MUKTI MUSIC CHOIR
IN PERSON in Palo Alto
Thursdays 5:30-6:30 pm (4,5,6 grades)
Saturdays 9:45 - 10:45 am (1,2,3 grades)
Saturdays 10:45 - 11:45 am (7,8,9,10 grades)
Global music builds Global minds - in local
community which makes it special and powerful. A
child who sings in many musical languages thinks
in many dimensions — learning to listen,
empathize, and hear connection where others hear
difference.
What you get in a Mukti Music Choir?
A Global Music Choir where children learn how to sing in an ensemble, how to decode voice techniques in contemporary and raga style of music - a rich way of musical expression. It is a great place for singers and non singers to come together, learn something new, and build creativity when it comes to music.
See below on what a typical session looks like.
Flow of the Class for 1 hr
Start
Middle
Solid Vocal Warmups in both Contemporary and Indian Raga style that builds a solid foundation on how to understand navigating ones voice and strengthen it.
Learn a cross over piece. It could be a jazz standard such as "Summertime" with the Blues and then learn Sargams/Swarams in Raga Aberi/Bhimpalasi that maps onto the blues scale...
..Or a broadway tune such as "Memory" and juxtapose it with a fun carnatic standard such as the "English Note"
Some examples of tunes the choir has done:
1. Lovely by Billie Eilish finishing with Sargams/Swarams in Raga Natabhairavi which brings out the essence of the Natural Minor Scale.
2. "Heal the World" By Michael Jackson - ending with chittaswarams from the Shankarabharanam Varnam.
3. "Kal ho Na Ho" - A bollywood tune also ending with solid sargams and vocalese (a jazz terminology that adds lyrics to scat).
... and more!
End
Sing an older tune of the repertoire. Helps clean up. Bonding games withe group