Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam children rendered the Utsava Sampradaya Kritis at both local temples — HTGC and Balaji Temple — at their request in Mar 2010.
Sat, 20 Mar 2010
At the request of the Balaji Temple , the CTU children kicked off the Ugadi celebrations in the evening in the Veluchamy Auditorium by performing the following Kritis.
- Hechharikagaa Raara – Yadukula Kamboji – Kanda chapu Talam
- Seeta KalyaaNa vaibhOgame – Kurunji – Jhampe Talam
- Nagumomu galavaani – Madhyamavati – Adi Talam
The children who participated in this performance were:
Vocalists: Nishita Chintalapudi, Poonam Tumuluri, Pranav A. Upadhyayula, Supriya Bhuvanagiri, Varsha Chari , Vaibhav Iyer, Maya Kota, Prerna Subramanian, Sita Vakkalanka, Ram Vakkalanka, Janani Kalyan, Surabi Kalyan, Shruthi Sethuraman , Kavya Vedurmudi, Tarini Talluri , Nandasri Talluri, Viraja Alluri, Laxmi Siva, Bhavish Bhattar, Mahima Bhattar , Nivedhitha Parthiban, Sandhya Sivakumar, Sunethra Kannan, Trissha Dhillip, Rithika Somu, Sruti Mohan, Monisha Subramanian, Shalu Manoharan, Murugan Narayanan, Ganesan Narayanan, Niraimathy Velu, Pooja Vemu, Nisha Suresh, Vishnupriya Siva, Chandra Gangavarapu, Kavya Sreedhar, Anushri Kartik-Narayan, Ashvini Kartik-Narayan, Sruthi Rameshkumar, Akshara Sreedhar, Ashraya Sreedhar, Akshaya Raghavan, Sri Nitya Pariti (Veena), Divya Pariti, Rathna Kalluri, Adithi Arunkumar, Smriti Ivaturi, Akhil Sridher (mridangam), Rishikesh Iyer(mridangam), Sagar Ravi (tabla)
Sun, 28 Mar 2010
At the request of the Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago, this group of children performed the following Kritis for the Rama Navami celebrations in front of the Lord Rama Sannidhi upstairs.
- nA pAli SrI rAma – SankarAbharaNam – Adi
- Sobhane – Pantuvarali – Rupakam
- Hechharikagaa Raara – Yadukula Kamboji – Kanda chapu
- Seeta KalyaaNa vaibhOgame – Kurunji – Jhampe
- Nagumomu galavaani – Madhyamavati – Adi
The children who participated in this performance were:
Vocalists: Akshara Sreedhar, Ashraya Sreedhar, Poonam Tumuluri, Chandra Gangavarapu, Viraja Alluri, Surabhi Kalyan, Janani Kalyan, Deepa Shankar, Monisha Subramanian, Pooja Vemu, Adithi Arunkumar, Varsha Murali, Akshaj Prasannakumar, Niyanthri Prasannakumar, Ashna Konjeti, Sreenithi Palamuthy, Priyali Mandavalli, Nivedha Senthil, Prerna Subramanian, Sanjana Bhagavatula, Niraimathy-Nyorai Velu, Karthik Achari Vanamurthi, Akhil Sridher – Mridangam
Acknowledgement
Rendering these masterpieces of Saint Tyagaraja during such an occasion is a unique privilege for these children.
CTU thanks both temples for providing us this opportunity and acknowledges the efforts of the Utsava Sampradaya Kritis team including the conductor, co-ordinator, teachers, volunteers and most importantly the parents of these children who performed on this occasion.