CTU 2009 Registration Guidelines

Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam announces the registration guidelines for the annual classical music festival to be held during the Memorial Day weekend for three days from Saturday, 23 May 2009 thru Monday, 25 May 2009. Children and adults pay homage to Saint Tyagaraja at this festival. CTU requests your active participation on all three days.

The CTU 2009 Registration Process is now open.

The program schedule and other information is forthcoming.

CTU 2009 Registration Deadline: 17 Apr 2009

Students must submit their registration to Teachers by 10 Apr 2009

All registrations must be received by CTU following the registration process on the Web by the CTU 2009 Registration Deadline including the following:

• Teachers registering students
• Individual performers registering themselves
• Performers registering with Accompaniments

In order to accommodate the increased attendance at our Utsavam, we are making some changes in the manner in which the Tyagaraja Homage sessions are scheduled.

General Guidelines

Tyagaraja Homage Program is held at the Sama Rathi Auditorium on Saturday only. This includes all registrations received by the CTU 2009 Registration Deadline including Teacher Sessions, Group Sessions as well as those Individual Performances that can be accommodated within the time available. These performances will be scheduled in the following sequence: a) Teacher Sessions, b) Group Sessions and c) Individual Performances.

See also: Accompanied Performances

Note:

• Other than the standard CTU Performances of Vishnu Sahasranama Stotram, Pancharatna Kritis, Utsava Sampradaya Kritis, Western Orchestra, a participant may perform only once at the Festival. They may perform in
  • a single Teacher Session or
  • a single Group Session or
  • one Individual Performance or
  • one Accompanied Performance.
• CTU may not be able to accommodate registrations received after the CTU 2009 Registration Deadline in the 2009 festival
• CTU may not be able to accommodate Individual Performances on Saturday — the first day of the festival
• All attendees and participants must pay each day’s rates to attend or participate on that day
• The kriti performed cannot be one of the CTU Group Performance Kritis for this year.
• All instruments other than Tambura, Sruthi Box, Talometer and cymbals are considered to be accompaniments.
• The following combinations may have accompaniments on Saturday in the Rathi Auditorium in the Teacher Session or Group Session. See Accompanied Performances for all other combinations.
  • Seven or more vocalists
  • Four or more identical instruments

Please click below for detailed guidelines on:

• Teacher Sessions for Local and External Teachers
• Group Sessions and Individual Performances
• Accompanied Performances

Summary

• If you are a student, work with your teacher.
• If you are a teacher, try to maximize participation of your students in Teacher Sessions. Give due consideration to students interested in Accompanied Performances.
• If you are a teacher from the Chicago Metropolitan area, please consider a Local Teacher Session
• If you are a teacher from a city outside the Chicago Metropolitan area, please consider an External Teacher Session
• If you are part of a group, review the Group Sessions .
• If you are looking to render a solo performance
  • Consider Individual performances if you do not have any accompaniments
  • Consider Accompanied Performances if you do have accompaniments

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE 2009 TYAGARAJA HOMAGE SESSIONS

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