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String of Pearls Concert- Harn Museum Nights

On Thursday, April 11th, the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art welcomes you to an evening of classical Indian art and music.Join us for “A Little Night Music” featuring SPICMACAY (The Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture Amongst Youth)-UF Jam group volunteers. UF students, faculty, and Gainesvile community musicians will perform

Sankara Concert – North American Tour

The Society for Promotion of Indian Classical Music and Culture (SPICMACAY) and the Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) present a FREE Carnatic-Hindustani Instrumental Jugalbandi Concert. The Sankara group artists include: Subhash Chandran: Ghatam (Claypot) and Konnakol (vocal percussion) Ganesh Kumar: Kanjira (Tambourine) and Konnakol Hari Krishnan: Keyboard Hindol Chattopadhyay: Sitar If you

Celebrate India at the Harn Family Day!

Learn traditions of Indian culture in celebration of their Independence Day on Saturday, August 24th from 12 pm to 4:30 pm at the UF Harn Museum! Stop by at noon to watch the fascinating documentary, “Horn Please” by UF Graphic Design graduate Shantanu Suman, enjoy traditional classical and folk Indian dances by local performance groups,

Carnatic Music Concert

The Classical Music Endowment Fund of The Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) at UF presents... A Carnatic music concert by Maharajapuram Ramachandran (vocal), Ashwin Ramanathan (violin), & Vijay Ganesh (mridangam). The CHiTra Classical Music Endowment Fund was created at the University of Florida by patrons of Indian classical music and the arts,

Carnatic Music Concert

The Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (CHiTra) and the School of Music at the University of Florida present... A Carnatic Music Concert and a Lecture-Demonstration on South Indian Classical Music by Dr. Lalitha Muthuswamy (Fulbright-Nehru Fellow, University of Iowa, 2013). Featuring Dr. Lalitha Muthuswamy (violin) and accompanied by Keshav Nelavai (mridangam) & Kevin

Tradition and Innovation in Carnatic Music

The Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions  (CHiTra) at the University of Florida, is delighted to sponsor a talk by Sudha Ragunathan (recipient of the Padma Bhushan and Sangeetha Kalanidhi Awards;, Senior Fulbright Scholar, Nova Southeastern University, Florida).   Ms. Ragunathan’s talk, “Tradition and Innovation in Carnatic Music” will be held at Music 101 on

Indian Classical (Carnatic) Music concert

March 2nd,  7:00 pm Music 101, Indian Classical (Carnatic) Music concert. Dr. M. Narmadha (violin), Vijay Ganesh (percussion/ mridangam), and Chandrasekhara Sharma (percussion/ ghatam)

Carnatic-Jazz Duo Fusion Concert

Music Building 101 435 Newell Drive, Gainesville

The Center for the study of Hindu Traditions is pleased to support a concert sponsored by Spicmacay-UF.  Support for this concert comes from CHiTra’s Fund for Classical Indian Music Guitar Prasanna  (Guitar) Ken Anoff (Percussion) Spicmacay-UF (Spring 2020) Carnatic-Jazz Duo fusion Concert  Free Admission MUB 101, UF Music Building, 435 Newell Dr.  UF campus Feb 20, Thursday, 7:00 pm You

Classical Carnatic Music Program

Music Building 101 435 Newell Drive, Gainesville

The Center for the Study of Hindu Traditions (ChiTra) at UF in association with SPICMACAY-UF presents a Classical Carnatic Music Program by: Gayathri Venkataraghavan (vocal) Mysore Srikanth (violin) Sivaraman (mridangam) Manasi Prasad (kanjira) Sunday, October 30th  2022, Music Building 101, University of Florida Gayathri Venkataraghavan is one of the most sought-after Carnatic music performers in

Dr. Shiwani Arora and Dr Saloni Taneja in Kesariya Balam: A Celebration of Indian Folk Music

Harn Museum of Art

Drs. Arora and Taneja will be accompanied by Prathik Murali (PhD Student, Religion), as well as Sroyon Sengupta, Agnidhra Gain, and Mohit Budhwani (Vocal) Accompanying Musicians: Rajesh Bhandari (Tabla), Shawn Bhajman (Harmonium), Jitendra Patel (Keyboard), Hemanshu Patel (Octapad), Pratyush Goberdhan (Sarangi), and Pandit Nandkishor Muley (Santoor).   A welcome reception begins at 1 pm in the Harn Galleria.