The Aradhana is scheduled, as always, for the Easter weekend. This year, those dates, including the concerts following the Aradhana, fall between the dates March 22 – March 30 , 2008 .
Ticketed programs have been marked with a (*) or (†).
| Friday, March 21, 2008 | |
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| 9:00am – 5:00pm | Music Competition |
| 6:30pm | Nrithya Lahari — A Special Program of Sree Venkateswara Temple of Cleveland with Smt. Ramya Ramnarayan (Bharatanatyam) and Dr. Kamala Reddy (Kuchipudi) |
| Saturday, March 22, 2008 | |
| 7:00am | Puja — Prayer and Worship |
| 7:30am | Bhajans by children |
| 8:00am | Pancharatna Krithis — Group singing of Thyagaraja's five greatest compositions |
| 9:30am – 3:30pm | Individual participation |
| 3:30pm | Chennai Online and the Aradhana Committee present Release of Sri A. Sundaresan's book Rare Kritis of Trinity Release of Dr Pappu Venugopal's book Science of Sri Chakra Release of Sri K.N. Shashikiran's book Learning Carnatic Music is Fun Release of Melakartha Ganamalika, compositions of Dr Ashok Madhav |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Lalgudi Sri G.J.R. Krishnan & Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (Violin duo) accompanied by Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira). |
| 6:30pm – 7:00pm | Felicitation and Awards ceremony |
| 7:15pm | Sustaining Sampradaya: Prahlada Bhakti Vijayam, concert by the Torch Bearers from the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana family. |
| Sunday, March 23, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 12:00pm * | Golden Voice and Silken Strings: Sri R.K. Shrikantan (Vocal) with Prof. Sri R.S. Ramakanth (Vocal support) accompanied by Sri N. Ravikiran (Chitravina), Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam), Sri Babu (mridangam). |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Prize distribution |
| 2:15pm – 4:15pm | Sri Srivalsan Menon (Vocal) accompanied by Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira). |
| 4:30pm – 6:30pm | Smt. Kalpagam Swaminathan (Veena) accompanied by Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam), Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira). |
| 7:00pm † | Tradition of the Tanjore Quartet — A special Bharatanatyam program featuring Smt. Rhadha, Kum. Narthaki Nataraj, and Smt. Roja Kannan, with Kum. Pranathi, Kum. Sivasri, and Kum. Abinaya. Smt. Savithri Jagannatha Rao (Nattuvangam) |
| Monday, March 24, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 10:15am | Lecture-Demonstration by Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan |
| 10:30am – 12:00pm | Lecture-Demonstration by Smt. Sudharani Raghupathy |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Talavadyam concert by Sri T.S. Nandakumar |
| 2:15pm – 4:15pm | Mambalam Sri M.K.S. Siva (Nadaswaram) and Sri K. Durga Prasad (Nadaswaram), accompanied by Sri P. Arulanandan (thavil) and Sri V.M. Palanivel (thavil) |
| 4:30pm – 7:00pm * | Smt. Gayathri Venkataraghavan (Vocal) accompanied by Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin), Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
| 7:15pm * | Sustaining Sampradaya: Kamalamba Nava Varnam, concert by the Torch Bearers from the Cleveland Thyagaraja Aradhana family, with additional commentary by Pappu Sri Venugopal Rao. |
| Tuesday, March 25, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 11:00am | Smt. M.S. Sheela (Vocal) accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin), Toronto Sri Gowrishankar (mridangam) |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Swaralayamrutham: Group Presentation led by Smt. Rajeshwari Bhat of Houston TX, accompanied by Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam), Sri Mayuran Manogaran (mridangam), Sri Ganesh Ramnarayan (kanjira) |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Kum. Aishwarya Venkataraman (Violin) accompanied by Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam) |
| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Salem Sri Sriram (Vocal) accompanied by Sri Suhas Rao (violin), Sri Vasudevan Nambudiri (mridangam) |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Sikkil Sri Gurucharan (Vocal) accompanied by Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), Neyveli Sri Skandasubramaniam (mridangam) |
| 6:45pm * | Sri N. Ravikiran (Chitravina) accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Subhalakshmi (violin), Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam) |
| Wednesday, March 26, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 11:00am | Prof. Sri R.S. Ramakanth (Vocal) accompanied by Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin), Ramnad Sri V. Raghavan (mridangam) |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Guru Samarpanam: Group Presentation by Disciples of Sri A. Sundaresan accompanied by Smitha Krishnan (violin), Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam), Sri Vasudevan Nambudiri (mridangam), Sri Ganesh Ramnarayan (kanjira) |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Sri Ravi Ramdas (Vocal) accompanied by Smt. Pavani Mallajosyula (violin), Sri Vivek Chellappa (mridangam) |
| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Toronto Brothers Ashwin Iyer & Rohin Iyer (Vocal) accompanied by Sri Keshav Raghavan (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Sri. V.K. Manimaran (Vocal) accompanied by Nagai Sri Sriram (violin), Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam), Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
| 6:45pm * | Neyveli Sri R. Santhanagopalan (Vocal) accompanied by Sri V.V. Ravi (violin), Guruvayoor Sri Dorai (mridangam) |
| Thursday, March 27, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 11:00am | Smt. Nirmala Sundararajan and Smt. Subhashini Parthasarathy (Vocal) accompanied by Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin), Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Kum. Sharanya Sivakumar (Vocal) accompanied by Lalgudi Smt. Vijayalakshmi (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Smt. Revathy Subramony (PA) (Vocal) accompanied by Sri Keshav Raghavan (violin), Sri Ramesh Srinivasan (mridangam) |
| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Sri Girish (Vocal) accompanied by Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin), Sri Babu (mridangam) |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Lalgudi Smt. Srimathi Brahmanandam and Smt. Anuradha Sridhar (Violin) accompanied by Sri Sriram (mridangam) |
| 6:45pm * | Rudrapatnam Brothers Sri R.N. Thyagarajan and Sri R.N. Tharanathan (Vocal) accompanied by Sri V.V. Ravi (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam), Cleveland Sri R. Balasubramaniam (kanjira) |
| Friday March 28, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 11:00am | Smt. Jayalakshmi Santhanam (Vocal) accompanied by Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
| 11:00am – 12:00pm | Smt. Bhushany Kalyanaraman (Vocal) accompanied by Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin), Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam) |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Smt. Kalpana Venkat (Vocal) accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin), Sri Arjun Narayan (mridangam) |
| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Smt. Sankari Krishnan (Vocal) accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin), Sri Venkat Janardhanan (mridangam) |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Carnatica Brothers Sri K.N. Shashikiran and Sri P. Ganesh (Vocal) accompanied by Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin), Vellore Sri G. Ramabhadran (mridangam), Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam) |
| 6:45pm * | Sri O.S. Thiagarajan (Vocal) accompanied by Sri B. Raghavendra Rao (violin), Thanjavur Sri Murugaboopathy (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
| Saturday, March 29, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 12:00pm * | Manakkal Sri Rangarajan (Vocal) accompanied by Sri Jaishankar Balan (violin), Manakkal Sri S. Sriram (mridangam) |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Competition Winner accompanied by Akkarai Kum. Swarnalatha (violin), Thiruvarur Sri Vaidyanathan (mridangam) |
| 2:15pm – 3:45pm | Smt. Jayalakshmi Sekhar (Veena) accompanied by Sri Bala Shankar (mridangam) |
| 4:00pm – 6:30pm | Smt. Suguna Varadachari (Vocal) accompanied by Smt. Ranjani Arun (violin), Sri Vinod Seetharaman (mridangam), Sri Karthik Venkataraman (kanjira) |
| 6:45pm * | Madurai Sri T.N. Seshagopalan (Vocal) accompanied by Sri V.V. Ravi (violin), Mannargudi Sri A. Easwaran (mridangam), Sri Ravi Balasubramaniam (ghatam) |
| Sunday, March 30, 2008 | |
| 9:00am – 12:00pm | Margam — A Journey featuring Smt. Kalanidhi Narayanan and Smt. Sudharani Raghupathy with dancers from the Dance Workshop |
| 1:00pm – 2:00pm | Smt. Divya Kasthuri (Bharatanatyam) |
| 2:15pm – 6:00pm | Dance Competition |
* This is a ticketed program. Tickets are $15 each.
† This is a ticketed program. Tickets are $25 each.
Season tickets are $150, and are valid for all programs.
All tickets will be available for purchase at the venue.
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