<p>The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is all set to display its music band talent by introducing certain foreign instruments to play Indian classical tunes in Bengaluru next month.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Under the banner of the Akhila Shrung Ghosh (brass band) Shibir Swaranjali, the musical training-cum-performance programme will go on from January 7 to 10 at the Reva University campus in Yelahanka.<br /><br /> As many as 2,000 RSS volunteers who are musically talented, as part of the all-India meet, will play saxophone (Naganga), clarionet (swarad) and euphonium (gomukha) and trumpet (turya) among others, according to Sangh’s Karnataka media chief Rajesh Padmar.<br /><br />The present instruments being played by the Swayamsevaks include the side drum (anaka), the bass drum (panava), the bugle (shankha), the flute (vamshi), the triangle (thribhuja) and cymbal (jhallari).<br /><br />The band set, which is innovating itself over the years since its inception in the 1970s, has been attracting a huge crowd by playing Indian classical music raaga-based numbers. <br /><br />The speciality of the Bengaluru event would be the introduction of foreign instruments to play Indianised music. Raagas of both Carnatic and Hindustani would be played. In the four-day camp, new compositions like Meera based on Bhup raaga, Tillana based on Tilang raaga, Shivaranjani based on Shivaranjini raaga among others, would be played. <br />Route march<br /><br />In addition to taking out a “path sanchalan” (route march) on January 9 at 4 pm, members of the music band would be taking out a separate march. This is the first time such an experiment is being undertaken by the band, said Padmar. <br /><br />The march would begin from the Vyalikaval Pavilion Grounds at 4 pm and will conclude at the Malleswaram playgrounds. <br /><br />The second march would begin from the HMT Grounds in RT Nagar and return to the same venue.<br /><br />Padmar said that the aim of the camp is to increase the quality of the band by giving training to the participants who would be coming from across India. <br /><br />Only the valedictory programme on January 10 at 4 pm, would be open for the public. The valedictory address would be by Sarsanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) is all set to display its music band talent by introducing certain foreign instruments to play Indian classical tunes in Bengaluru next month.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Under the banner of the Akhila Shrung Ghosh (brass band) Shibir Swaranjali, the musical training-cum-performance programme will go on from January 7 to 10 at the Reva University campus in Yelahanka.<br /><br /> As many as 2,000 RSS volunteers who are musically talented, as part of the all-India meet, will play saxophone (Naganga), clarionet (swarad) and euphonium (gomukha) and trumpet (turya) among others, according to Sangh’s Karnataka media chief Rajesh Padmar.<br /><br />The present instruments being played by the Swayamsevaks include the side drum (anaka), the bass drum (panava), the bugle (shankha), the flute (vamshi), the triangle (thribhuja) and cymbal (jhallari).<br /><br />The band set, which is innovating itself over the years since its inception in the 1970s, has been attracting a huge crowd by playing Indian classical music raaga-based numbers. <br /><br />The speciality of the Bengaluru event would be the introduction of foreign instruments to play Indianised music. Raagas of both Carnatic and Hindustani would be played. In the four-day camp, new compositions like Meera based on Bhup raaga, Tillana based on Tilang raaga, Shivaranjani based on Shivaranjini raaga among others, would be played. <br />Route march<br /><br />In addition to taking out a “path sanchalan” (route march) on January 9 at 4 pm, members of the music band would be taking out a separate march. This is the first time such an experiment is being undertaken by the band, said Padmar. <br /><br />The march would begin from the Vyalikaval Pavilion Grounds at 4 pm and will conclude at the Malleswaram playgrounds. <br /><br />The second march would begin from the HMT Grounds in RT Nagar and return to the same venue.<br /><br />Padmar said that the aim of the camp is to increase the quality of the band by giving training to the participants who would be coming from across India. <br /><br />Only the valedictory programme on January 10 at 4 pm, would be open for the public. The valedictory address would be by Sarsanghachalak Mohan Bhagwat.<br /><br /></p>
