Karnatic music in everyday music

Windcraft Music Centre organises seminars with the internationally recognized Cypriot composer on the subject:

Karnatic (South Indian) music and its application on everyday music practicing, composing and improvising.

Karnatic music, and the way it can be applied to education, has so much richness and lends simplicity to the most complicated issues we face today: from performing a simple quintuplet to the most complicated polyrhythmic structures.

This first cycle of masterclasses will offer a short introduction in Karnatic music and its basic principles and concepts. The Ghatis (rhythmic structure) system will be explained, as well as how polyrhythms (Jathis) can be created with them. All these will be presented in accordance with Tala (metre) and will be explained in such a way that they can be applied in everyday music practice.

Appropriate for all kind of musicians, dancers, actors and anyone involved with music.

• DATES. 5-6-7 Νοvember 19:00 – 21:00 OR 9-10-11 Νοvember 16:00-18:00

• PARTICIPATION FEE. €25 per workshop / €60 all workshops.

• PLACE. Windcraft Music Centre. 27 Xanthis Xenierou, 1015, Nicosia (close to “OXI” roundabout). www.windcraftmusic.com
Limited number of places. Call to reserve a place.

Contact:
Andys Skordis, [email protected], +31 641487777, 99482782
Windcraft Music Centre, [email protected], 99549141, 99808835

More advanced seminars on the same subject to follow.

Some words about Andys Skordis:
Andys Skordis is a composer, currently living in Amsterdam. Andys studied composition and film scoring at Berklee College of Music, composition at Conservatorium van Amsterdam and Karnatic music. He composes music for acoustical instruments, he plays percussion with a local klezmer band, he has his own free improvisation ensemble and he plays gamelan with Jumat Siang.

Some words about Windcraft Music Centre:
Windcraft Music Centre specialises in the teaching of wind musical instruments by qualified and experienced teachers and promotes the establishment of various wind ensembles.

Our aim at Windcraft Music Centre is to provide high-quality musical tuition primarily in all wind instruments and in every music style (classical, jazz, folk music), but also in piano, and to promote participation in musical ensembles and bands.

Furthermore, we organise regular student concerts, workshops and seminars with professors and musicians from Cyprus and abroad, and we rehearse and perform with our Windcraft Band, which is open to all interested members of the public.