Hindustani Vocal Program this Sunday afternoon

[ICMDS Board]

We are proud to announce some star-studded programs from ICMDS in the
coming weeks and months. Please mark your calendars for these
upcoming programs:

1. Hindustani Vocal Concert: Sun June 6 at 3 pm
Reedy Creek Middle School, 930 Reedy Creek Road, Cary, NC
27513
Vidushi Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande
Admission Free for ICMDS members
Non-members: $10 adult $5 Seniors, students and children
Program Flyer: http://icmds.org/BhideFlyerMay27.pdf
Artist information: Please scroll past the remaining program
listing

2. Bharathanatyam/Kuchipudi dances and dance drama August 21 2010
Details about artist to be announced

3. Kathak dance program - Sept 2010
Details to be announced

Information about Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande

Amongst the vocalists of the younger generation of the Jaipur-Atrauli
tradition of Khyal singing, Ashwini Bhide-Deshpande is an artiste of
great caliber. She has been performing in a number of prestigious
music conferences in India for over fifteen years and have had
successful concert tours of Europe as well as of North American
continent.

Ashwini began her training at the age of five under the guidance of
Pandit Narayanrao Datar. After graduating with a “sangeet visharad”
from Gandharva Mahavidyalaya, she started receiving guidance and
meticulous attention from her mother, Smt. Manik Bhide, a great Khyal
singer herself. Ashwini has inherited all that was best in her
mother’s style and was able to add a lot to her repertoire with great
sensitivity and intellect. Presently she is receiving guidance from
Pandit Ratnakar Pai, a veteran of the Jaipur gharana.

Systematic exposition of the Raag structure, brilliant phrasing,
variety of taan patterns, ease and grace in all of the three octaves
mark her singing. She does not merely present the gammer of a Raag,
but can build it up into an aesthetically pleasing experience.

A resident of Mumbai, Ashwini is a graduate in Microbiology and also
holds a Ph.D. degree in Biochemistry.

Here is a sample Bhajan from a live concert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yx_V7xT-q_U