Saturday, December 16, 2006, Mother’s Auditorium, RPI, Troy, NY Admission: Free. All are welcome. Donations will be Appreciated. See overleaf for Bio-Data of artists and Directions. Kasi Krishnan: For more information, contact: Pallavi of the Capital District,Inc Presents Social Hour: 2.30 PM Concert 3:00 PM BY Sri. PANCHAPAKESAN RAMNARAYAN CARNATIC CLASSICAL VOCAL CONCERT Violin Shri. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman Mridangam Shri. Ravi Shankar Vidya Subramanian:

Panchapakesan Ramanarayanan (Ram):had his initial lessons in Carnatic vocal music from Smt Vatsala Sampath and later from Valliyur Shri R. Gurumurthy. Subsequently, Ram came under the tutelage of Lalgudi Shri G. Jayaraman. He moved to Columbus, Ohio in 1996 and to the San Francisco bay area in He has been very fortunate to have had a very supportive cultural community in both these places that has helped him develop his talent. While in the bay area, Ram has learnt from Shri Lalgudi Krishnan, Smt Lalgudi Vijayalakshmi and Smt. Suguna Purushottaman during their visits to the bay area and from Shri Lalgudi Jayaraman's students: Shri Srikanth Chary, Smt. Hamsa Raghuvir, and Smt Vidya Subramanian. He has also received guidance from Hemmige Shri V. Srivatsan. He currently learns from Shri T.N. Bala. Ram works at Intel Corporation in Santa Clara, California as a materials engineer. Shivkumar Kalyanaraman: has been trained in violin by Sri PeriSreeramamurthy (a top violinist in Hyderabad) and Smt T. Rukmini (Chennai). He has also been mentored by vocalists (late) Shri M N Subramanium of the Semmangudi school and Shri BRC Iyengaar of the Ariyakudi school. He has performed several concerts in USA, accompanying visiting artistes like Chitraveena Ravikiran, Prof. T.V. Gopalakrishnan, Prof. T. R. Subramanium, P.N. Krishnamurthy, Ashok Ramani and Vidya Subramanian (no longer a visiting artiste!). He is a professor at RPI in Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering (ECSE) Department. He is also the author of a well known web site on carnaticmusic with free, downloadable online audio classes that can play on your iPod or MP3 players. Ravi Shankar: started his laya journey when he was about 6 when he came under the tutelage of Kumbakonam Sri Rajappa Iyer. Had his advanced training under the famous Mannanagudi Sri A. Easwaran in 1989 and is continuing to learn from him. Ravi has accompanied accomplished professionals from India like Dr. N Ramani, O.S. Sudha etc He has also accompanied artists in the US like Sri. Raghavan Manian (Disciple of Dr. Balamurali Krishna), Priya Krishnamoorthy (Disciple of Lalgudi Jayaraman) to name a few. He is one of the most sought after mrudangam artists and teacher in the Chicago area and has played concerts in Chicago, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Madison, Peoria, St. Louis, Salt Lake City and Albany. Directions to Mothers Hall: Come on Route 7 East and in Troy it becomes Hoosick Street. Watch for signs of RPI and turn right into 15th Street. Pass a few lights and you will see the RPI Student Union at the intersection of 15th Street and Sage Street, (There is a light at this intersection). “Mothers” is located in the Student Union in the basement. You can park anywhere during weekends.