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Srividya Venkat
Srividya Venkat started her musical journey at a very young age, by taking violin lessons from Guru Sri Nellai E. Shanmuganathan. At the age of 10, Srividya was awarded the CCERT scholarship from Government of India. She had her first bout of advanced training from Smt. Akkarai S. Subhalakshmi and she now continues this with Smt. Kalpana Kishore. Her passion for music made her give up a full time career in Engineering. She has performed at the Warwick Art Centre, Guild Hall Coventry, Candle Lit Concerts at St. Andrews, Coventry Shoot Festival, Peterborough Music Festival, Birmingham and London Temples to name a few. With her collaborations with western musicians in an Indo- western classical band, Srividya aims to bring Classical music to a wider audience. She is very passionate about imparting her musical knowledge to young and aspiring music enthusiasts. Through SV school of music, Srividya trains children in Indian carnatic violin and vocal lessons by means of face to face and online lessons. In addition to being a performer and teacher, Srividya also organises Indian classical musical events in Rugby, Peterborough and surrounding places.
SV School of Music
SV School of Music offers expert teaching in Indian classical violin and vocal music, fostering a love for music in the UK. The school aims at giving the children a musical journey for them to cherish throughout their life by developing a curiosity and love for the art form. The students have performed in Birmingham Thyagaraja Aradhana, Peterborough Summer festival, and concerts at St. Andrews church to name a few. Srividya Venkat has developed an Indian Carnatic String ensemble along with her students with a vision of taking music to wider audience and to experiment with new musical ideas.
Annual Events
Join us for our annual music celebrations and performances.
Thyagaraja Aradhana
Thyagaraja Aradhana is a musical tribute to one of the finest composers of Indian Carnatic classical music, Saint Shri. Thyagaraja. He is a 19th century composer and his works are considered as treasured master pieces. The Aradhana is observed on Pushya Bahula Panchami day when the saint attained Jeeva samadhi in Tiruvaiyaru in Thanjavur district of Tamilnadu, India. To commemorate this event, we conduct Aradhana at the beginning of every year in Rugby. Group singing of the 5 magnum opus compositions which are termed as “Pancharatnas” meaning 5 jewels are performed by eminent musicians with percussion and string ensemble. It also has select few solo renditions by children and adults where the other compositions of Shri. Thyagaraja are performed. The Sampradaya kritis comprising Shri Ganapathini, Gurulekha, Chethulara and Geetharthamu are performed as part of the group rendition.
May Mahotsavam
Mahotsavam means carnival and this event is a musical carnival happening in May and hence derives the name “May Mahotsavam”. It is a nice way to welcome the more cheery spring and summer! The event started a few years ago with the purpose of taking the Indian Classical music form to a wider community and to allow people to appreciate the art form as music is a universal language, and it bridges different cultures. The morning session includes performance from and thus serving children a platform to showcase their musical talents. The afternoon session includes performance from professional performing artists in and around the UK. These performances include vocal, instrumental, percussion ensemble, dance presentations and lecture demonstrations focussing on the various aspects of classical music.
