Performing arts competitions to be held at govt music college today

  • | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018

“Those learning advanced-level classical vocal music can participate in the vocal music competition. District-level winners will be sent to the state-level competitions. They should sing only Tamil songs. The competitions for Tirupur district will be held at the Vivekananda Vidyalaya School Campus at K Chettipalayam on Thursday. Winners of state-level competitions will be honoured with 4gm of gold medal and cash awards of 50,000, 25,000 and 10,000.The maximum duration of the performances will be five minutes.

Coimbatore: A district-level performing arts competitions to mark the golden jubilee of christening the erstwhile state of Madras as Tamil Nadu will be held on Wednesday at the Government Music College campus in Malumichampatti.Competitions will be held in vocal music, Bharathanatyam and folk dance for those aged between 15 and 30 years, regional assistant director of art and culture department B Hemanathan said in a release. “Those learning advanced-level classical vocal music can participate in the vocal music competition. They should sing only Tamil songs. Competitors for the Bharathanatyam event should dance only to the compositions of Tamil poets Subramania Bharathi and Bharathidasan. Those who wish to participate in folk section should perform Tamil traditional performing arts such as karagam, kavadi, thappattam, oyilattam and poikal kuthira,” the release said. Group performance and film songs are not allowed.The first three winners of the district-level competitions will be honoured with cash prizes of 5,000, 3,000 and 2,000. District-level winners will be sent to the state-level competitions. Winners of state-level competitions will be honoured with 4gm of gold medal and cash awards of 50,000, 25,000 and 10,000.The maximum duration of the performances will be five minutes. For more details, contact the regional assistant director of art and culture department office in Coimbatore at 0422-2610290. The competitions for Tirupur district will be held at the Vivekananda Vidyalaya School Campus at K Chettipalayam on Thursday.

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