PAST EVENTS  : 2001-2002 

2001-2002 rasika THIRD SEASON

MAY 2002

Classical Carnatic Vocal Concert (Portland only)
8:00 pm; Friday, May 10th, 2002

T. N. Seshagopalan (Vocal)
Delhi P. Sundararajan  -- Violin & Guruvayur Durai -- Mridangam
Old Church
1422 SW 11th Av., Portland, OR 97201.
FREE FOR RASIKA MEMBERS

APRIL 2002

Classical Vocal Carnatic Recital
 Neyveli Santhanagopalan
Vittal Ramamurthy- Violin & Poovalur Srinivasan - Mridangam
FREE FOR RASIKA MEMBERS

Portland
7:30 pm; Saturday, April 6th, 2002

First Christian Church 
1315 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201.
Directions

Seattle
4:30pm; Sunday, April 7th, 2002

Carlson Theatre - Bellevue Comm. College.
3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., · 
Bellevue, Washington 98007-6484
7:30pm Fri 5th April 2002
LecDem - Rhythmic Concepts- Percussion instruments of south India
Artists/Teachers: Subash Chandran and Poovalur Srinivasan
Mridangam, Kanjira, Ghatam, Moorsing, Konakkol
Beaverton City Library (SW 5th and Hall)

FREE Admission
 Special thanks to Beaverton City Library

MARCH 2002

Spring Education/Outreach Events - March 2002

Classical Dance of India
Lecture Demonstration
7:00pm; Friday, March 22, 2002
 Beaverton City Library Auditorium

RANGOLI- Folk Art of India
Display & Demonstration
10:00am; Saturday, March 9, 2002
 Beaverton City Library Meeting Room A

Classical Music of India- Flute, Percussion
Interactive Lecture Demonstration
10:00am; Saturday, March 2, 2002
 Beaverton City Library Auditorium

FREE Admission
 Sponsored by grant from American Library Association
Special thanks to Beaverton City Library& Beaverton Arts Commission 

Classical Flute Recital

Master Shashank  - Flute

B.U.Ganesh Prasad - Violin
Satish Kumar - Mridangam & Khanjira
Tripunithura Radhakrishnan - Ghatam; 
Gururaj - Morsing

FREE FOR RASIKA MEMBERS

Portland
 8:00 pm; Friday, March 1, 2002

Old Church
1422 SW 11th Av. 
Portland, OR 97201.

Seattle
 7:00pm; Saturday, March 2, 2002

Seattle Art Museum
100 University Street
Seattle, WA 98101-2902
Directions

FEBRUARY 2002

Vocal Classical Concert  (Portland Only)
8 pm; Friday, 8th February 2002

Raji Gopalakrishnan - Vocal
R. Hemalatha - Violin
Poongulam Subramaniam - Mridangam

First Christian Church

NOVEMBER 2001

Classical Dance Ballet of India

Jayanthi Raman's Natya Sthuthi
 Classical Bharatha Natyam, Mohini Attam, & folk dances
Deepavali and Onam Thematic Dances
 Dr. Jayanthi Raman, as Principal Dancer
 & Senior dancers of Natya Dance Academy
Vocal - Geetha Ramanathan Bennett
 Nattuvangam - Jayanthi Raman
Violin - Krishna Kutty; Mridangam - Ramanath Ramdas
 Music by Geetha R. Bennett, Concept/Choreography by Jayanthi Raman

Seattle
 8:00 pm, Friday 9 November 2001
McEchern Auditorium, MOHAI  Map
 2700 24thAv. East, McCurdy Park, Seattle, WA 98112.

Portland
7:30pm, Saturday 10th November 2001  
 Northwest Cultural Center 
1819 NW Everett, Portland OR 97209

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Sponsored in part by Individual Artist Grant for 
Dr. Jayanthi Raman from Regional Arts & Culture Council, RACC.

Classical Carnatic Vocal Concert
Bombay S. Jayashri
 R K Sriram Kumar (Violin) 
 K. Arun Prakash (Mridangam)

Seattle
4:30 pm, Sunday, October 28, 2001 
Carlson Theatre - Bellevue Community College.
 3000 Landerholm Circle S.E., · 
Bellevue, Washington 98007-6484

Portland
8:00pm, Friday 2nd November 2001 
First Christian Church
1315 SW Broadway, 
Portland, OR 97201.

OCTOBER 2001

Classical Sitar Recital
Pandit Ravi Shankar and Anoushka Shankar

Rasika members can enjoy 20% discount to this concert
Friday, 7:30 pm Oct 19th 2001
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 
Portland Center for Performing Arts.
*Organized by The Oregon Symphony

Classical Violin Trio Instrumental Concert

Padma Bhushan Prof. T.N. Krishnan (Violin)
 Viji Krishnan (Violin) & Sriram Krishnan (Violin)
Vinod Venkatraman (Mridangam)
R.N. Prakash (Ghatam)

Portland 
7:30 pm, Saturday, October 13th, 2001 
First Christian Church
1315 SW Broadway, Portland, OR 97201.

Seattle
4:30pm, Sunday October 14th 2001 
McEchern Auditorium, 
Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI)
 2700 24thAv. East, McCurdy Park, Seattle, WA 98112.

Portland Concert Sponsored in part by Project Grant for rasika from Regional Arts & Culture Council, RACC.

SEPTEMBER 2001

Classical Carnatic Vocal  Concert (Portland)

Smt. Suguna Purushothaman  
 Anuradha Sridhar - Violin & Shriram Brahmanandam - Mridangam

7:30 pm, Saturday 22nd September 2001
Venue: First Christian Church, Portland, OR 97201.

Classical Carnatic Vocal  Concert (Seattle)

Padmashri Dr. K. J. Yesudas

6:00pm, Sunday 9th September 2001 (Seattle)

Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall   
Benaroya Hall, SW 2nd, Seattle

AUGUST 2001

padma_pic1.jpg (77464 bytes) Classical Dance Ballet of India

Bhagavat Gita
Classical Dance Ballet of India
featuring the acclaimed scholar and dancer,
Dr. Padma Subrahmanyam

Seattle
 8:00 pm, Friday 24 August 2001
McEchern Auditorium, MOHAI
 2700 24thAv. East, McCurdy Park, Seattle, WA 98112.

Portland
7:30pm, Saturday 25 August 2001  
 PSU Lincoln Performance Hall
1819 NW Everett, Portland OR 97209

Featured 'RANGOLI' - Display and Demonstration.
Lobby of PSU, Lincoln Performance Hall at 7pm. 
 Funded in part by NAP Community Outreach Grant for Rasika from
RACC, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland.

JUNE 2001

June 18th, 2001 - June 22nd, 2001

Gurukulam - Third Annual Summer Heritage Camp for children.
Children's talent showcase on Friday, June 22nd 2001.

Venue: First United Methodist Church, Beaverton.

Saturday 9th June 2001
 Grand Season Opening Concert 'PRODIGIES OF INDIA'

Classical Carnatic Music Orchestra
 by
Padmavibushan Dr. M. Balamurali Krishna - Vocal

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Double Violin and Double Mridangam
Mysore M. Nagaraj and Dr. M. Manjunath (Violin)
Srimushnam Raja Rao and Shriram Bramhanandam (Mridangam)

Venue : First Congregational Church
1126 SW Park Av. Portland, OR 97205

This concert funded in part by grant from NEA - National Endowment for the Arts. Thank you!