- The
Music School was started in 1972, with just one teacher and one
student in Carnatic Vocal located in a small room at Sarvodaya
Estate, with the blessings of late Chembai Vaidyanatha Bhagawatar.
- In
due course, faculties like Violin and Mridangam were added-yet
the Music school continued at the same place until 1992.
- In
1992, when the new Fine Arts Cultural Centre was inaugurated,
additional space became available and the school was relocated,
expanded and more faculty recruited.
- The
next stage was the commencement of Hindustani style of music
- Under
the guidance and supervision of Pandits and Maestros such as C
R Vyas, Kishori Amonkar, Allah Rakha and Tulsidas Borkar, disciplines
like Hindustani Vocal, Tabla and Harmonium were added. There are
eight disciplines today covering Carnatic and Hindustani Vocal,
Mridangam, Violin, Tabla, Harmonium and Flute. With guidance from
Vempatti Chinna Satyam, Kuchipudi dance class was started.
- Yearly
competitions and special events like Thygaraja Aradhana, Composer's
Day, are very popular
- A
unique Teachers' Day is being added.
- And
today the Music and Dance School has over 400 students, 24 faculty
member with 9 disciplines and 42 endowments for prizes.
- The
School is affiliated to the Akhil Bharatiya Gandharva Maha
Vidyalaya, a deemed University.
- The
quality of musical education imparted by the faculty at the Fine
Arts Society is best judged by the performance of it's students
at the recently concluded examinations by the Akhil Bharatiya
Gandharva Mahavidyalaya. 113 students appeared for the exams.
Out of this 111 passed, i.e., 98.96% success; 25 got distinction
and 48 in first class. The Society is truly proud of this achievement
by the students and the faculty who were responsible for it.
- With
increasing demand from the Society's members and the community,
the upgradation of present School into an Academy of Fine Arts
is a step in the right direction.
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