Suswaralaya College of Music is celebrating eight anniversary from November 1 to 5 at  Devagiri Sabhangana, 9th main, Banashankari 2nd stage.

On November 1 noted musician Vidushi G V Neela will inaugurate at 4.30 pm. K S Chandrashekaraiah, Founder President of Vijaya Educational Institute Trust will release the CDs — "Vaggeya Vaibhava — 2" rendered by Kanaka Swamy and "Vaggeya Vaibhava - 3" rendered by Padma Gurudutt, "Abhayamba Vibhakthi Krithis" by Kalavathy Avadhoot and "Thyagaraja Vaibhavam" Violin solo by Baluraghuraman.

Reputed mridangam artistes  M Vasudeva Rao will honor six senior tambura artists — K S Gopalakrishna, B G Nanjappa, V N Gopinatha Rao, G A Sripad Rao, Hulikal Prasad and  V Jaganatha Rao. Chiranjeevi Singh,former Ambassador of India to UNESCO, will confer the title “Swaralayashrunga” and felicitate Rudrapatnam Brothers (R N Thyagarajan and Dr R N Taranathan) reputed Carnatic vocal duo artists.

A five day grand music festival follows: Anasuya Kulkarni — Angklung, an Indonesian instrument (Nov 1, 5.30 pm), Laya Vinyasa - Krishnan M B,Vivek Kalayanaraman,Avinash Krishna and Ashwin Nair and Bangalore Brothers (M B Hariharan and S Ashok)- vocal duet (Nov 2, 5.30 pm), Laya Vinyasa - Shashidhara B N,Subbanna, M Nagraj and Kishan and S Shankar-Vocal (Nov 3, 5.30 pm), Laya Vinyasa- Suvrath, Sriram, Chennakeshava and Rohith Balakrishnan (Nov 4, 4 pm), S Supradeep-flute (Nov 4, 4.15 pm), Rudrapatnam Brothers- vocal duet (Nov 4, 5.30 pm), Laya Vinyasa-Ranjani Venkatesh,S Ashok and Phanindra Bhaskara and Sanjay Subramaniam -vocal (Nov  5, 5.30 pm).

DHNS