Amie & Sangeet Millennium to help kick off DiverseArts Culture Works International Grooves series
Amie & Sangeet Millennium perform at the kickoff show of the International Grooves world music meets jazz series by DiverseArts Culture Works. The show will be held at the storied Kenny Dorham’s Backyard in East Austin on Friday, June 29, 8:00-11:30 p.m. The series, showcasing the finest in local world music artists as well as some national and international touring artists will continue monthly throughout the summer, into the fall. It will culminate with a weekend festival in November. Friday’s show will also include Paul Klemperer’s My Exotic Other, DJ Heavy Jakes, and DJ Chill Akhilas. BYOB, with a variety of food trailers next door. 
Please come out and support!
Kala Darpan presents Spirit of Unity concert
Detailed information about the event:
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When: Saturday, May 19th 6:30 PM.
Where: Hyde Park Theatre, 511 W 43rd Street, Austin, TX 78751
Featured artist - Surmani Shri. Rajendra Teredesai [See Profile],
A Senior disciple of Padma Vibhushan Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia.
In Flute solo with Gourisankar on Tabla.
Also featuring Indo-Jazz fusion by Sangeet Millennium Ensemble and a their collaboration with Shri Teredesai in a grand finale.
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Tickets:
- Advance purchase by check or online via Pay-Pal is recommended due to limited seats
- General adult ticket rate changes to $20 after May 15th
- Make check payable to Kala Darpan
and Mail to - 8705 Glen Canyon Drive, Austin, TX 78681 Phone: 512-809-6179 - You can also hand over your payment in person to any of the KD team members
- Pay-Pal payments do not require you to have a Pay-Pal account
- Tickets purchased via Pay-Pal are charged $1 service fee (included in ticket price)
Amie & Sangeet Millennium’s January 2012 shows
Wishing a happy, healthy, peaceful, creative, and prosperous 2012 to all!
Come and join us at one or both of these free, family-friendly shows:
Saturday, Jan. 14, 9:00-10:30 p.m. @ Monkey Nest, 5353 Burnet Rd., Austin TX 78756
- This will be our first show of the year and our first time at this cool organic coffee house.
Saturday, Jan 28, 6:30-9:30 p.m. @Tom’s Tabooley, 2928 Guadalupe, Austin
- This show will be on a particularly auspicious date: Saraswati Puja, the festival of the goddess of learning and the arts whom musicians, artists, and students honor. The Snug listening room at Tom’s Tabooley is perfect for creative expression set to creative dining!
Stay tuned for more!
Global Diva Kiran Ahluwalia in Austin!!
A few photos from the Global Diva concert on Nov. 12, 2011
Sangeet Millennium, an Austin Top Ten World Music Band, proudly presents Global Divas – an exotic concert of world music. The concert will showcase award winning Kiran Ahluwalia and her Ensemble. Sangeet Millennium Ensemble will open the concert with their genre-bending Indo-jazz fusion. The concert will be held at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Bethel Hall, on Saturday, November 12th at 9:30 pm. Read more about this fascinating, richly creative Global Diva at www.kiranmusic.com and watch a video of one of Kiran Ahluwalia’s latest songs at www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4VqYHXwX5Y.
Sangeet Millennium, a musical initiative founded and directed by sitarist Amie Maciszewski, is known for its collaborations with world class performers of South Asian music. The two “global divas” have never performed together. They met in Canada five years ago, and Maciszewski has been trying to get Ahluwailia to Austin ever since. “I met a lot of obstacles in the process, and I almost gave up, “ recalls Maciszewski. “Kiran contacted me because there was an opportunity in her touring schedule and had long wanted to perform in Austin. This collaboration is particularly exciting because it showcases two women, with differing stories of migration. Both of us are latching on to traditional forms of Hindustani music, making them our own, and in the process, transforming them into a whole new genre.”
Born in India, raised in Canada, and residing today in New York City, Ahluwalia’s diverse background is evident in her entire approach to music making. Ahulwalia, an international touring artist and composer, is most known for her success in bringing traditional and contemporary forms of ghazals (Urdu lyrical poems) to life. Her music is a reflection of an ongoing quest to create timeless music in a modern and global context. This concert is part of an international tour for Ahluwalia’s new CD, Aam Zameen (Common Ground). The album’s influences span four continents and result in a sound that successfully merges contemporary Indian song with Saharan desert blues.
Internationally noted- sitarist and ethnomusicologist, Amie Maciszewski, created Sangeet Millennium in 2006. The three to four person Ensemble composes and performs traditional and original music from the Indian subcontinent, fusing it with jazz.. Maciszewski’s enchanting performances in North America, India, Europe, and Japan over two decades have received critical acclaim. Her performances continue to mesmerize audiences and provide rare insight into the vast complexity and mastery of the art of Hindustani music on sitar. The Ensemble will be performing various selections from their 2010 CD, Sangeet Safar, as well as new selections from their soon to be released album.
Tickets are now only $20 regular, $15 students/seniors/artists/World Music Unleashed ticket holders– available at www.nowplayingaustin.com (512 474 8497). Ticket price includes beverages (beer, wine, nonalcoholic drinks).
For more information, please contact sangeetmil@yahoo.com or call 512 965 2368.
Please visit our Global Diva page on Facebook and ‘like’ it!
This concert is supported in part by the City of Austin Cultural Arts Division. Special thanks to Pratham-Austin for their partnership.
Master Class/Lecture-demo by Ustad Tari Khan
Global Grooves Master Class and Lecture-Demo conducted by Ustad Tari Khan
When: Saturday, Aug. 27, 11:30 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
Where: Daren Appelt’s residence, 3800 Mia Tia Circle, Austin 78731
Cost: $20 participating musicians, $10 observers
To register, please contact sangeetmil@yahoo.com or shantabla@yahoo.com.
Space is limited, so please register early!
In this special master class, Ustad Tari Khan will focus on chand, types of ‘groove’ or phrasing in musics of the Indian subcontinent. He will lead the participants through a series of interactive exercises that will aid them in “owning” these structures. He also will demonstrate, first with tabla students and then with members of the Sangeet Millennium Ensemble, the process of teaching chand in both traditional and world music contexts.
This workshop is a a rare opportunity for instrumentalists, vocalists and singer-songwriters, and percussionists interested in world music, as well as those who practice the music of South Asia.
Daren Appelt makes his house in the Far West area of Austin available for a wide range of acoustic music performances. It is a wonderful space to enjoy great music.