Indian Classical Vocal Music and Bhajans

Mr. Bhaskar Subramanian with a student

This course involves Indian Hindustani Classical Vocal music and Sahaja bhajans. Mr. B .Subramanian is blessed with a melodious voice, he sings Khayal, Tarana, Tappa and Bhajans. He was also born in a family of  musicians, received intensive training in Hindustani Classical Vocal music from Pt V.U.Rajurkar of Gwalior Gharana.

He has given many music concerts all over India, USA and Italy. He is a top graded artist of All India Radio, he is also a composer and has written and compose many songs. He is a devotee of Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi and practices and preaches Sahaja Yoga through music for inner growth.

Pt.Subramanian is a post graduate in music and is working as a lecturer at the prestigious Shri P.K.Salve Kala Pratishthan-Vaitarna, after serving in the government college of music and dance – Secunderabad for more than 20years and in Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans Public School for 7years.

Voice is a natural instrument which does not need any outer help to manifest itself. This is the reason why vocal music is considered to be the highest form of fine arts. Much has been written on the physical aspect of sound and how it is produced by causing vibrations on particular parts of the throat. But what makes the sound manifest as music, on the mental plane, is an entirely different aspect. This aspect of music has been very deeply thought about and dealt with by a great Sufi saint-musician Hazarat Inaayat khan. While writing about mysticism of sound and music, he says “ When the spirit desires to express itself in voice, it first causes the activity in mind and the mind by means of thoughts, projects finer vibrations in the mental planes. These in due course develop and run as breath through the regions of the abdomen, lungs, throat, mouth and nasal organs causing the air to vibrate al through, until they manifest on the surface as the voice”. All this has been said because the voice manifested through the physical organs, is an attitude of mind. So the metaphysical and emotional aspect of music help in training the physical voice for attributing to this celestial art of deeper meaning. Thus training voice is like training the mind itself.

Indian music is considered sublime and has a very vast and rich tradition. Whilst music is the bliss, Sahaja music is divine bliss.

Please Note: Combined group and individual learning will be conducted according to need and ability of the student, at the discretion of the course Director. Students will be required to document all their experiences throughout the course. Most weeks will comprise of 4 days practical study and 1.5 days of assessment.