British Carnatic Choir

British Carnatic Choir
Choir

British Carnatic Choir Logo

Logo of the British Carnatic Choir
Founded 12 June 2015 (2015-06-12)
Founder ShruthiUK
Genre Carnatic
Website www.britishcarnaticchoir.com

The British Carnatic Choir (BCC) is a UK-based Carnatic choir group, the first of it's kind in the country.[1][2]

It was launched in 2015 by ShruthiUK, a South Asian arts organisation based in Solihull[3][4] with the aim of creating and exploring choral singing in the South Indian classical music genre.[4][5] According to its website, the ensemble includes children, young adults, music enthusiasts, professionals of both asian and non-asian origin from across the UK.[6]

About the Choir

The choir is the brainchild of UK-based Dr. Chithra Ramakrishnan, herself a prominent Carnatic vocalist and the artistic Director of ShruthiUK, a Solihull-based non-profit South Asian arts and culture organisation.[5][7][8] It's website lists notable British names like Paul Sabapathy (CVO CBE), Carl Rice (Councillor and ex-Mayor of Birmingham) and Indian ones like Neyveli Santhanagopalan and G. J. R. Krishnan[9] (both Sangeet Natak Akademi Award winning Carnatic vocalists), etc. among its patrons.

Performances

It was officially inaugurated on 12 June 2015 at the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce by Chitravina N Ravikiran, a prominent composer and scholar in Carnatic music.[4][10] The choir premiered at the Birmingham Conservatoire in November 2015.[3]

In November 2015 the youth ensemble of this choir performed its inaugural concert with around 120 students from the Sparkhill's Greet Primary School at South & City College Birmingham auditorium by presenting a series of Sanskrit songs.[1]

British Carnatic Choir at its premiere concert at the Birmingham Conservatoire in November 2015

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "The Phoenix Newspaper - November 2015". issuu. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  2. ↑ "Shruthi UK launches the first British Carnatic Choir - New Asian Post". www.newasianpost.com. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  3. 1 2 "Birmingham Conservatoire : British Carnatic Choir Grand Première". www.bcu.ac.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  4. 1 2 3 "SHRUTHI UK officially launches the British Carnatic Choir |". www.britishsouthindians.co.uk. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  5. 1 2 ABPL. "Launch of British Carnatic Choir...". www.asian-voice.com. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  6. ↑ "Tributes paid to MP Jo Cox at anniversary event". ITV News. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  7. ↑ "Shruthi Launches Carnatic Choir | Leading Asian News in the UK". asianlite.com. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
  8. ↑ ABPL. "HM Royal Navy supports Carnatic Choir concert". www.asian-voice.com. Retrieved 2017-06-29.
  9. ↑ "British Carnatic Choir on LinkedIn: "The British Carnatic Choir is…". LinkedIn. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  10. ↑ "New Youth Choir aims to reinforce British values in UK schools". Asian World News. Retrieved 2017-06-27.
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