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June 2016
Leicester UK Mridanga Workshop
Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of mridanga’s historical and theoretical background, as well as proficiency in counting and playing fixed and improvisational compositions in tala for training or performance. Those who demonstrate a command of the material of this level of instruction can earn the title “Prabhakara”.
Find out more »July 2016
Mridanga Workshop Near Bhaktivedanta Manor (exact location to be announced) July 2 & 3
Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of mridanga’s historical and theoretical background, as well as proficiency in counting and playing fixed and improvisational compositions in tala for training or performance. Those who demonstrate a command of the material of this level of instruction can earn the title “Prabhakara”. Students will need a mridanga for the workshop. Order Yours Here
Find out more »August 2016
Beginning Mridanga Workshop: August 6 & 7
Sri Mridanga’s origins extend more than 5,000 years into Vedic antiquity. Primarily employed as an instrument of kirtan and other sacred ritual, its system is a musical expression of the comprehensive philosophy and yogic mysticism of bhakti, the essential Vedic teaching. An obscured art, this tradition of Manoharshaya is now being taught systematically in the West for the first time.
Find out more »Advanced Workshop: August 13 & 14
Sri Mridanga’s origins extend more than 5,000 years into Vedic antiquity. Primarily employed as an instrument of kirtan and other sacred ritual, its system is a musical expression of the comprehensive philosophy and yogic mysticism of bhakti, the essential Vedic teaching. An obscured art, this tradition of Manoharshaya is now being taught systematically in the West for the first time.
Find out more »March 2017
Sacred Rhythm – The Mridanga Tradition
Dates: March 4 10am-3pm, March 5 10am-3pm, Gainesville, FL Sri Mridanga’s origins extend more than 5,000 years into Vedic antiquity. This sacred clay drum is the grandsire of the modern tabla, pakavaj, mridangam, dolak and others. Primarily employed as an instrument of kirtan and other sacred ritual, its system is a musical expression of the comprehensive philosophy and yogic mysticism of bhakti, the essential Vedic teaching. An obscured art, this tradition of Manoharshaya is now being taught systematically in the West…
Find out more »August 2018
Sacred Rhythm: The Mridanga Tradition
Learn Vedic Rhythm Structure as employed for Kirtana and Mridanga accompaniment.
Find out more »January 2019
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Find out more »August 2019
Composing Kirtan in Tala
This will be the definitive crash course in the traditional Vedic system of kirtan composition.
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