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Indo-American Festival of Performing Arts
Sarovar 2016
For Global Peace & Harmony
Apr - June 2016

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Program Details :
GLAC is partnering with Lawrence Tech University, Oakland University and Washtenaw Community
College every year to present the 'Indo-American Festival of Performing Arts -
Sarovar'. This is a one of a kind music festival held at several
venues in SE Michigan including Oakland University, Lawrence Tech U & Washtenaw campus for
the sake of global peace and harmony!
The festival will be held in May & June during the weekends featuring
several concerts by top notch musicians, lecture demonstrations, fusion
music, dance-drama and music concerts. Over 1000 people are estimated to
participate in this fine arts extravaganza which includes food,
entertainment and networking.
We encourage you to become a member and support
your organization!
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Jan 30 at 7pm - Chennai
Flood Fundraiser Varner Hall,
Oakland University
Jugalbandhi - Mark Stone (Mbira/Gyil), Sam Jeyasingham (Kanjira/Morsing/Mridangam),
Patrick Fitzgibbon (Tabla/Drums), Matt Dufresne (Saxophones)
Carnatic - Madurai Sundar (Vocal), Jay Balan (Violin),
Jannagan Jeyakumar (Mridangam)
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Feb 28 at 1pm - Varner Hall, Oakland
University - An afternoon of Carnatic music
Kiranavali Vidyasankar (Vocal), Keerthana Sankar (Violin), Vinod
Seetharaman (Mridangam) |
 
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March 12th Chinmaya Sisters - Uma & Radhika - SVBF Fundraiser
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Apr 9th Sarovar Curtain Raiser - 'Divine Strings' - A Chitravina
Concerto!
Sangeet Samrat
Chitravina N Ravikiran, VVS Murari, Trivandrum Balaji, Chandrasekara
Sharma
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Apr 10th
Swati Tirunal Festival feat Mahathi, Jay Balan, Patri Satish Kumar |
Apr 22nd Ranjani Gayatri Fundraiser Concert by Mamatha Murthy *
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Apr 24th Natya Nivedanam by Lavanya Mavillapalli, Churchill High
School, Livonia
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Apr 30th Carnatica Brothers, BV Raghavendra, Tiruvarur
Vaidyanathan, Guruprasad, N. Sundar SV Temple, Novi * |
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May 1st -- Community Volunteer Event:
Cleanup of Flint Temple - KSVT, Flint #Detroit4Flint |
FREE DAY
May 14th 29th Annual Thyagaraja Aradhana Festival of Michigan
29th Annual Michigan Thyagaraja Aradhana
The Paschimakasi Sri Viswanatha Temple
Auditorium
Paschima Kasi Sri Viswanatha Temple, Flint, MI
8.30AM Pooja and Bhajans
9.00AM Group singing of the ‘Pancharathna
Krithis’
10.30AM Individual Singing
12.30PM Mangala Arathi
12.35 Free Lunch
1.30 Grand Vocal
Concert
3.30 Individual
Singing (contd)
Click here to register for individual/group
singing..
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FREE DAY
May 14th V Shankaranarayanan, Nagai Sriram, Tanjore K
Murugaboopathi, Shree Sundarkumar - KSVT, Flint
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May 15th M S Subbulakshmi Centenary Concert Tour
Vidushi Gayathri Venkataraghavan, Mysore Srikanth, Gowrishankar - SVBF
Temple
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May 27th Padma Sugavanam - SVBF Fundraiser
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May 29th ILAYARAJA SALUTES THYAGARAJA A
Unique Fusion of Classical & Film Music - WCC Towsley Auditorium * |
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FREE DAY
June 4, 2016
Papanasam Sivan festival by Sivan Fine Arts Academy
SV Temple Michigan
26233 Taft Rd Novi, Michigan 48374Siva Punya Gana Mani Brahmashri Papanasam Sivan’s birth anniversary
is celebrated every year in September. He has composed over 2000 songs in
both carnatic music and film songs. His compositions include varnams, kritis,
operas and all types of compositions typically rendered in all concerts. To
propagate the works and compositions of Papanasam Sivan, the Sivan Fine Arts
Academy conducts annual music and dance competitions to showcase the talents
of students of Vocal, Instrumental and Dance. The application
form can be downloaded from
http://www.shivanisai.org/index.php
communication to
ashokramani10@yahoo.com and by clicking the message "Papanasam Sivan
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PAPANASAM SIVAN SONGS COMPETITION
Siva Punya Gana Mani Brahmashri Papanasam Sivan's birth anniversary is
celebrated every year in countries like Singapore, Malysia, Australia,
Germany, London, France, Norway, Denmark, Canada, Sanjose, LA, for the past
6 years. This year it will be celebrated at Houston, Detroit, Dallas,
Chicago and many parts of USA. We will be conducting competitions on songs
of Papanasam Sivan on vocal, violin, veena, mridangam and bharathanatyam
Schedule:
8:00 Vocal competition - Junior
9:00 Vocal competition - Sub-senior
10:00 Vocal competition - Group singing
11:15 Vocal competition - Senior
12:15 Vocal competition - Special
1:00 Violin/Keyboard competitions
2:00 Dance competitions
4:00 Vocal Concerts by senior artists from India/Michigan
7:00 Prize Distribution
Filled in applications to be sent by email to
ashokramani10@yahoo.com.
Voluntary donations for this festival is much appreciated.
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July 23rd Lec-Dem: Healing power of Carnatic Music | Special
Carnatic Music Therapy
Concert - SVBF Fundraiser * |
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Thanks you for your support!
To quote the famous musician from Michigan - "Music makes the people come
together"! Our volunteers and supporters are the real heroes of Sarovar! This
festival will not be possible without your support. Join us in making
another music season in Michigan a grand one!
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