BANGALORE, October 23: Bangalore-based Suswaralaya College of Music (R.) will celebrate its 9th anniversary from October 31. The celebrations will last till November 5. The six-day festivity will be held at Devagiri Sabhangana, 9th Main, Banashankari 2nd Stage, Bangalore-70. These will be held under the joint auspices of Sri Rama Lalitha Kala Mandira.

Violinist Sri N. Venkatesh will kick-start the celebrations on the evening of October 31.

Mridangam artiste Sri M. Vasudeva Rao will release the following CDs and Books.

"Vaggeya Vaibhava - 4" - Renderd by Smt. Kanaka Swamy

"Thurya Ninada" - By Sri S. A. Shashidhar and family

"Veena Kampana" - By Smt Sudha Vadiraj and Smt Shubha Santosh

"Directory of Karnatak Musicians of Karnataka" - 4th Edition

"Siddhi Vinayakam Sada Bhaje Ham" - Vinayaka Krithi's of Muthuswamy Dikshitar by Sri G. Manoj (Ph.D).

Dr. R. V. Raghavendra, Managing Trustee, Ananya, will facilitate M. R. Rangaswamy (mridanga), R. S. Anantharamaiah (mridanga), B. M. Sundar Rao (flute), P. V. Parameshwaran (mridanga), N. Krishnamurthy (stringed instrument), M. N. Krishnamurthy (stringed instrument), K. Kannan (mridanga) and D. K. Gopal ghata).

Sri D. R. Sreekanthaiah, former president, Federation of Karnataka Chambers of Commerce and Industry, will be the chief guest and confer the title "Swaralayashrunga" on Sri T A S Mani, a renowned mridangam artiste.

Music Festival Schedule
September 2008
Date / Time	Program
31-Oct-2008 FRI 06:00 PM	Smt. Revathi Murthy & Smt. Geetha Ramanand (veena duet) Sri V. S. Rajagopal (mridanga) Sri Dayananda Mohite (ghata)
01-Nov- 008 SAT 05:30 PM	(B Seetharam Memorial Programme donated by Vidwan Sri B S Purushotham) Laya Vinyasa – Avinash Krishna and Ashwin Nair Smt. R.A. Ramamani (vocal) Sri M. S. Govindaswamy (violin) Sri B. Shivaraman (mridanga) Sri B. Shashishankar (ghata)
02-NOV-2008 SUN 09:45 - 11:35 AM	HARIDASARA UGABHOGAGALU - Lecture-cum-demonstration by Sri Vidyabhushan
02-NOV-2008 SUN 05:30 PM	(A V Sathyanarayana Memorial Program donated by Sri Mulabagal A.Vijayendra Rao & Fly) Laya Vinyasa- Kishan Kaushik, Sriram,Chennakeshava and Rohith Balakrishnan Sri D. V. Nagarajan (vocal) Sri M. Rajappa (vocal support) Sri Venkatesha Jyoshier (violin) Sri Eshwara Bhat (mridanga) Sri Prasanna (morsing)
03-NOV-2008 MON 05:30 PM	(Vidwan Ghatam G S Sriram Memorial Programme donated by Smt and Sri Srinivasamurthy) Laya Vinyasa- Shashidhara B N, M Nagraj, Suvrath and Vivek Kalayanaraman Sri N. Rajkamal (flute) Sri B. K. Raghu (violin) Sri T.A.S. Mani (mridanga) Sri B. S. Arun Kumar (morsing)
04-NOV-2008 TUE 05:30 PM	(Smt Venkatalakshamma & Sri K Pocham Bhat Memorial Programme donated by Smt & Sri K Nataraj) Smt. G. S. Kamala & Smt. G. S. Rajalakshmi (vocal duet) Sri M. R. Srinidhi (violin) Sri H. L. Shivashankara Swamy (mridanga) Sri A. V. Kashinath (khanjira)
05-NOV-2008 WED 05:30 PM	(Anoor Suryanarayana Memorial Programme Mr & Mrs B S Sukumar & Gayatri Sukumar) Sri R. S. Ramakantha (vocal) Sri H. K. Venkataram (violin) Sri Srimushnam V. Raja Rao (mridanga) Sri T. V. Vasan (ghata)