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Victor Wooten:
Arguably the world’s most well known bass guitarist, Victor Wooten is an innovator, composer, arranger, lecturer, producer, vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist. He is a skilled naturalist and teacher, a published author, a magician, husband and father of four, and a five-time Grammy award winner.
Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music:
(SAM) is India’s first music college for contemporary rock, jazz and world music. Located in a sprawling campus between Chennai and Pondicherry, SAM is truly every musician’s delight. SAM is bringing Victor Wooten to you on a four city workshop cum concert series along with Prasanna during April 2010. |
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Here's a once in a lifetime opportunity to meet Victor Wooten.
The Workshop:
For the workshop, Victor Wooten will perform, talk, demonstrate various musical ideas/concepts, answer questions etc. A generous amount of time will also be allocated for the musicians in the audience to come up on stage and play with Victor and/or get specific feedback on their music, playing etc.
The Workshop participant also enjoys a free entry for the concert in the evening.
The workshop is open for musicians and music lovers alike.
Workshop Fees: Rs.1500(Includes a free entry for the concert)
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4th April, 2010 |
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Chennai, Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall |
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5th April, 2010 |
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Bangalore, Cathedral High School Auditorium |
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7th April, 2010 |
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Kolkatta, G D Birla Sabhaghar |
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The Concert:
Victor Wooten and Prasanna are known world wide as major innovators on their respective instruments - bass and guitar. Between them they represent the best of 21st century music that brings in elements of Funk, Hip hop, Carnatic music, Jazz, Blues, Classical music, avant garde and everything else they feed on in a melting pot of contemporary music. With two of the most celebrated virtuoso Indian percussionists S. Karthick on ghatam and Bangalore Amrit on khanjira, the quartet will play exciting, organic music that will feed your mind, body and soul.
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| 04th April, 2010 | 7:30 PM |
Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Concert Hall, Chennai |
Rs.3000(VIP), 750, 500 & 300 |
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| 05th April, 2010 | 7:30 PM |
Cathedral High School Auditorium, Bangalore |
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7th April, 2010 |
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Kolkatta, G D Birla Sabhaghar |
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| 08th April, 2010 | 7:30 PM |
Sri Shanmukhananda Chandrasekarendra Saraswathi Auditorium, Mumbai |
Rs.750, 500, 300 & 100 (Entry to workshop Included btw 6:00PM to 7:00PM)
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Tickets available at Rhythm house(Mumbai) and at the venue
for more details mail to tanmay@somethingrelevant.org
Note: Refunds will be given at block pre-booking counter |
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FAQs
Q: What is SAM?
SAM is Swarnabhoomi Academy of Music, India's first professional college for contemporary Jazz, Rock and World music. More info at http://www.sam.org.in
Q: Who is Victor Wooten?
Victor Wooten is a 5 time Grammy Award winning bassist, composer and multi-instrumentalist. For more info, http://www.victorwooten.com
Q: What is this event for?
This event is to raise funds for SAM as the college is ready to start its first 6 month diploma program in July 2010 with world class faculty for guitar, piano, bass, drums, voice and Indian percussion.
Q: Where can I find Tickets?
A: http://www.sam.org.in or at http://www.indianstage.in/events/victor-wooten.html
Q: If I buy the ticket for workshop, is the concert free for me to attend?
A: Yes. the Rs.1,500 workshop ticket includes a free entry to the concert. If you are not attending the workshop, you can buy concert tickets separately at various denominations as mentioned in the tickets page.
Q: What is this workshop?
A: Victor is one of the most acclaimed musicians, teachers and speakers in the world and is an inspiration to millions of people. Look at the workshop as part motivational speech, part music performance, part seminar on music, part demonstration of specific musical and bass guitar ideas, part question/answer session with audience, part interaction with musicians and part performance and feedback session with musicians in the audience.
Q: Who is the workshop for?
A: The workshop is NOT for musicians alone. It is for everyone including musicians and non-musicians as long as you are interested in music and want to enjoy and learn from a world class master talk and play music.
Q: When and where are the workshop venues?
A: 4th april: Chennai: Sir Mutha Venkatasubba Rao Hall, Lady Andal School, Harrington Road, Chennai
5th april: Bengaluru: Cathedral High School, Richmond Road, Bengaluru
7th april: Kolkata: G D Birla Sabhaghar, Ballygunge
8th april: Mumbai: Sri Shanmukhananda Hall, Sion, Mumbai
Q: What are the workshop and concert timings?
A: Workshop at 1 PM and Concert at 7:30 PM
Q: I am a musician attending the workshop. Will I get to play with Victor Wooten?
May be yes. We will have a good amount of time for musicians to come up and play with Victor and have Victor give his feedback on any specifics you would be interested. However, it is not possible for ALL musicians to come up and play but some of you will.
Q: What gear would you have on stage for any participants to play?
A guitar amp, bass amp, keyboard and keyboard amp, drum kit and microphones for voice and other acoustic instruments.
Q: Who will perform in the concert?
A: Victor Wooten on bass/vocals, Prasanna on guitar/vocals, Dr. S. Karthick on Ghatam and Bangalore Amrit on khanjira.
Q: Where can I find more info about artists?
A: Victor Wooten - http://www.victorwooten.com
Prasanna - http://www.guitarprasanna.com
Dr. S. Karthick - http://www.ghatamkarthick.com
Bangalore Amrit - http://www.myspace.com/amritkhanjira |
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