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Sonic Threads @ Marsden Mechanics
Supriya Nagarajan and Lucy Nolan perform as ‘Sonic Threads’, Marsden Mechanics 15 September / 5pm. Duncan Chapman and Isobel Mortimer guest.
Morning Music
Manasamitra presents Morning Music in the Jaipur Literature Festival London at the British Library, London. Sunday 9 June / 10:30am
Music with Manasamitra
Music with Manasamitra No1 Raga Exploration: Unraveling the Emotions. Free creative enterprise session 14 June/1-5pm, St Paul’s Hall, HD1 3DH
Meltwater at the Royal Opera House
Manasamitra presents MELTWATER, a water-focussed show, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden on Sundays 7th & 21st April, 11:00am & 2:30pm
Sounds Of Dewsbury – Woven Strut 2
Manasamitra presents Duncan Chapman’s SOUND WALKS as part of WOVEN’s STRUT 2 on Saturday 17th February, starting at Dewsbury Town Hall at 11am, 12.30 & 2pm. Free event.
Alai
A new release – ALAI – has all the elements of Donna’s textured layers of electronic music combined with Supriya’s melodic voice interludes. The result is a WAVE of music that is subtle and yet exciting.
Festival of Conversations Fun Palace
The Festival of Conversations ‘Fun Palace’ invites you to join us in a day of fun-filled activities, run by and for local community groups.
Come and join us in making some Christmas cards, trying some natural dying, having a go at a heritage quiz, maybe win a prize and much, much more …
Sonic Threads – VASTRA
Sonic Threads is a duo comprised of South Indian Carnatic vocals (Supriya Nagarajan) and an improvisatory harp (Lucy Nolan). For… Read More
Sounds of Dewsbury
Join artist Duncan Chapman for three 15-minute guided tours around the town to see it in a new light! Produced with Manasamitra and Sam Hodgson, each focuses on a different way of experiencing the environment.
BEOWULF
Manasamitra’s Supriya Nagarajan and Duncan Chapman take part in Proper Job Theatre Co.s new Yorkshire adaptation of Beowulf this November.
AMAYA at Onwards Festival
AMAYA at Onwards Festival; Duncan Chapman and Supriya Nagarajan blend field recordings, acoustic music and carnatic vocals. 7.00pm 23 September.
MELTWATER at the Howard Assembly Room
Manasamitra’s MELTWATER, 60 minute show inspired by the beauty and power of water. Wednesday 27 September 7:30 pm Howard Assembly Room, Leeds
Herd
Supriya Nagarajan sings in Artichoke’s HERD, a musical devised by Orlando Gough, around Kirklees July 2023 as part of Kirklees Year of Music.
The Weirdness of Water: an Evening with Alok Jha
Alok Jha reads from The Water Book and talks about “the unexpected weirdness of water and why it’s because of that weirdness that life exists on Earth”.
Jan Courtney and Juicy Crones – A Festival of Conversations event
Join us for a wonderful, uplifting and funny evening of conversation, laughter and literature. Manasamitra is overjoyed to welcome Jay Courtney, as our second Festival of Conversations event, to read from her new book Juicy Crones and lead a conversation about the joys and challenges of being an older woman.
Life That Has Been
A drop-in event ahead of Dying Matters Awareness Week. You are invited to contribute to the recording of our soundscape with Duncan from Manasamitra. Please bring something you would like to share, an object, poem, photograph or memory.
In Conversation with Dame Evelyn Glennie
Festival of Conversations launches with a unique In Conversation event with Dame Evelyn Glennie, mediated by Supriya Nagarajan, Artistic Director of Manasamitra
Festival of Conversations
Manasamitra is delighted to announce the Launch of the Festival of Conversations 2023, with In Conversation with Dame Evelyn Glennie on 11th May 2023 at Dewsbury Town Hall.
The Festival will continue with a series of talks, seminars and forum events that will form the basis of the Festival of Conversations throughout 2023. We are currently leading conversation sessions with different community groups to see what is interesting, exciting, infuriating or amusing to the local people.
Sounds of Dewsbury
Manasamitra has been commissioned by Beam to deliver Sounds of Dewsbury as a part of the Dewsbury Creative Town Arts programme. Working with local communities and artists we will compile a digital record of the town through memories, stories and sounds, resulting in a series of podcasts. These will act at ‘virtual tour guides’, pointing out places of interest with associated personal stories or local history.
Sonic Threads Launch
Sonic Threads is an exciting and unique new duo that will launch in February 2023. Sonic Threads consists of internationally-renowned classical Indian vocalist Supriya Nagarajan and Lucy Nolan, classically-trained harpist and noted soloist in her own right.
Inspired by Jazz legend Alice Coltrane and her love of Indian philosophy, Sonic Threads creates and performs music that is gentle, contemplative and uplifting, combining the traditions of Indian Carnatic vocals with Western contemporary classical harp music and developing their own new and unique sound.
Meltwater — Evening of extracts and talks
The Dewsbury Minster evening will be an evening of extracts from the full concert, with a talk about the beginnings of the project and the making of the performance.
Meltwater Performance
The MELTWATER performance is the culmination of Manasamitra’s ‘Terrarium’ project.
WORLDWIDEFM: SUPRIYA NAGARAJAN PRESENTS — 08.09.22
It is the end of a scorching summer and a season of festivals across the UK. Now, time to sit… Read More
Tunes & Talk: September 2022 — Matías Reed
After taking a short break, Tunes and Talk is back on 8 September at Dewsbury Minster. Featured artist, guitarist Matīas Reed
Supriya Nagarajan joins MUSIC PATRON
Supriya Nagarajan is part of the first ever cohort of composers on Music Patron, a new game-changing initiative aiming to… Read More
Manasamitra Mentoring Showcase 2022
Manasamitra is delighted to present a showcase of work created by our 2022 cohort of amazing women composers. The Manasamitra… Read More
WORLDWIDEFM: SUPRIYA NAGARAJAN PRESENTS — 11.08.22
Supriya Nagarajan presents: An incredible summer so far with a trip to Australia to work with a Tibetan ensemble, performance… Read More
Posse of Fireflies
Posse of Fireflies is a personal journey that spans decades and explores the interesting impacts of light pollution on insects particularly fireflies.
Meltwater
MELTWATER is an immersive a 60-minute music and performance event focussing on ‘water’ as an environmental disruptor.