Music Education
Gaining a distinction in a music exam is a great achievement. A distinction means that the candidate has achieved a high percentage when measured against pre-determined criteria: ABRSM: A distinction mark is 86% or higher Trinity College London: A distinction mark is 87% or higher London College of Music: A
Interviews
Serenade Team: Is this your first time performing in India? Please share your background with us. Aveline Gram: Yes, this is my first time in India and thus also my first performances in India. I am very much looking forward to that! I have performed many times in European countries,
Features
As a visitor to India, locals have told me that sometimes things don’t appear on digital maps where it seems they should, or sometimes at all. Yet, when asking auto drivers if they could take me to Delhi School of Music, “near the US Embassy”, the typical response was
News
Year-long cultural programme set to inspire throughout UK-India Year of Culture in 2017, celebrating deep cultural ties and the 70th anniversary of Indian Independence. Indian High Commission, the Ministry of Culture, the Indian Council for Cultural Relations and leading Indian festival producer Teamwork Arts to deliver a festival of Indian
Reviews
CARLO RIZZI | SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA OF INDIA 30 JANUARY 2017 Included in this season were three performances of a semi-stage production of Puccini’s early masterpieces depicting bohemian life among six friends in Paris. As a curtain raiser to the opera were two concerts – an orchestra concert and a gala vocal
Throwback Thursday
From reclaiming new land to finding the right acoustics, Dr. Jamshed Bhabha had to undergo every struggle imaginable to launch the NCPA. By Anil Dharker “We will build the NCPA on this part of the Arabian Sea.” These could well have been the words of Dr. Jamshed Bhabha as he
Meet the Maestro
Serenade Team: You have performed in practically every style of the Choral repertoire ranging from the Gregorian chant to the 21st century. Do you have a personal stylistic preference? David Hill: I don’t have a stylistic preference or, indeed, favourite composer as I have always felt deep connections with
Features
Born and raised in the small town of Shillong, Meghalaya, I wasn’t blessed with the easiest access to classical music. I was busy ‘not singing’ in my earlier days, having studied at St. Edmunds School and College, I only discovered my singing talent later in my early twenties. Having
Features
When we began our music charity for disadvantaged children Child’s Play India Foundation (www.childsplayindia.org), we made an appeal to the community to donate unused musical instruments to us. Seven years on, this is not as big a crunch as the need for more teachers to allow us
Music Education
Unless a singer has perfect pitch (and a few of you lucky ones do), they’ll appreciate being given a starting pitch from the rehearsal pianist. Often, a pianist’s first instinct is to do exactly that: they play the singer’s first note on the piano, with one finger,
News
Wednesday 1 March, National Centre for the Performing Arts, Mumbai Trailblazing London-based conductor Robert Ames leads the Chamber Orchestra of the Symphony Orchestra of India in a special evening celebrating composer Vanraj Bhatia. Known for writing the scores for the films by Parallel Cinema director Shyam Benegal, Bhatia will be
Interviews
Nikhil Sardana: What is Classical Movements? When did you set up your company? What is the vision and purpose of this organisation and where is it headed? Neeta Helms: Classical Movements is a premier concert touring company that was started officially in the year 1992. We work with very professional