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March 31st, Wed:At Boston University, Boston, MA
6:00 PM - 9:00 PMVenue: Photonics Building, Room 206
8 St. Mary's Street, Boston, MA
Parking: Paid parking at an evening flat rate in the near by Granby Parking Lot located at 665 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA.
Directions: http://www.bu.edu/lernet/optics/phodirect.html

6:00 PMIndian and Western Music Fusion with:
♦   Colin Sapp – Guitar
♦   Rakesh Chaurasia – Flute
♦   Greg Loughman – Electric Bass
♦   Purbayan Chatterjee -Sitar
♦   Michael Flanagan – Saxophone
♦   Yogesh Samsi – Tabla
♦   Mike Connors – Western Drums
7:00 PM ♦   Hindustani Classical Flute-Sitar Jugalbandi
♦   Rakesh Chaurasia – Flute
♦   Purbayan Chatterjee - Sitar
♦   Yogesh Samsi – Tabla

April 1st, Thursday:At MIT, Cambridge, MA
7:00 PM - 9:00 PMVenue: Wong Auditorium
2 Amherst St., Building E51-115
Cambridge, MA, 02142
Parking: Free parking in the adjoining parking lot and street parking
Directions: http://esd.mit.edu/symp09/wong.pdf
Lecture Demonstration: Evolution of Ragas by
♦   T.M. Krishan – Carnatic Vocal
♦   K. V. S. Vinay – Violin
♦   Mahalingham Santhanakrishnan – Mridangam

April 2nd–4th, At Regis College, Weston, MA
Fri.–Sun:Venue: Fine Arts Center, Regis College
235 Wellesley Street
Weston, MA 02493
Free Parking
Directions: http://www.regiscollege.edu/AboutRegis/VisitRegis/DirectionsTransportation.aspx

April 2nd, Friday:
6:45 PM – 11 PM
At Regis College, Weston, MA
6:45 PM ♦   Lalgudi Shrimathi Brahmanandam – Violin
accompanied by
♦   Anuradha Sridhar – Violin
♦   Shriram Brahmanandam – Mridangam
8:45 PM ♦   Ashwini Bhide – Hindustani Vocal
accompanied by
♦   Seema Shirodkar – Harmonium
♦   Vishwanath Shirodkar – Tabla

April 3rd, Saturday:At Fine Arts Center, Regis College, Weston, MA
Morning Session
10 AM-1:00 PM
10:00 AMOpening Ceremony
10:15 AM ♦   Student Veena Ensemble
♦   Durga Krishnan – Veena solo
♦   accompanied by: Gaurishankar Chandrasekhar - Mridangam
12:00 PMGeorge Rucket – Remembering Ustad Ali Akbar Khan:
A lecture demonstration on the life and music of the legendary musician by one of his foremost disciples
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon Session
1:30 PM – 5:45 PM
1:30 PMDebapriya Adhikary – Hindustani Vocal
♦   accompanied by:Vishal Nagar – Tabla, Ravi Torvi - Harmonium
3:00 PM ♦   U. Shrinivas – Lecture Demonstration on Mandolin
4:15 PM ♦   Kunnakkudi (Master) Balmurli Krishnan – Carnatic Vocal
♦   accompanied by:K.V.S. Vinay – Violin,
Mahalingam Santhanakrishnan - Mridangam
5:45 PM – 6:15 PM DINNER BREAK
Evening Session
6:15 PM – 11:30 PM
6:15 PM ♦   Jayateerth Mevundi – Hindustani Vocal
♦   accompanied by:Bharat Kamat – Tabla, Guruprasad Hegde – Harmonium
8:30 PM ♦   U. Shrinivas and Ustad Shahid Parvez – Carnatic Mandolin
♦   accompanied by:Madirimangalam Swaminathan – Mridangam,
S.V. Ramani – Ghatam,
♦   Ustad Shahid Parvez – Sitar Solo
♦   accompanied by:Subhajyoti Guha – Tabla
♦   Carnatic Mandolin and Sitar jugalbandi

April 4th, SundayAt Fine Arts Center, Regis College, Weston, MA
Morning Session
10 AM - 12:30 PM
Opening Ceremony
10:15 AM ♦   Raginder Singh – Hindustani Violin
♦   accompanied by:Rohit Mujumdar, Nihal Singh – Tabla
11:15 AM ♦   Shubhangi Sakhalkar – Hindustani Vocal
♦   accompanied by:Vishal Nagar – Tabla, Ram Joshi – Harmonium
12:30 PM – 1:00 PM LUNCH BREAK
Afternoon Session
1:00 PM – 6:15 PM
1:00 PM ♦   Akshara – A Carnatic and Hindustani Ensemble
2:15 PM ♦   Samanwaya Sarkar – Sitar solo
♦   accompanied by:Vishal Nagar – Tabla
3:00 PM ♦   Honoring Ceremony
3:15 PM ♦   Debapriya Adhikary and Samanwaya Sarkar
♦   Hindustani Vocal and Sitar jugalbandi
♦   accompanied by:Vishal Nagar – Tabla
4:30 PM ♦   Sangeetha Sivakumar – Carnatic Vocal
♦   accompanied by:V.V.S. Murari – Violin,
♦   Vinod Seetharaman – Mridangam
6:15 PM – 6:45 PM DINNER BREAK
Evening Session
6:45 PM – 10:30 PM
6:45 PM ♦   Alam Khan – Sarod
♦   accompanied by:Vishal Nagar – Tabla
8:30 PM ♦   P. Unni Krishnan – Carnatic Vocal
♦   accompanied by:Embar Kannan – Violin,
♦   Arjun Kumar – Mridangam
10:30 PM ♦   Vote of Thanks

This program information will be updated periodically to providing details about the accompanists. The artists will not perform in the order their names are listed above. A detailed schedule of their performances will be published three weeks before the conference.