Inter house Indian Classical Music competition was held on 22 August 2012. The senior school students got to feel and understand the multifaceted charm and elegance of ‘ragas’. The school’s effort is to make children understand that Indian classical music is a rich component of Indian culture. The theme this year was ‘tarana’ in various pure ‘ragas’. During practices the school walls echoed with enchanting melodies. Their hard work paid off by a grand success. Mrs Shalini Chandra who judged the event enlightened the audience that ‘Tarana,’ is a traditional form of classical vocal music. It is said to have originated by legendry Amir Khusro. A special feature of tarana is its unique vocabulary ‘nome’ ‘tome’ ‘dir’ which are set to music. Experts are of the opinion that these meaningless but melodious words help the singer’s pronunciation to a great deal. The other judges were the music teachers of Prep school and middle school Mr Beju and Mr Brijendra. Fireflame house piece in raga ‘Malkos’ brightened the audience and amazed the judges by putting them in a well deserved first place. Silveroak house followed next through a striking raga ‘Darbari’ and gave a notable performance. Jacaranda house forceful rendition in raga ‘Kedar’ followed a close to Silver oak house. Cypress house performance in raga ‘Bhopali’ could have been more beautiful had it been powered by adequate number of children. This report will not be complete without mentioning the school’s music ‘guru’, Raviji patiently guiding the children and never getting disheartened by training croaked voices ,screening sounds to melodious tunes . Special note must be made to tabla teacher Sanjay Srivastava for a strong and fitting accompaniment. We hope that whatever the children imbibe of our rich culture they will pass it on to generations to come.
