Classical 1 - Group-kritis
on Devi:
- Muthuswami Dikshitar's Kamalamba, Abhayamba
or Neelotpalamba Navavaranams
- Oothukkadu Venkatasubbayyar's Navavaranams
- Syama Sastri's Navaratnamalika or
Swarajatis
- Swati Tirunal's Navaratri kritis
Type 1 - Solo or group
rendition from the above kritis:
The rules for this contest are:
- Time limit is 15 minutes
- Participants must give a list of 10 songs
from the above mentioned list, choosing at least one song from each
category.
- For the preliminary round, the participant
must render one song from the list that they choose and send it as a
cassette recording.
- Age categories are - Juniors (Below 15
years), Seniors (15 - 25 years) and Super-seniors (Above 25 years)
Type 2 - Thematic concert
based the above kritis:
This contest is open for aspiring musicians,
professionals and non-professionals. The age limits will be the same as
above. The rules for this contest are:
- Time limit: 45 minutes
- Participants must give a list of 10 songs
from the above mentioned list, choosing at least one song from each
category.
- For the preliminary round, the participant
must render one song from the list that they choose and send it as a
cassette recording. The song must be embellished with a detailed raga
alapana, neraval and kalpanaswaram at a relevant eduppu.
- For the cassette recording, accompaniment is
optional.
- For the next rounds, accompaniment will be
provided by us.
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Classical 2 - General
Carnatic Contest: Rendition of compositions from the following composer
list:
- Trinity (Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar
and Syama Sastri) & contemporaries like Subbaraya Sastri, Swati Tirunal,
Vina Kuppayyar, Tanjore Quartette, Gopalakrishna Bharati, Mysore Sadasiva
Rao, Kavi Kunjara Bharati
- Pre-trinity and post-trinity composers like
Purandaradasa, Annamacharya, Oothukkadu Venkata Kavi, Bhadrachala Ramadas,
Muthutandavar, Marimutha Pillai, Arunachala Kavi, Sadasiva Brahmendra,
Pallavi Gopala Iyer, Kshetragna, Narayana Teertha, Patnam Subramanya Iyer,
Maha Vaidyanatha Sivan, Papanasam Sivan, Muthiah Bhagavatar, Mysore
Vasudevacharya, Pallavi Seshayyar, Tirupati Narayanaswami Naidu, Anai-Ayya,
Ghanam Krishna Iyer, Poochi Srinivasa Iyengar, Koteeswara Iyer, Periyasami
Tooran, Neelakanta Sivan, Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar, Mayuram Viswanatha
Sastri, G N Balasubramaniam, Ambujam Krishnaetc.
- Contemporary composers like Tanjavur
Sankara Iyer, Dr. Balamuralikrishna, Lalgudi Jayaraman, Chitravina
Ravikiran, V V Srivatsa etc.
Type 1 - Plain rendition of
kritis of composers from any of the above categories: The rules for this
contest are -
- Time limit is 15 minutes
- Participants must choose a minimum of
seven kritis from 1 and 2, and a
maximum of three kritis from 3 above and send the list to the address
given below.
- For the preliminary round, the participant
must render one song from this list and send it as a
cassette recording.
- Ragas chosen should be purely classical
based.
- Age categories are - Juniors (Below 15
years), Seniors (15 - 25 years) and Super-seniors (Above 25 years)
Type 2 - Thematic concert based on the
above categories:
This contest is open for aspiring musicians,
professionals and non-professionals. The age limits will be the same as
above. The rules for this contest are:
- Time limit: 45 minutes
- Participants must give a list of 10 songs
from the above mentioned list, choosing at least one song from each
category.
- For the preliminary round, the participant
must render one song from the list that they choose and send it as a
cassette recording. The song must be embellished with a detailed raga
alapana, neraval and kalpanaswaram at a relevant eduppu.
- For the cassette recording, accompaniment is
optional.
- For the next rounds, accompaniment will be
provided by us.
Category 3 -
Semi-classical:
Type 1: Rendition of
semi-classical pieces on Navaratri theme (solo or group):
This is a contest on rendition of
semi-classical pieces based on the Navaratri theme. Bhajans, small songs
like Gitams such as Varavina , note-sahityam like Syamale
meenakshi (only for sub-juniors), folk songs, devotional songs (eg. Jagatjanani), Devarnamas and other
semi-classical (eg. Karunai deivame,Tediundan) pieces based on Devi can be rendered.
The age categories are:
- Time limit is 15 minutes
- Participants must give a list of 10 songs
from the above mentioned list, choosing at least one song from each
category.
- For the preliminary round, the participant
must render one song from the list that they choose and send it as a
cassette recording.
- Age categories are - Sub-juniors (Upto
8 years) Juniors (8 - 15
years), Seniors (15 - 25 years) and Super-seniors (Above 25 years)
Type 2: Semi-classical
concert:
Participants can render Varnams,
songs with raga alapana, Tukkadas and Tillanas, all in praise of Goddess
Devi. A proper concert format should be followed for this thematic
semi-classical contest on Devi. The rules are:
- Time limit: 45 minutes
- Participants must give a list of 10 songs
from the above mentioned list, choosing at least one item from each
category.
- For the preliminary round, the participant
must render one song from the list that they choose and send it as a
cassette recording.
- For the cassette recording, accompaniment is
optional.
- For the next rounds, accompaniment will be
provided by us.
- Age categories are - Juniors
(Below 15 years), Seniors (15 - 25 years) and Super-seniors (Above 25
years)
Category 4 -
Kolam/Rangoli contest:
We will play some music and you
will have to draw kolams/rangolis! Isn't that easy?!
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