Learn to play Indian violin music

What will you experience?• Difference in technique between western and eastern string playing• What a raga is, and how to compose around one• How to create a fusion piece using Indian and western influences

using tunes you know• Listening to an international expert play music to you and with you

Who should come?• String players all instruments – year 6 to adult• GCSE students• Composers with an interest in Indian styles• Tutors who would like to use these styles in their work

Cost per participant: £10

Come and re-think your playing style.Create a fusion piece. All string players welcome

Pandit Pallab Bandyopadhyay is a teacher, composer, conference presenter and a champion of underprivileged children and communities, Pt Pallab and his pupils have performed in many countries spreading his style of playing – the Jog gharana style of violin playing. He collaborates with local musicians wherever he goes to create an ensemble of eastern and western fusion.

Saturday 26 October 2019, 11:00-17:00 with Pandit Pallab BandyopadhyayKing’s Ely Junior School, Militia Way, Ely, CB7 4JE