South Indian
Fine Arts Academy(SIFAA)
An
organization for Carnatic Music lovers in the Triangle and Triad Areas of North
Carolina
Contact us
Join us in our endeavor to
bring more fine music to the area
Upcoming
Program
"Annamayya Bhakti Manjari" & "Aru Padai Veedu"
Two Bharatanatyam Dance Dramas with a Live Carnatic Orchestra
with the Tejas Bharatanatyam Group
7:00
pm, Saturday, May 10, 2008
NC Museum of History
(directions)
5 East Edenton Street, Raleigh, NC
Gen.
Admission: $35, Students/Sr. Citizens: $20, Children under 12: Free.
Season Membership: $150 family, $100
individual, $50 Seniors/Students
Other Programs for 2008
Maharajapuram Ramachandran and party (September 6)
Sanjay Subrahmanyan and party (September 27)
Sponsorship rates for 2008 will remain at $300 per family
- this includes admission to all concerts for the extended family, and copies
of concert recordings when available. The membership for a family for 2008 will
be $150, which will include admission to all concerts the family (including
dependent children). Individual adult memberships will be $100, whereas
individual Senior and Student memberships will be $50. Note that general
individual admission for concerts will be priced at $35 for adults and $20 for
students/seniors.
SIFAA has been bringing you top-notch Carnatic Music
programs since 2003. We have consistently brought at least four superb programs
to the Triangle area each year. The costs for these have been covered mainly by
generous contributions by only about ten core sponsors, and only a small
portion of the proceeds has come from individual and season ticket sales. We
are counting on support from more core sponsors this year and have decided to
continue our activities for 2008.
For SIFAA to continue in our mission to bring these wonderful
programs to the area, we need committed support from the community. Our target
for 2008 is the equivalent of about 75 family season tickets. This is the
amount needed to bring four top-quality programs in one year, and costs have
been going up. If you are interested in the continued availability of Carnatic
music concerts by accomplished musicians in the our area, please contact us by
e-mail at questions@sifaa.org, or by phone (Ram: 773-1580, Ramesh: 852-1756),
and pledge your support.
Completed 2008
programs
Saturday, March 15, 7pm at the Hindu Temple Mandir Hall
Carnatica Brothers (K. N. Shashikiran & P. Ganesh) (vocal)
Ranjani Ramakrishnan Arun (violin)
Mannargudi Easwaran (Mrudangam)
Friday, April 25, 7pm at the Hindu Temple Mandir Hall
Abhishek Raghuram (vocal)
Mysore V. Srikanth (violin)
B. Ganapathyraman(Mrudangam)
Bharadwaj (Muhursing)