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Seminar on Inside a Hindustani Classical Instrumental Performance
This seminar will expose the audience to the various movements of a Hindustani classical instrumental music recital. It will be in the form of a lecture-demonstration given with sarod, showing structural and improvisational sections along with historical and gharana references. Dr. George Ruckert: A performer, composer, arranger, author and teacher, George Ruckert is a rare breed of artists who has an extensive background in the disciplines of both western and Indian classical music. His musical training began in early childhood, when his mother, the former Lavinia Norton, herself a music and dance teacher, introduced him to the piano, which he studied with Fritz Thor and Amelia Mitrani. He went on to earn his masters degree in western music theory and composition from Queens College (New York City) in 1967. It was soon after this that he was introduced to the music of the legendary sarod master, Ustad Ali Akbar Khansahib, and made the challenging decision to set aside his academic studies in order to embark on his path of discipleship under this great maestro. As one of the senior-most disciples of Khansahib, he focused his attention on sarod and vocal music for nearly thirty years. During this period he earned the Gayan and Vadya Bid degree in 1975 and also served for many years as teacher and Director of the Ali Akbar College of Music near San Francisco. As a solo artist on the sarod, he has performed, recorded, and taught in India, Europe, and the United States. He has also recorded and performed with several of the finest Indian vocalists on the harmonium. While at the Ali Akbar College, he was also introduced to the world of Kathak dance through the work of Kathak dance-master Chitresh Das of Calcutta. He was called upon to compose for the choreography of Mr. Das, and arranged much of this music for the innovative east-west ensemble, the New Maihar Band. In 1992 he earned his Ph.D. in Ethnomusicology from University of California at Berkeley with his dissertation on the music of Ali Akbar Khan. He has written a highly acclaimed textbook presenting the music of Khansahib, and is a published author of numerous articles and books about Indian classical music and artists. He is frequently called upon to write articles about India?s most prominent musical talents and liner notes for CDs as well. Mr. Ruckert presently resides in the Boston area, and is a Senior Lecturer at MIT where he teaches western, World and Indian classical music, while continuing his performing career on the sarod. His in-depth knowledge of both western and eastern traditions, puts him in great demand to give recitals, workshops and lecture-demonstrations throughout the US and abroad. He is one of the founders of and Artistic Director for MITHAS, MIT Heritage of the Arts of Southasia.
Date: 09/22/2002
Location: LearnQuest Academy of Music, 108 Elm Street, Suite 2, Waltham, MA 02453
Time: 10:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $5.00 (Free for LearnQuest Students)
Contact: 781-891-8535
Directions: From the North: Take rt. 128/I-95 south, take exit 27A for Totten Pond Road, drive --------------- all the way to a T-junction, take a right and bear left onto Lexington St., drive until the next T-junction and take left onto Main St., take immediate right onto Elm St. Go through a traffic light and bear right. LearnQuest is on your left opposite the Car Wash. >From the South: Take rt. 128/I-95 north; take exit 26 for Waltham and rt 20 east. --------------- Follow rt 20/Main St. to center of Waltham. Go past the intersection with Moody St. and take the next right on to Elm St. Go through the next traffic light and bear right. LearnQuest is on your left opposite the Car Wash.
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