SWS4 Intern Speak

Following is the intern's description of the SWS4 and it's 69 sessions before the final show...

Anirudh Write-Up:

About myself:

My name is Anirudh. I’m currently pursuing a degree in BE. I’ve had no previous experience in the field of music, but music has always been my passion and also my stress buster. I’m happy to attend karaoke clubs and other such places to enhance my singing experience as it’ll help my development.

Guest Mentor Sessions:

Swaraaga has always encouraged people like me to practice daily and hone our singing skills. Not only does our mentor train us daily, but we are introduced to many guest mentor sessions who teach us new songs for us to perform on the stage finally. Some notable mentions include Pradeep sir, Nikhil Parthasarthy sir and Sujay sir, who have taught us songs. Nikhil sir’s sessions include us to learn and practice acapella, a style of music where the singers themselves perform the actions of the various instruments, and very few get to learn this. Karthik sir’s tips on taala (beats) certainly helped us understand how certain songs operate in different paces and how improving that we can improve our performances on stage. Ranjitha ma’am unfortunately took just one session but it was definitely worth it as she shared her wealth of experience on how our voices can be improved with simple yet highly effective exercises. These sessions definitely helped as the workshop progressed

Celebrity sessions:

Swaraaga has helped the common man singing in their bathrooms to meet idols who make them do that, by arranging special sessions called celebrity sessions. These sessions were the ones we all participants thrive to experience, meeting the people who are the reason who make you passionate about music. We had a few sessions and a big thanks to the celebrities who make time in their busy schedule to come and share all their knowledge with us. Some sessions we attended were of Supriya Lohith ma’am, Siddharth Belmannu and Aishwarya Rangarajan, renowned playback singers of the Kannada Film Industry. There was also a session conducted by famous music director Sridhar V Sambhram, who gave an insight into how he composes music, which he did as we performed with him. We had a little peak in to a recording studio, which most of us, including myself, experienced it for the first time. Swaraaga took us a little closer and help us realise how the Industry actually functions, and it was truly boggling

Daily sessions:

Our daily practice sessions were scheduled between 7PM and 8:30PM. Every two days we had sessions (Wednesday and Friday), and Sunday sessions were mostly in the afternoon. Our mentor, Ajith sir, needs special recognition for the sheer amount of work he put day in and day out to correct each of our mistakes, and also appreciated us when we did well. His patience and perseverance helped us iron out our chunks of mistakes and the practice routine we were inculcated ensured none of wouldn’t leave the place without learning something new. The regular practice sessions have certainly improved us.

The daily activities are as follows:

·         Orientation (11/3/18): The first day in the workshop. PD sir introduced us to the workshop and we spent the day listening to all the instructions he gave regarding it. The orientation was done

·         Day 1 (21/3/18): Our first official session was done and we learnt our first song, the Swaraaga anthem, and we were introduced with metronome, a very important tool.

·         Day 2 (23/3/18): The anthem was given more practice time.

·         Day 3 (28/3/18): We were made to sing the anthem individually for corrections.

·         Day 4 (30/3/18): We were made to sing the anthem individually and we were divided into groups.

·         Day 5 (1/4/18): A new song ee mannu nammadu was given and little practice was done

·         Day 6 (4/4/18): The anthem and ee mannu nammadu practiced

·         Day 7 (6/4/18): Pradeep sir’s first session and a new song udayisutihanado was assigned

·         Day 8 (8/4/18): Sujay sir’s first session and assignment of a new song nadanadigala

·         Day 9 (11/4/18): Our task was to sing one of the taught songs with shruthi and report to the Whatsapp group

·         Day 10 (13/4/18): Karthik sir’s session. We were taught the importance of taala and given few exercises.

·         Day 11 (15/4/18): Practice of anthem and ee mannu nammadu

·         Day 12 (18/4/18): The three group songs practiced individually

·         Day 13 (20/4/18): Nikhil sir’s first session. Correction of shruthi for ee mannu nammadu.

·         Day 14 (24/4/18): Our first celebrity session with Supriya Lohith ma’am.

·         Day 15 (25/4/18): Practice of acapella for ee mannu nammadu taught by Nikhil sir.

·         Day 16 (27/4/18): Assignment of 5 songs for 100 pallavigalu

·         Day 17 (2/5/18): Celebrity session with Siddharth Belmannu.

·         Day 18 (4/5/18): We were asked to sing one of the assigned songs.

·         Day 19 (6/5/18): Practice of solo songs.

·         Day 20 (9/5/18): Second session with Pradeep sir, harmony of song udayisutihanado taught.

·         Day 21 (13/5/18): Practice of solo songs and formation.

·         Day 22 (16/5/18): Pattern of 100 pallavi decided.

·         Day 23 (18/5/18): Practice of acapella and formation.

·         Day 24 (20/5/18): Solo and duet songs along with formation practiced.

·         Day 25 (23/5/18): Practice of nadanadigala and udayisutihanado with corrections.

·         Day 26 (27/5/18): Date of program finalised and practice of solo and duet songs.

·         Day 27 (28/5/18): Ranjitha ma’am’s session, exercises and information of alankaaras.

·         Day 28 (30/5/18): Practice of new song akashakeddu ninta.

       The session on 1/6/18 was officially cancelled.

·         Day 29 (3/6/18): Swaraaga anthem and akashakkeddu practice.

·         Day 30 (6/6/18): Practice of all 4 group songs.

·         Day 31 (8/6/18): Solo and duet songs practiced.

·         Day 32 (10/6/18): Celebrity session with Aishwarya Rangarajan.

·         Day 33 (13/6/18): Practice of all 5 group songs.

·         Day 34 (15/6/18): Absent due to rain.

·         Day 35 (17/6/18): Celebrity session with Shridhar V Sambhram sir.

·         Day 36 (20/6/18): Practice of duet songs and duet.

·         Day 37 (21/6/18): Nikhil’s sir’s session, practice of acapella of ee mannu nammadu

·         Day 38 (3/6/18): Celebrity session with Raghu Dixit.

·         Day 39(24/6/18): Group song practice

·         Day 40(27/6/18): Wednesday batch(solo and duet)

·         Day 41(29/6/18): Friday batch(solo and duet)

·         Day 42(2/7/18): Solo and duet practice

·         Day 43(4/7/18): Wednesday batch(solo and duet)

·         Day 44(6/7/18): Friday batch(solo and duet)

·         Day 45(8/7/18): Group songs

·         Day 46(11/7/18): Wednesday batch(solo and duet)

·         Day 47(13/7/18): Friday batch(solo and duet)

·         Day 48(16/7/18): Group songs

·         Day 49(18/7/18): Wednesday batch(solo and duet)

·         Day 50(20/7/18): Group songs

·         Day 51(24/7/18): Cancelled because of rain

·         Day 51(25/7/18): Acapella session by Nikhil sir

·         Day 52(26/7/18): Acapella session by Nikhil sir

·         Day 53(27/7/18): Group,solo and duet practice

·         Day 54(30/7/18): Group,solo and duet practice  

·         Day 55(31/7/18): Group,solo and duet practice

·         Day 56(1/8/18): Acapella final+Swaraaga harmony

·         Day 57(2/8/18): Group, solo and duet practice

·         Day 58(3/8/18): Group, solo and duet practice

·         Day 59(4/8/18): Group, solo and duet practice+100 pallavi

·         Day 60(5/8/18): Group, solo and duet practice+100 pallavi

·         Day 61(6/8/18): Group, solo and duet practice+100 pallavi

·         Day 62(7/8/18): Group, solo and duet practice+100 pallavi

·         Day 63(8/8/18): 100 pallavi practice with all singers

·         Day 64(9/8/18): Group, solo and duet practice+100 pallavi

·         Day 65(10/8/18): 100 pallavi shooting

·         Day 66(11/8/18):Group, solo and duet practice

·         Day 67(12/8/18): Practice session with instruments for the Program

·         Day 68(13/8/18): Practice session with instruments for the Program

·         Day 69(14/8/18):Group, solo and duet practice

Conclusion:

Swaraaga has been my stepping stone to my passion of music, and will continue to do for the future time. The sessions with all the people who have vast experience in the field have ensured me to capitalise my strength and use it for my development. A big thank you to PD Satish Chandra sir, for providing me this opportunity and a platform from which I can gain confidence. Overall, I would like to say that Swaraaga has definitely make me come out of my shell, and explore the hidden world around me. Thank you, Swaraaga!

Achyuth Write-Up:

My  name is Achyutha W M from Bangalore. An Engineer by profession, realised my ability in music after 12^th grade. I started developing the craft and the love for music since then. As a novice in music I’m being in constantly hunt for musical knowledge.

Swaraaga has truly been a joyful journey. And I owe to Mr PD Satish Chandra and Mrs. Ranjitha for giving us wonderful opportunity to hone our musical skills with “no fee”. Apart from regular training, Swaraaga has gifted me with lifelong friends and peers. The trainers who come to teach us are highly qualified and are best in their game. The tips that they give are valuable and super useful for our future. Personally, I’ve been exposed lots of genres of music in Kannada which I’d not heard of and I feel really proud to expand my range of music through this noble organization.

Mr Ajith Keshava who has been extremely patient with us has been a tremendous force for our team to sound good musically. His training skills are impeccable and he doesn’t want his students to go wrong, the commitment with which he comes for all sessions day in and day out is truly outstanding. I thank him for being such a cool and calm trainer.

GUEST TRAINERS

Sl No	Trainers	Learnings
1	Mr. Pradeep	Song: Udayisutihanado Artist: C Ashwath Raaga: Bhairavi Sir has been very particular with the group to hit right notes. The biggest learning was not to over improvise a song, where to elongate or shorten notes.
2	Mr. Nikhil Parthasarthy	Song: Ee mannu nammadu Nikhil sir has been extremely patient and corrects us when we wrong. The song “Ee mannu nammadu” has been reprised and made an Acapella version.
3	Mr. Karthik Krishna	Karthik sir brought to us the importance of rhythms and he taught us the basic rhythms that are commonly used in music. Like 4/4, 2/4, 8/8 and 3/4
4	Mr. Sujay	Song: Nadanadigala Sujay sir was extremely humble and funny. He made us learn the song within 30 minutes, He provides a homely atmosphere where students can express themselves.
5	Mrs. Ranjitha	Ranjitha madam enlightened us with the importance of learning classical music for voice culture. She gave us exercises to develop our vocal chords and also asked us to make some of our own regime to train our voices.

CELEBRITY SESSIONS

Apart from Guest trainers, we have had privilege to meet the celebrities like Supriya Lohith, Siddhartha Belamannu, Aishwarya Rangarajan and Sridhar Sambram who are all the best in the Industry of music for Kannada films.

Learnings

·         Mic techniques on placement of mics, distance between mic & mouth, when to use falsetto & head & chest voice.

·         Importance of classical music for voice culture.

·         Food habits

·         Practice routine & exercises for voice.

SESSION WISE

Session No	Date	Mentors	Learnings
1	11/3/2018	PD	Orientation and Introduction of Swaraaga
2	21/3/2018	Ajith & PD	Swaraaga Anthem practice
3	23/3/2018	Ajith	Swaraaga Anthem practice & Introduction to metronome. Singing with metronome and Shruthi (Tanpura)
4	25/3/2018	Cancelled
5	28/3/2018	Ajith	Singing individually Swaraaga anthem
6	30/3/2018	Ajith	Team split into groups for swaraaga anthem
7	1/4/2018	Ajith & PD	Ee mannu nammadu song introduction
8	4/4/2018	Ajith	Swaraaga anthem and ee mannu nammadu practice
9	6/4/2018	Pradeep	Udayisutinahanado, Raag : Aahir Bhairav Practice session
10	8/4/2018	Sujay Shastri	Nadanadigala song introduction and practice session.
11	11/4/2018	Ajith	Recording the group songs with shruthi and uploading on the Swaraaga forum
12	13/4/2018	Karthik	Introduction to commonly used rhythms and nature of rhythms. (4/4, ¾, 6/4 & 8/8)
13	15/4/2018	Ajith	Group songs Swaraaga anthem, Udayisutihanado & Nadanadigala practice
14	18/4/2018	Ajith	Group songs Swaraaga anthem, Udayisutihanado & Nadanadigala practice and individually as well
15	20/4/2018	Nikhil P & Ajith	Ee mannu song corrections
16	24/4/2018	Supriya Lohith	Celebrity session
17	25/4/2018	Nikhil P & Ajith	Acapella version of ee mannu till Pallavi
18	27/4/2018	PD, Nikhil P & Ajith	Assignment of songs & 100 Pallavi
19	2/5/2018	Siddhartha Belamannu	Celebrity session
20	4/5/2018	Ajith	Absent
21	6/5/2018	Ajith	Solo songs revision
22	9/5/2018	Pradeep	Udayisutihanado, Charana and Harmony part
23	13/5/2018	Ajith	Solo songs and 100 Pallavi practice
24	16/5/2018	Ajith	Absent
25	18/5/2018	Ajith	Order for 100 pallavi and group songs practice
26	20/5/2018	Ajith	Assignment of duet songs and 100 pallavi practice
27	23/5/2018	Ajith	Group songs practice
28	27/5/2018	PD & Ajith	Finalization of Solo and group songs. Prema preethi nannusiru (Me and Madhu, Duet song)
29	28/5/2018	Ranjitha	Hindustaani classical music, excercises
30	30/5/2018	Ajith	Aakashakedduninta, group song
31	1/6/2018	Cancelled
32	3/6/2018	Ajith	New Swaraaga anthem
34	6/6/2018	Ajith	Group songs practice
35	8/6/2018	Ajith	100 pallavi, duet songs practice
36	10/6/2018	Aishwarya rangarajan	Celebrity session
37	13/6/2018	Ajith	Group songs practice and 100 pallavi
38	15/6/2018	Cancelled
39	17/6/2018	Sridhar Sambram	Celebrity session
40	20/6/2018	Ajith	Group songs and Duet songs practice
41	21/6/2018	Nikhil P	Acapella of ee mannu nammadu
42	22/6/2018	Raghu Dixit	Celebrity session

Kanya Write-Up:

Self-Introduction:

Me "Kanya Ravi" a home maker, I always dreamt about following my passion. As everyone knows home maker's job is not as easy as it sounds, it needs a lot of patience, responsibility management and more important thing channelizing the time in the right way. Swaraaga is something which I have achieved after I fruitfully used my time to follow my passion.

Orientation of Swaraaga Season 4

Date : 11.3.2018

                Finally the day, for what all the selected participants were waiting for. P D Sathish Chandra sir introduced the whole swaraaga team and it was such a wonderful orientation session. We the participants were asked to introduce our self and sing a song. The session date was announced as 21.3.2018 and the Mentor for this season 4 Mr. Ajith Keshavan was announced by PD Sathish Sir.

Swaraaga Session Description:

21.3.2018 1st Session:

                 The long awaited Swaraaga Season 4 starts with a bang. The first session was headed by PD Sir along with Ajith Sir. It started with fun elements like introducing our co participants and singing the Swaraaga Anthem in group.

23.3.2018 2nd Session:

                 Ajith sir's formed groups and made us sing Swaraaga Anthem by swapping the teams to make every one understand the tune and lines of the song. "Metronome" a new name for all of us was introduced by him and taught us how to manage with it.

28.3.2018 3rd Session:

                 Ajith Sir made us sing Swaraaga Anthem individually and corrected our mistakes.

30.3.2018 4th Session:

                Ajith Sir's session where we were made to sing Swaraaga Anthem with Shruti and Metronome. Corrections were made accordingly.

1.4.2018 5th Session:

                 PD Sir and Ajith Sir conducted this session. Introduced a new song " Ee Mannu Nammadhu". Made us sing the song individually to allot the respective portions and form groups.

4.4.2018 6th Session:

                 Ajith Sir handled this session made us practice both the songs Swaraaga Anthem and Ee Mannu Nammadhu with shruthi and metronome.

Pradeep Sir (Guest Mentor) 6.4.2018 7th Session: 

                Ocean of knowledge in Raaga's.we were blessed to have our first guest session with him. He taught us the song "Udhayisuthiha nado" during his sessions and patiently corrected us wherever we went wrong.

Sujay Shastry Sir(Guest Mentor) 8.4.2018 8th Session:

                 A fun filled personality who never made his wards realize the time spent during his session. Never in my life time will I forget the song "Nadanadhigala Girivanagala".

11.4.2018 9th Session:

                 Headed by Ajith Sir, brush up of all the three group songs was done. Each one of us were asked to sing any song from the completed sessions and were asked to record with shruti and metronome and present it to the mentors.

Krishna Sir(Guest Mentor) 13.4.2018 10th Session:

                Totally a down to earth person who hypnotize everyone with his magical Tabla skills. His session was about how important "Taala" is for a song.  He taught us easy methods and gave us important tips to correct the errors we make in Taala during a performance.

15.4.2018 11th Session:

                 Ajith Sir made us pratice the songs Udhayisuthiha nado and Nadanadhigala songs.

18.4.2018 12th Session:

                 Ajith Sir session, where each one of us were asked to sing all the three songs, he corrected us and guided us to remember the done corrections.

Nikhil Parthasarathy Sir(Guest Mentor) 20.4.2018 13th Session:

                 A friend can never be a teacher or vice versa , this teacher broke this rule. A perfectionist who kept high expectation while encouraging  us always. Sir corrected us in the shruthi of the song Ee Mannu Nammadhu and gave us needed guidance for this particular song.

Supriya Lohith Mam(Celebrity Mentor) 24.4.2018 14th Session:

                 Inspite of her busy schedule maam was so polite and humble to share with us few technicalities like handling the mike, distance of mike during high pitch. She even advised us on stage performances.

Nikhil Parthasarathy Sir(Guest Mentor) 25.4.2018 15th Session:

                "Acapella" a new word for us in the world of music, was explained and we were trained in this form of music with ease for the song Ee Mannu Nammadhu by him.

27.4.2018 16th Session:

                PD Sir, Nikhil Sir along with Ajith Sir Assigned songs for the participants. A new idea of presenting "Nooru Pallavi" was born on this particular day.

Siddartha Belamannu Sir(Celebrity Mentor) 2.5.2018 17th Session:

                A person with ocean of knowledge in both Carnatic and Hindustani music. His session taught us the difference between the two genres of music and how it helps us pursuing our musical journey.

4.5.2018 18th Session:

                 Ajith Sir session, he made us sing solo songs from the assigned song list.

6.5.2018 19th Session:

                 Ajith Sir revised us with the solo songs with metronome and shruthi.

Pradeep Sir (Guest Mentor) 9.5.2018 20th Session:

                 Pradeep Sir headed the class. Completion of the song Udhayisuthiha nado was done . Taught Harmony for this song and made us sing in groups.

13.5.2018 21st Session:

                 Ajith sir guided us with the formation of pattern for Nooru Pallavi and made us revise our assigned songs.

16.5.2018 22nd Session:

                Ajith sir assigned us the final pattern of "nooru Pallavi" made us practice and corrected us wherever needed.

18.5.2018 23rd Session:

                 In this session Ajith Sir made us sing the song Ee Mannu Nammadhu along with Acapella and made us practice even "Nooru Pallavi".

20.5.2018 24th Session:

                 On this day we practiced the assigned solo songs, duet songs and the "Nooru Pallavi" headed by Ajith Sir.

23.5.2018 25th Session:

                 Ajith Sir guided us in practicing the songs Nadanadhigala and Udhayisuthiha nado.

27.5.2018 26th Session:

                 PD. Sathish Sir assigned us the solo and the duet songs for the final program on the Aug 15th. Ajith Sir later headed the session and made us practice all the songs assigned.

Ranjitha Mam(Guest Mentor) 28.5.2018 27th Session:

                 She is proudly called the "Foundation of Swaraaga" with out whom this would not have formed. During her session she taught us how to manage the scale/pitch of the song and taught us the basic carnatic skills which is very important for a singer during his/her practice session.

30.5.2018 28th Session:

                 New group song" Akaashak endhu nintha" for the Final Program was decided and given proper training by Ajith Sir.

3.6.2018 29th Session:

                 New group Song "Akaashak endhu nintha" was practiced with metronome and shruthi, along with Ajith sir Song.

6.6.2018 30th Session:

                 All group songs were revised during this session by Ajith Sir.

8.6.2018 31st Session:

                 Solo songs and Duets songs were practiced during this session, directed by Ajith Sir.

Aishwarya Rangarajan Mam(Celebrity Mentor) 10.6.2018 32nd Session:

                A very beautiful session where we learnt about modulation of voice and voice culture.She in fact advice us how to improvise or give a new look to a song.

13.6.2018 33rd Session:

                 Headed by Ajith Sir revised all the assigned songs and group songs.

15.6.2018 34th Session:

                Ajith Sir headed the class made us sing the assigned songs and "Nooru Pallavi".

Sridhar .V. Sambram Sir (Celebrity Mentor) 17.6.2018 35th Session:

                 We all Swaraagians were blessed with a wonderful interactive session with non other than the successful music director Sridhar.V.Sambram Sir. Inspite of his busy schedule he took time and heard each and every one of us sing.

20.6.2018 36th Session:

                 All Group songs and Duet songs was practiced during this session.

Nikhil Parthasarathy Sir (Guest Mentor) 21.6.2018 37th Session:

                Sir's second session for Acapella where he revised us the pallavi of song Ee Mannu Nammadhu with Acapella.Taught us the same for the charanam part of the same song.

Raghu Dixit (Celebrity Mentor) 22.6.2018 38th Session:

                 Second time we were all lucky to be guided by the man for whom music is air, water and  life. This session was very useful for all of us as we understood the importance of presentation of song, metronome etc. We thank him for his friendly gesture.

Journey of Swaraaga:

                 This wonderful experience has taught me lot of skills  for my musical journey so far and has given me confidence in myself to perform on stage.

As a team of Swaraaga Season 4:

Our Sincere thanks to the "Pillar of Swaraaga"  Mr. PD Sathish Chandra Sir who has always been a person filled with fun, never expected anything in return except discipline, punctuality and commitment .  Thanks a lot for this wonderful  oppurtunity Sir.

Our Hero Our Guide Our Mentor the person who taught us to respect others , wait patiently and how to work in a group complimenting each other  besides all, a wonderful human being Mr. Ajith Keshava, We are very thank full to you for bearing with our mischievous attitude and guiding us in this Swaraaga Season.

Madhusudan Write-up:

Greetings,

My name is Madhusudan, I live in Rajajinagar Bengaluru. I have no formal training of any kind in vocal, though I have some knowledge on the percussion front of music. I came by the information of PraKaSam conducting sessions and workshops for music enthusiasts, especially for those who are not very well trained but have an inclination and passion towards singing, through an acquaintance who is a member of the organisation and got the opportunity to take part in the fourth season of Swaraga series. 

It is a great experience to learn from and interact with people like P.D.Sathish, Pradeep, Sujay shastry, Karthik Krishna, Ranjitha Suresh, Nikhil Parthasarathy, Ajith and many others who are all actively involved in performing arts and film music.

Further, it is a privilege to meet renowned musicians of the Kannada Film Industry, Sridhar sambram, Sidharth Belamannu, Supriya lohith, Aishwarya ranga Rajan,  and know more of their perspective, approach and understanding of ancillary aspects like stage performance, studio recording etc..

To say further more on what I personally took home from the sessions lead by each of them, I would say it was the burning passion towards art from P.D.Sathish, an eye-opening approach to observe and understand the intricacies of 'Bhavageethe' s from Pradeep, the understanding of the feel and meaning of a song from Sujay Shastry, the importance of co-ordination and individual contribution of the performers in a group performance from Nikhil Parthasarathy, a comprehensive outlook for the tala and laya aspect from Karthik Krishna, an insight towards the development of one's singing skills from Ranjitha Suresh and the vitality of practice, perseverance and patience from Ajith.

I also feel obligated to mention that the interactions of the Swaraga 4 team as a group with the Celebrities of the industry was utterly enjoyable and cherishable by the stories and experiences of each of them which breed inspiration. 

Hello, the following is an account of all the sessions I have attended in Swaraga Season 4.

11-3-2018 : The orientation event was held at Kala Compound. All the members were introduce to Swaraga Season 4 and to each other. The agenda was discussed and the meeting/session pattern decision ensued.

21-3-2018 : Session 1 - The team was introduced to the theme song of Swaraga by Ajith.

22-3-2018 : Session 2 - The team practiced  the theme song in smaller groups with the aid of metronome and each group singing a portion of the song in turns under the supervision of Ajith.

28-3-2018 : Session 3 - Each team member idividually recited the Swaraga theme song and was corrected by Ajith wherever necessary. 

30-3-2018 : Session 4 - The team was split into groups followed by the Swaraga theme song practice in such groups.

1-4-2018 : Session 5 - We were introduced to a beautiful patriotic song composed by R.N.Jayagopal, "Ee mannu nammadu". An attempt was made as to how to go about presenting the piece as an acapella(PD's idea).

4-4-2018 : Session 6 - The team practiced the Swaraga theme song and Ee mannu nammadu song along with proper shruthi and metronome beats.

6-4-2018 : Session 7 - We met with Mr.Pradeep who was our guest mentor and learnt another wonderful song "Udayisutihanado" composed by Rashtrakavi Kuvempu to which C.Ashwath had given his music.

8-4-2018 : Session 8 - The team met another talented guest mentor Mr.Sujay sastry to learn yet another mesmerising song about BhaarataMaate, "Nadanadigala" composed by K.S.N

11-4-2018 : Session 9 - It was a practice session to correct ourselves in the songs so far taught.

13-4-2018 : Session 10 - K.Karthik was with the team as a guest mentor and discussed and demonstrated the aspects of rhythm.

15-4-2018 : Session 11 - Again a practice session supervised by our mentor Ajith.

18-4-2018 : Session 12 - Practice session again where we tried to sing the songs taught, in turns.

20-4-2018 : Session 13 - The team tried to improve singing "Ee mannu nammadu" in a group under the supervision of Nikhil Parthasarathy.

24-4-2018 : Session 14 - We met Supriya Lohith, an upcoming playback singer in the Kannada Cinema industry. The session was both informative and interactive.

25-4-2018 : Session 15 -  The idea of acapella worked out in the 5th session was properly implemented under the guidance of Nikhil Parthasarathy and Ajith.

27-4-2018 : Session 16 - Each participant was assigned 5 film songs to practice and present.

4-5-2018 : Session 18 -  The team presented the songs assigned to each member.

6-5-2018 : Session 19 - We presented the assigned songs again with some improvements as per the suggestions and directions of Ajith.

9-5-2018 : Session 20 - We yet again met Mr.Pradeep for the second time and this time, we learnt to sing harmony to the song "Udayisutihanado".

13-5-2018 : Session 21 - Another practice session where the pallavi parts of the songs assigned were rehearsed.

16-5-2018 : Session 22 - A practice session where the order and scale of the pallavi parts of the songs assigned were decided and practiced.

18-5-2018 : Session 23 - Yet another practice session with step by step improvements in various phases.

20-5-2018 : Session 24 - Another practice session of group songs and individual songs.

23-5-2018 : Session 25 - Another group song practice session.

28-5-2018 : Session 27 - We met Ranjitha Suresh who, we all came to know later in the session, was the person responsible for starting such a wonderful series Swaraga. We learnt about the Hindustani classical style through her beautiful demonstrations.

30-5-2018 : Session 28 - The team was introduced to another wonderful patriotic song "Aakaashakkedduninta" from the movie Rayarubandaru maavana manege by our mentor Ajith.

6-6-2018 : Session 30 - We learnt for the first time, a song composed by our own mentor Ajith "Akshara huttida mele" dedicated to Swaraga.

8-6-2018 : Session 31 - Another practice session.

10-6-2018 : Session 32 - The team met another upcoming playback singer Aishwarya Rangarajan to make it a good cherishable one.

13-6-2018 : Session 33 - Practice session.

17-6-2018 : Session 35 - We met Sridhar sambram, a renowned music director in Kannada Cinema. We each presented some numbers before him and got a very good feedback and appreciation. It was a great experience to interact with him.

20-6-2018 : Session 36 - Practice session.

21-6-2018 : Session 37 - It was a continued session on acapella on "Ee mannu nammadu" headed by Nikhil Parthasarathy and Ajith.

22-6-2018 : Session 38 - We got a chance to meet Raghu Dixit at his own place and interact with him. The session was an opportunity to know more about contemporary music in Kannada Cinema and also the folk touch which is his signature.

Nayana Write-up:

Hi I am Nayana Manjunath.

I am basically a content designer and was working for Arpitha Associates PVT LTD. Now I am a house wife from past 1.5 years, I have a 11months old baby. I am very passionate about music since my childhood as I had music influence on my family from my dad and my cousins. I have done my junior in carnatic classical music in the year 2012 and doing my senior now but have discontinued because of my maternity and post maternity and will continue soon.

I came to know about Swaraga from my collogue friend Revathi. Then I sent my audio clip. I was very happy that I got a platform where I can explore and learn other forms of music other than Classical. On day of orientation I didn’t know much about Swaraga but after PD talking and explaining it I was mesmerized that without expecting any remuneration Swaraga team is helping many to fulfill their music dreams from past 3 season. I am here in the 4^th season of swaraga and many expectations about learning.  Later after the orientation session I started to go in depth search about Swaraga and what they do in every season. Searching about Swaraga and listening many people talking about it made me even more happy that I got a great opportunity to wards my music journey.  And was eagerly waiting for the sessions to start.

In my first session to be honest I was very nervous as it was the first time in my life me meeting so many people other than work related reason. It was a introduction session where everyone had to introduce them and the great part was PD asked random people to take names of others this feels crazy but end of the day when we came to know why it was done it was great.

Session 1 to 5 we were thought a beautiful song named Swaraga Anthem. It seems to be very easy to sing but was not had many improvisations etc this we came to know once Ajith sir started teaching us. Really have to thank him for the patience he had to teach us coz we all were like frogs in bowl where each of us singing in our own way. Later started loving this song and became one of my favorite song.

Session 6 was where we all came to know about Metronome. Me as a classical singer knew about shruthi and taala. But this was a new introduction for me where we sing for shruthi and not taala but Metronome. Metronome plays the role of Taala.

Session 7 was with Pradeep sir. This was our first clecb session for season 4 was feeling very happy to meet such a professional singer so humble and down to earth. He thought us a nice song  Udayisutihanado a C Ashwath sir’s composition, Pradeep sir being a wonderful singer thought us and made us sing it in a right way.

Session 8 was Sujay Sir’s. He is a actor and also a great singer. He thought Nada Nadigala song for us. It was the first time me listning to that song and was exited to learn it… I was only singing in Shruthi G# but because of these guest mentors I found that I can also sing few songs in C. Sujay sir also thought how we can exercise our vocal chords.

Session 10 was with Karthik Sir. He is a Tabala Artist and helped us know about Taala. And also made us do some exercise and it helped us to know about taala in detail.

Session 9^th, 11^th and 12^th was with Ajith Sir we had a great hold on the Swaraga Anthem . As Ajith sir made us sing it so many times to make us perfect.

Session 13 was with Nikhil Sir. Ee mannu nammadu  song was the song where every one of us found difficult to get hold of shruthi  and the way it has to be sung, Nikhil thought us how it has to be sung in a easy way and also thought us about the shruthi.

Session 14 Supriya Lohith Celeb Session ..it is every singer’s dream to meet celeb singers in their life. I and every one in Swaraga Season 4 got this opportunity in this day. We met Supriya Lohith we had practiced a welcome song Neenanna olavu for her she was very happy listening to it. She shared her experience and journey through her music journey.

Session 15 & 16 we were thought Acapella for the song Ee mannu Nammadu… we were suppose to sing this song on the stage without music by making it ourselves was a wonderful experience as it was my first time in life doing it..

Session 17 Siddharth Belamannu. Another young and wonderful singer in the film industry today he took us on a beautiful journey of a Hindustaani Classical music by singing 30 minutes of keerthana I guess I don’t know what they call in Hindustani, and also shared his experience about the forms of music.

Session 18 and 19 Ajith sir made us sing a song of our choice in the shruthi we are comfortable in and on the next day we were given a song where we have to practice it in the shruthi and metronome and sing I personally was happy on the other hand very nervous as I don’t listen to kannada songs more it was really a challenge for me and I know it will help me in the long run.

Session 20 was with Pradeep sir the song udayisutihanado was thought completely with the harmony the song came out well.. Thanks a lot to him for teaching such a nice and difficult song in a easy way and made us sing.

Session 21^st to 26^th was with our own mentor Ajith Sir. Each of us were assigned 5 songs as per our voice…  we were 15 and each of us got 5 songs each that suits our voice.. This is very easy to listen but the backend work oh god Ajith sir is really great I don’t know how many hundreds of songs he would have checked to make a list of these wonderful songs .we all were happy but me as I don’t listen to kannada songs much this was a race filled with hurdles for me… Suddenly PD got an idea of making a video  where we all sing the pallavi of each song we are assigned and name it as nooru pallavi.. all were exited but challenge was tough. Singing five different song as a Medley. We all have ajith sir to help us out he is one man army fighting with 15 of us … hats off sir

Session 27 was with Ranjitha Ma’am..we had heard about her but this was the first time we all got opportunity to meet the person who was the key reason to start Swaraga Workshop . she spoke how they started Swaraga and her experience. She gave us a beautiful activity for alankaras in music it was a fun filled session with lot of take home knowledge

Session 28 Ajith sir thought us a new song Akashakeddu ninta ..as usually new songs come with new challenges. This song was easy to listen but little difficult to sing… our Ajith sir is expert in making difficult song easy to sing ..he made us sing this song very easily with out any mistakes .

Session 29^th to 31^st Ajith sir made us practice all the group songs  udayisutihanado, Nadanadigala, Swaraga anthem, Ee mannu nammadu, Akashkedduninta. To make us perfect and make sure that we don’t miss out any details and aspect of the song. He also thought us a new song written and composed by Srinidhi“Akshara Huttida mele”. This was a surprise song that we had to perform on stage for PD. 

Session 32 Aishwarya Rangarajan.A very young and beautiful singer in industry today. She shared her experience in Sa re ga ma pa of her and also how she practices every day and also sung a song for us.

Session 33 Ajith sir made us sing all group songs and also the song’s for nooru pallavi..

Session 34 was cancelled due to Rain

Session 35 was with music Director Shridhar Sambram… everyone were very excited to meet him as this was our first time we all meeting a music director. We all thank PD from our bottom of our heart for organizing such a big meet with him. We all were made sing and showcase our talent like writing a song or composing a song. As everyone I got an opportunity I sang a song which I wrote and composed and a devaranaama.  The feedback I got from him gave me wings to fly high and never stop singing. He recognized the talent in me and gave it a name.. Thank you so much Sir for spending ur precious time with Swaraga Season 4 team

Session 36 Ajith sir made us sing all the group songs again and the duet songs that was assigned

Session 37 Nikhil Sir. This was the second session of the acapella for the song Ee mannu nammadu.

Session 38^th was with Raghu Dixit sir. We got an opportunity to meet this great singer and composer. After meeting him we all came to know that he is so down to earth and fun and humble guy. His experience and journey with music gave me a inspiration and motivation not to stop even if some one say you don’t sing well..

Prakash Write-up:

I would like to sincerely convey my appreciations and heart felt felicitations to Prakasam trust and Swaraga for the divine deed of sharing knowledge and mentoring people in the field of Music. It really means a lot to mentor people without even charging a penny for the work they do.

I feel euphoric and prerogative to be a part of Swaraga season 4 journey. I consider myself as adolescent in Music though I have learnt Hindustani classical music during my 9^th grader. I really didn’t know many aspects of singing and music and I was gravely in need of a platform to learn a lot about this stream and I am providential to have found one. And now that it’s been three months, I can see that I have improved a lot in many aspects and have overcome hurdles appurtenance to singing.

Swaraga also offers sessions which are bestowed by celebrities and guest mentors and I would like to convey my regards to each one of them here.

Guest Mentor Sessions;

1.       Pradeep Sir – He is one of the guest mentors and is very humble and conversant about classical and folk music. He taught us one of the patriotic songs for our final event which is written by Noble poets of Kannada language Kuvempu. He also gave us few tips on getting the feel and emotion of lyrics.

2.       Nikhil Sir – The best part about Nikhil Sir is Acapella. Yes, he really has a good command over it and he is shaping us for one of the patriotic songs with acapella. I personally never sang acapella and for me this is one of the best prospect to learn more about it.

3.       Sujay Sir – The first thing that comes to my mind when I think of Sujay sir is the range or the pitch or octave or the scale of the voice. He really has a good range in his voice and he can sing in higher octave easily. He gave us few tips on voice culturing and improving our throw and pitch of our voice. A big thanks to him.

4.       Karthik Sir – He is a pro tabla player and has performed many times for movies and other stage shows. We were fortunate to have had a mentoring session with him. He taught us about distinct types of tala and its tempos.

5.       Ranjitha Mam – She is one of the founders of Swaraga workshop and must mention that she is a wonderful classical singer. She imparts her knowledge on Alankaras, which are essential part of a good singing.

Celebrity sessions;

Now, I want to extend my gratitude to Prakasam for arranging celebrity sessions. It wouldn’t have been possible for us to meet these celebrities and interact with them without Swaraga.

1. Supriya Lohith - We had our first session with Supriya Lohith, who is a renowned singer of kannada film industry and it was an interactive session. She has cleared our doubts and instilled confidence in us. Thanks to her.

2. Siddharth Belamannu – He is one of the most trending and versatile singer of the industry. It was a sheer elated moment to have had a session with him. He had shared his knowledge to his best with us and we got an opportunity to watch him perform in Classical Hindustani genre.

3. Aishwary Rangarajan – She is an emerging singer and a serial actor. She is immensely talented singer, we’ve had a very interactive session with her and got a chance to perform before her.

4. Sridhar Sambram - He is the most successful music composer of Kannada industry. It was life time opportunity to have met him in one of the recording studio (Adarsh Melody makers). He has completely changed our opinion about celebrities for being so humble and down to earth. We had  four hours of good interactive session with him. He encouraged us by offering a stage to exhibit our individual talent and gave an honest and helpful feedback. He boasted our confidence and has shared good enough knowledge on music. A big thanks to him as well.

PD Satish Chandra - It will be unfair on my part if I miss to mention about PD Satish Chandra Sir who is a Co-founder and organizer of Swaraga. Above all, this platform wouldn’t have emerged without him. Its because of his magnificent thought of helping singers and artists which evolved in to shaping up Prakasam Trust and Swaraga. And inturn its boon for many people who want to learn theatre acting and singing.Thanks is just a small word against what you have done for us Sir. you are really great and people like you are too few. We are grateful to you for taking us under your wing, I really appreciate your time and work from the bottom of my heart.

Ajith Keshava – Last but definitely not least. It’s an over whelming feel to write about you sir. I am really running short of words, I feel I need an extra dose of caffeine right now.

You have been an exemplary and visionary mentor, teacher and a friend. You are everything that one could look for in a good mentor. You groomed us to a level where we alone couldn’t have made even after striving hard. You have helped and encouraged me grow into my potential. Not only are you good at mentoring, but you have also proven yourself to be a loving and caring person. You have an immense knowledge in the field of Music like composing, lyrics writing and singing.

One of the things I appreciate most about you is your willingness and patience in dealing with us as many of us lack knowledge on Tala, Raga and Shruthi. Now that we have come so far under your guidance that we will make sure we will not let you down in our final performance. We can never repay you or PD sir and Swaraaga for all that you people have done. Thank all of you for giving me this opportunity.

Overall, it’s an astounding experience to be a part of Swaraaga and we feel blessed to get trained from such veterans and legends.

Below is the session wise feedback as per your instructions;

11-3-2018: The orientation event was held at Kala Compound. All the members were introduce to Swaraga Season 4 and to each other. The agenda was discussed and the meeting/session pattern decision ensued.

21-3-2018: Session 1 - The team was introduced to the theme song of Swaraga by Ajith.

22-3-2018 : Session 2 - The team practiced  the theme song in smaller groups with the aid of metronome and each group singing a portion of the song in turns under the supervision of Ajith.

28-3-2018: Session 3 - Each team member idividually recited the Swaraga theme song and was corrected by Ajith wherever necessary. 

30-3-2018: Session 4 - The team was split into groups followed by the Swaraga theme song practice in such groups.

1-4-2018: Session 5 - We were introduced to a beautiful patriotic song composed by R.N.Jayagopal, "Ee mannu nammadu". An attempt was made as to how to go about presenting the piece as an acapella(PD's idea).

4-4-2018: Session 6 - The team practiced the Swaraga theme song and Ee mannu nammadu song along with proper shruthi and metronome beats.

6-4-2018 : Session 7 - We met with Mr.Pradeep who was our guest mentor and learnt another wonderful song "Udayisutihanado" composed by Rashtrakavi Kuvempu to which C.Ashwath had given his music.

8-4-2018 : Session 8 - The team met another talented guest mentor Mr.Sujay sastry to learn yet another mesmerising song about BhaarataMaate, "Nadanadigala" composed by K.S.N

11-4-2018: Session 9 - It was a practice session to correct ourselves in the songs so far taught.

13-4-2018: Session 10 - K.Karthik was with the team as a guest mentor and discussed and demonstrated the aspects of rhythm.

15-4-2018: Session 11 - Again a practice session supervised by our mentor Ajith.

18-4-2018: Session 12 - Practice session again where we tried to sing the songs taught, in turns.

20-4-2018: Session 13 - The team tried to improve singing "Ee mannu nammadu" in a group under the supervision of Nikhil Parthasarathy.

24-4-2018: Session 14 - We met Supriya Lohith, an upcoming playback singer in the Kannada Cinema industry. The session was both informative and interactive.

25-4-2018: Session 15 -  The idea of acapella worked out in the 5th session was properly implemented under the guidance of Nikhil Parthasarathy and Ajith.

27-4-2018: Session 16 - Each participant was assigned 5 film songs to practice and present.

4-5-2018: Session 18 -  The team presented the songs assigned to each member.

6-5-2018: Session 19 - We presented the assigned songs again with some improvements as per the suggestions and directions of Ajith.

9-5-2018: Session 20 - We yet again met Mr.Pradeep for the second time and this time, we learnt to sing harmony to the song "Udayisutihanado".

13-5-2018: Session 21 - Another practice session where the pallavi parts of the songs assigned were rehearsed.

16-5-2018: Session 22 - A practice session where the order and scale of the pallavi parts of the songs assigned were decided and practiced.

18-5-2018: Session 23 - Yet another practice session with step by step improvements in various phases.

20-5-2018: Session 24 - Another practice session of group songs and individual songs.

23-5-2018: Session 25 - Another group song practice session.

28-5-2018 : Session 27 - We met Ranjitha Suresh who, we all came to know later in the session, was the person responsible for starting such a wonderful series Swaraga. We learnt about the Hindustani classical style through her beautiful demonstrations.

30-5-2018: Session 28 - The team was introduced to another wonderful patriotic song "Aakaashakkedduninta" from the movie Rayarubandaru maavana manege by our mentor Ajith.

6-6-2018: Session 30 - We learnt for the first time, a song composed by our own mentor Ajith "Akshara huttida mele" dedicated to Swaraga.

8-6-2018: Session 31 - Another practice session.

10-6-2018: Session 32 - The team met another upcoming playback singer Aishwarya Rangarajan to make it a good cherishable one.

13-6-2018: Session 33 - Practice session.

17-6-2018: Session 35 - We met Sridhar sambram, a renowned music director in Kannada Cinema. We each presented some numbers before him and got a very good feedback and appreciation. It was a great experience to interact with him.

20-6-2018: Session 36 - Practice session.

21-6-2018: Session 37 - It was a continued session on acapella on "Ee mannu nammadu" headed by Nikhil Parthasarathy and Ajith.

22-6-2018: Session 38 - We got a chance to meet Raghu Dixit at his own place and interact with him. The session was an opportunity to know more about contemporary music in Kannada Cinema and also the folk touch which is his signature.

By the way my name is Prakash Bahaddurbandi.

Raghu Write-up:

About myself:

Im H N Raghu, a government employee. Also, a passionate singer , who always wished to get some training in music. Swaraga, The musical workshop served as a great platform , for me to explore myself as a singer and learn from finest musicians.

Guest Mentor Sessions:

Some notable mentions include Pradeep sir, Nikhil Parthasarthy sir and Sujay sir, who have taught us songs. Nikhil sir’s sessions include us to learn and practice acapella, a style of music where the singers themselves perform the actions of the various instruments, and very few get to learn this. Karthik sir’s tips on taala (beats). Ranjitha ma’am unfortunately took just one session. These sessions definitely helped as the workshop progressed

Celebrity sessions:

Some sessions we attended were of Supriya Lohith ma’am, Siddharth Belmannu and Aishwarya Rangarajan, renowned playback singers of the Kannada Film Industry. There was also a session conducted by famous music director Sridhar V Sambhram.

Daily sessions:

Our daily practice sessions were scheduled between 7PM and 8:30PM. Every two days we had sessions (Wednesday and Friday), and Sunday sessions were mostly in the afternoon. The regular practice sessions have certainly improved us.

The daily activities are as follows:

·         Orientation (11/3/18): The first day in the workshop. PD sir introduced us to the workshop and we spent the day listening to all the instructions he gave regarding it. The orientation was done

·         Day 1 (21/3/18): Our first official session was done and we learnt our first song, the Swaraaga anthem, and we were introduced with metronome, a very important tool.

·         Day 2 (23/3/18): The anthem was given more practice time.

·         Day 3 (28/3/18): We were made to sing the anthem individually for corrections.

·         Day 4 (30/3/18): We were made to sing the anthem individually and we were divided into groups.

·         Day 5 (1/4/18): A new song ee mannu nammadu was given and little practice was done

·         Day 6 (4/4/18): The anthem and ee mannu nammadu practiced

·         Day 7 (6/4/18): Pradeep sir’s first session and a new song udayisutihanado was assigned

·         Day 8 (8/4/18): Sujay sir’s first session and assignment of a new song nadanadigala

·         Day 9 (11/4/18): Our task was to sing one of the taught songs with shruthi and report to the Whatsapp group

·         Day 10 (13/4/18): Karthik sir’s session. We were taught the importance of taala and given few exercises.

·         Day 11 (15/4/18): Practice of anthem and ee mannu nammadu

·         Day 12 (18/4/18): The three group songs practiced individually

·         Day 13 (20/4/18): Nikhil sir’s first session. Correction of shruthi for ee mannu nammadu.

·         Day 14 (24/4/18): Our first celebrity session with Supriya Lohith ma’am.

·         Day 15 (25/4/18): Practice of acapella for ee mannu nammadu taught by Nikhil sir.

·         Day 16 (27/4/18): Assignment of 5 songs for 100 pallavigalu

·         Day 17 (2/5/18): Celebrity session with Siddharth Belmannu.

·         Day 18 (4/5/18): We were asked to sing one of the assigned songs.

·         Day 19 (6/5/18): Practice of solo songs.

·         Day 20 (9/5/18): Second session with Pradeep sir, harmony of song udayisutihanado taught.

·         Day 21 (13/5/18): Practice of solo songs and formation.

·         Day 22 (16/5/18): Pattern of 100 pallavi decided.

·         Day 23 (18/5/18): Practice of acapella and formation.

·         Day 24 (20/5/18): Solo and duet songs along with formation practiced.

·         Day 25 (23/5/18): Practice of nadanadigala and udayisutihanado with corrections.

·         Day 26 (27/5/18): Date of program finalised and practice of solo and duet songs.

·         Day 27 (28/5/18): Ranjitha ma’am’s session, exercises and information of alankaaras.

·         Day 28 (30/5/18): Practice of new song akashakeddu ninta.

       The session on 1/6/18 was officially cancelled.

·         Day 29 (3/6/18): Swaraaga anthem and akashakkeddu practice.

·         Day 30 (6/6/18): Practice of all 4 group songs.

·         Day 31 (8/6/18): Solo and duet songs practiced.

·         Day 32 (10/6/18): Celebrity session with Aishwarya Rangarajan.

·         Day 33 (13/6/18): Practice of all 5 group songs.

·         Day 34 (15/6/18): Absent due to rain.

·         Day 35 (17/6/18): Celebrity session with Shridhar V Sambhram sir.

·         Day 36 (20/6/18): Practice of duet songs and duet.

·         Day 37 (21/6/18): Nikhil’s sir’s session, practice of acapella of ee mannu nammadu

·         Day 38 (3/6/18): Celebrity session with Raghu Dixit.

Conclusion:

A big thank you to PD Satish Chandra sir, for providing me this opportunity and a platform from which I can gain confidence. Overall, I would like to say that Swaraaga has definitely made me come out of my shell, and explore the hidden world around me. Thank you, Swaraaga!

Siri Girish Write-up:

Hi, I am Siri Girish, 11 yrs old, sutdying in 7th grade and learning carnatic classical music from Smt. Shobha Sharma from 4 yrs, learning guitar from Sri. Prahalad Prasad from 3yrs, & Sugama Sangeetha from Smt.Sunitha Murali from 8 months.

Here I would like share my Swaraaga sessions in diary form

11/March/2018 Sunday, was Orientation day. PD Sathish Chandra sir, introduced our mentor Ajith sir, guest mentors & few of previous season’s Swaraaga participants. I was excited to meet all the participants of SW4 and mentors and the whole team.

Session 1) 21^st March 2018 Wednesday was our first session in Swaraaga was conducted by                         Ajith Sir & PD Sir.

We learnt Swaraaga Anthem. I was so impressed & liked it as we learnt Swaraaga Anthem “Yene barali “composed by Sri V. Manohar sir.

Session 2) 23^rd March 2018 Friday, Ajith Sir Session, We were divided into four groups and we were introduced to metronome, sang Swaraaga Anthem as if we were skip counting. This kind of practicing definitely helped us in later stages of group singing.

Session 3) 28^th March 2018 Wednesday, Ajith Sir Session, we all sang Swaraaga anthem individually & learnt more of Metronome & Shruthi.

Session 4) 30^th March 2018 Friday, Ajith sir session, Swaraaga groups made to sing harmony & we were also made to sing individually to correct the mistakes.

Session 5) 1^st April 2018 Sunday, Ajith Sir & PD Sir session, got the lyrics for the song “Ee mannu nammadu” and sang it in that session.

Session 6) 4^th April 2018 Wednesday, Ajith sir session, We practiced both Swaraaga anthem & Ee mannu nammadu both songs with metronome & Shruthi. I really enjoyed singing in the group.

Session 7)  6^th April 2018 Friday, Pradeep sir session, We learnt song ‘Udayisuthihanadho’ and practiced it. He suggested us to keep listening to the Shruthis continuously thorough out the day. He also made us realize that any person can sing any range or scale. Both Pradeep sir and Sujay sir sang a jugalbandhi of high ranges. I was immensely impressed.

Session 8)  8^th April 2018 Sunday, Sujay sir session, We learnt ‘ Nadanadigala ‘ song from him.and he corrected our singing styles individually. He gave me few tips to improvise my singing skills, also inspired us by letting us know about his gurus & their way of teaching. He also told us to listen to the song as many times as possible so that the song sits in our mind.

Session 9)  11^th April 2018 Wednesday, Ajith sir session, All of us recorded either one of the song from Pradeep Sir &  Sujay Sir i.e, ‘Udayisuthihanado or nadanadigala’ song and sent it to SW4 group on whatapp and in the session Ajith sir corrected each one of us individually.

Session 10) 13^th April 2018 Friday, Karthik sir session, We learnt the importance of taala & metronome, Quantization of Taala & Tempo tracking. This was amazingly helpful to sing songs in tempo. To help us further we were given a task to place the diffrent number counting between metronome beats.

Session 11) 15^th April 2018 Sunday, Ajith sir session, We sang ‘ Ee mannu nammadu’ in 2 groups & we sang ‘ Udayisuthihanado’ in single group.

Session 12) 18^th April 2018 Wednesday, Ajith sir session, We sang all the 3 group songs (Swaraaga anthem, Udayisuthihanado, nadanadigala) together & Ajith sir corrected each one of us individually.

Session 13) 20^th April 2018 Friday, Nikhil ParthaSarathy sir session, We learnt ‘ Ee mannu nammadu’ song individually & also we were made to sing the line ‘Hindhu Buddha jaina kristha’several times & we were asked to sing the same line correctly and post it on SW4 whatsapp group.

Session 14) 24^th April 2018 Tuesday, Supriya mam session, I was definitely super thrilled to meet her. We sang a welcome song ‘Areare enidu hosa daali’ which she has sung for a movie.it was a beautiful interactive session. She answered all our technical & musical questions so nicely. She taught us to enjoy the song & make it our song while singing. She gave amazing tips to all of us to follow on stage & off stage.

Session 15) 25^th April 2018 Wednesday, Nikhil sir session, In this session, Sir divided us into 3 groups for acapella, and he taught us acapella for the song ‘Eemannu nammadu’.This session he gave us acapella for the pallavi part of the song & practiced it well.

Session 16) 27^th April 2018 Friday, PD Sir , Nikhil Parthasarasingthy Sir, Ajith sir session, We came mentally prepared or rather little nervous as PD sir was supposed to give us the solo songs to sing and select for the stage show. Each one of us got 5 songs & got 10 mins time to prepare mentally for the same. PD sir selected one song out the five given songs and asked us to sing, it was so much fun even though we were very nervous.My five songs are

1)      Haalalladaru haaku

2)      Baanalli ninninda suryodaya

3)      Kelisade kallu kallinali kannada nudi

4)      Nandanandana neenu sri Krishna

5)      Needu shiva needadiru shiva

PD sir also came up with the idea of making 100 pallavis mashup, I am looking forward to it.

Session 17) 2^nd May 2018 Wednesday, Siddharth Belamannu sir session, it was a very interactive session in ‘Prayog Studio’. He started the session with a hindustani concert, the performance was probably more than half an hour, we were spellbound and could not realize the duration of the concert. He shared his experiences in the field of music & gave us very useful tips. There was Q&A session on music, which he answered to each of our quest. We all sang a mash up song for him I,e. ‘Badukina bannave & Baana thoredu neeli’ from his songs from movies.

Session 18) 4^th May 2018 Friday, Ajith sir session, each one of us sang the solo song assigned to us by PD sir on session 16. Ajith sir helped each one of us with Shruthi & Raaga & feel of the song.

Session 19) 6^th  May 2018 Sunday, Ajith sir session, most memorable session as this session was conducted in my house with PD Sir’s permission. After the Pooja at my home, We practiced all the 3 group songs & Ajith sir corrected each one of our mistakes.

Session 20) 9^th May 2018 Wednesday, Pradeep sir session, he made us in to 3 groups to sing the group song ‘Udayisuthihanado’ . 3 groups were made to sing Sa Ga Pa range in Harmony.

Session 21) 13^th May 2018 Sunday, Ajith sir session, He made us sing solo songs & 100 pallavi pattern songs were taught.

Session 22) 16^th May 2018 Wednesday, Ajith sir session, all the three group songs were practiced along with 100 pallavi pattern.

Session 23) 18^th May 2018 Friday, Ajith sir session, 100 pallavi pattern practiced by each one of us & Ajith sir corrected us individually. We practiced group song Ee mannu nammadu with acapella.

Session 24) 20^th May 2018 Sunday, Ajith sir session, Ajith sir helped each one of us in solo singing & 100 pallavi pattern sining.

Session 25) 23^th  May 2018 Wednesday, Ajith sir session, ‘Udayisuthihanado’ & ‘nadanadigala’ song was practiced in group & Ajith sir corrected individually for shruthi & taala & harmony.

Session 26) 27^th May 2018 Sunday, Ajith sir & PD sir session, Solo songs practiced & finalized for few of us & for few duet songs were assigned. And we were so excited when the date of stage show was announced as 15^th August 2018.

Session 27) 28^th May 2018 Monday, Ranjitha mam session, She introduced us to ragas & the feel it creates. I became a fan of her, as she sings anything with such an ease. When we asked her to teach the same technique to us, she taught us the alankars and singing the same in Aa karas. She gave us a few Home work to do the same technique with different alankars, which I thoroughly enjoyed.

Session 28) 30^th May 2018 Wednesday, Ajith sir session, a new group song was added, song is ‘Akaashakkeddu nintha’ Lyrics was given and song was practiced in group & individually Ajith sir corrected all of us for Shruthi.

Session 29) 1^st June 2018 Friday, Ajith sir session, officially cancelled due to rain.

Session 29) 3^rd  June 2018 Sunday, Ajith sir session, duet songs were practiced, and in group song, we practiced the new group song ‘Aakashakkeddu nintha’.We got the lyrics of pallavi of new Swaraaga song written by Ajith sir. We all practiced the song & were hoping to give pleasant surprise to PD sir one day.

Session 30) 6^th June 2018 Wednesday, Ajith sir session, All the four group songs we practiced. Again Ajith sir corrected small mistakes we did as a group.

Session 31) 8^th  June 2018 Friday, Ajith sir session, Solo songs & duet songs were practiced and Ajith sir corrected us and helped us so much to sing in the right way.

Session 32) 10^th June 2018 Sunday, Aishwarya Rangarajan mam session, it was a nice interactive session, she asked few of us to sing & she also sang few songs to us so beautifully, and gave us a tip to sing in sync & harmony & a controlled volume as to match with other singers rather than sing loud to standout odd while singing in a group song. Gave us a great insight while singing group songs. She also sang our Swaraaga new song, which is written by our Ajith sir & composed by Swaraaga 2 participant Srinidhi.

Session 33) 13^th June 2018 Wednesday, Ajith sir session, We sang all the 6 group songs

1)      Swaraaga anthem

2)      Eemannu nammadu

3)      Udayisuthihanado

4)      Nadanadigala

5)      Akashakkeddunintha

6)      Swaraaga song2

7)      We practiced welcome song for Sridhar V Sambram sir

Session 34) 15^th June 2018 Friday, Ajith sir session, Solo songs and duet songs were practiced & Ajith sir helped match the shruthi for duet song singers, We practiced welcome song for Sridhar V Sambram sir.

Session 35) 17^th June 2018 Sunday, Sridhar V Sambram sir session was in Adarsh Recording Studio, it was an amazing session, We gave him a welcome song, Sridhar sir himself played keyboard and we all sang a song of our choice & few of them even wrote their own lyrics & composed music and sang it for him. I got an opportunity to sing the Ganapathi Prarthane song ‘Ajamnirvikalpam’ and also another song ‘Bridaavanadolu’. Sridhar sir gave us beautiful tips for music & life.He whole heartedly blessed all of us & was immensely happy that I could attend the session.

Session 36) 20^th June 2018 Wednesday, Ajith sir session, we rehearsed group songs & duet songs, and a welcome song to sing in front of Raghu Dixit sir.

Session 37) 21^st June 2018 Friday, Nikhil Parthasarathy sir session, he taught us new acapella for  next pallavi  of the song ‘Eemannu nammadu’ & he checked for the duration of pallavi to be 1.49mins. He will teach the charana part of the song in next class. It is a nice challenge to sing in acapella, & hatsoff to Nikhil sir who teaches it & makes it easy for us to learn by giving us respective swaras for each acapella sound gives. We also practiced a welcome song to sing in front of Raghu Dixit sir.

Session 38) 22^nd June 2018 Friday, Raghu Dixit sir session, It was a dream come true session, It was a nice interaction session. He taught us about grace in singing, which can be applied not only to music but to our life as well to lead a graceful life. When I asked him about his love towards guitar, he told his childhood days & collage days & how he developed love towards guitar & music. He even gave an amazing tip to all of us, as musicians should be connected with nature more & more, which leads us to be more creative & lively as a human.

As I have mentioned above we had guest mentor sessions from Nikhil Sir, Pradeep Sir, Sujay Sir, Karthik Sir, Ranjitha mam. Each of them gave an amazing insight & techniques to sing better by teaching a song or alankaras or taalas & shruthi, bhava. In Total learning was fabulous & unforgettable as each tip we got from each one of them helped in improving our voice & singing techniques & self confidence.

In celebrity sessions we got to meet wonderful & amazing people like Supriya Lohit mam, Siddharth Belamannu Sir, Aishwarya Ragarajan mam, Sridhar V Sambram Sir & Raghu Dixit Sir. They all not only gave us wonderful techniques in music & but we could see their true love towards music. I learnt from them personally how to be simple & down to earth.

 In the whole of Swaraaga journey Ajith sir held our hands and supported us in the ups and downs of our learning stages in each and every song we learnt. “Thank you Ajith sir” is definitely a small thing to say after all the efforts he has put. I stand here with no words and full of gratitude.

PD Sathish Chandra sir, I was unable to believe when I heard about Swaraaga, and today I am part of this Swaraaga family, makes thrilled. Your service towards art is really amazing and unbelievable. Without your selfless efforts this would not have happened at all. When we think of your effort & co ordination in arranging each of the session, we totally understand your love towards the art & people who are in the field of art. For me it was definitely a lesson for Music & lesson for life. I am left with no suitable words to thank you PD Sir. I stand here with a life time experience with the feel of gratitude.

Thanuja Write-up:

SESSION DESCRIPTION AND OVERALL EXPERIENCE

11TH MARCH- Workshop started with orientation program headed by P D SATHISH CHANDRA and mentored by AJITH KESHAV. We had discussion about the previous swaraga season, its rules and regulation.

We had guest NAGARANJINI who was participant in swaraaga season three, she shared her experience, her learning process in swaraga and gave few tips and techniques to learn.

21st MARCH- This was our first session conducted by our mentor ajith sir and pd sir which started with a fun game by remembering names of each participant so that we got to know each other well and it helped us to build up a strong team.

23rd MARCH- W e started our practice with swaraga anthem a group song, speciality of swaraga anthem is that it was written on spot by previous season students and it was well composed by V R MANOHAR sir. We were lucky enough to learn that song in our first session. We were even thought about metronome and ajith sir gave a brief note about the importance of metronome in group song.

28th MARCH- Mentor AJITH KESHAV sir made us to sing swaraga anthem individually so that he could find out minor mistakes in each participant and correct them, he took all his efforts to teach us group song with proper shruthi and metronome.

30th MARCH- SWARAGA ANTHEM was practiced.

1st APRIL – Our 5th session headed by P D SATHISH CHANDRA and mentored by AJITH KESHAV, We were assigned with a group song ‘ E MANNU NAMMADU’ patriotic song, which was thought with proper shruthi and metronome.

4rth APRIL- Our mentor assigned us to practice swaraga anthem and e mannu nammadu group song by each one of us with proper shruthi and taala.

6th APRIL- It was a privilege to meet a guest mentor PRADEEP SIR who was renowned classical singer for many years and he was jury member in sa re ga ma pa kannada singing reality show. He thought us about vocal training and voice culture. He also told there was no difference in pitch of male and female voice its all about practicing. He assigned and thought us a wonderful song ‘UDAYISUTHIHANADO’.

8th APRIL- We had a guest mentor SUJAY SHASTRY, he assigned and thought us patriotic group song ‘ NADANADIGALA’ and also gave us few tips about practicing with high notes, shruthi and metronome.

11th APRIL- Our mentor made us to practice assigned group songs and he gave individual attention for each one of us so that to learn the songs with proper shruthi and metronome.

13th APRIL- Our tenth session was taken by KARTHIK SIR who was well known tabla player, he gave us knowledge about taala gnana and motivated all of us.

15th APRIL- We all practiced group songs under Ajith sir’s guidance.

18th APRIL- Group song was practiced.

20th APRIL- Our 13th session was taken by NIKHIL PARTHASARTY SIR who who was mentoring swaraga season three session , he made us to sing e mannu nammadu and Corrected us with proper shruthi.

25TH APRIL- 15TH SESSION WAS HEADED BY NIKHIL SIR AND MENTORED BY AJITH KESHAV who assigned and thought us ACapella for the song E mannu nammadu

27th APRIL- Session was headed by PD SATHISH , NIKHIL, and AJITH SIR assigned all of us for the solo song and also decided a new version of singing called ‘100 pallavi’ where in each participant were given five songs and that was done as MEDLEY for each one of us.

2ND MAY- It was a great opportunity to have our 17th celebrity session in prayog studio with SIDDHATH BELMANNU a HINDUSTHANI CLASSICAL SINGER and a playback singer who as sung many film songs like ‘BADUKINA BANNAVE’ FROM TAGARU KANNADA MOVIE and many more. He told us about how important is to learn classical singing to become a playback singer and also gave us few techniques and tips for learning songs.

4th MAY- Our mentor ajith sir made us to sing assigned solo song and group songs.

6th MAY- We were asked to sing our assigned song individually and ajith sir Corrected minor mistakes of each one of us.

9th MAY- 20TH SESSION WAS HEADED BY PRADEEP SIR who completed his assigned song[ udayisuthihanado] for us and made each one of us to sing with harmony and Corrected us.

13th MAY- Practice session of all group song , solo song and 100 pallavi madley.

16th MAY- Ajith sir assigned us pattern of 100 pallavi madley and made us to sing.

18th MAY- Practice session of all group song , solo song and 100 pallavi madley.

20TH MAY- Practice session of all group song , solo song, duet songs and 100 pallavi madley

23rd MAY- Practice session of all group songs.

27th MAY- Headed by pd sir and ajith sir who finalised solo song and duet song , we also Practiced group songs

28th MAY- OUR 27TH session was taken by RANJITHA HINDUSTHANI CLASSICAL SINGER, who gave us knowledge about alankaras and it was good interactive session.

30th MAY- New group song ‘ AAKASHAKE EDUNINTHA’ patriotic song was assigned and thought by AJITH sir.

3rd JUNE- New surprise song written by ajith keshav sir swaraga title song for pd sathish sir , I’m proud to say my mentor would also write lyrics and we were lucky enough to have him as our mentor.

6th JUNE- Practice session of all group songs.

8th JUNE – Practice session of solo song and duet songs.

10th JUNE- Guest session by AISHWARYA RANGARAJAN Sa Re Ga Ma Pa finalist who gave tips about how to sing better.

Vidita Write-Up:

SL. NO	DATES	MENTORS	SESSION DESCRIPTION
	11-03-2018	PD Sir	The journey of Swaraaga-S4 began. The founders of Swaraaga and the participants of last season assembled. One of the most inspiring qualities seen was their immense dedication to music.
01	21-03-2018	Ajith Sir	We were introduced to the Swaraaga anthem individually.
02	23-03-2018	PD Sir, Ajith Sir	We were taught the basics of metronome. We tried singing the Swaraaga anthem with it.
03	28-03-2018	Ajith Sir	Each of us sang the anthem turn by turn and the corrections were made.
04	30-03-2018	Ajith Sir	We were put into different groups for practicing the songs.
05	01-04-2018	PD Sir, Ajith Sir	We learnt the song ‘Ee mannu nammadu’ in this session
06	04-04-2018	Ajith Sir	We practiced the two songs coordinating with the shruthi and metronome.
07	06-04-2018	Pradeep Sir	He helped us realize the potential of our voices and taught us a new song ‘Udayisutiha’.
08	08-04-2018	Sujay Shastry Sir	He taught us various techniques for voice culture.
09	11-04-2018		Practice session for the above songs with shruthi and metronome.
10	13-04-2018	Karthik Sir	We were given a deep insight about tempo (taala).
11	15-04-2018	Ajith Sir	We practiced the songs keeping in mind the guidelines from the previous sessions.
12	18-04-2018	Ajith Sir	Practicing of group songs.
13	20-04-2018	Nikhil Sir	Fine tuning of the song “ee mannu nammadu”
14	24-04-2018	Supriya Lohith	She gave us information about the practical side in the music industry.
15	25-04-2018	Nikhil Sir	Planning of A cappella for the song “ee mannu nammadu”
16	27-04-2018	PD Sir,Ajith Sir,Nikhil Sir	Each of us was assigned 5 songs for the 100 pallavi.
17	02-05-2018	Siddhartha Belmannnu	Wonderful Hindustani music session and guidance about practicing music for betterment.
18	04-05-2018	Ajith Sir	Practice session for solo songs.
19	06-05-2018	Ajith Sir	Fine tuning of solo songs
20	09-05-2018	Pradeep Sir	We were taught the second half of the song “udayisutihanado”
21	13-05-2018	Ajitth Sir	Practice session for solo songs and planning the structure of 100 pallavi.
22	16-05-2018	Ajith Sir	Practice of songs assigned for 100 pallavi
23	18-05-2018	Ajith Sir	Practice of group songs
24	20-05-2018	Ajith Sir	Practice of solo songs and assignment of duet songs
25	23-05-2018	Ajith Sir	Fine tuning of group songs.
26	27-05-2018	Ajith Sir and PD Sir	Assignment of finalized songs for the program.
27	28-05-2018	Ranjitha Ma’am	An amazing Hindustani music session and discussion about various aspects of music.
28	30-05-2018	Ajith Sir	We were taught a new song “aakashakkeddu ninta”
	1-06-2018	Ajith Sir	Session canceled due to heavy rains
29	3-06-2018	Ajith Sir	Practice of new songs and group song.
30	6-06-2018	Ajith Sir	Rigorous practice of group songs.
31	8-06-2018	Ajith Sir	Practice session for the solo and duet songs.
32	10-06-2018	Aishwarya Rangarajan	Fine tuning of solo and duet songs
33	13-06-2018	Ajith Sir	Practice session for group songs
34	15-06-2018	Ajith Sir	Session canceled due to heavy rains
35	17-06-2018	Sridhar Sambram	Excellent musical evening bringing out each one’s strengths
36	20-06-2018	Ajith Sir	Practice session for group songs
37	21-06-2018	Nikhil Sir	Completion of A cappella for the song “ee mannu nammadu”
38	22-06-2018	Raghu Dixit Sir	We had a truly inspiring session.

                                                      Vidita V Koushik

Shashi Kumar Write-Up:

Hi, I’m Shashi Kumar R from Jigani, Bengaluru. A software engineer by profession and passionate about music. I was a lazy person who was procrastinating the tasks until I attended Swaraaga workshop. It changed the way I see the tasks.I’ll always look forward to gain knowledge in Music and will become a musician.

For me swaraaga is a wonderful journey. I met so many lovely people who are passionate about music and kind at heart. I’m very much thankful for Mr PD Satish Chandra, Mrs. Ranjitha and our beloved mentor Mr. Ajith for providing this wonderful opportunity to improve our musical skills. The mentors who teach us are very much informative about music. I think no other paid classes will give the information that our mentors give. I explored that my voice can reach higher notes with the help of our mentors. I’m really proud to be part of Team swaraaga.

We are lucky to have our Mentor as Mr. Ajith Keshava who is calm, extremely patient and whose singing is so good, He guides us without getting angry even in the peak situation. He is so dedicated and doesn’t want his students to go wrong. The commitment which he is showing towards Swaraaga can’t be expressed in words. I’m very much thankful to him. The tips with respect to Taala’s and pitch variation helped us to sing better.

GUEST TRAINERS

Sl No	Trainers	Learnings
1	Mr. Nikhil Parthasarathy	Song: Ee mannu Nammadu Nikhil sir is such a calm person and corrects us when we do wrong, no matter how many times. He composed an Acapella version for the song
2	Mr. Pradeep	Song:Udayisuthihanado Pradeep sir is such a knowledgeable and humble person . We learnt that where to elongate and shorten the notes. Learnt of practising sa in the morning for 15 minutes
3	Mr. Karthik Krishna	Karthik sir brought to us the importance of rhythms and he taught us the basic rhythms that are commonly used in music. Like 4/4, 2/4, 8/8 and 3/4
4	Mr.Sujay	Song: Nadanadigala Sujay sir made us to learn song within 30-40 minutes. He is nice and humorous person and provides a nice environment for students to express themselves
5	Mrs. Ranjitha	Ranjitha Madam informed us about voice culture and how important is to learn classical music for that. She made us to sing chords in the form of game.

CELEBRITY SESSIONS

 We had a great oppurtunity to meet the celebrities like Supriya Lohith, Siddhartha Belamannu, Aishwarya Rangarajan and Sridhar Sambram who are the best in music industry.

Learnings

l  Mic techniques on distance between mic & mouth, when to use false voice

l  Importance of classical music for voice culture.

l  Food habits

l   Practice routine & exercises for voice.

l  One should learn with fun rather than working hard

PS: I was really astonished the way celebrities interacted with us. They were such a nice persons, that I felt as I got training from my friend

Session wise report

Session Number	Date	Session Handled by	Learnings
1	Mar-18	Mr. P D Satish Chandra	Orientation and Brief introduction about Swaraaga
2	21-03-2018	Mr. Ajith and Mr. PD	Taught Swaraaga Anthem
3	23-03-2018	Mr. Ajith	Basics, Importance of Metronome and swaraaga anthem continued
4	28-03-2018	Mr.Ajith	Individually sung swaraaga anthem
5	30-03-2018	Mr.Ajith	Corrections made and practised swaraaga anthem
6	01-04-2018	Mr.Ajith and Mr.PD	Introduced a group song EE mannu nammadu and made to sing in different Pitch scales
7	04-04-2018	Mr.Ajith	Practised Ee mannu nammadu and swaraaga song with correct metronome and pitch
8	06-04-2018	Mr. Pradeep	Learnt Pallavi of Udayisuthihanado song
9	08-04-2018	Mr.Sujay Shastry	Nadanadigala song Introduction and learnt pallavi, 1charana
10	11-04-2018	Mr.Ajith	Practised group songs and told to sing a song and post in on SWS4 group
11	13-04-2018	Mr.Karthik	Learnt importance of Metronome, Taalas and I personally thought we should be musicians rather than singers
12	15-04-2018	Mr.Ajith	Pracitised Group songs Ee mannu nammadu and Udayisuthihanado
13	18-04-2018	Mr.Ajith	Sung group songs individually
14	20-04-2018	Mr.Nikhil Parthasarathy	Decided to create an acapella version for ee mannu nammadhu and corrections for the song
15	24-04-2018	Mrs.Surpiya Lohith	Q & A session about practising music, food style for singers etc
16	25-04-2018	Mr.Ajith and Mr.Nikhil	1st Session of Acapella, learnt pallavi of Ee mannu nammadu(Acapella Version)
17	27-04-2018	Mr.Ajith, PD and Nikhil	Assigned 5 songs for each of us and decided to record 100 pallavi video
18	02-05-2018	Siddhartha Belamannu	One should have a knowledge of Classical music for singing, Q&A regarding music
19	04-05-2018	Mr.Ajith	Out of 5 assigned song for each of us, we sung one of them
20	06-05-2018	Mr.Ajith	Solo songs continued
21	09-05-2018	Mr.Pradeep	Learnt charana of udayisuthihanado, tuning of harmony
22	13-05-2018	Mr.Ajith	Solo songs practised and formation of 100 pallavi started
23	20-05-2018	Mr.Ajith	Duet and Solo songs assigned and 100 pallavi practised with proper formation
24	23-05-2018	Mr.Ajith	Corrections made and practised nadanadigala and udayisuthihanado songs
25	27-05-2018	Mr.Ajith	Solo and Duet songs finalised and made practised
26	28-05-2018	Mrs.Ranjitha	Learnt about alankaras and I personally experienced that learning from fun will long lasts in memory
27	30-05-2018	Mr.Ajith	Introduced a group song Aakashakeddu nintha
28	03-06-2018	Mr.Ajith	Learnt swaraaga song written by Mr.Ajith
29	06-06-2018	Mr.Ajith	Pracitised group songs swaraaga anthem, ee mannu nammadu, nadanadigala and udayisuthihanado
30	08-06-2018	Mr.Ajith	Solo and Duet songs assigned were practised
31	10-06-2018	Aishwarya Rangarajan	Corrections made for solo and duet songs
32	13-06-2018	Mr.Ajith	Practised all songs
33	17-06-2018	Mr.Shridhar Sambhram	Sung song individually and got tips for the same
34	20-06-2018	Mr.Ajith	Practised Group songs and duet
35	21-06-2018	Mr.Nikhil Parthasarathy	Learnt acapella for charana of ee mannu nammadu
36	22-06-2018	Mr.Raghu Dixit	Importance of Metronome, personal experience about music, Q&A about music

Apart from above listed 2 sessions were officially cancelled so totally 38 sessions have been completed

Savitha Write-Up:

Greetings! I am Savitha Srikanth, a resident of Bangalore. I own a publishing house by the name KGS PUBLISHERS AND DISTRIBUTORS. I am also an instrumentalist. I have been learning and playing the veena for the last 35 years under the guidance of my gurus Veena vidwaan HK. Subanna and Vocalist Smt. Vijaya Venkatesh. I also teach Veena and play at concerts. I have been presented with the Karnataka State Award for Veena and all round performance by Mr.BD Jatti , apart from earning a number of talent awards. I also hold a world record for playing at the Sahasra Veena Jhenkara , which was conducted by the Art of Living.

Swaraga, the brain baby of PD sir, and Ranjitha ma'am is a unique workshop which has completed 3 successful seasons and is currently nearing the end of the 4th season.

The speciality of Swaraga is that , they take up people from all walks of life, with or without music background and transform them and their voices into works of art.

The students are trained by dedicated mentors and guides. Celebrities also grace these sessions weekly inorder to enlighten the students and share their experiences, as well as impart their profound knowledge.

Swaraga moulds the students and helps students polish their music skills in areas like voice culturing, modulation, range, shruthi gnana, taala gnana, bhava, laya, maadhurya, and Acapella.

Students at swaraga are given experience and exposure to several types of music like carnatic classical,light , folk , Hindustani, devarnama, deshabhakthi, filmy, etc.

We also learnt Teamspirit , discipline, confidence , punctuality apart from getting over our fear of singing in public or on stage .

The learners-friendly atmosphere at swaraga ensures that each individual is given equal importance and each person's potential is realised and they are helped to overcome their respective weaknesses

Thus, Swaraga helped us learn, train, correct, improve, polish and present and sing soulfully.

Each session was a lot of fun, and I always looked forward to attending each session with lot of interest and enthusiasm.

Our sessions were conducted under the guidance of my respectful mentors.

On the 28 the of March , I joined swaraga and it has been a blissful journey since then.

28th march	Ajith sir	Swaraga anthem
30th March	Ajith sir	He made us all sing individually to Shruti
1st April	PD sir and Ajith sir	We learnt eemannu nammadu
4th April	Ajith sir	Practiced swaraga anthem and eemannu nammadu
6th April	Pradeep air	Basics of singing
8th April	Sujay Shastri	We learnt range in singing and pronunciation of lyrics
11th April	Ajith sir	Practice session with Shruti , metronome
13th April	Karthik sir	We learnt basics of taala
15th April	Ajith sir	We practiced group song udayisutiha and eemannu
18th April	Ajith sir	We practiced group song individually
20th April	Nikhil sir	We learnt to sing to shruti eemannu nammadu
24th April	Supriya Lohith	She shared her experience about learning music and told us how to get over stage fear
25th April	Ajith sir and Nikhil sir	We had the first class of Acapella
27th April	PD sir , Ajith sir and Nikhil sir	Practice session and allotment of songs
2nd May	Siddhartha Belamannu	A beautiful session where he shared his experiences of practice to presentation of song
4th May	Ajith sir	Solo songs practice session
6th May	Ajith sir	Revision of group songs and solo songs
9th May	Pradeep sir	This was Pradeep sir's second session, he taught us shruthi ,taala and range
13th May	Ajith sir	Solo songs practice session
16th May	Ajith sir	100 Pallavi songs assigned
18th May	Ajith sir	We practiced Acapella with group songs
20th May	Ajith sir	Solo and duet songs practice session
23rd May	Ajith sir	Group song practice and correction
27th May	Ajith sir and PD sir	Solo and duet songs assigned with little practice
28th May	Ranjitha ma’am	We learnt alankaras and activity session
30th May	Ajith sir	Taught us new group song : akashakeddu ninta
1st June	Ajith sir	Couldn’t reach on time due to rain
3rd June	Ajith sir	New songs were taught by Ajith sir
6th June	Ajith sir	Group song practice session
8th June	Ajith sir	Solo, duet and group song practice session
10th June	Aishwarya Rangarajan	We learnt madhurya in singing
13th June	Ajith sir	Practiced all songs
15th June	Ajith sir	Cancelled due to heavy rains
17th June	Sridhar Sambhram sir	The most enjoyed session. We learnt to sing with confidence
20th June	Ajith sir	Practice session of Group song and duet
21st June	Nikhil sir	Nikhil sir’s Second Acapella class
22nd June	Raghu Dixit sir	Exciting session where he shared his experiences on his journey to fame
24th June	Ajith sir	Group song practice session

The first person who taught me was Mr. Ajith sir, our beloved mentor. A Strict and a straightforward man, he believes in giving individual attention to each person and teaching them from the basics, He trained us right from breathing techniques. He corrected each one of us in aspects that we lack and gave us lots of homework! He was present at each session of ours and meticulously trained us to help us overcome our flaws with lots of patience and dedication.

 PD sir, the one without whom this workshop would probably not be a possibility , is the brain behind Swaraga. He is like the founder principal of our Music school.

Apart from these constants we had visiting mentors and celebrities who gave us a lot of encouragement and knowledge.

*Karthik Sir*, a great musician, gave us a thorough knowledge of tala on the 13th of April

On the 20th of April, *Nikhil sir* , a brilliant musician trained us in shruthi gnana and Acapella, the art of making music without the use of instruments on 25the April .We had repeated sessions with Nikhil sir and we enjoyed each of his sessions thoroughly

*Pradeep sir*, who we met on 6th April, taught us shruthi gnana gave us his valuable pieces of advice.

 We met *Sujay Shastri sir* on the 8th of april. He showed how to increase the scale of singing and Shruti gnana. He made each of us sing and identify the shruthi .

 *Supriya Lohith ma'am* visited us on the 24th of April and shared her beautiful experiences and gave us suggestions for singing in high octaves and to sustain it.

25th April was a special session by Ajith sir and Nikhil sir. This was an Acapella practice session where we brushed up our old skills and learned some new skills.

 On 2nd may, we were graced by *Mr. Siddharth Belamannu* , a young and a brilliant playback singer.A down to  earth personality, he shared his experiences and gave us valuable advice on how to overcome stage fear, taught us how to do aalaap , and much more.

*Ranjitha ma'am* visited us on 28th of May. She conducted an activity filled fun session where we learnt the three kalaas of singing, and to do aalaap. It was a memorable session, something that we look forward to.

*Aishwarya Rangarajan* , an exceptional singer visited us on 10th june, shared her knowledge of raga ,shruti and madhurya.

On 17th June, we had *Sridhar sambhram* sir's session, which was very unique compared to any other session, because each one of us was made to sing in his session with him providing music for each of us. I'd consider this an honour for having been given a chance to sing for him.This session gave us lot of self confidence, and is where we learnt to get over our stage Fear

On 22nd june, we met The *Raghu Dixit*. It was an overwhelming experience to have met a great man such as him. A very frank and humble soul, he enlightened us and narrated to us his amazing journey to fame. It was an absolute delight to listen to him and to his stories.

Ravi Write-Up:

ಸ್ವರಾಗ – 4

ಸ್ವವಿವರ

ನನ್ನಹೆಸರುರವಿಕುಮಾರ್.ಹೆಚ್.ಎನ್.ವೃತ್ತಿಯಲ್ಲಿವಿದೇಶಿವಿನಿಮಯವ್ಯಾಪಾರಮಾಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದೇನೆ.ನನ್ನಹವ್ಯಾಸಸ0ಗೀತ (ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರಗೀತೆಭಾವಗೀತೆ, ದಾಸರಪದ), ಹಾಡುವುದುಮತ್ತುಕೇಳುವುದು.ನಾನುಕರ್ನಾಟಕಸ0ಗೀತದಲ್ಲಿಜೂನಿಯರ್ತೇರ್ಗಡೆಹೊ0ದಿರುತ್ತೇನೆ.ನನ್ನಸ0ಗೀತದಗುರುಗಳುಮೈಸೂರಿನನ0ಜು0ಡಯ್ಯನವರು, ಹಲವಾರುಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಗಳಲ್ಲಿಚಲನಚಿತ್ರಗೀತೆ, ಭಾವಗೀತೆ, ದಾಸರಪದಹಾಡಿರುವಅನುಭವವಿದೆ.

ನನ್ನಅಣ್ಣನಮಗಳಾದನಾಗರ0ಜನಿಸ್ವರಾಗ-3ರಲ್ಲಿಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿಹಾಡುಗಾರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿಹೆಚ್ಚಿನಅನುಭವಪಡೆದು, ಈವಿಷಯವನ್ನುನನಗೆತಿಳಿಸಿದ್ದರಿ0ದನಾನುಸಹಈತ0ಡದಲ್ಲಿಸೇರಿಕೊ0ಡುಹಾಡುಗಾರಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿತರಬೇತಿಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಿರುವೆ.

ಅತಿಥಿಗುರುಗಳಬಗ್ಗೆ :

ಸ್ವರಾಗಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿಅತಿಥಿಗುರುಗಳುಬ0ದುನಮಗೆಸ0ಗೀತದಕಲಿಕೆ, ಶೃತಿ, ತಾಳ, ಶಬ್ದ, ಗ್ರಹಿಕೆ, ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ, ಇದರಬಗ್ಗೆಮಾಹಿತಿಗಳನ್ನುಕೊಟ್ಟುನಮಗೆಹಲವುಭಾವಗೀತೆ, ದೇಶಭಕ್ತಿಗೀತೆ, ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರಗೀತೆಗಳನ್ನುಹೇಳಿಕೊಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಈಸ್ವರಾಗ-4 ರಲ್ಲಿಬ0ದ0ತಹಅತಿಥಿಗುರುಗಳುಹಾಗುಅವರಬಗ್ಗೆಮೆಚ್ಚಿಗೆಯಮಾತನಾಡಲುಇಚ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತೇನೆ.

1.            ಪ್ರದೀಪ್ಸರ್ :ನನ್ನಮೆಚ್ಚಿನಗುರುಗಳುಇವರುನಮ್ಮತ0ಡಕ್ಕೆಒ0ದುಭಾವಗೀತೆಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು (ಉದಯಿಸುತಿಹನದೋಅಭಿನವದಿನಮಣಿ) ತು0ಬಾಚೆನ್ನಾಗಿಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟು, ಶೃತಿ, ರಾಗ, ಭಾವ, ತಾಳಇವುಗಳಬಗ್ಗೆಸಮಗ್ರಮಾಹಿತಿನೀಡಿರುವಇವರುಹೇಳಿರುವಭಾವಗೀತೆಗೆಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆಏರ್ಪಡಿಸಿದ್ದರು. ಅದರಲ್ಲಿನಾನುವಿಜೇತನಾದೆಎ0ದುಹೇಳಲುಇಷ್ಟಪಡುತ್ತೇನೆ.

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2.            ನಿಖಿಲ್ಸಾರ್ :

ಸಕ್ಕರೆಧ್ವನಿಯುಳ್ಳವರುಇವರುನಮಗೆಆಕೆಪೆಲ್ಲಹಾಡುವವಿಧಾನವನ್ನುಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟುಈಮಣ್ಣುನಮ್ಮದುಈಹಾಡಿಗೆತ0ಡದಸದಸ್ಯರಿಗೆಆಕೆಪೆಲ್ಲಮಾದರಿಯಸ0ಗೀತಅಳವಡಿಸಿತರಬೇತಿನೀಡುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ, ಇದುನಮಗೆಹೊಸಅನುಭವವನ್ನುನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ. ಗಮನ, ಬುದ್ಧಿಶಕ್ತಿ, ಹೆಚ್ಚಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.ಸ0ಗೀತವಾದ್ಯಗಳಧ್ವನಿಯನ್ನುನಾವುಬಾಯಿಯಲ್ಲಿನುಡಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.ರೋಮಾ0ಚಕಾರಿಅನುಭವನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ.ಇವರುಸಹನಮಗೆಎಲ್ಲಾರೀತಿಯಸಹಕಾರನೀಡಿನಮ್ಮನ್ನುಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.ತಪ್ಪುಸರಿಮಾಡುವರೆಗೂನಮ್ಮನ್ನುಬಿಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮವಾಗಿಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನುಗಮನಿಸಿಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನನೀಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.

3.            ಸುಜಯ್ಸಾರ್  ;ಉತ್ತಮಗಾಯಕರು, ಇವರುಸಹನಮಗೆಒ0ದುಭಾವಗೀತೆ (ನದನದಿಗಳ) ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು. ಇವರತರಗತಿಯಲ್ಲಿಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂನಗುವನ್ನುಹರಿಸುವವರು.ಹಾಡುವಕಲೆ,  ಶೃತಿ, ತಾಳ, ಭಾವಇದರಬಗ್ಗೆನಮ್ಮಲ್ಲಿಮನವರಿಕೆಮಾಡಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು. ತಾರಸ್ಥಾಯಿಹಾಡುವಕಲೆಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು.ಒ0ದುತರಗತಿಯಲ್ಲಿಪ್ರದೀಪ್ಸರ್ಹಾಗುಸುಜಯ್ಸಾರ್ಇವರಜೃಗಲಬ0ದಿಗಾಯನಕೇಳಿಸ0ತೋಷವಾಯಿತು.ಇದನ್ನುಮರೆಯಲುಸಾಧ್ಯವೇಇಲ್ಲ.

4.            ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ್ಸಾರ್ :ಸ0ಗೀತಕ್ಕೆತಾಳಬಹಳಮುಖ್ಯ. ಕಾರ್ತಿಕಸಾರ್ತಬಲವಾದಕರು. ಇವರುನಮಗೆತಾಳದಬಗ್ಗೆ, ಹಾಗುಬೇರೆಬೇರೆತಾಳದಮಹತ್ವವವನ್ನು              ತಿಳಿಸಿದರು. ತಾಳಹೇಗೆಕೈಯಲ್ಲಿಹಾಕಬೇಕು.ಶೃತಿ, ಭಾವ, ಇವುಗಳಬಗ್ಗೆತರಗತಿನಡೆಸಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು.

5.            ರ0ಜಿತರವರು :ಇವರುಹಿ0ದೂಸ್ಥಾನಿಸ0ಗೀತಪ್ರವೀಣೆ, ಇವರುರಾಗಗಳಪರಿಚಯ, ತಾಳ, ಶೃತಿ, ಭಾವಇದರಬಗ್ಗೆಪರಿಚಯಮಾಡಿಕೊಟ್ಟರುಅಭ್ಯಾಸತಿಳಿಸಿದರು. ಸರಳೇವರಸೆಗಳನ್ನುನಮಗೆಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟುಎಲ್ಲರೂಒಟ್ಟಾಗಿಹಾಡಿಸಿದರು.ಹಾಗುಹಿ0ದೂಸ್ಥಾನಿಶೈಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿದೇವರನಾಮಹಾಡಿರ0ಜಿಸಿದರು.ಸ0ಗೀತಾಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡುವಕ್ರಮವನ್ನುಹಾಡಿತೋರಿಸಿದರು.

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                ಹಾಗು :ಸುಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಕಲಾವಿದರುಸಹನಮ್ಮಸ್ವರಾಗ-4ರಲ್ಲಿಭಾಗವಹಿಸಿಅವರಅನುಭವ, ತರಬೇತಿ, ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ, ಸ0ಗೀತಅಭ್ಯಾಸಿಸುವಬಗ್ಗೆಕ್ರಮ. ಆಹಾರದಕಾಳಜಿ, ಇವುಗಳಬಗ್ಗೆನಮ್ಮಕಾರ್ಯಗಾರಕ್ಕೆಬ0ದುನಮ್ಮನೆಲ್ಲಮನರ0ಜಿಸಿತಮ್ಮಅನುಭವಗಳನ್ನುಹ0ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತಾರೆ.ಅವರುಹಾಡಿನಮ್ಮನೆಲ್ಲಹಾಡಿಸಿಮೆಚ್ಚಿಗೆಸೂಚಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.ಹಾಗುಅವರಜೊತೆತ0ಡದಭಾವಚಿತ್ರಹಾಗುವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕಭಾವಚಿತ್ರತೆಗೆಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲುಅನುಮತಿಯನ್ನುಸಹನೀಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.  ಇದುಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿಮರೆಯಲಾಗದಅನುಭವ.ಈಸ0ಚಿಕೆಯಲ್ಲಿನಮ್ಮಕಾರ್ಯಗಾರಕ್ಕೆಬ0ದಸುಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಕಲಾವಿದರವಿವರಇಲ್ಲಿದೆ.

1.            ಸುಪ್ರಿಯಲೋಹಿತ್ : (ಖ್ಯಾತಹಾಡುಗಾರ್ತಿ)

                ನಗುಮುಖದಗಾಯಕಿಅವರುಬ0ದದಿನನಾವುಅವರುಹಾಡಿದಹಾಡನ್ನುಸುಸ್ವಾಗತಹಾಡನ್ನುಹಾಡಿರ0ಜಿಸಿದೆವು. ಹಾಡುಗಾರನಿಗೆಇರಬೇಕಾದಲಕ್ಷಣಗಳು,  ಅಭ್ಯಾಸತಾರಾಸ್ಥಾಯಿ, ಮ0ದರಸ್ಥಾಯಿಹಾಡಲುಬೇಕಾಗುವವಿಧಾನಗಳನ್ನುಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು. ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರದಲ್ಲಿಅವರೇಹಾಡಿರುವಹಾಡನ್ನುಹಾಡಿರ0ಜಿಸಿದರು.ನಮ್ಮತ0ಡದಸದಸ್ಯರಲ್ಲಿಕೆಲವರುಹಾಡಿಅವರನ್ನುರ0ಜಿಸಿದರು.ನಾವುಮರೆಯಲಾಗದಗಾಯಕಿ.

2.            ಸಿದ್ಧಾರ್ಥ್ಬೆಳಮಣ್ಣು : (ಖ್ಯಾತಹಾಡುಗಾರ) ಹಲವಾರುಚಲನಚಿತ್ರಗೀತೆಗಳನ್ನುಹಾಡಿರುವಇವರುನಮ್ಮತ0ಡಕ್ಕೆಸ0ಗೀತದಅನುಭವವನ್ನುನಮ್ಮೊ0ದಿಗೆಹ0ಚಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲುಪ್ರಯೋಗ್ಸ್ಟುಡಿಯೋಸ್‍ಗೆಬ0ದಿದ್ದರು. ನಮಗೆಸ0ಗೀತದಕೌಶಲ್ಯಗಳನ್ನುಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು.ಹಾಗು 30 ನಿಮಿಷಗಳುಹಿ0ದೂಸ್ಥಾನಿಶೈಲಿಯಲ್ಲಿಹಾಡಿರಸದೌತಣವನ್ನುನೀಡಿದರು.ನಮ್ಮಲಿರುವಸ0ಗೀತದಅನುಮಾನಗಳಿಗೆಉತ್ತರನೀಡಿದರು.ಸ್ಟುಡಿಯೋದಹೊಸಅನುಭವೆಲ್ಲದೊರೆಯಿತು.ಆದಿನಕಾರ್ತಿಕ್ಸಾರ್ತಬಲದನೆರವನ್ನುಸಿದ್ದಾರ್ಥ್ಬೆಳಮಣ್ಣುಅವರಿಗೆನೀಡಿದರು.ಈಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮಅಮೋಘವಾಗಿತ್ತು.ಸಿದ್ದಾರ್ಥ್‍ರವರಸ0ಗೀತನಡೆದುಬ0ದದಾರಿ, ಪರಿಶ್ರಮ, ಅಭ್ಯಾಸ, ಅವರತಾಯಿಯಪ್ರೋತ್ಸಾಹಮು0ತಾದವುಗಳನ್ನುನಮ್ಮಮು0ದೆಹ0ಚಿಕೊ0ಡರು.ನಮ್ಮತ0ಡದವರುಅವರುಹಾಡಿರುವಹಾಡನ್ನುಅವರ

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                ಮು0ದೆಹಾಡಿಮೆಚ್ಚಿಗೆಗಳಿಸಿದೆವು.

3.            ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯರ0ಗರಾಜನ್ : (ಖ್ಯಾತಹಾಡುಗಾರ್ತಿ) ಆದಿನಸುದಿನಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನುಪರಿಚಯಮಾಡಿಕೊ0ಡುಎಲ್ಲರಹತ್ತಿರಹಾಡುಗಳನ್ನುಹೇಳಿಸಿತಿದ್ದಿತೀಡಿನಮಗೆಮಾರ್ಗದರ್ಶನನೀಡಿದರು. ಭಾವಗೀತೆಯನ್ನುಹಾಡಿನಮ್ಮನ್ನುರ0ಜಿಸಿದರು.ಹಾಗುನಮ್ಮಸ್ವರಾಗಹಾಡನ್ನುಅಲ್ಲೇಒ0ದೇಬಾರಿಕೇಳಿನಮ್ಮಮು0ದೆಹಾಡಿದರು.ಎ0ಥಾಸುಮಧುರವಾದಕ0ಠಹಾಡುಕೇಳಿದರೆಕೇಳುತ್ತಿರಬೇಕುಎ0ದುಅನಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

4.            ಶ್ರೀಧರ್ಸ0ಭ್ರಮ್ : (ಸ0ಗೀತಸ0ಯೋಜಕರು) ನನ್ನಜೀವನದಅತಿಮುಖ್ಯವಾದದಿನ. ಅವರಸ್ವಭಾವ, ಗುಣ, ಮೆಚ್ಚುವ0ತಹದುಅವರಮು0ದೆನಾನೇರಚಿಸಿದಹಾಡನ್ನುಹೇಳಲುಅವಕಾಶಸಿಕ್ಕಿತು. ಕೇಳಿದಅವರುಬಹಳಮೆಚ್ಚಿಗೆಸೂಚಿಸಿದರುತು0ಬಾಸ0ತೋಷವಾಯಿತು. ನನ್ನಪಾಲಿಗೆಮರೆಯಲಾಗದದಿನ. ಎ0ಥಾತಾಳ್ಮೆ, ಎಲ್ಲರನ್ನುನೋಡಿಕೊ0ಡಬಗೆ, ಹುರಿದು0ಬಿಸುವಮನಸ್ಸು, ಅವರಅನುಭವದಮಾತುಗಳುಕೇಳಿಆನ0ದವಾಯಿತು.ಅವರೇಸ0ಗೀತಸ0ಯೋಜನೆಮಾಡಿದಹಾಡನ್ನು (ಏನಾಗಲಿಮು0ದೆಸಾಗುನೀ) ನಮ್ಮಮು0ದೆಹಾಡಿರ0ಜಿಸಿದರು (ಗುರು = ಶ್ರೀಧರ್ಸ0ಭ್ರಮ್)

                ತರಬೇತಿಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರ :

                ನಮಗೆವಾರದಲ್ಲಿತರಬೇತಿಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರನಡೆಯುತ್ತದೆ.ಬುಧವಾರ, ಶುಕ್ರವಾರ, ಭಾನುವಾರನಡೆಯುತ್ತದೆ.ವಾರದದಿನಗಳಲ್ಲಿಸ0ಜೆ 7 ರಿ0ದ 8.30 ವರೆಗೂ, ಭಾನುವಾರಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನ 1 ರಿ0ದ 2-30ವರೆಗೂನಡೆಯುತ್ತದೆ.ನಮ್ಮತ0ಡದಸದಸ್ಯರುಸರಿಯಾದಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆಬ0ದುತರಗತಿಗೆಹಾಜರಾಗಿತರಬೇತಿಪಡೆಯುತ್ತೇವೆ.ಒಟ್ಟು 50 ರಿ0ದ 60 ಕಾರ್ಯಗಾರಇರುತ್ತದೆ.ತರಬೇತಿಗೆಹಾಜರಾಗಲುಮನಸ್ಸುಹಾತೊರೆಯುತ್ತದೆ.

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                ಸ್ವರಾಗ-4 ಕಾರ್ಯಗಾರದಬಗ್ಗೆನನ್ನಬಿಚ್ಚುನುಡಿಗಳು :

ಈಕಾರ್ಯಗಾರಕ್ಕೆಬ0ದುಸೇರಿಕೊ0ಡದಿನಕಾರ್ಯಾಗಾರದಮಾಹಿತಿಯನ್ನುನಮ್ಮಮಹಾಗುರುಗಳಾದಪಿ.ಡಿ.ಸತೀಶ್‍ಚ0ದ್ರರವರುನೀಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.ಈಕಾರ್ಯಗಾರಮುಖ್ಯಗುರುಗಳಾದಅಜಿತ್ಕೇಶವ್ರವರನ್ನುನಮಗೆಪರಿಚಯಿಸಿಮು0ದಿನಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಬಗ್ಗೆಮಾಹಿತಿನೀಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.ಇಲ್ಲಿಸ0ಗೀತಕಲಿಕೆಗಿ0ತಸಮಯಪಾಲನೆ, ಶಿಸ್ತು, ಹಾಜರಿಇದರಬಗ್ಗೆತು0ಬಾಮಹತ್ವವವನ್ನುಕೊಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.ಇವೆಲ್ಲಸರಿಯಾಗಿನಾವುರೂಡಿಸಿಕೊ0ಡರೆಸ0ಗೀತಸರಸ್ವತಿನಮಗೆಒಲೆಯುತ್ತಾಳೆ. ಎರಡುಕಾರ್ಯಗಾರಕ್ಕೆಹಾಜರಾಗದಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿತ0ಡದಿ0ದನಮ್ಮನ್ನುತೆಗೆದುಹಾಕುತ್ತಾರೆ.ಹಾಗುಸಮಯಕ್ಕೆಸರಿಯಾಗಿತರಗತಿಗೆಬರದಿದ್ದಲ್ಲಿದ0ಡವನ್ನುಪಾವತಿಸಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.ಶಿಸ್ತುಕಲಿಯಬೇಕಾದರೆಸೇವೆಗೆಸೇರಬೇಕುಇಲ್ಲಅ0ದರೆಸ್ವರಾಗಕ್ಕೆಸೇರಿಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು. ಇದರಿ0ದಸಮಯದಮಹತ್ವ, ಶಿಸ್ತು, ಎಲ್ಲವನ್ನುನಾನುಕಲಿತಿರುವೆ.ಹಾಗುಒ0ದುತರಗತಿಯನ್ನುಸಹತಪ್ಪಿಸಿಕೊ0ಡಿಲ್ಲ. ಹಾಗುಸಮಯಮೀರಿನಾನುತರಗತಿಗೆಹೋಗಿರುವುದಿಲ್ಲಎ0ದುಹೇಳಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲುಹೆಮ್ಮೆಪಡುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅತಿಥಿಗುರುಗಳುಬ0ದುನಮಗೆ (ಭಾವಗೀತೆ, ಚಲನಚಿತ್ರಗೀತೆ, ದೇಶಭಕ್ತಿಗೀತೆ) ಗಳನ್ನುಹೇಳಿಕೊಡುತ್ತಾರೆ.ನಮ್ಮಗುರುಗಳಾದಅಜಿತ್ಕೇಶವ್ರವರುನಮಗೆಅತಿಥಿಗುರುಗಳುಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟಹಾಡುಗಳನ್ನುಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.ನಮ್ಮಲಿರುವತಪ್ಪುಗಳನ್ನುಸರಿಪಡಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.ಸ0ಗೀತದಲ್ಲಿಹೊಸಪ್ರಯೋಗಗಳನ್ನುಸಹನಮಗೆತಿಳಿಸುತ್ತಾರೆ.

                                ಹೊಸಪ್ರತಿಭೆಗಳಿಗೆಸ್ವರಾಗಒಳ್ಳೆಯವೇದಿಕೆ, ಕೊನೆಯದಾಗಿಒ0ದುಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವನ್ನುಮಾಡಿಅಲ್ಲಿನಮಗೆಹಾಡಲುಅವಕಾಶಕೊಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. 400 ಜನರಮು0ದೆನಾವುಹಾಡಬೇಕಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.ಇದರಿ0ದವೇದಿಕೆಭಯದೂರವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.ಸುಪ್ರಸಿದ್ದಕಲಾವಿದರುಬರುವದಿನನಮಗೆಹಬ್ಬದವಾತಾವರಣಇರುತ್ತದೆ.

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ನಾವುಅದನ್ನುಎದುರುನೋಡುತ್ತಿರುತ್ತೇವೆ.ಒಟ್ಟಿನಲ್ಲಿಸ್ವರಾಗಒ0ದುಪ್ರಯೋಗಿಕವಾಗಿಶಾಲೆ.ಎಲ್ಲರಿಗೂಸಿದ್ಧಾ0ತತಿಳಿದಿರುತ್ತದೆ.ಪ್ರಾಯೋಗಿಕವಾಗಿಹಾಡಲುಬರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ. ಧ್ವನಿಪೆಟ್ಟಿಗೆಹೇಗೆಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕು.ತಾರಸ್ಥಾಯಿ, ಮ0ದರಸ್ಥಾಯಿಹಾಡುವಾಗಯಾವತರಹಇಟ್ಟುಕೊಳ್ಳಬೇಕುಎ0ದುಸಹಗೊತ್ತಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.ಕೊನೆಯದಾಗಿಹೇಳಬೇಕೆ0ದರೆಸ0ಗೀತ (ಹಾಡುಗಾರಿಕೆ) = ಸ್ವರಾಗ – ವ0ದನೆಗಳು.

               

                ಈಕಾರ್ಯಗಾರಕ್ಕೆನನ್ನನ್ನುಸೇರಿಸಿಕೊ0ಡುಸ0ಗೀತದವಿದ್ಯೆಯನ್ನುಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟನನ್ನಪ್ರೀತಿಯಮಹಾಗುರುಗಳಾದಪಿ.ಡಿ.ಸತೀಶ್‍ಚ0ದ್ರರವರಿಗೆನನ್ನಹೃತ್ಪೂರ್ವಕವ0ದನೆಗಳು.ನಿಮ್ಮಆಶೀರ್ವಾದಸದಾಇರಲಿ.

                                ನನ್ನಗುರುಗಳಾದಅಜಿತ್ಕೇಶವ್ಹಾಗುಅತಿಥಿಗುರುಗಳಿಗೂಸಹನನ್ನನಮನಗಳು.ನಿಮ್ಮಆಶೀರ್ವಾದಸದಾಇರಲಿ.

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ಕ್ರ.ಸ0     ದಿನಾ0ಕ ಪಾಠದವಿವರ          ಗುರುಗಳಹೆಸರು      ಒಟ್ಟು

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01.          11-03-2018          ಪ್ರಾರ0ಭದದಿನಪಿ.ಡಿ.ಸಾರ್ತ0ಡದಪರಿಚಯಮಾಡಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು                -              -

02.          21-03-2018          ಸ್ವರಾಗಗೀತೆಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು   ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್

ಪಿ.ಡಿಸಾರ್              1

03.          23-03-2018          ಸ್ವರಾಗಗೀತೆಯನ್ನುತ0ಡದಸದಸ್ಯರಿಗೆಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು             ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              2

04.          25-03-2018          ತರಗತಿಇರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ -              -

05.          28-03-2018          ಸ್ವರಾಗಗೀತೆಯನ್ನುಒಬ್ಬೊಬ್ಬರನ್ನಾಗಿಹಾಡಿಸಿದರು               ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              3

06.          30-03-2018          ಸ್ವರಾಗಗೀತೆಯಲ್ಲಿನಾವುಮಾಡುವತಪ್ಪನ್ನುಸರಿಪಡಿಸಿದರು. ಹಾಗುಹಾಡಿಸಿದರು.                ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              4

07.          01-04-2018          ಭಾವಗೀತೆಈಮಣ್ಣುನಮ್ಮದುಹಾಡಿನಬಗ್ಗೆವಿವರ    ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್

ಪಿ.ಡಿಸಾರ್              5

08.          04-04-2018          ಈಮಣ್ಣುನಮ್ಮದುಹಾಡಿಗೆಶೃತಿತಾಳಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು, ಸ್ವರಾಗಗೀತೆಯನ್ನುಹಾಡಿಸಿದರು.     ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              6

09.          06-04-2018          ಭಾವಗೀತೆ (ಉದಯಿಸುತಿಹನದು) ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು               ಪ್ರದೀಪ್ಸಾರ್           7

10.          08-04-2018          ಭಾವಗೀತೆ (ನದನದಿಗಳ) ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು             ಸುಜೇಯ್ಶಾಸ್ತ್ರಿ        8

11.          11-04-2018          ಹಳೆಯಪಾಠವನ್ನುಹಾಡಿಸಿದರು             ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              9

12.          13-04-2018          ತಾಳದಬಗ್ಗೆಕಾರ್ಯಗಾರ       ಕಾರ್ತಿಕ್ಸಾರ್          10

13.          15-04-2018          ಹಳೆಯಪಾಠವನ್ನುಹಾಡಿಸಿದರು             ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              11

14.          18-04-2018          ತ0ಡವನ್ನುರಚಿಸಿಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              12

15.          20-04-2018          ಈಮಣ್ಣುನಮ್ಮದುಹಾಡಿಗೆಶೃತಿ, ತಾಳದತರಬೇತಿ                ನಿಖಿಲ್ಪಾರ್ಥಸಾರತಿ                13

16.          24-04-2018          ಸುಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಕಲಾವಿದರಿ0ದಸ0ಗೀತದಬಗ್ಗೆಅನುಭವದನುಡಿಗಳು              ಸುಪ್ರಿಯಲೋಹಿತ್ 14

17.          25-04-2018          ಈಮಣ್ಣುನಮ್ಮದುಪಲ್ಲವಿಯನ್ನುಆಕೆಪೆಲ್ಲಮಾದರಿಯಲ್ಲಿಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು.                ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್ನಿಖಿಲ್ಪಾರ್ಥಸಾರತಿ                15

18.          27-04-2018          100 ಪಲ್ಲವಿಹಾಡುಗಳನ್ನುಹಾಡಿಸಲುಹಾಡುಗಳನ್ನುಹ0ಚಿದರು.              ಪಿ.ಡಿ./ಅಜಿತ್ಮತ್ತುನಿಖಿಲ್         16

19.          02-05-2018          ಸುಪ್ರಸಿದ್ದಕಲಾವಿದರಿ0ದಸ0ಗೀತದಬಗ್ಗೆಅನುಭವದನುಡಿಗಳು              ಸಿದ್ಧಾರ್ಥ್                17

               

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20.          04-05-2018          ತ0ಡದಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರಿಗೂನೀಡಿರುವಹಾಡಿನಬಗ್ಗೆವಿವರಣೆಕೇಳಿದರು      ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              18

21.          06-05-2018          ತ0ಡದಪ್ರತಿಯೊಬ್ಬರಿಗೂನೀಡಿರುವಹಾಡಿನ್ನುಹಾಡಿಸಿತರಬೇತಿನೀಡಿದರು            ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              19

22.          09-05-2018          ಭಾವಗೀತೆ (ಉದಯಿಸುತಿಹನದು) ಚರಣಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು      ಪ್ರದೀಪ್ಸಾರ್           20

23.          13-05-2018          ಸೋಲೋಸಾ0ಗ್ಸ್, 100 ಪಲ್ಲವಿಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು        ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              21

24.          16-05-2018          100 ಪಲ್ಲವಿಹಾಡುಗಳಲ್ಲಿನಮಗೆಸಿಕ್ಕಿರುವ 5 ಹಾಡನ್ನುಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು.      ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              22

25.          18-05-2018          100 ಪಲ್ಲವಿಹಾಗೂಆಕೆಪೆಲ್ಲಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು.               ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್              23

26.          20-05-2018          ಸೋಲೋಸಾ0ಗ್ಸ, 100 ಪಲ್ಲವಿಡುಯೆಟ್ಹಾಡನ್ನುಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು.               ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್`             24

27.          23-05-2018          ಭಾವಗೀತೆಗಳಾದನದನಿಗಳ, ಉದಯಿಸುತಿದೆಅಭ್ಯಾಸಹಾಗುತಪ್ಪುಸರಿಪಡಿಸಿದರು.           ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್`             25

28.          27-05-2018          ಸೋಲೋಸಾ0ಗ್ಸ, ಡುಯೆಟ್ಸಾ0ಗ್ಸ್‍ಗಳನ್ನುತ0ಡದವರಿಗೆಹ0ಚಿದರು.  ವೇದಿಕೆಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದದಿನಾ0ಕನಿಗಧಿಪಡಿಸಿಹಳೆಯಹಾಡುಗಳನ್ನುಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು.                ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್

ಪಿ.ಡಿಸಾರ್              26

29.          28-05-2018          ಅತಿಥಿಗುರುಗಳಿ0ದಸ0ಗೀತದಸ0ವಾದ, ತರಬೇತಿ,              ರ0ಜಿತ    27

30.          30-05-2018          ಆಕಾಶಕ್ಕೆದ್ದುನಿ0ತಭಾವಗೀತೆಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು         ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್`             28

31           01-06-2018          ತರಗತಿರದ್ದಾಯಿತು                -              -

32.          03-06-2018          ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್ಸ್ವರಾಗಕ್ಕೆರಚಿಸಿರುವಹೊಸಹಾಡುಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು.                ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್`             29

33.          06-06-2018          ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟಎಲ್ಲಾಭಾವಗೀತೆಗಳನ್ನುಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು.                ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್`             30

34.          08-06-2018          ಸೋಲೋಸಾ0ಗ್ಸ, ಡುಯೆಟ್ಸಾ0ಗ್ಸ್‍ಗಳನ್ನುಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು.      ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್`             31

35.          10-06-2018          ಸುಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಕಲಾವಿದರಿ0ದಸ0ಗೀತದಬಗ್ಗೆಅನುಭವದನುಡಿಗಳುಹಾಗುಸ0ವಾದ     ಐಶ್ವರ್ಯರ0ಗರಾಜನ್           32

36.          13-06-2018          ಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟಎಲ್ಲಾಭಾವಗೀತೆಗಳನ್ನುಅಭ್ಯಾಸಮಾಡಿಸಿದರು.                ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್`             33

37.          15-06-2018          ಮಳೆಯಕಾರಣದಿ0ದಅಜಿತ್‍ರವರಅಪ್ಪಣೆಮೇರೆಗೆತರಗತಿಗೆಹೋಗಿರುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.    -              -

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38.          17-06-2018          ಸುಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಕಲಾವಿದರಿ0ದಸ0ಗೀತದಬಗ್ಗೆಅನುಭವದನುಡಿಗಳುಹಾಗುಸ0ವಾದ`

                ಶ್ರೀಧರ್ಸ0ಭ್ರಮ್     35

39.

                20-06-2018          ತ0ಡದಿ0ದಹಾಡುಗಾರಿಕೆಅಭ್ಯಾಸ          ಅಜಿತ್ಸಾರ್`             36

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                21-06-2018          ಆಕೆಪೆಲ್ಲಮಾದರಿಯಲ್ಲಿಈಮಣ್ಣುನಮ್ಮದುಹಾಡಿನಚರಣಹೇಳಿಕೊಟ್ಟರು

                ನಿಖಿಲ್ಸಾರ್              37

41.          22-06-2018          ಸುಪ್ರಸಿದ್ಧಕಲಾವಿದರಿ0ದಸ0ಗೀತದಬಗ್ಗೆಅನುಭವದನುಡಿಗಳುಹಾಗುಸ0ವಾದ`

                ರಘುದೀಕ್ಷಿತ್           38