Ananda ashram tabla retreat

[Guest guest]

Following item forwarded from the Ananda Ashram in

Monroe, NY. FYI, in case there are any tabla players

on this list (or anyone who wants to learn)

 

 

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SPECIAL 4-DAY TABLA RETREAT w/Pandit Sharda Sahai, May

6-9

 

 

Renowned tabla master from the Benares tradition,

Pandit Sharda Sahai will be offering a 4-day Tabla

Retreat with daily classes & a solo concert hosted by

the East-West School of Music at Ananda Ashram,

Monroe, NY.

 

 

"To hear Pandit Sharda Sahai is an extremely rare

event. This is the master. What follows is a

performance of dazzling complexity, enormous

power, lightning speed & clarity, with deep

seriousness yet sparkling with jokes."

 

 

SCHEDULE Tuesday May 6 (10 am) - Friday May 9, 2003

1 beginners & 1 intermediate/advanced class daily

2 practice sessions daily (except Friday)

In Concert: Thursday May 8th, 8:30pm Sarangi

accompaniment by Pandit Ramesh Misra, $15 (included

with full workshop registration)

Private lessons optional

 

TUITION $190 (includes concert admission)

Partial attendance: $40/class, $10/group practice

session

ALL INCLUSIVE RATE $330 dorm / $375 semiprivate

includes ashram accommodations, *meals, **core ashram

programs

($45 dorm/$60 semiprivate per day)

*delicious lacto vegetarian meals **core programs

include morning

& evening meditation & satsang, sanskrit & hatha yoga

classes

 

During this retreat we will commune with the tabla,

surrounded by the peace & healing sanctity of nature

at Ananda Ashram. The Ashram is situated in a

beautiful, natural environment one hour from Manhattan

with easy bus & train transport.

 

No previous experience necessary. Students are

required to bring their own tabla. Instruments can be

purchased directly from Benares at a rate comparable

to that available locally. For assistance purchasing

an instrument, email nadabhava or call

radha, 845.782.4009.

 

* For a brochure, phone 845.782.5575

* Online info: http://anandaashram.org / May 2003

Events

* Pt. Sharda Sahai http://www.sahai.org/

* Pt. Ramesh Misra http://www.tabla.org / Resident

Musicians

 

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IN CONCERT:

Saturday May 3rd, 9pm - 8am

All-Night Concert of Indian Classical Music at the

Cathedral of

St. John the Divine, NYC

http://www.worldmusicinstitute.org /

http://www.tabla.org

 

Pandit Sharda Sahai, featured tabla soloist.

Also performing: Ustad Vilayat Khan, sitar; Rajan &

Sajan Misra,

vocal; G.S. Sachdev, bansuri flute; Anindo Chaterjee,

Samir Chaterjee,

Dibyarka Chaterjee, tabla; & more.

 

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ANANDA ASHRAM in Monroe, NY, is a spiritual &

educational retreat center founded on the universal

principles of Yoga-Vedanta & dedicated to East-West

unity & cultural exchange. Established in 1964

by Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati (Ramamurti S. Mishra,

M.D.), the Ashram offers morning & evening meditation

programs, classes in Sanskrit & scriptural studies,

East-West music, dance, drama, hatha yoga, holistic

health & healing.

 

Ananda Ashram

13 Sapphire Road, Monroe, NY 10950

845.782.5575 http://anandaashram.org/

 

BY BUS from NYC Port Authority, take Shortline Bus to

Monroe (Millipond Pkwy), NY (1hr 15min). Please visit

the Shortline Website for schedule/pricing

information, www.shortlinebus.com/. Discounted bus

tickets are often available through the Ashram office;

allow time for mailing if necessary.

 

Visit our website for day visitor rates, detailed

travel & driving directions, our full schedule,

teachers' bios, general Ashram information & much

more! http://anandaashram.org/

 

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We hope to see you soon at Ananda Ashram!

 

Om Shantih, Shantih, Shantih.

 

 

 

Om Peace, Peace, Peace.

 

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