Venue: The Besen Centre, 87-89 Station Street, Burwood, Vic 3125

Disciple of legendary Guru Sanjukta Panigrahi, Joyoti brings to life the art of Odissi in her display of rich , earthly, intimate and dramatic style which will be a feast for the spirit as well as for eyes.

Seats: $50, $30, $20

Contact: Bijoy - 0407 356 547, Charu - 0412 696 559, nupur Australia - (03) 9569 7272
www.kalamandir.info
www.joyoti.net

Venue: Playhouse,The Arts Centre

SPIRIT of INDIA presents in 2008 a unique double-bill - Manjiri Kelkar
and Dr Natesan Ramani, never attempted before - combining vocal and instrumental, north and south classical music

www.ticketmaster.com.au Tix: $25 - $55

Contact: Mohindar Dhillon - Tel/Fax: 61 3 9719 7354
Email: mohindar@ozemail.com.au
www.nataraj.org.au

Violine recital by

Virendra Shah

2nd March, Sunday

4 pm

Organised by AID and Sharda Kala Kendra, all proceed will go to AID.

Venue: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic, Melway Ref: 71 G 11

Contribution: $10

www.aidindia.org

Pravaahee -

A mystical journey of music and dance

22nd Feb, Friday

7 pm

Pushkar Lele and Shambhavi Vaze come together to explore the changing facets of North Indian Music and Dance through Hindustani Classical Vocal Music and Kathak

Venue : Chandler Community Centre, Isaac Rd Keysborough, VIC 3173

Cost : $15

Contact: Manoj Pendharkar
Tel:(03) 95615225, Mobile: 0418141992

www.shambhavivaze.com and www.pushkarlele.com

2007 --->

Musical Evening

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic - 3150 (Mel Ref: 71 G 11)

Organised every alternate first saturday of the month, it is a non commercial music program in an informal environment

SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT: Our own Hemanth Kumar will perform Tabla solo. This evening is devouted to Hemanth as he is going to India for good, to be with his family, parents and relatives.

Entry is free

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic - 3150 (Mel Ref: 71 G 11)

Gazal and light music evening organised by AID (Association for India's Development) and Sharda Kala Kendra

All proceeds will go to AID

Donation $10+ for adults and $5 for children below 15 yrs

Gazal and light music evening organised by AID (Association for India's Development) and Sharda Kala Kendra

All proceeds will go to AID

Donation $10+ for adults and $5 for children (Students) below 15 yrs

At: St. Christopher’s Hall, Doon Avenue, Syndal [Mel. Ref 61K11]

All well-wishers are most welcome to the concert series and no ticket is
required to be purchased to gain admission to the concert.

Your presence, even for a short period of time would be highly valued and
appreciated by Ravi & Narmatha and their students as a mark of encouragement.

Entry is free. Please click here to view the flyer

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

Organised every alternate first saturday of the month, it is a non commercial hindi and other languages' literature program in an informal environment.

Entry is free.

SPECIAL HIGHLIGHT: This Sahitya Sandhya will be devouted in the memory of
Late Shri Balbhadra Tiwari ji, who passed away recently in India. He was a
distinguished Hindi poet under whose guidance this regular Sahitya Sandhya was started.

Melbourne poets are welcome to write poem about him and recite.

Vocal recital by Paritosh Pohankar with Kishor Pande on tabla and Sangeet Mishra on sarangi

18th May, Friday

8.00 pm

Association for India's Development (AID) and Sharda Kala Kendra organises at:

Venue: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic
Melway Ref: 71 G 11

All proceeds of the concert will go to AID

Donation - $10 & more at the entrance

For the very promising and famous young artist's detail please view
www.paritoshpohankar.com

25th May, Friday

7.30 pm

Venue: 69 Shepherd Road, Glen Waverley

Registration: Please register your interest in attending the recital by ringing:
Dr Arvind and Sunila Srivastava on (03) 9561 8681 or on 0412 753 763 or
sending an e-mail at ashriv@bigpond.net.au

At their residence an informal and informative musical evening has been
organized to present the melodious singing of one of the great classical singers of India

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic - 3150 (Mel Ref: 71 G 11)

Special Highlight: This Sangeet Sandhya is devouted to the memory of great Shehnai player Bharat Ratna Ustad Bismilla Khan ji who passed away recently. Dr Reis Flora, past head of department of music, Monash University will perform Shehnai. Also Salil Sharma will play Flute and Monica Koerner will play Fltue with Radhey Gupta on Sitar

At: BOITE, 1 Mark Street, North Fitzroy, Vic

Radhey Shyam Gupta on Sitar and Hemanth Kumar on Tabla

Contact: Therese Virtue: therese@boite.asn.au

Click for more details: http://www.boite.asn.au/event_detail.asp?event_id=892

Murali Kumar's RaagaSudha School of Carnatic Music Proudly Presents An evening of Hindustani Classical Music By renowned vocalist Aparna Gurav

Harmonium: Pramod Marathe & Tabla: Milind Gurav

Venue: Waverley Meadows Primary School 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill (Melway Reference 71 G11) All are welcome.

Contact: Murali 0403 576 760

This Sangeet Sandhya is dedicated to the great music director of Indian films - Naushad Ali ji - to pay homage to him. We request participants to prepare songs composes by Naushad ji from any one of his films e.g. Baiju Bawra, Mugal-e-Azam, Andaz, Ganga Jamuna etc.

Entry is free.

Organised every alternate first saturday of the month, it is a non commercial music program in an informal environment.

Special Highlight: Felicitation (hounoring) of pioneers of north indian music in victoria - Mrs Deepika Shome, Mrs Sheela Sharma, Mrs Indumati Pande, Mr Hanumant Umranikar and Bapu Chandekar.

Vocal recital by excellent classical vocal singer Raka Mukherjee from Kolkata, accompanied by Glen Kniebeiss on Tabla and Ustad Aminul Haque on Harmonium.

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

All proceeds after the expenses will go to AID.

Contribution: $10 or more

Entry is free.

Organised every alternate first saturday of the month, it is a non commercial music program in an informal environment.

Special Highlight: Our own great light and film music singer Mrs Barbara Nagaiya will perform accompanied by Ranjiv Bhan on Harmonium & vocal and Jason Prasad on Tabla & Naal.

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

Entry is free.

Organised every alternate first saturday of the month, it is a non commercial hindi and other languages' literature program in an informal environment.

Special Highlight: Eminent literary person Dr Faqir Chand Shukla, recepient of many awards and 'Panjab Ratan' from India will be present.

3rd December, Saturday

8 pm

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

Entry is free.

Organised every alternate first saturday of the month, it is a non commercial music program in an informal environment.

Special Highlight: A fine Tabla artist Glen Kniebeiss will play Tabla Lehra. Few other surprise items.

Musical Evening.

Venue: Chandler Community Centre, Isaac Road, Keysborough (Melway Ref: 89 G 7)

Hightlight: Sarod by Sabyasaachi Bhattacharya, Sitar by Radhey Shyam Gupta and Tabla by Hemanth Kumar.

Entry - Free

Contact: Atash Das - phone (03) 9888 9469 or Chanchal Mandal - (03) 9511 1177

Hindustani Classical Vocal recital by excellent vocalist - 'Sandipan Samajpati' of Kirana Gharana

http://www.sandipansamajpati.com

Venue: Chandler Community Centre, Isaac Road, Keysborough (Melway Ref: 89 G 7)

There are no tickets but Donations are welcome at the gate.

Contact: Saswati Sengupta - phone (03) 9803 6049 Email: saswatisen@yahoo.com

Concert: 24th September 2005, 8 pm, Saturday

Six Day Workshop: 25 - 30 Sept, 6.30 - 9.30 pm

Classical Indian Music Concert At: Gertrude Street Yoga and Healing Centre Upstairs, 202 Gertrude St. Fitzroy, 3065. Ticket: Regular - $22/ Concession - $15. Tickets on sale at Blue Moon Records, 54 Johnson St. Fitzroy.

Workshop Melbourne 2005: Cost - $250 for all six days. Contact Chris for venue.

Contact: Chris Sprague. Phone: 61 3 9718 1118, mail@MelbourneMusic.info

For more details: www.MelbourneMusic.info

A NIGHT OF HUMOUR AND SATIRICAL POETRY

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

Entry is free.

Melbourne poets WILL RECITE THEIR POETRY PRESENTING HAASYA, VYANG AND OTHER VARIETIES AND

JAYA SHARMA JI, OUR CHIEF GUEST, WILL LIGHT THE LAMP

Please contact Mr Harihar Jha on 03-9555 4924(AH) / 03-9669 4029(BH) for further dertails

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

Entry is free but contributions are welcome.

Association For India's Development (AID) and Sharda Kala Kendra organises:

Vocal recital by excellent classical vocal singer Pushkar Lele, accompanied by Suresh Achrekar on Tabla and Chaitanya Kunte on Harmonium, all from India.

Highlight: North Indian Kathak Dance by our Kathak Dance teacher Varsha Godbole with Pushar Lele on vocal and other artists accompanying the dance.

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

All proceeds after the expenses will go to AID.

Contribution: $10 or more

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

Tickets: $15 per person. All proceeds, after expenses will go to AID.

At: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

Association for India’s Development (AID), Sharda Kala Kendra & OM Music Group have organised a Musical Function to raise donations for the Asian Tsunami Disaster Victims. All donations will go to the relief fund without any expense deductions.

Well known Melborne artists Mrs Deepika Shome, Om Music Group, Gurmeet Sahani and others will perform.

Donation: Minimum $10. Tax Deductable reciept: For the initial $10, no reciept will be issued but over that min $2 and over can be provided a reciept if required.

Venue: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

5th November '04, Fri 8 pm

7th November, Sun 10.30 am

A Geet, Gazal and light music evening

Morning Raagas and Bhajan

Venue: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic. Melway Reference 71 G 11.

2nd October '04, Sat 8 pm

Venue: Waverley Meadows Primary School, 11 Columbia Drive, Wheelers Hill, Vic Melway Ref: 71 G 11

Shri Sandeepan Samajpati - Classical Vocal

Dr Manoj Sharma - Gazal.