MAY 30TH, GWINNETT COUNTY AAPI CELEBRATIONS
Deetya Chinta and Pratiksha Kandasamy will be performing on May 30th at 6:30 pm for Gwinnett County’s AAPI Celebrations at 75 Langley Drive, Lawrenceville, GA
APRIL 27TH, CREATE DUNWOODY'S AAPI CELEBRATIONS
Our senior students will be performing at 1 pm in Ashford Lane. Details will follow soon.
APRIL 20TH- ADAVU CLINIC TO BENEFIT COMMUNITY ASSITANCE CENTER FOOD DRIVE
The CAC Food Pantry receives an average of 1200 visits per month, providing food to about 500 families in need. The CAC is able to provide food to neighbors in need year-round. For our first Natyam Youth Collective event, we are partnering with CAC and appreciate your participation and generosity to kickstart a year of giving, sharing and coming together as a community. ( https://ourcac.org/)
The workshop will feature our senior students, Vainavi Battini and Vaasuki Dantuthi, who will lead participants in an Adavu Clinic that culminates in a Teermanam (one teermanam for intermediate level and one for advanced). Senior music students Kavya and Pragya Kapisthalam will be on-site to catalog and deliver the items to CAC.
Date: April 20th, 2025 Time: 10:30 AM to 12 PM
Participants requirements are the following:
Completed all the Gudithu and Mei adavus.
Fill out the registration form below.
Bring 3 to 4 canned goods from the CAC list- regular size only and not large family-sized cans. Refer to this site for the needed items - https://ourcac.org/food-drive-list/
All participants will receive an Award of Volunteer Service at the end of the event.
PREETI VINAYAK- GUEST LECTURER AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY 2/17/25
Preeti Vinayak will be presenting “KONNAKOL TO KRITIS” on February 17th, 2025 at 1:30 pm at Texas State University. This will be Preeti’s fifth year working with Dr. Holly Wissler to present Konnakol, nattuvangam, and concepts of Carnatic music and pedagogy to students of World Music.
This year, Preeti will be joined by her daughter Nethra in this presentation. Nethra completed her Arangetram in 2022 and has frequently joined her mother in performances and workshops.
ANNUAL MUSIC RECITAL FEBRUARY 23RD, 2025
We will hold our Annual Carnatic Vocal Recital on February 23rd 2025
10:30 AM at our STUDIO LOCATION
PICTURES BELOW ARE FROM OUR PREVIOUS MUSIC RECITAL.
YOUTUBE VOCAL DEBUT OF OUR RUSHAB SKANDAN SHAH
https://youtu.be/coY-G1_OP9s?si=f_t9eId1O1yrMuHF
GURU PREETI AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY ON SEPTEMBER 30TH, 2024
Guru Preeti will present a series titled “Konnakol to Kritis” on September 30th, 2024 for Texas State University Music Department course- World Musics.
This will be held at TSU’s San Marcos Campus
601 University Drive
San Marcos, Texas 78666-4684
Time: 1:30 PM EST
SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER STUDENT PERFORMANCES
SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2024 GANESH CHATURTHI - Nihaarika Shankar solo vocal performance
SEPTEMBER 14TH, 2024- SHIV MANDIR IN SUGAR HILL- Sneha Gupta solo vocal performance
OCTOBER 20TH, 2024- DIWALI CELEBRATION FOR CREATE DUNWOODY- Senior Students Bharatanatyam performances at Park Place.
AUGUST 25TH, 2024- JANMASHTAMI AT SHIV MANDIR- SOLO BY SNEHA GUPTA
My senior student, SNEHA GUPTA, will be performing at the Shiva Mandir on August 25th for Janmashtami Celebrations.
Address: 890 Peachtree Industrial Blvd NE
Sugar Hill, GA 30518
JUNE 1ST, 2024 GATES PERFORMANCE
OUR SENIOR STUDENTS WILL PERFORM FOR JUNE 1ST 2024 AT 4PM WITH AN ENCORE PERFORMANCE AT 6 PM FOR THE GREATER ATLANTA TELANGANA SOCIETY AT THE CUMMING FAIRGROUNDS.
MARGAM 2024- ANNUAL STUDENT RECITAL
MARCH 24TH, 2024
3PM AT THE DULUTH HIGH SCHOOL AUDITORIUM
TICKETS $10 AVAILABLE AT THE STUDIO
PREETI VINAYAK- GUEST LECTURER AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
Guru Preeti will present a series titled “Konnakol and Kritis” on February 15th, 2024 for Texas State University Music Department course- World Musics.
This will be held at TSU’s San Marcos Campus
601 University Drive
San Marcos, Texas 78666-4684
Time: 1:30 PM EST
APRIL 30TH - CITY OF DUNWOODY AAPI PERFORMANCE
Natyam Arts Academy students will be performing at the City of Dunwoody’s celebration of the Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Festival.
Date: April 30th, 2023
Time: 3 pm
APRIL 23- NAA ANNUAL VOCAL RECITAL
April 23rd- we will host our vocal annual recital at the studio from 10 am to 12 pm.
MARCH 26TH - CITY SCHOOLS OF DECATUR INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL PROGRAM
Our students will be performing on March 26th at 4 pm for the City schools of Decatur International Cultural Program.
Location: Glennwood Elementary School
440 E Ponce de Leon Ave, Decatur, GA 30030
MARCH 6TH AND 7TH - PREETI VINAYAK AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
PREETI VINAYAK WILL PRESENT TWO MASTER CLASSES IN SPRING 2023
AT TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY
FOR THEIR WORLD MUSICS COURSE
SPRING DATES: MARCH 6th AND MARCH 7th, 2023
TIME: 1:30 PM TO 2:40 PM EST
FEBRUARY 11TH- MARGAM 2023 - ANNUAL RECITAL
OUR ANNUAL RECITAL MARGAM 2023 WILL BE HELD ON FEBRUARY 11TH, 2023
TIME: 3 PM TO 5 PM
LOCATION: DULUTH HIGH SCHOOL THEATER
TICKETS: $15 AVAILABLE AT OUR STUDIO LOCATION
