13th Annual Ashu Babu Memorial Tabla School Concert

As mentioned in the previous post on 2020 Covid Era events, caution about large public events meant that we couldn't feasibly hold our 13th annual tabla school concert on the usual date around Guru Purnima in July. Instead we put together a video offering combining all of my students into a 6 minute arrangement. We were eventually able to use our usual venue, Queensland Multicultural Centre, on Saturday 3rd October:

Altar to Saraswati and Guru-ji Pt Kaviraj Ashutosh Bhattacharya

MCs Keshav and Rishab

Chief Guest Mr Umesh Chandra of Brisbane Indian Times

Opening bhajan by Sharada Murali, with Nikhil Deo (harmonium) and Aditya Joshi (tabla)

Beginners tabla duet: Rayansh Shah and Arshaan Ameer

Adults tabla quartet: Matthew Ross, Ravi Gokul, Riccardo Ferraro, Shylaja Cherukat

Vocal-Sitar Jugalbandi: Ananya Murali and Anjuha Ketheeswaran, accompanied on tabla by Guhanesh Ganesh

Nikhil Deo gave stable accompaniment to all the tabla performances.

Junior Tabla Septet: Amit Sawant, Dev Gurudev Kewalram, Hiyan Mehta, Mahin Singh, Linesh Gnanavelu, Sreyas Jawajiwar, Vivaan Shah

Senior Tabla Septet in Jhaptaal and Sooltaal: Ashwin Premraj, Rishab Jawajiwar, Aarav Vaidya, Guhanesh Ganesh, Aditya Krishna Joshi, Shainthra Birabaharan, Keshav Siraparapu

Sitar recital by Anjuha Ketheeswaran, accompanied on tabla by Jesinthan Ketheeswaran and Arun Pillai

Tabla solo in Jai Taal (13 matras) by Sri Shen Flindell

Videos of the concert can be found on Facebook.