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survey conducted showed the need for
a music school in this part of Chennai
as part of the development of Hamsadhwani.
And so the school was ‘born’
and appropriately the doyen of carnatic
music Sri Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer
inaugurated the school. We were pleased
that in the first year itself we had
about 160 students on the roll. The
response has been more that what we
expected. We teach Vocal, instruments
like Violin, Flute, Veena, Mridangam
and even Key board. And we have students
learning Bharata Natyam also. |
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| The
services of Mr. M.K.Chakravarthy, retired
Administrative Officer of
Tamilnadu Iyal Isai Nataka Manram as
the Correspondent of the institution
is worth to be mentioned here. |
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have a proposal on hand to prepare the
deserving students for the
Government Technical Examination (Lower
and Higher Grades) if they desire to
acquire the qualification in Music and
Dance. |
| Hamsadhwani
is conscious of its debt to society.
When earthquake hit Maharashtra, we
organized a Mandolin concert by U.
Srinivas, collected a sum of Rs. 84,000
and our Secretary personally handed
over the cheque to Hon’ble Shri
Sharad Pawar at Mumbai. While thanking
the Secretary of Hamsadhwani , Shri
Sharad Pawar remarked that among the
various contributions he had been
receiving for relief from various
organizations, Hamsadhwani’s
gesture was indeed precious because
a South Indian organization dedicated
to Classical Carnatic Music did not
forget their brethren in far away
Maharashtra, We also collected funds
for Gujarat Quake relief and for tsunami
victims. |
Hamsadhwani
has a vision for the future. The list
is long but we may mention a few here: |
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To help scholars,
vidwans, social workers who
may not have means during their
last years. |
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To offer
scholarships to boys and girls
who are less fortunate, to pursue
art and the like. |
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To have a
two way traffic between the
two systems of music. Our vidwans
to perform before predomintaly
North Indian audience up North
and Ustads and Pundits to perform
in Chennai. |
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To foster Harikatha, Nadaswaram,
folk music and art. |
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To have more
debates etc. on various subjects
of public interest, not merely
music. |
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To assist
NRI’s and others to foster
classical music abroad. To establish
contact with Universities and
Cultural organizations abroad. |
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| Hamsadhwani
today has an enlightened membership
of over 1,500, drawn from all sections
of society. The organisation holds
Carnatic music concerts by renowned
vidwans (maestros) and young talented
artists. With the belief that fostering
professionalism among promising youth
is of paramount importance, it encourages
youngsters by giving them a platform
and an audience for an hour or more.
Hamsadhwani conducts its megavanza,
every January to April, cornering
the attention of rasikas (music lovers)
and musicians. |
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