Rutgers University Offers Training in Indian Music and Dance

April 29, 2009 on 12:05 pm | In Nuggets |

The Mason Gross School of Arts at the Rutgers University in New Jersey is opening up a whole new department of Indian Dance and Music. The program is being introduced with a concert of Indian music and dance on Sunday, June 28th from 2 to 3.45 p.m. at Nicolas Center, Cook Douglass Campus, Rutgers University, NJ featuring most of the faculty. The concert will be followed by a summer camp from Monday June 29th through Friday July 3rd with a daily schedule covering 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The program is headed by Samir Chatterjee. The faculty includes:

Faculty:

Archana Joglekar Muley, Kathak

Arun Ramamurthy, Violin

Bani Roy, Odissi

Dibyarka Chatterjee, Percussion

Hidayat Khan, Sitar

Kalyani Ramani, Carnatic vocal

Kedar Naphade, Harmonium

Mitali Banerjee Bhawmik, Hindustani vocal

Samir Chatterjee, Tabla

Sanghamitra Chatterjee, Popular vocal

Steve Gorn, Bansuri

Sudha Devulapalli, Bharatanatyam

Suresh Ramachandram, Mridangam

Samir Chatterjee will teach rhythm and yoga in addition to leading the audio-visual and discussion sessions.

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that’s really great - makes a lot of sense too with the large indian population (though i wish this was happening on the newark campus)… i wonder will there be bhangra dance classes offered?

Comment by nora — April 30, 2009 #
How does one register for the summer camp? Will the concert be open to the public or does one need to pre-register?

Thanks so much.

Raja

Comment by Raja — May 2, 2009 #
Check the following link for more info:
http://www.masongross.rutgers.edu/extension/summer.html

Comment by sudipta — May 4, 2009 #