Performer Instructions:
MOST Important!! Everybody should try to come at least 1n hour before your times because we are extremely tight for time .. About 25 items need to be finished by 12.30 pm and another 15 more by 2.30 pm before we start Navaratri krutis and then go to TNK/SK concert .. We can only do about 8 to 10 more items after the concert before the Dance program .. Please cooperate, because if you miss a turn, we absolutely will NOT be able to fit you in till possibly 9.00 pm after the dance program! ..
There is time crunch as always and we will be enforcing a One-Minute Strict limit on raaga aalaapanams! .. Sorry about this - we do know that this is an important part of singing a song, and have generally not asked you to cut it down in many past ST Days, but we are out of options due to time constraints. Also, please do NOT ask your violinists to do repeat aalaapanams. Do a quick aalaapanam to clear your throat and go to the song immediately, PLEASE! (We hope that some of you would also consider it a nice challenge and a learning experience, doing quick aalaapanams -- Pls. listen to some of Ariyakkudi's old 3 minute "plate" recordings if you need reference on how to do it!)
Accompaniments: Please inform us backstage if you have not talked to the accompanying artists. Please be back stage at least two songes ahead of your turn - or we may simply assume you are not present and drop the item; then we will amost surely not have time to squeeze in your item later!
Tell us your song and shruti early (first come first served in song selection!) .. Email us your shruti!! .. All the mrudangams will be tuned to the western scales. Please check what your shruti is, on the western scales [Here they are --1 katta = C, 2 = D, 3 = E, 4 = F, 5 = G, 6 = A. The half kattas are as in 4.5 = F sharp]. Please email (jaykay @ translab.its.uci.edu) us with your shruti earlier. If we had listed your shruti in last year's program and it has not changed, you don't need to do anything. Thank you!
| (9.15 am) Bhaavayaami Raghuraam | Group Rendition | Raagamaalika | G 5 |
| (9.30 am) Morning Session | |||
| Raama Raama Pahi Raama | Bhupaalam | Aishwarya Iyer | A 6 |
| Saarasa Samamukha | Khamaj | Adithi Iyer, Meera Swaminath, Prerana Nadig, | A 6 |
| Eshani Sathylingam and Sanjana Krishna (Vocal), | |||
| Krishnan Guruswamy and Sidharth Krishnan (keyboard) | |||
| Taapashamanam Mudamayi | Saaranganaatta | Sanjana Srinivas and Srilakshmi (vocal), | A 6 |
| Gayathri Krishnan, Shobha Ambi, Swathi Iyer, | |||
| Shilpa Sethuraman, and Girsh Iyer (keyboard) | |||
| Bhogeendra Shaayinam | Kuntalavaraali | Arjun Prakash (Keyboard) | G 5 |
| Seve Shree Padmanaabham | Mohanam | Kanthi Athreya | G 5 |
| Deva Deva Kalayaamite | Maayaamaalavagowla | Sagar Vaidyanathan | G 5 |
| Maamava Sadaa Jananee | Kaanada | Indumati Rajaraman (Veena) | E 3 |
| Paripaalaya Saraseeruha Lochana | Pantuvaraali | Vikram Vaidyanathan | E 3 |
| Sarojanaabha | Chakravakam | Rishikesh Menon | E 3 |
| Smarajanaka Shubhacharita | Behag | Kiran Athreya (Violin) | E 3 |
| Bhaavayaami Nandakumaaram | Shreeragam | Shreerag Jayakrishnan | D* 2.5 |
| (11 am) Late-Morning Session | |||
| Narasimha Maamava | Aarabhi | Sangeetha Anand (Veena) | D* 2.5 |
| Paripaalaya Mam | Reetigowla | Vikram Iyer | D* 2.5 |
| Paalaya Maadhava | Asaaveri | Karthik Mysore | G 5 |
| TBD | TBD | Soumya Sreeram | G 5 |
| Pankaja Lochana | Kalyaani | Ganesh Panchapagesan (Flute) | |
| Gopaalaka Paahimaam | Revagupti | Pallavi Bugga, Varshini Sundaram, Anupama Tatanki | G* 5.5 |
| Krupaya Paalaya | Chaarukesi | Mayuri Vasan | G* 5.5 |
| Saarasaaksha Paripaalaya | Pantuvaraali | Divya Asuri, Swati Narayan, Vidhu Sundaram | G* 5.5 |
| (12 pm) Afternoon Session | |||
| Paramapurusha Jagadeeswara | Vasantam | Srinivas Balaji | C* 1.5 |
| Paripaahi Ganaadhipa | Saaveri | Ram Menon | C* 1.5 |
| Smarasada Maanasa | Bilahari | Pradeep Bugga | C* 1.5 |
| Bhogeendra Shaayinam | Kuntalavaraali | Sreeram Varadarajan | C* 1.5 |
| Mohanam Tava Vapurayi | Mohnam | Balakrishna Panikkar | A 6 |
| Maamava Sadaa Jananee | Kaanada | RaamaNarayanan Srivatsan | A 6 |
| Aanjaneya | Saaveri | Kiran Gollapudi | C 1 |
| Paramabhadrakara Panchanadeesha | Dwijavanti | R. Jayakrishnan | C 1 |
| Alarshara Paritaapam | Churutti | Hari Nair | C 1 |
| Bhajabhaja Maanasa | Sindhubhairavi | Chinmayi Devi | F 4 |
| Kanakamayamaayeedum | Huseni | Vidya Sitaraman | F 4 |
| (1.30 pm) Late Afternoon Session | |||
| Jatiswaram | Bilahari | Devika | G* 5.5 |
| Vande Sada Padmanaabham | Navarasa Kannada | Karthika Ashok | G* 5.5 |
| Bhavati Vishwaaso | Mukhaari | Anu Murthy | G* 5.5 |
| Paarvati Naayaka | Bhowli | Aditya & Chandramohan Thiruvankulam | F* 4.5 |
| Jayajaya Padmanaabhaanujesha | Manirangu | Hyma Kavuri | F* 4.5 |
| Jayajaya Padmanaabha Muraare | Sarasaangi | Sindu Pillai | F* 4.5 |
| Gopanandana Valaripunuta | Bhooshaavali | Shiva Ramamurthi | G 5 |
| (2.30 pm) Navaraatri Krutis | |||
| Jananee Maamava | Bhairavi | Anand Rajan (Violin) | |
| Jananee Paahi | Shuddha Saaveri | Sahana Shankar | G 5 |
| Paahi Parvatanandini | Aarabhi | Vini Sundaram | G* 5.5 |
| Devi Jagajjanani | Shankaraabaranam | Aishwarya Chandhiramouli | G* 5.5 |
| Devi Paavane | Saaveri | Aparna Ranganath | F* 4.5 |
| Paahimaam Vageeshwari | Kalyani | Subhapriya Krishnan Srivatsan | F 4 |
| Saroruhaasana Jaaye | Pantuvaraali | Vani Ramamurthi | G 5 |
| (4 pm) Father-Son Duet - Chief Guest Prof. T.N. Krishnan & Sriram Krishnan | |||
| (5.15 pm) Awards & recognitions | |||
| (5.25 pm) Tiruvitaankoor National Anthem | Kumari and Madhavan Kutti Nair | ||
| (5.30 pm) Tiruvaatirakali | OHM Ladies - Sindu Pillai & Party | ||
| (5.45 pm) Hindusthani Session | |||
| Abadh Sukhadaayi | Kaafi | Babu Parameswaran Jr. | G 5 |
| Karunaanidhaan Kunj Ke Bihari | Hamir Kalyaan | Tiruvaiyaru S. R. Krishnan | A* 6.5 |
| Chaliye Kunajan | Brindaavan Saaranga | Rukmini Raghunathan | F* 4.5 |
| Jayajaya Devi | Kalaavati | Hindusthani Session | G* 5.5 |
| (6.30 pm) Evening Session | |||
| Satatam Taavaka | Kharaharapriya | Hemmige V. Srivatsan | C 1 |
| Jalajanaabha | KedaaraGowla | Raam Murthy | D 2 |
| SumaSaaayaka Vidhura | Kaapi | Sandeep Narayan | D 2 |
| Shreekumaara Nagaraalaye | Adhaana | Shubha Narayan | F* 4.5 |
| (7.15 pm) Dance Program (Adi Sankara Academy) | |||
| (8.30 pm) Night Session | |||
| Jayajaya Padmanaabhaanujesha | Manirangu | Joseph Poozhikala (Keyboard) | D 2 |
| Saarasa Lochana | Kalyani | Swetha Kambhampati | G* 5.5 |
| Kaantaa Tava Pizha | Adhaana | Heera Nair | G* 5.5 |
| Mangalam | |||