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Vidya Mandir Students Perform At Sundaram Finance Sunday Kutcheri
In Park
By Sudha Jagannathan
CHENNAI, March 7: Fifteen students, aged between 11 years and
14 years, from Vidya Mandir School, Mylapore in Chennai, presented
a vocal music performance for an hour from 6.30 am on March
2 at the monthly mike-less ‘Sundaram Finance Sunday Kutcheri
in the Park’ at the Nageswara Rao Park in Mylapore.
These children were accompanied by Shyam on the Violin, Shrikrishna
and R. Varun on the Mridangam and by S. Krishna on the Ghatam.
Their rendition of Vaataapi Ganapathim, Sobillu Sapthaswara,
Kalyana Gopalam and Niraimadhi drew applause from the audience.
The objective of this monthly Sundaram Finance Sunday Kutcheri
in the Park, which was started in February 2006, is to provide
a launch pad for budding artistes under15 years of age to showcase
their musical talents and encourage them to perform without
inhibition in an open air environment.
No mikes and speakers are used at the Sunday Kutcheri in the
Park. Sundaram Finance’s audition committee conducts an
audition to finalize the artistes.
In a release, T. T. Srinivasaraghavan, Managing Director, Sundaram
Finance Ltd., said, “Over the last month, we have received
a number of enquiries from schools in Chennai to participate
in the Sundaram Finance Sunday Kutcheri in the Park. This kutcheri
by 15 children from Vidya Mandir, Mylapore received an overwhelming
response with the students performing to a packed audience gathered
all around the stage.”
Mr. Srinivasaraghavan was pleased especially because these students,
who were learning music individually from different music teachers
and had different music styles, had been brought together and
trained for the Sunday Kutcheri by Mrs. Harikripa Kannan, the
Math teacher of Vidya Mandir.
“The objective of the Sunday Kutcheri in the Park is to
provide opportunities for young musical talent aged under 15
years to perform in an open air environment without speakers
and mikes. We encourage more schools to come forward and participate
in the Kutcheri,” he added.
“The early morning park ambience was very pleasant and
conducive for a kutcheri. The mike-less kutcheri is an interesting
and innovative concept. The children were very surprised when
they were told that there would be no mikes and speakers but
they enjoyed their first ever experience of a mike-less open
air kutcheri,” the release quoted Mrs. Harikripa Kannan
as saying.
Mr. Srinivasaraghavan also presented certificates to the performing
artistes.
Interested children can contact 94440 – 40748 for audition
and registration details.
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