Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America &

South Asia Research and Information Institute, Dallas

will present a session entitled

Tamil Music and Musicians

9 AM – 12 Noon

Saturday, July 4, 2015

 San Jose Hilton  

Featuring

Performing Artists as Portrayed in Caṅkam Literature

V. S. Rajam, Ph.D.

The Nature of Sāmavedic Musical Tradition vs. Tamil Musical Tradition

Michael Witzel, Ph.D.

The Broken Lute: The Tamil Pāṇar in Myth and History

S. Palaniappan, Ph.D.

Musical Forms in Campantar’s Tēvāram

Sr. Margaret Bastin, Ph.D.

Session Moderator

Ms. Vaidehi Herbert

The presentations will be in English. For abstracts and bios, click here.

To attend the session FeTNA 2015 registrants should email fetna@sarii.org with names and contact information of the attendees.