Chicago Tyagaraja Utsavam is glad to announce the Syama Sastri Kritis performance during the 2026 Fall Festival (Sept. 19-20).
At CTU’ s request, Sri V.K. Arunkumar will conduct the training.
Classes will be a combination of Zoom and in-person (see practice schedule below). Registrants will receive notation & recordings with which to practice and familiarize.
List of Krithis
- Pahimam – Naattai – Roopakam
- Marivere gati – Anandabhairavi – Misra Chapu
- Himadri Suthe – Kalyani – Roopakam
- Devi Brova – Chintamani – Adi
- Kamakshi – Bhairavi Swarajathi – Misra Chapu
Special presentation of one of the Rathna Trayams :Kamakshi – Bhairavi Swarajathi – Misra Chapu
Participation Guidelines
- Experience With Multi-Sangati Kritis
- Already learnt a few kritis with progressive sangati structure (e.g., in Mohanam, Mandari, Kalyani, etc.)
- Gamaka Control
- Ability to render oscillations correctly in ragas like Anandabhairavi and Kalyani without flattening.
- Notation-dependent learners are okay, but must be able to internalize and reproduce exactly.
- Breath Control
- Can handle multi-line phrases without breaking the musical flow.
- Necessary for phrases in Marivere Gati and Devi Brova.
- A major ragam kriti
- One Adi talam kriti
- One in Rupaka or Misra chapu
- One with clear sangati patterns
Practice session schedule:
Zoom classes – Saturday 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.
June 6th, June 13th, June 20th, June 27th, July 11th, July 18th, July 25th and August 1st
In-person – Saturday – time – tbd
August 15th in Naperville area – Northern suburb participants may join on zoom
August 22nd in Northern Suburbs – Naperville participants may join on zoom
August 29th – all participants together in Naperville area
September 12th – all participants together in North suburbs
Registration is now closed.
