Cultural Arts Spring Festival Kick Off with Devotional Fervor: Vishaka Hari
Houston: Vishaka Hari needs no introduction. She narrates stories from the Hindu Puranas (Katha) in many languages (including English), making them come alive with musical compositions (Keerthana) of famous singing saints of India. Her narrative style is simple which she uses skillfully to make esoteric ideas come within everyone’s reach. The musical and expressive elements […]
Classical Arts Society Presents Ramkrishnan Murthy via FB Live
The South Indian NRI diaspora in the US has supported classical carnatic music for more than half a century. This is done both by bringing carnatic musicians to perform here in the US, and by having kids born and raised here learn this art in order for them to stay connected to their Indian roots. […]
Classical Art Society’s Fall Festival Goes Virtual
Houston: Classical Arts Society of Houston invites lovers of Carnatic music, aficionados and connoisseurs alike to view its Fall Festival’s “VIRTUAL” line up from September through December. • Saturday, September 26 at 10 am CST – LecDem by Sikkil Gurucharan It begins with a Facebook live lecture demonstration on Saturday, September 26 at 10 am […]
Classical Choir Voices Soar in Gitanjali to Raise Funds for MTS
PEARLAND: The summer of 2016 had been brutal as The Meenakshi Temple Society has launched an initiative to renovate, expand and upgrade its Kalyana Mandapam, a performance auditorium where many of the large events are held and the adjoining dining hall. The nearly 20 year-old facility needs to be modernized to meet the growing needs […]
Arts Organizations at Houston Arts Alliance Reception
HOUSTON: Two of our Indo American arts organizations were represented at a reception organized by the Houston Arts Alliance at the Wortham Center downtown on Monday, February 29. Several Board members of Samskriti and Classical Arts Society of Houston were on hand at the reception hosted by the five arts districts of Houston to welcome the newly elected Mayor of the […]
Music Explored Beyond Listening and Learning
By Uma Ranganathan HOUSTON: The weekend of April 25, was made memorable by the enlightening, as well as enchanting Spring Festival in its 38th year, hosted by the Classical Arts Society of Houston. The theme for this year’s festival was ‘Music and Wellness’. Following a short welcome address by founders Smt. Prabha Bala and Smt. […]
