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“Music schools have helped overcome social barriers”

Staff Reporter

Efforts on for building for Government Music School

COMPLETENESS WITH MUSIC: Collector J. Umamaheswari distributing certificates to a Bharathanatyam student at the eleventh annual day celebrations of the Government Music School in Karur recently. To her left is Assistant Director of Art and Culture R. Gunasekaran.

KARUR: Music, soulful in that, makes a man complete. In fostering music in its rich and varied forms the Government Music Schools have helped overcome social barriers, according to Collector J. Umamaheswari.

Addressing the eleventh annual day celebrations of the Government Music School here recently, Dr. Umamaheswari said that music was intertwined with man in the form of culture and art.

Pointing out the example of Bharathanatyam, she said that the art form incorporated physical and mental exercise, increased concentration and made the practitioners supremely fit.

Traditional music knew no social stratifications and continued to flourish in one form or the other. In that aspect, the Government Music Schools have helped traditional art forms transcend all barriers in life, importantly the social barriers that had long denied the poor and the downtrodden access to good, soulful music.

“Practise to perfection and that would take the performer places,” Dr. Umamaheswari advised the students of the school. Public and music enthusiasts should extend unstinted support to the cause of music and art forms, she opined.

Assistant Director of Art and Culture R. Gunasekaran said that efforts would be made to get a permanent building for the Government Music School here as soon as possible. With the assistance of philanthropists, the dream of own building for the school would be realised, he said.

He said that the aim of the school was to propagate music among all sections of society since inauguration in 1998. The students came from modest economic background. Nevertheless, they flowered into wonderful artistes, he observed.

Jawahar Bal Bhavan

The tenth anniversary celebrations of the Jawahar Bal Bhavan was also celebrated on the occasion even as the Narada Gana Sabha pitched in with adequate support for the cause.

Headmistress S.P. Devika Rani presented the annual report while teachers K. Jayaraj (Thavil), R. Kandasamy (Nagaswaram), K. Saminathan (Thevaram) and A. Sujatha (Bharathanatyam) spoke.

Bhavan coordinator R. Balaji, philanthropists Deepam U. Shankar, S. Srinivasan, secretary of Narada Gana Sabha V. Anand and vice-president of the Sabha Arun Thangam were among those who offered felicitations.

Dr. Umamaheswari gave away prizes and certificates to winners of various competitions and events held on the occasion.

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