Learn to play Indian violin music What will you experience? • Difference in technique between western and eastern string playing • What a raga is, and how to compose around one • How to create a fusion piece using Indian and western influences using tunes you know • Listening to an international expert play music to you and with you Who should come? • String players all instruments – year 6 to adult • GCSE students • Composers with an interest in Indian styles • Tutors who would like to use these styles in their work Cost per participant: £10 Come and re-think your playing style. Create a fusion piece. All string players welcome Pandit Pallab Bandyopadhyay is a teacher, composer, conference presenter and a champion of underprivileged children and communities, Pt Pallab and his pupils have performed in many countries spreading his style of playing – the Jog gharana style of violin playing. He collaborates with local musicians wherever he goes to create an ensemble of eastern and western fusion. Saturday 26 October 2019, 11:00-17:00 with Pandit Pallab Bandyopadhyay King’s Ely Junior School, Militia Way, Ely, CB7 4JE