This instrumental concert features the electric guitar accompanied by the traditional South Indian percussion instruments kanjira (tambourine), ghatam (claypot), and vocal percussion.

The musicians will improvise on a particular scale or raga and perform the main melody or kriti of the song. Y

ou will enjoy hearing the virtuosic performers bend the notes and make precise calculations of phrases in different rhythm cycles.

There will also be percussion solos and call-and-response engagements between the musicians and the audience.

Presented by the University of Canterbury School of Music.