked keeping in mind the students in the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. As we always say, it is not mandatory for the beginners to learn songs from level 2.

Song recordings will be updated soon.