Category: Appreciating Indian Classical Music
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The Joy Is Yours : Glimpses from an Indian Classical Music Appreciation Session
An account of Baithak’s workshop for iTeach teachers and staff Background: iTeach has been Baithak’s partner since its inception. It has always encouraged Baithak to run pilots of various programs, experiment with new concepts, and thus, it has greatly supported the idea of providing children exposure and access to Indian Classical Music (ICM). iTeach is…
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Role of Lyrics in Determining the Musical Quality of a Classical Performance
Last weekend, a young kid, who is a good friend of us visited us. Music is what we spend most of our time on when we are all together. He is learning music under a teacher who has her classes near to his house. For past four years, he is studying music and sings quite…
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How to listen to an Indian Classical Music Concert?
Giving a performance or a concert is a lot of things put together. It’s presentation, expression and skill at the same time. Yet it is spontaneous. How does one listen to a concert is important from two perspectives. The first perspective is as audience and the other as a performer. If I listen from the…