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Audio Team: Krish Hariharan, Vishy Lakshmanan, Saiganesh Rajamani, Sanjay Sankar

Videography: Pradeep Nair (ClipsClaps) & Jay Thakkar

Photography: Prahlad Kannoojoo

Food Coordination: Basker Krishnamurthy

Stage Coordination: Meena Guha, Radha Basker, Rani Unnikrishnan

Program Flow Coordination: Jaya Konnankottil, Unni Damodaran

CFAA wishes to thank all volunteers who made RMTU 2013 possible

Ajay Menon - President & Executive Director of the BoardAnjana Gopakumar - Director, Special EventsVK Arunkumar - Vice President (Programs)Dr Haricharan Reddy - Director, Community DevelopmentIndira Duggirala - General Secretary and Director, GrantsKrish Hariharan - Vice President (Strategy)Ram Vaithianathan - Director, Community DevelopmentRamesh Achuthan - Treasurer & Director, Event ManagementSridhar Babu Thummalapenta - Director, MarketingVishy Lakshmanan - Vice President (Operations)

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History of Rocky Mountain Tyagaraja Utsavam (RMTU):

Sadguru Sri Tyagaraja Aradhana has always been a part of the Carnatic music community in Denver, Colorado, USA and was spearheaded by the Sagar family (Dr.Yashoda Sagar, daughter of famous musician of yesteryears Vidwan Vinjamuri Sri Varadaraja Iyengar). Long time residents of the area recall the Tyagaraja Aradhana observed at their home every year where musicians and music lovers got together for a day filled with music, music and music all around.

Several long time residents of this area, like the Vedantans, Satyans, to name a few, have all contributed immensely to the growth of Carnatic Music in the Colorado vicinity, by hosting performing artists from India and other places, and arranging their concerts for the benefit of the local rasikas.

In 2008, Denver-based musician violinist Priya Hariharan (disciple of ‘Padma Bhushan’ Sri Lalgudi G. Jayaraman), took the initiative to elevate the festival to a

day-long Aradhana organizing the Rocky Mountain Tyagaraja Utsavam - RMTU.

The schedule of the Aradhana, in accordance with tradition, always commenced with a group rendition of Chetulara (Bhairavi - Adi), Sri Ganapathini (Sowrashtram - Adi), Gurulekha (Gowri Manohari - Khanda Chapu), followed by the Pancharatna kritis. After the group renditions, individual and group performances of musicians and students would follow.

In 2010, Colorado Fine Arts Association (CFAA) was formed by dedicated classical music lovers to bring in more exposure to traditional and contemporary art forms to the rasikas of Colorado. CFAA collaborated with the original RMTU team in 2010 and from 2011 onwards, CFAA has been organizing the festival on a very grand scale, bringing in guest artistes from India to perform during the festival and also during the Summer and Fall seasons.

RMTU is as unique as the Rocky Mountainregion itself and has been asserted as such by performances by stalwarts such as Vidwans Sri Chitravina Ravikiran, Sri T.M.Krishna, Dr. Smt. Nithyashree Mahadevan and Smt. Priyadarshini Govind.

Participation in the festival has grown immensely, from 65 performers in 2008 to around 130 performers in 2012, from a day-long festival in 2008 to a 2-day festival in 2012 and on to a 200 performers/ 2-weekend function in 2013.

We feel privileged and are extremely thankful to all the patrons, volunteers, sponsors, musicians, dance artists, students, parents and the Colorado rasika community for their immense support, encouragement and dedication to make RMTU a grand success year after year for many more years to come!

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Th e CFAA RMTU Team:Usha is a resident of Colorado for the past 18 years. She has been teaching Bharatanatyam in the Denver area since 1995 and established Abhinaya School of Dance.

She has performed arangetram for several of her students in Denver. Usha also was key in starting and running the Denver Balvihar for three years. She is a member of the Revenue Production Team at Frontier Airlines. Born and raised in Colombo, Sri Lanka Usha learned Bharatanatyam from her Guru Late Mrs. Kamala Johnpillai who was a student of the eminent Rukmini Arundale of Kalakshetra. Usha gave several solo performances and participated in ballets in Sri Lanka.

She was the cultural secretary for Tamil Association when it was founded and was an active member for several years. She loves to read, sew and watch movies in her spare time.

Lakshmi Hariharan is a trained Carnatic classical vocalist. She started learning Carnatic vocal at the age of 6 in Mysore under Smt Vasumathi and Smt Vimala Sudarshan. After moving to Colorado,

she learnt under Sri Hari Devanath and has since been part of his music school, Sripaduka Academy of Music, based in San Jose, CA. She has been tutoring students in the Denver area & on both coasts for the past few years. She has actively participated in a lot of local community events.

Apart from music, reading and biking are her favorite activites. She works as a Sr.Analyst, by profession, with Citigroup and has been living in the Denver area for about 8 years.

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March 306:30-8:00 AM Volunteers, Participants check-in

8:00 AM Welcome address - Ajay Menon, President, CFAA

8:15 AM Sri Thyagaraja’s Ghana Raga Pancharatnams - Group rendition

9:30 AM Sub-Junior Vocal competition - Preliminary Round

10:30 AM Mridangam, Tabla, Keyboard - Solo performances

11:00 AM Junior and Senior Violin competition - Direct Finals

11 am-2 pm Lunch by Mini India’s Catering11:50 AM Swagata Banerjee performs Professional Odissi Dance

12 Noon Mini-concert 1 - Carnatic Vocal by Sri. V. K. Arun Kumar with Smt. Priya Hariharan on the Violin and Sri. Sriram Srinivasan on Mridangam

12:30 PM Junior Vocal competition - Preliminary Round

3:40 PM Mini-concert 2 - Hindustani Vocal recital by Smt. Vinata Gangolli with Sri. Nabin Shreshta on Tabla

4:00 PM Bharatanatyam by Punya Ramesh - RMTU 2012 Senior First Prize Winner

4:15 PM Junior and Senior Bharatanatyam Competitions - Direct Finals, Non-competitive Bharatanatyam performances

5:30 PM Kuchipudi by Sonu Venkataraman - RMTU 2012 Senior First Prize Winner

5:45 PM Junior Kuchipudi Competitions - Direct Finals

6:30 PM Vote of Thanks - Ramesh Achuthan - Member of the Board & Treasurer, CFAA

March 318:30-9:30 AM Volunteers, Participants check-in

9:30 AM Welcome address - Krish Hariharan, Vice President (Strategy), CFAA

9:45 AM Junior Vocal competition-Preliminary Round-Continued

10:00 AM Carnatic Vocal by Aniruddh Prakash- RMTU 2012 Senior First Prize Winner

10:15 AM Senior Vocal competition-Direct Finals

11 am-2 pm Lunch by Mini India’s Catering11:15 AM Community performances

12:00 Noon Non-competitive dance performances- Kuchipudi, Odissi

1:00 PM Break

3:00 PM Artist Introduction - Lakshmi Hariharan, RMTU Team

3:10-6:00 PM Sri Kunnakudi Balamuralikrishna, with BU Ganesh Prasad and Murugabhoopathi - Vocal concert[Tickets]

6:30 PM Vote of Thanks - Indira Duggirala, Member of the Board & General Secretary, CFAA

Program Guide: Saturday, March 30 & Sunday March 31

Th e CFAA RMTU Team:V. K. Arun Kumar is a well-known South Indian Classical (Carnatic) Vocalist living in the Denver area for about 5 years now.

Arun’s vocal training began

with his paternal grandmother, Smt. C.S. Lalitha,disciple of Late Sri. Kittamani Iyer. Arun’s grandmother also absorbed the tradition of ‘Sangita Kalanidhi’ Smt. T. Brinda and was able to transfer this to him. Over the course of 15 years, under the guidance of ‘Sangita Kala Acharya’ Guru Smt. Seetha Rajan, one of the senior disciples of doyen Semmangudi Dr. Srinivasa Iyer, Arun has progressively expanded his repertoire to over 2000 compositions including Varnams, Kritis, Javalis, Tillanas, etc. During his time as a student, Arun had the fortune of accepting various laurels and prizes, including titles like ‘Sangeetha Sri,’ ‘Swathi Kiranam,’ and 1st Prize from All India Radio competition, conducted at the All India National platform in 1999.

Arun is a B-High grade artiste of the All India Radio, Chennai. He has been giving public performances since 1999, all over India

and all around the United States. Arun has a Masters in Computer Applications and is a Software Engineer by profession, working for CH2M HILL in Denver, CO.

Anjana has been settled in Colorado for the last 15 years. She has a Masters in Information Systems and is currently working as a Referral Analyst in CIGNA. Anjana has always

been an active participant in the cultural and social scene of Colorado. She was the cultural secretary for the Kerala Association for 3 years.

Anjana has always been interested in the finer art forms and believes in the ability of art to understand ones own true self. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer and started her association with dance at the age of four under Kalakshetra Aravindan Master. She later continued her dance training under Kalakshetra Paramashivam Master and till date remains deeply interested in the art form. Apart from Bharatanatyam she learnt Kuchupudi from the late Koroda Narasimha Rao for 4 years. She has performed extensively

in Kerala including /yearly programs for All India Radio, Trivandrum. She was selected for the Kerala Sangeetha Nataka Academy scholarship when in middle school. Apart from dance and music she is interested in reading, hiking and skiing.

Meera Ganesan has been pursuing music with emphasis on the traditional South Indian classical genre popularly known as Carnatic music, under the tutelage of her father Sri R. Ganesan, Smt. Raji Subbaraman

of Mumbai and ‘Aacharya Choodamani’ Dr. Prameela Gurumurthy (Professor and Head of Music Department- Madras University) of Chennai.

She is captivated by poignant and ethereal music and strives for meditative/soulful renditions. She is also a proficient Bharathanatyam dancer and likes to dabble in light and fusion music. Professionally, she is a “semi-retired” Sr. Oracle DBA from Qwest/Century Link Corporation.

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April 20-Saturday10:00-10:45 AM Volunteers, Participants check-in

10:45 AM Welcome address - Vishy Lakshmanan, Vice President (Operations), CFAA

11:00 AM Kum. Medha Hari from Chennai- Professional dance performance

11 am-2 pm Lunch by Mini India’s Catering11:30 AM Mini-concert 3-Carnatic Vocal by Smt. Priya Hariharan

12 Noon Community performances on Veena and Vocal

12:20 PM Mini-concert 4-Carnatic Veena recital by Smt. Gayathri Krishnamurthy

12:40 PM Mini-concert 5-Carnatic Vocal by Smt. Meera Ganesan

1:00 PM Break

3:00 PM Artist Introduction - Usha Muralidharan, RMTU Team

3:15 PM Shijith and Parvathi Nambiar - Group dance performance - A Group of 8 dancers [Tickets]

5:00 PM RMTU 2013 Dance Competitions Prize Distribution

5:30 PM Vote of Thanks - Anjana Gopakumar, Board Member, CFAA

April 21-Sunday8:00-9:00 AM Volunteers, Participants check-in

9:00 AM Welcome address - VK Arunkumar, Vice President (Events), CFAA

9:10 AM Mini-concert 6-Vocal concert by Smt. Gowri Nandakumar

9:30 AM Sub-Junior Vocal competition-Finals

10:00 AM Mini-concert 7-Vocal concert by Smt. Vani Iyer

10:20 AM Junior Vocal competition-Finals

10:50 AM Dr. Sarah Morelli and Students of DU- Special invited performance

11 am-2 pm Lunch by Mini India’s Catering11:10 AM Mini-concert 8-Vocal concert by Smt. Lakshmi Hariharan

11:30 AM Non-competitive Community performances - Vocal, Bharatanatyam, Instrumental

1:00 PM Break

3:00 PM Artist Introduction - Priya Hariharan

3:10 PM Sikkil Gurucharan with V Sanjeev and Patri Satish Kumar - Vocal concert [Tickets]

5:45 PM Vote of Thanks - Meera Ganesan, RMTU Team

6:00 PM RMTU 2013 Vocal Competitions Prize Distribution

6:15 PM RMTU 2013 Conclusion - Ajay Menon, President, CFAA

For questions regarding the RMTU performances and programs contact the RMTU team.Audio Team: Krish Hariharan, Vishy Lakshmanan, Saiganesh Rajamani, Sanjay Sankar

Videography: Pradeep Nair (ClipsClaps) & Jay ThakkarPhotography: Prahlad Kannoojoo

(Public Videography and Photography is strictly prohibited. CFAA reserves the right to all programs. All performers will be provided FREE access to their performances)

Program Guide: Saturday, April 20 & Sunday, April 21

All About CFAAWho Are We We are a non-profit organization (501 (C)(3) Tax Exempt from IRS) formed by volunteers, with a goal toward furthering the arts and culture in the state of Colorado.

Our Vision Enrich the mind through Arts and Culture by vigorously supporting the artists of all disciplines, exploring the depths of Indian art and its influence on the Western art forms, and by actively promoting cultural exchanges, educational seminars, and events.

Our Mission Celebrate artists and art through regular concerts, performances in the areas of music, dance, drama, and ballet.

• Provide consistent exposure to music, dance, and other art forms by providing a venue for the community to participate and for professionals to perform

• Bring pre-eminent artists in the fields of fine arts from India as well as other places in the United States

• Provide opportunities to artists local to Colorado • Explore the evolving genre of East-West fusion music and

dance forms

Why Are We Doing Th is Arts and culture have seen a decline over the years in an ever busy life devoted to technological advancements. In order to discover who we are as a people we have to understand our cultural heritage and there is no better way to do this than to celebrate arts that reflect the evolution of cultures.

How Can You Help This is our organization, of us, for us, by us. You can help by getting involved by providing your time and resources; by being volunteers and patrons of this organization and help shape its future and the value it brings to us and the community at large.

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