Rare Kirtan Concert at Guru Ram Das Ashram / Yoga Center this Saturday, 7-9 PM

[Guest guest]

An Evening Kirtan Concert with Bhai Baldeep Singh

at Guru Ram Das Ashram's Lungar Hall / BSC Yoga Center

368 Village Street, Millis, MA

Saturday, October 4th, 7 – 9 PM

 

Please join us for this rare opportunity to bathe in the poetry of the Gurus and

Bhagats

sung with masterful attention to the original melodies, rhythms, moods, and

vocal

elements of naad yoga that conveyed the experience of divine union from heart to

heart.

 

We are considering this an " extended family night, " inviting all who may enjoy

extraordinary kirtan and be interested in the perspective of one who has spent

over

twenty years searching out, learning from, and recording elders who carried the

Gurbani

Kirtan and Naad Yoga traditions.

Concert Fee: $25; $10 youth under 18 (Location: Yoga Center / Lungar Hall).

 

Bhai Baldeep Singh represents the13th-generation of a family whose members sang

in the

Gurus' court and carried forward the Gurbani Kirtan tradition. He is also the

prime

representative of one of the oldest living traditions of percussion in India,

the Kapurthala-

Amritsari Baaj. His contribution to the Gurbani kirtan tradition is not only

seen through his

talent as vocalist, percussionist, and string player, but through his

documentation and

preservation work as a lecturer, archivist, and founder of Anad Conservatory ~

an institute

of Sikh cultural appreciation and preservation. www.anadfoundation.com A

pioneer in the

field, he has revived and elevated the art of handcrafting musical instruments

such as

dhrupadi rabab, taus, sarinda and jori, which had fallen into extinction.

 

Bhai Baldeep Singh will be accompanied on pakhawaj (drums) by Parminder Singh

Bhamra.

Parminder Singh will be available for lessons on pakhawaj / jori during their

stay in Millis.

Please contact Harbhajan Kaur (508) 376-8650 <harbhajank, or Siri

Sevak

Kaur (508) 376-1207 (students of B. Baldeep Singh since 1996) with your

interests in

learning. Joris will be available for lessons.

 

Parminder S Bhamra, born 1985, is the grandson of legendary musical instrument

maker

and musician Gyani Harbhajan Singh (1920-2005). Since 2003, Parminder Singh has

been

undergoing intensive training in the art of playing pakhawaj and jori from Bhai

Baldeep

Singh, and has memorized nearly twelve hundred pakhawaj parans (vintage

percussive

compositions). He also has the privilege of studying from Pandit Panna Lal

Upadhayay of

the Gaya tradition and Shri Mohan Shyam Sharma of the Nathdwara tradition of

percussion.

He is learning the art of making instruments from Bhai Baldeep Singh and Shri

Hari Chand.