{"id":499,"date":"2011-12-04T14:25:13","date_gmt":"2011-12-04T14:25:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krishnakantshukla.org\/\/?p=499"},"modified":"2011-12-04T14:25:13","modified_gmt":"2011-12-04T14:25:13","slug":"the-medieval-indian-music-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krishnakantshukla.org\/?p=499","title":{"rendered":"The Medieval Indian Music Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
FIRST SUNDAY CONCERT<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

THE MEDIEVAL INDIAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE<\/span><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

December 4, 2011,\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>2:00 pm<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

TheRenaissanceCenter*<\/p>\n

650 East Pleasant Street,\u00a0Amherst,MA01002,\u00a0413-577-3600, \u00a0www.umass.edu\/renaissance<\/a><\/p>\n

The Program:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mr. Greig will present a short talk on the topic of Indian music in the 16th<\/sup> c.\u00a0Following this introductory discussion, J. Andrew will play the Tambur.\u00a0Mr. Row will then demonstrate some courtly music on the Rudra Vina, with J. Andres accompanying on the drone Tambur and the frame drum Daf.\u00a0Krishna Kant Shukla will sing several songs from the period. Accompanying him will be drone Tambur, Daf, and various other musical implements.\u00a0Indian music is improvised. And, as old as it is, it is always new!<\/p>\n

The Musicians:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

J. Andrew Greig<\/strong> started learning North Indian music on the Sitar in 1966 in New York \u00a0City.\u00a0 He holds a M.A. in South Asian studies from the University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies, and a Ph.D. in South Asian history at UCLA.\u00a0 Both focused on music; his pioneering dissertation examined music in the 16th<\/sup> century, using Persian, Sanskrit, and iconographic sources.\u00a0 He has studied Sitar with Ustad Imrat Khan, and Rudra Vina with Ustad Asad Ali Khan, who was the last exponent of the Khandarbani Dhrupad<\/em> tradition.\u00a0 Sandy will be playing a variety of instruments representing Central Asian performance traditions, some of which he imbibed as a career cultural attach\u00e9 in the U.S. Foreign Service.\u00a0 He is currently a Visiting Fellow at the Renaissance Center, working on a book on 16th<\/sup> Century music from northernIndia, and co-founder of the Medieval Indian Music Ensemble.
\nPeter Row, <\/strong>performer on <\/strong>Sitar and Rudra Vina, <\/strong><\/em>is a member of the faculty of New England Conservatory in Boston, where he teaches Indian music.\u00a0 He also served as Dean (1983-1990) and Provost (1990-1996 and 2000-2004) in that premier institution.\u00a0 Peter studied Sitar and Rudra Vina in Kolkata, India (1965-1973) with Pandit Gokul Nag of the Vishnupur Gharana<\/em> and obtained the Bachelor of Music, Master of Music\u00a0and Doctor of Music (Sangitacharya<\/em>), from the Prayag Sangit Samiti in Allahabad, India.\u00a0 Peter has performed in concert throughout North America and India and has made numerous radio and television appearances. A former president of the Northeast Chapter of the Society of Ethnomusicology, he is widely published and has lectured about Indian music across the U.S. He was the recipient of a JDR Fund Fellowship for doctoral studies in India. Peter is joined this afternoon by his son, Andrew.\u00a0 He is co-founder of the Medieval Indian Music Ensemble.
\nKrishna Kant Shukla<\/strong>, MIME\u2019s guest artist, is a renaissance man; having studied in India and U.K, he obtained a M.S. and Ph.D. at the SUNY Buffalo in solid state physics.\u00a0 He then left academics to follow his heart and return to India to explore India\u2019s living oral folk musical traditions, especially devotional music.\u00a0 He counts Ustad Ali Akbar Khan and Pandit Kumar Gandharva as his most important musical mentors.\u00a0 His travels have taken him into remote villages from the Himalayan foothills to far-flung settlements in the central plains.\u00a0 He is particularly moved by the songs of Kabir, the quattrocento<\/em> poet-saint. and those in the much older lineage of Gorakhnath. \u00a0Krishna Shukla has performed to acclaim in India and the U.S.\u00a0 He is an empanelled artist with the Indian Council of Cultural Relations, the India\u2019s national cultural service.\u00a0 The Medieval Indian Music Ensemble is fortunate to have him appear with them at this event.\n<\/div>\n

*\u00a0The Center is a facility of\u00a0the College of Humanities and Fine Arts, University of Massachusetts Amherst,\u00a0Julie Hayes, Dean.<\/em><\/div>\n
Location:\u00a0<\/strong>The Renaissance Center,650 East Pleasant Street,Amherst, MA 01002, www.umass.edu\/renaissance<\/div>\n
More Details<\/a><\/strong><\/div>\n
For queries<\/strong>\u00a0please call\u00a0\u00a0413-577-3600<\/span><\/div>\n

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Andrew will play the Tambur.\u00a0Mr. Row will then demonstrate some courtly music on 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