PALLAVI OF THE CAPITAL DISTRICT,INC P.O.BOX 1732 LATHAM, NY 12110 PHONE: 518-273-6634 EMAIL:pallavicapital@ureach.com Website: www.cs.rpi.edu/~moorthy/pallavi2004/ Newsletter # 3 of 2004 July 13, .2004 Next Major Pallavi Vocal Concert by the Celebrated " BOMBAY SISTERS" Pallavi and Troy Arts Center proudly present: Vocal Bombay Sisters- Smts. Saroja and Lalitha Violin Sri S.P. Ananthapadmanabha Mridangam Sri Tanjore Subramanyam Ghatam Sri H. Sivaramakrishnan Date SUNDAY August 8 , 2004 Venue: Troy Arts Center, River Street Troy, NY Program: Social Hour: 3.00-3.30 PM CONCERT AT 3.30 PM Donation: Patron: $ 101; Sponsor: $51; General: $10; Students: $5. Please reserve your seats since the seats in the hall are limited. Please make checks payable to "Pallavi of the Capital District" and mail to Pallavi of the Capital District, PO Box 1732, Latham, NY 12110. Donations may be tax deductible. ARTISTS BIO AND DIRECTIONS TO THE HALL ARE GIVEN IN THE END OF THE NEWSLETTER. Report on Sarod Concert on May 16, 2004 The sarod concert by Shri Tejendra Mujumdar with tabla accompaniment by Shri Shubhankar Banerjee was a great success. Pallavi is grateful to Nalini and Appa Madiwale for the diligent and excellent coordination of the program and for providing hospitality to the artists. Thanks are also due to MS Krishnamoorthy, Sheela and Jayasimha Kannambille, Vishnu Mathur, Nachiket for assisting them in various activities. Pallavi recognizes and thanks the following Patrons and Sponsors for help in raising resources for the program .: Usha Chandra, Ramakrishna Ghoshal, Hari Kabra, Nalini and Appa Madiwale, Vishnu Mathur, Ruxana Saifi, Veena Chandra, Shyam Dubey, Pushpa Garg, Maleka Hussain, Michele Jerison, Rajani Joshi, Suman Joshi, Vinod Kallianpur, Kajol Lahiri, Swayantra Mitta, Jayant Paranjpe, Sunita Pardanani, Mangala Puranik, A. Jafri, and Manoj Ajmera. Recognition from US Internal Revenue Service Pallavi is happy to report that it has been recognized recently by IRS to be a public charity non profit organization . IRS also has extended the tax exemption status under section 501 (c ) of the Tax Code. GE Matching Grant GE Foundation approved Pallavi last year as one of the organizations eligible to receive GE matching grants. GE matches dollar to dollar the donations made to Pallavi by GE employees and retirees. Pallavi received donations equal to $ 1350 last year fro this class of persons. The following persons from GE made donations and Pallavi is grateful to them for their generous donations.: Narayan Nair, Suresh Rajaraman, Ramani Mani, V.S. Venkataramani, Sheela Jayasimha, Dileep Sathyanarayana, Gregg Steuben, Harsh Oke, Rajiv Rajan, Mark Gilder, Anil Tolpadi, Ashish Mukherjee, Vinod Thamboo, Anurag Gupta, and Prameela Susarla. An appeal is made to all these persons to make a donation to this year as well and register it with GE foundation. For information on the procedure to follow, please visit Pallavi's website (address is given in the beginning of this Newsletter)which gives you step by step procedure. Membership for 2004 Pallavi extends a hearty welcome to the following new members and renewals Sukumar Nagamani and Sunanda Sukumar Family Patron Member Gopal and Maria Sistla Family Member VS and Rani Venkataramani Family Patron Member Suparna Mandal (New) Student Member Kumarjit Mandal (New) Student Member Devanathan and Madhavi Vembar Family Patron Member Several members have renewed their membership for the year 2004. Thanks for all of them. Please renew your Pallavi membership as soon as you can. This will help us plan and commit to new concerts ahead of time. If you are not a member, please become one and support music activities in the capital district. You can send the check to Pallavi of the Capital District, P. O. Box 1732, Latham, NY 12110. Pallavi has obtained tax exemption status under section 501(c) of the IRS code. Annual Membership Categories Family Patron (Admission to all concerts free for two people) $120 Individual Patron (Admission to all concerts free for $ 60 The individual) Family Membership (Pass for two people for one concert) $ 30 Individual Membership (Pass for one concert for $ 20 The individual) Student Member (Admission to all concerts free) $ 10 Life Member (Admission to all concerts free for two people for $400 Four years) Note: Life membership fee can be paid in two consecutive annual installments of $200 each or in one installment of $400. Annual Special Donation Categories Patron/Promoter $500 Sponsor/Promoter $250 GE matching Gift Donors Patron/Promoter and Sponsor/Promoter Donors will be recognized at every event of Pallavi during the year as Patrons or Sponsors. MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2004 ____________________________ _____________ Last name First name Spouse (if applicable) ________________________________ Mailing address __________________________________ Phone: _______________________ E mail address________________________________ Activities you would like to be involved ____________________________________(Some of the activities are : hosting of artists, fund raising, Brochure preparation, Food, collections at the desk, membership promotion, newsletter, mailing etc) Please make your checks payable to "Pallavi of the Capital District" and mail to the above address: Pallavi, PO Box 1732, Latham, NY 12110. . Bios of Artists for Aug 8 Concert Bombay Sisters (Vocal) Bombay sisters Saroja and Lalitha had their early initiation in Carnatic Music, first from their elder sister, Smt. Sethu Mahadevan and later from Sr. H.A.S. Mani (popularly known as Chellamani Baghavathar). While studying, they came under the direct tutelage of late Sri. Musiri Subramania Iyer, who was then the Principal of the College. They continued their training in Carnatic Music from Sri. T.K. Govinda Rao, who remains the primary disciple of Sri. Musiri Iyer. Till this day the training from Sri. Govinda Rao continues. Besides Sangeeth Sammelans organised by A.I.R. in various cities and by I.T.C. the sisters had the honour of being invited by Government of India to give special concerts on the following occasions: ? Inauguration of F.M. Broadcast in Madras ? Inauguration of NATIONAL CHANNEL of A.I.R. in New Delhi by Sri Rajiv Gandhi, the then Prime Minister ? Only south indian artists to participate in the 500th Birth Centenary Celebrations of Saint SURDAS, organised by A.I.R. at Vigyan Bhavan. ? Specially invited to render a concert exclusively on THIRUPUGAZH at the Saint ARUNAGIRI ? NATHAR festival organised by A.I.R. at Mavlankar Auditorium, New Delhi. ? Gave special concert for WORLD WOMEN'S DAY organised by National SANGEET NATAK AKADEMI at Sapru House. ? At the invitation of the Government of Tamilnadu and Iyal Isai Nataka Mandram, participated in the 8th World Tamil Conference, Tanjavoor. ? Given special concerts on various occasions in various parts of the country at the invitation of A.I.R. before invited audience. S. P. Ananthapadmanabha (Violin) hails from a family of musicians. He is a desciple of his father Sri. C.R. Poorvachar, Kalaimamani Kumari A. Kanyakumari and Sri. Kovai B. Dakshinamurthy. He has received many awards and prizes from the sabhas of Chennai. He has accompanied many leading artists like Bombay Sisters Smt. C.Saroja and C.Lalitha, Sri. T.V. Sankaranarayanan, Dr. N. Ramani, Sri. P.S. Narayanaswamy, Smt. Ranjani and Kumari Gayathri. He is a graded artist of All India Radio. Mr. Tanjore S Subramanyam (Mridangam) -belongs to a family of musicians. He is a desciple of his father Sri. T.S. Swaminatha Rao. He has accompanied several leading artists for the last 33 years. He is an 'A' grade artist of All India Radio. He has performed in various countries. He has received several awards from reputed organizations such as Maharajapuram Vishwanatha Iyer Trust, Bombay Bondoop Sabha etc. Sri. H. Sivaramakrishnan ? GHATAM is a desciple of Sri. Madurai A. Krishna Iyengar and Ghatam Maestro T.H. Vinayakaram. He has accompanied several leading artists both in India and abroad. He is a graded artist of All India Radio. He has received several titles such as NADAKKANAL and the Best Ghatam Artist in the year 2003 from Indian Fine Arts Society of Chennai. Location: 265 River Street, Troy, New York, or call (518) 273-0552 near the monument Square (intersection of Broadway and River Street) or the Troy City Hall. Arts Center is located in down town Troy, two blocks west of Uncle Sam Attrium (new State office Building). There are plenty of parking available on streets and the nearby parking lot.