Once again, the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana was an exciting musical event for all of us living in Cleveland! This Carnatic music festival is the largest South Indian Classical Music festival outside of India. It attracts thousands of people from around…
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On March 25, 2018 the Venkateswara Temple in Richfield, OH held their Ramanavami celebrations. The occasion was marked by performing the wedding of Rama and Sita. During this puja, Shruti accompanied Srivishnu and Srikrishna on the violin as they sang…
Continue ReadingDhvani Children’s Music Competition 2018
Once again, we sent several students to the Dhvani Children’s Music Competition in Columbus on March 24th. We are very proud of every child who prepared for this event. They each took initiative and worked hard to get ready for…
Continue ReadingSankaranthi Celebration
Sankranti means migration of the Sun from one constellation to the next. There are 12 Sankrantis as the Sun follows its celestial path. The Sankranthi which is universally and popularly celebrated all over India is Makar Sankranti. The Sun is…
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On November 4th, 2017 Ragapriya School of Music hosted a young artist music competition. The competition was intended to encourage young musicians and inspire them to work towards ever higher levels. This was the first time we hosted a traditional…
Continue ReadingComposers Day 2017
Once again, Ragapriya participated in the annual Composers Day program on October 7th, conducted by the Sree Venkateswara Temple in Richfield. This year, the theme was kshetrams in addition to composers. Each school was assigned a kshetram and chose songs…
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On August 27th, Kannada Kasturi launched the first Daasara Vaibhava program to pay homage to and celebrate the Karnataka composers who have contributed so much to Carnatic music. This was spearheaded by Dr. Naveen Uli and the Kannada Kasturi committee. …
Continue ReadingCongratulations and Good Luck to Aarti!
This year, my graduating senior was Aarti Raghavachari. I am pleased to announce that she will be attending the University of Cincinnati. At our recital this year, she gave a speech about how music has influenced her. Her speech is…
Continue ReadingCleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana 2017
For music lovers, Easter in Cleveland means Thyagaraja Aradhana. This is the largest Carnatic music festival outside India, and is attended by people all over the country. One of the features of the festival is a focus on children. There…
Continue ReadingDhvani Children’s Music Competition
On March 18th, we sent several students to the Dhvani Children’s Music Competition in Columbus. Each child gave an excellent performance and we are very proud of all of our students who took initiative, worked hard, and prepared a song…
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