Sri Kamalambike Performed by Students of Carnatic Music at Wesleyan University

[pbharatan]

Great - just one word - completely spellbound. Each one of them has lots of grace from the Supreme lord. They showed great culture and humility on stage. The teachers must be equally praised, hope they only keep growing from here

[ValliIV]

Great! Hats off to their interest and effort

[visalykumar]

Salute them for their effort. though born and brought up in a entirely different culture way of living they have done fantastically. that too a tough kamalambika.HATS OFF!

[Manikandankv1]

Wonderful and mind blowing... Infact Indian Govt. and Cultural Associations should encourage and promote these artists for their tremendous effort.

All the best to them and their Guru.

[musha0118]

Wow, Amazing gifted students. Mam Kamala,please encourage these amasing students more and more.We appriciate well. very good attempt.Go ahead.ALL THE BEST .

[RAMESHKOTIKALAPUDI]

excellent rendition. It's surprising that somany non-indian folks have taken sunch a keen interest in this music. The performance is of high class both in shruthi and rendering of lyrics. Amazing talent and dedication. Congratulations to all the students.

[ramsankar1969]

Very Nice performance and good raga alapana.I like it very much.I linked this video to my blog.Thanks for wesleyan university.

Sriram sankar.

[pdcub5]

well done you guys are amazing keep up the great work and keep posting your performances its truely a pleasure to watch.

[Vinzfriction93]

Love that. Hats off. They prouved us that music don't have barriers. WHAT A PERFORMANCE!!!!!!!!!!

[govindarajanns]

It deserves all appreciation westerners playing carnatic music with proper intonation and pronunciation that too taking up Dikshitar"s kriti. these days they evince greater interest in our music-hats off

[srinivasan8589]

what a performance what a pronounciation and what a raga deliniation. Hats off to the Guru and the singers. Vsriivasan chennai

[rrsrid]

Amazing performance! The pronounciation of the words is so authentic! I bow to your dedication and committment to south Indian carnatic music!

Raji

[vaidyanathan33]

Splendid performance in Sree raagam--It is a wonder how the students mastered the lyric, raaga and sruthi so perfectly--Pranaams to thei r gurus vaidyanathan

[Sattu999]

Splendid performance of both vocal and supporting instrumental. Iam quite jealous of you folks :-) ..for the kind of diction, raga alapana and talam.Please post more!

[MrMadhu13]

An amazing performance by these American kids! From the alaapana to the end of the keerthana it was a wonderful experience. Shruthi, Laya and perfect Talam !! Congratulations to Ethnomusic Department of Wesleyan University. How long you are training these kids? Muthuswamy Diktshithar's "Kamalambike" in Sri Ragam is not an easy one to master. I heard it several times. Congratulations to Mr. Balu and Mr. David Nelson for taking pains to teach classical carnatic music to these dedicated kids !!

[belkaler]

It is splendid performance and unbelievable. The sublime music has all the purity that is required of a masterpiece. Kudos to the singers and accomapanists.

[sarvapratham]

I was moved to tears...Simply beautiful...

[Goofy30000]

Amazing! That song is not easily mastered.

[Rajehari]

This is quite.. the most amazing video I've ever seen! Congrats on the wonderful effort.

[vsnatarajan]

hey team

wonderful.

This 'Sri" ragam is so melodius.

But more than the Raga, the song, layam ans shruthi,

look into the background of this song.

what is Nava Avarna.

You people then will start a great new mystic and self realizing journey.

may the primordial Goddess lalitha Grace your efforts.

[maknam]

Good job!

[krisongomes]

all carnatic musicians should help them. this is the best way to take our carnatic music more step ahead. EXCELLENT GUYS . WE ARE HAPPY TO SEE YOU ALL AND WHATEVER DOUBTS YOU CAN CHECK WITH MR.KJ YESUDAS - GHANA GHANDRVAN LIVING IN THE USA.

[KeeraJordan]

Amazing!

[08025727890]

totally stunned by their excellent rendering of shruthi and "hats off" to their hard work

[yeshprab]

I was quite moved by their performance. They sang not only in excellent shruti, but with bhava too. That is no small feat. To sing like this takes a great deal of practice. Even her alapana was good. As a Carnatic vocalist myself, I was quite stunned. They are indeed very fortunate to have such a good teacher, and the teacher is very fortunate to have a group of such dedicated students. Truly a magnificent performance. My congratulations to the entire group.

Yesh Prabhu, Plainsboro, NJ

[zsherinian]

Amazing Alapana and of course superb mrdangam performance. Long live Karnatak music at Wesleyan University. It is so interesting that so few of those who have commented realize that Wesleyan's program in Karnatak music has been going on for over 35 years. This level of performance is not new, although this is one of the best I have heard from Wesleyan Students. Congratulations to B. Balasubrahmaniyan and David Nelson!

[ma2maniac]

r u serius LOL

[arunkann]

i want to listen to their interviews...how they got hooked to carnatic music, their perspective in general! i am very curious ..

[itsdiff]

great job - all the best

[RAMESHKOTIKALAPUDI]

Obviously this is an extraordinary effort. I would be very curious what motivated/inspired this group to invest so much of their effort and time in to learning this music. Needless to say every individual is extremely talented.

[mvkamalaramani]

Amazing indeed!

Hats off to the participants and all my respects to the great teacher who took all the pains in teaching this composition.

MVKR

[khandavilly]

Incredible performance by non-indian students. Great command over pronunciation along with techniques of carnatic music. Westerners ability of doing things from their heart is highly exemplifies here. Accolades to Mr. Balu for shaping them up on all fronts including in Carnatic Music

[Braandan]

Superb!!

[karthickap]

Really painstaking performance.

[singseeman135]

Its really an extrodinary performance, no words to say more than that,

[gravikiran]

Hats off to the Guru for the painstaking training...admirable!!

[music7866]

Hats off !

Music has no language barrier. This is a combination of Dedicated Students with an excellent Guru Mr.Balu. Great rendition and long live this group.

Somewhere someone has to continue with culture and tradition.. these students have proved it.

best wishes with a standing ovation

Music lover

ps:Students back in India are into RAP.and break dance.what an irony!!

[roodawgy]

For our great non-Indians to learn carnatic music is a feat within itself.

White ppl and black ppl, and all other ppl rule!!!

As well as indian ppl!!

[pallavid]

Excellent! Great conviction, great rendition!

[gvaidee]

I am a person of Indian origin but embraced American citizenship and live in Texas with my family following all South Indian traditions and culture. I am truly amazed at the high level of learnig achieved by the Americans not belonging to Indian culture. I am so proud to be an American. Like President-elect Obama said, "we can". Congratulations. Ganapathi Vaideeswaran

[smithaprasanna]

Amazing music! The way they have maintained the shruti throughout is commendable. The clarity and pronunciation of the lyrics are excellent. Thoroughly enjoyed the performance. Do post more videos.

[chitraravindran]

Mind blowing performance! Great effort on raga,diction and tala. Amazing effort by these students and appreciate Mr.Balu for training them beautifully. Looking forward to more performances.Good wishes.

[ppadmana]

Amazing! Sri Ragam is not the easiest of ragams; has so many subtle nuances. Looking forward to see more performances from this group. Looks like the legacy of John Higgins is still alive.

[karthikortho]

Wow!! Amazing!!

[jayanthigk]

remarkable. even to sit cross legged is a difficult exercise for foreigners not to speak of mastering the raga and diction. Great effort indeed. Heard it many times. congratulations to all of them.

[remahariharan]

I am so impressed at the level of perfection that these singers have achieved in a music that is so fully based on such a foreign culture! Hats off to you guys for your dedication and talent!

[rathikacharan]

Amazing Presentation! Hail Mutthuswami Dikshithar!

[sprasadv]

Long Live these blessed Souls!!