Browsing Tag: Gurmat sangeet

Gurmat Sangeet revival by youth, the History & Reality ~ goes online: The Department of Gurmat Sangeet, Punjabi University, Patiala, recently made its (1,800 hours) music archives available online. Presently Dean, Faculty of Art and Culture as well as the founder professor and head of the department, Dr. Gurnam Singh is one of the catalysts in the promotion of Gurbani music.
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International musical concert - Gurmat Sangeet ~ Press Release: It promises to be a unique experience of carefully preserved cultural and spiritual musical art forms. The concert is open to the public.
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Event: G6 Summit - An International Spiritual Music Concert: October 15, 2011, 5:30 pm; Raj Academy (UK) & Sikh Education and Welfare Association Inc (Roswell, GA) cordially invite you and your family to an evening of spiritual music from sub-continental India. Please join us in an concert of human emotions, evinced through special musical notes (called "Raags") performed on string and percussion instruments which have been carefully preserved for the last 500 years.
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Event: The Guru's Beloved Bards: September 18, 2011, 11:00 am; Talks & demos by experts, part of the 2011 Golden Temple Exhibition in London
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Evolution of Indian & Sikh Classical Raag Tradition: There is a mistaken belief amongst Gurbani Keertan purists sometimes that Indian and Sikh classical raags have remained static over the centuries. Gurbani singers like Sikh “world music” genre pioneer, Dya Singh of Australia, are at the receiving end of criticism because they do not always stick to the beaten track of traditional Gurbani Keertan sung to prescribed raag bases.
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Demand for ragis on the rise in India & abroad: The demand for professional ragis is increasing in India and abroad. This is helping hundreds of boys and girls from rural Punjab in making career in this field after procuring a professional degree. The Department of Gurmat Sangeet, Punjabi University, is helping them to strike the right chord in this direction.
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Bibi Jasbir Kaur Khalsa ~ A Tribute to the Doyenne of Gurmat Sangeet: Bibi Jasbir Kaur Khalsa, Chairperson of Sri Guru Gian Parkash Foundation, New Delhi, India, and a member of the Punjabi University Senate, passed away on Thursday, February 10, 2011, at her residence in Ludhiana, Punjab. The final moment came when she was offering ardaas after suffering a massive heart attack.
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Gurmat Sangeet Darbar (Atlanta) - A Soulful Event: Sangat from metro Atlanta area and other adjoining cities, witnessed and experienced a soul refreshing and exhilarating event - the classical singing of the Shabads in Raags, using the instruments which existed or were invented in court of Guru Sahebaan's.
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Bhai KULTAR SINGH: Saviour of the "Gurmat Sangeet" of the First Five Gurus: ..being the son of highly celebrated Late Bhai Avtar Singh ji ..Bhai Kultar Singh has several advantages as a "Gurbani Kirtania". His ancestors were associated with the "Guru Darbars" some four hundred years ago. As such they had a unique exposure to the prevalent traditions of "Gurbani Kirtan"in the "Guru Darbars."
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