CTU 2015 Geetharthamu Performance

January 31, 2015 by Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam

The Geetharthamu performance by children on the first day of the Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam has steadily grown to be a regular feature at the annual Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam music festival. Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam is glad to announce this group performance will be held at the end of the Homage to Tyagaraja performances on Saturday, May 23, 2015.

Participation Guidelines

  • Participants must be between 10 and 20 years old as of the Memorial Day weekend.
  • Participants must have at least four years of training in Carnatic Music and have been trained in Sarali Varisai through Alankaram (3 speeds), Geethams, Swara Jathis and at least 5 Varnams in 2 speeds, before having them participate in this performance.
  • The practice sessions are for only those children who have fully learnt the Geetharthamu krithi according to CTU guidelines.
  • Participants must attend the Geetharthamu practice sessions on a regular basis and be open to corrections in order for the CTU 2015 Geetharthamu Team to deliver a well-coordinated, synchronized, high-quality performance.
  • The pitch (Shruthi) for this performance will be G (5 kattai) or G# (5 1/2 Kattai) and will be finalized during the practice sessions.

CTU 2015 Geetharthamu Team Selection

Date: Sunday, 1 Mar 2015 Time: 3:30 PM

Venue: Google Hangout or Skype (to be communicated by e-mail to registrants)

CTU will be identifying candidate children for the CTU 2015 Geetharthamu team based upon the following process:

  1. All children who have registered for this year’s performance will be requested to perform the whole composition (or portions thereof) solo in front of a CTU panel of experts
  2. CTU will factor in all the inputs from the CTU panel of experts to identify the members of the CTU 2015 Geetharthamu team
  3. Subject to the selected children regularly attending the practice sessions, they will perform at the 2015 Utsavam.

Practice Schedule

  • At the request of CTU, Vasanthi Iyer will be conducting these practice sessions.
  • The practice schedule for Geetharthamu is the same as the schedule for the G-Shruti Pancharatnam practice sessions. Geetharthamu practice sessions will be held at the end of the G-Shruti Pancharatnam practice sessions.  Additional practice sessions may be scheduled as needed.
  • CTU is looking into options available for remote participation in these practice sessions for out-of-town participants. Out-of-town participants must attend at least two practice sessions in person before the Memorial Day festival.

Registration

CTU requests children interested in being part of the 2015 performance (including those children who have performed in previous years) to provide the information requested below by the CTU 2015 Geetharthamu Registration Deadline.

CTU may not be in a position to accommodate children who do not send all the information requested by the 2015 Geetharthamu Registration Deadline.

Questions: Please send an e-mail to ctu {DOT} gt {AT} ChicagoTyagarajaUtsavam {DOT} org.

2015 Geetharthamu Registration Deadline:  Saturday, 28 Feb 2015.

The registration for the 2015 Geetharthamu performance is now closed.

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