SPICMACAY, UC Davis is a registered student organization at UC Davis. We organize concerts of Indian classical music and dance, bringing eminent and upcoming artists to the local community. Our aim is to arrange at least one major concert of classical music or dance every quarter.

We are entirely a volunteer effort.

 All concerts are free, and there are no membership fees.

UPCOMING EVENT!!
Hindustani and Carnatic Instrumental Jugalbandhi Concert featuring Raja Sivamani on Veena, Ferhan Qureshi on Tabla, Srinivas Reddy on Sitar, and Narayan Natarajan on Mridangam.
Date: Saturday, March 3, 2007
Time: 4:30 p.m - 6:00 p.m
Venue:  Davis Art Center,
1919 F Street (@ Covell Blvd.),
Davis CA 95616: DIRECTIONS!!

Concert flyer in PDF format, please click here

About The Artists:

Raja Sivamani - Veena

Raja Sivamani trained under Srikanth Chary for over ten years and has been performing for dance concerts since 2000. He has also been rendering solo veena concerts in the Bay Area and in other U.S. cities. He is currently a medical student at University of California, Davis.

Srinivas Reddy - Sitar

Srinivas Reddy is a professional Indian-American concert sitarist, guitarist, and composer. In 1998, he came under the tutelage of Sri Partha Chatterlee, a direct disciple of the late sitar maestro Pandit Nikhil Banerjee. He has been training with his teacher in traditional guru-shishya style; he teaches and performs the Hindustani musical tradition in San Francisco Bay Area.

Ferhan Qureshi - Tabla

Ferhan Qureshi has been a student of tabla and traditional Pakistani/Indian music for over 10 years. He is a senior disciple of the tabla maestro, Ustad Abdul Sattar Tari Khan who is considered one of the finest tabla players today. Ferhan studies the Punjab gharana of classical tabla. Currently, he is the Director of Artist Management at Bo Records.

Narayan Natarajan - Mridangam

Narayan Natarajan is a talented Mridangist, vocalist and a harmonium player. His initial training was under his father, Shri. P. V. Natarajan and later under the tutelage of Shri. P.S. Parameswaran of Bombay. Since his arrival in the U.S. in 1989, he has been a most sought after artist, accompanying dance productions and performances in the Bay Area.

For Artists: If you are an artist or an agent interested in scheduling a performance through SPICMACAY at UC Davis, we would like to hear from you. Please mail a copy of your resume and other promotional material to Anu Ranganathan: anuran at ucdavis dot edu
 

For Sponsors
SPICMACAY is a not-for-profit, non-commercial, voluntary movement. It organizes concerts and lecture demonstrations by renowned artistes in Universities. Entry to these programs is free. SPICMACAY does not in itself generate funds; instead funding comes from Universities and interested individuals.

If you would like to support our efforts in bringing more of such programs to you, we would like to hear from you. Financial contributions are welcome. Please make your contributions payable to SPICMACAY, UCDAVIS. For more information, please contact the Vedha Gunasekaran: vedha_g86 at yahoo dot com