Pandit Hom Nath Upadhyaya

FEB. 2012 update:
Spring 2012 TOUR--check back frequently for news!!

Sadhana ~ Paul Livingstone & Hom Nath Upadhyaya

North American 2012 Tour & CD Release
(March 9th - May 6th)

Southern California/Mexico (March 9th – 18th)

Arizona/New Mexico (March 19th - 25th)
Phoenix concert to be confirmed; details tba
Flagstaff concert to be confirmed; March 23rd
                                                           Albuquerque concert to be confirmed; March 24th
                                                           Santa Fe concert confirmed; March 25th

                                                                   Colorado (March 26th - April 1st)
                                                           possible concert in La Veta; March 26th
                                                           Ft. Collins concert confirmed; March 30th
                                                           Denver concert confirmed; March 31st
                                                           Boulder concert confirmed; April 1st

                                                                   Ohio & Michigan (April 2nd - 8th)
                                                           In residence at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, OH; April
                                                           2nd-6th
                                                           Bowling Green, OH concert confirmed; April 5th, 8 pm, Bowling Green
                                                           State University Arts Village

                                                                   Canada/Penn/NY (April 9th - 15th)
                                                           Rochester, NY concert confirmed; April 13th

                                                                   Central Atlantic/South East (April 21st- April 24th)
                                                           Germantown, MD concert confirmed; April 21st
                                                           Concert in Virginia, location tba; April 22nd
                                                           Williamsburg, VA concert confirmed; April 23rd, College of William &
                                                           Mary
                                                           April 24th, lecture-demonstrations at College of William Mary

                                                           Boston/NY/RI (late April-Early May)

UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Fundraiser for Sadhana CD
Classical Ragas of the Romantic Rasa
Sunday, Feb 19th at 5.00 pm

Featuring Paul Livingstone & Hom Nath Upadhyaya

A candlelit intimate house concert experience
at 248 South Ave 51, Los Angeles CA 90042
This is Highland Park, exit 110 at Ave 52
cross street is Longfellow (between 110 & Figueroa)
(safe street parking)

Tickets : $50 couples
(no one turned away for lack of funds)
Light refreshments included
Indian style floor seating on rugs & pillows
If chairs are required please let us know
Please RSVP by Email zpaulz[at]gmail.com or call: (310)-753-3303

Indian Music in Hawaii! Luminous Ragas, featuring Parashuram Bhandari (sarangi), Hom Nath Upadhyaya (tabla), Babette Ackin (tanpura)
February 25-26th, 2012

For more information, please call 808-965-1053 or visit
www.IndianClassicalMusicHawaii.com

Sat, February 25, 1 - 3 pm
WORKSHOP
Private Home, Hilo, Call for details
$20

Sat, February 25, 7 pm
CONCERT
Honoka’a People’s Theatre
$20 advance, $25 door • $12 students w/ID

Sun, February 26, 3 pm
CONCERT
East Hawaii Cultural Center
141 Kalakaua Street, Hilo
$20–25 Sliding Scale • $12 students w/ID

Spring Quarter UCSB Music of India concert, March 15, 2012

UCSB MUSIC OF INDIA ENSEMBLE - "AN EVENING OF NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL MUSIC"
THURS., MARCH 15, 7 p.m., Karl Geiringer Hall (Music Room 1250)
$15/Gen, $7/Stu - Tickets at the door
Scott Marcus directs the sitar classes and Hom Nath Upadhyaya directs the tabla classes in "An Evening of North Indian Classical Music." Special Guests will perform in the second half of the concert.

PAST PERFORMANCES

Josh Feinberg and Pt. Hom Nath Upadhyaya (in PORTLAND, OR)

December 30, 2011
Vihara recital with Josh Feinberg (sitar) Hom Nath Upadhyaya (tabla)
Dance Mandal Nritya Mandala Mahavihara
1405 SE 40th Ave. Portland OR 97214
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm

suggested donation: $10-$15

For more information visit: http://joshfeinbergmusic.com/sitar-home/
or http://www.dancemandal.com/

Private and Group Lessons in Portland, Oregon in late Dec./early Jan.

Join Pt. Hom Nath Upadhyaya in PDX for tabla lessons (and don't miss the concert w/ Josh Feinberg--see above).

Hom Nathji will be available for lessons in Portland between Dec. 27th, 2011 and Jan. 8th, 2012. For more information please contact rose@kiranawest.com. All levels of playing ability are welcome!

Tabla Workshop w/ Hom Nath Upadhyaya

Tuesday, Dec. 13th, 6 pm
429 N. Ave. 57
Los Angeles, CA 90042

A CONCERT OF EVENING RAGAS

PAUL LIVINGSTONE, SITAR & PT. HOM NATH UPADHYAYA, TABLA

SATURDAY, DEC. 17TH
6 PM

RSVP for info and location in Pasadena/HP area
zpaulz@gmail.com

A CONCERT OF MORNING RAGAS

PAUL LIVINGSTONE, SITAR & PT. HOM NATH UPADHYAYA, TABLA

SUNDAY, DEC. 18TH
6 AM

611 N. FAIRFAX AVE.
Los Angeles, CA 90036

Part of the Cinefamily 24 Hour Fundraiser! More info, directions, etc. at http://www.cinefamily.org/films/special-events-december-2011/#cinefamilys-fantastic-elastic-24-hour-fundraiser-telethon

**UCSB MUSIC OF INDIA (TABLA) ENSEMBLE**

MON., NOV. 28, 7 p.m.
Karl Geiringer Hall (Music Room 1250)

Hom Nath Upadhyaya directs "An Evening of North Indian and Nepali Classical Music" by the Music of India (Tabla) Ensemble.

Admission is $15/General, $7/Students, with tickets at the door.

Sitar/Sarangi Jugabandi

Hollywood Forever Cemetery
6000 Santa Monica Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Pankaj Misra, Paul Livingstone perform
a rare sarangi/sitar jugalbandi with
Hom Nath Upadhyaya and friends

Two sets of Indian classical ragas
afternoon & sunset ragas at 4:30 & 6pm!

jugalbandi!

Indian music at Mt. Baldy

Featuring Teaching Artists:
Hom Nath Upadhyaya~ tabla
Paul Livingstone ~ sitar

Mt Baldy Indian Music Workshops
(sitar/tabla & all instruments!)
Labor Day Weekend 2011
September 2nd-5th

Join us in beautiful cabins next to a flowing stream in Ice House Canyon for 3 days of Indian music classes (tabla, sitar, vocal/rhythm & western instruments) in the inspiring natural
surroundings of Mount Baldy!

contact Sangeet

more information &
workshop schedule online

Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay

Khyal: The Art of Raga (VOCAL & INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC OF NORTH INDIA)

Concert at Santa Barabara Yoga
this Saturday, August 20th, 8pm

Featuring Artists:

Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay~ vocal
Soibal Bandyopadhyay ~ harmonium
Hom Nath Upadhyaya~ tabla
Paul Livingstone ~ sitar

Santa Barbara Yoga
32 west Micheltorena
Santa Barbara, CA
(805) 965 6045
$20/$10 students (tickets at the door)

One of the leading classical vocalists of India,
Sangeeta Bandyopadhyay is known around the
world for her depth of artistry, pure vocal tone
and mellifluous voice ranging over three octaves.
She learned under the legendary Pandit Chinmoy
Lahiri, Ustad Munawarali Khan, and Pandit Kamal Bandyopadhyay of the Lucknow, Patiala and Indore gharanas. Sangeeta is a Top Grade vocalist
of All India Radio and daughter of acclaimed tabla maestro Pandit Sanka Chatterjee.

2011 Guru Purnima

SATURDAY, JULY 16TH, 7 PM
GURU PURNIMA CONCERT

MONTINO BOURBON-SAROD
HOM NATH UPADHYAYA-TABLA
W/ SPECIAL GUEST MAMTA UPADHYAYA, NEPALESE DANCE

SANTA BARBARA YOGA CENTER
32 E. MICHELTORENA
SANTA BARBARA, CA
TICKETS AT THE DOOR: $15/$10 STUDENT

Tibetan Melodies and Nepali Rhythms

Yungchen Lhamo

“The Voice of Tibet”

Benefit concert for Children & Women of Tibet & The People of Japan

ACCOMPANIED BY PANDIT HOM NATH UPADHYAYA, TABLA

Thursday, May 12, 2011
7 PM
Suggested Minimum Donation $15
Trinity Episcopal Church
1500 State St, Santa Barbara, CA 93101
$15 tickets available at the door
or through Arlington Theater Box Office (805-963-4408)
visit http://www.yungchenlhamo.com/

Indian Classical Music
with Montino Bourbon (sarod) & Hom Nath Upahdyaya (tabla)

Saturday, May 14th, 2011 7 PM
Bhatki Yoga Shala 207 Arizona Ave
Santa Monica, Ca 90401
http://www.bhaktiyogashala.com/

UPDATE 7/10/11: THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELED.
NORTH INDIAN CLASSICAL AND RAGA JAZZ MUSIC CAMP
featuring Paul Livingstone (sitar), Hom Nath Upadhyaya (tabla), Shanti Shivani (vocal)
Sunday, July 31st - Friday, Aug. 5th
Marcola, Oregon (between Eugene & Portland)

for more information, visit http://www.tanpura.com/Oregon_workshops.html

A very special evening of Music from India & Nepal!

Featuring Pandit Homnath Upadhyaya on Tabla
& Megan Yalkut on Sarode

SUNDAY, DEC 19, 2010, 7pm

at Hamsa Arts, 1919 Spruce St. Boulder, Co
Suggested Donation $10

There will be some pillows and some chairs, but you may like to bring your favorite cushion to sit on.
Refreshments will be served in a reception after the concert.

more information at http://www.hamsadesign.com/events.html

Pt. HOM NATH UPADHYAYA
in-studio performance and interview on "Music from Everywhere but Here"
Live on WBGU 88.1 FM Bowling Green State University radio
SUNDAY, DEC. 5, 2010, 6-7 pm
live streaming at www.wbgufm.com

PT. HOM NATH UPADHYAYA
masterclasses, lecture-demos, private lessons
at Bowling Green State University and Oberlin Conservatory
Dec. 2-7, 2010

Thursday, Dec. 2: (w/ Steve Gorn)--lecture-demos, Music of World Cultures courses, BGSU

Friday, Dec. 3: (w/Steve Gorn)--lecture-demo, Introduction to Musics of the World course, Oberlin Conservatory

NEW UPDATE: Monday, Dec. 6: tabla master class
BGSU School of Musical Arts, room 2117
3-5 pm

for details contact Rob Wallace at rnawallace@hotmail.com

AN EVENING OF NORTH INDIAN AND NEPALI MUSIC
TUES., NOV. 30, 6-7:30 p.m.
UCSB Karl Geiringer Hall (Music Room 1250)
$15/Gen $7/Stu – Tickets at the door
This concert features the UCSB TABLA ACCOMPANIMENT AND TABLA CLASSES,led by renowned guest lecturer, Pandit Hom Nath Upadhyaya. The second portion of the concert will feature a sitar recital by Nasir Syed, Ph.D. student in ethnomusicology at UCSB and disciple of Ustad Shujaat Khan. Nasir will be accompanied by Hom Nathji on tabla.

A Concert of Hindustani Classical Music
Steve Gorn bansuri (bamboo flute) & Pt. Hom Nath Upadhyaya (tabla)
THURSDAY, DEC. 2, 2010, 6:30 PM FREE!
BGSU Arts Village
(Located in Kreischer Quadrangle, below the Sundial Dining Hall)

For more information contact Rob Wallace at rnawallace@hotmail.com
More about the artists can be found at www.stevegorn.com
and www.homnathtabla.com
This event is cosponsored by Asian Studies, the BGSU Afro-Carribean & Gamelan Ensembles, MUCT, BGSU Indian Student Association, ECAP, and the BSGU Arts Village

Steve Gorn & Hom Nath Upadhyaya

Friday, Dec. 3, 2010, 6 pm

Reinberger Chamber Hall

Cleveland, OH

more info at: http://www.clevelandorchestra.com/news-and-media/news-releases/2010/Nov-15-Gypsies.aspx

Accelerate your weekend with Fridays@7, a whirlwind global celebration.

@5 p.m. Doors open; libations and creative cuisine for purchase in the lobbies, and Indian classical music performed by Steve Gorn, bansuri bamboo flute, and Hom Nath Upadhyaya, tabla, beginning at 6 p.m. in Reinberger Chamber Hall.

@7 p.m. Pinchas Steinberg leads The Cleveland Orchestra performing Mahler’s Symphony No. 1 (“Titan”) and Nicolai’s Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor (his opera based on Shakespeare’s play).

@8:15 p.m. The New York Gypsy All-Stars performs a cross-cultural mix of Balkan, Turkish, and Romany Gypsy music. Time Out New York calls the group’s young Macedonian/Turkish leader, clarinet virtuoso Ismail Lumanovski, “an adventurous, modern-minded front man, who leads his band through a varied terrain of Balkan, Turkish and Romany selections, spiked with jazz and Western styles.”

Raagmala presents
A Sitar-Tabla Concert featuring
Paul Livingstone
Pt. Hom Nath Upadhyaya

Friday, Nov 19, 2010
7.30 pm

MultiCultural Center, University Center Room 1504
University of California, Santa Barbara
Driving Directions

Tickets: FREE for All!

For more info contact
Dilip Gopalakrishna 805-708-4771
Karthick Santhanam 361-522-4952

An Evening of North Indian Classical Music

FEATURING PAUL LIVINGSTONE, SITAR
HOM NATH UPADHYAYA, TABLA

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2010
7:30 PM

ZanZilla YOGA STUDIO
2750 E. MAIN STREET, SUITE F
(below Crystal Cleaners)
VENTURA, CA

$10 tickets at the door
more info at http://www.zanzillasyoga.com/#/events/4525086180
and www.tanpura.com

An Evening of Indian and Nepali Music
featuring PAUL LIVINGSTONE, sitar
HOM NATH UPADHYAYA, tabla

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 16, 8 pm

San Luis Obispo Museum of Art
1010 Broad Street
San Luis Obispo, CA

more information available at http://tanpura.com/whats_new.htm#UpcomingPerformance

AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL HINDUSTANI MUSIC
featuring Pt. Tarun Bhattacharya (santoor)
Pt. Hom Nath Upadhyaya (tabla)

Friday October 22nd, 2010 8pm
UCSB Karl Geiringer Hall (Music Bldg, Room 1250)
$10 general/$7 students
tickets at the door

Anton Mizerak, Kim Lorene, and Hom Nath Upadhyaya
Unity of Ventura
Ventura, CA
Saturday, September 4 at 7:00pm

Anton Mizerak, Kim Lorene, and Hom Nath Upadhyaya
Center of the Heart
Santa Barbara, CA
Friday, September 3 at 7:00pm

more info on Anton Mizerak at www.shastasong.com

Montino Bourbon, sarod and Pt. Hom Nath Upadhyaya, tabla

AN EVENING OF INDIAN AND NEPALI CLASSICAL MUSIC
featuring

MONTINO BOURBON
sarod
...
Pt.HOM NATH UPADHYAYA
tabla

SUNDAY
JULY 25th 2010
7:30 PM

Source Yoga studio
1911 De la Vina unit G
$10 general/$5 students
tickets at the door

The concert will also feature a recital by Hom Nathji’s tabla students in honor of the Guru Purnima holiday (“Full Moon of the Guru”).

RAGAS and KIRTAN in honor of Gandhiji's Birthday--BENEFIT CONCERT FOR THE AMALA FOUNDATION
with
Hom Nath Upadhyaya-tabla
Montino Bourbon-sarod
Bod Sedivy-flute
Sudama Kennedy-vocals and guitar
Patrick Richey-percussion
and more!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2010
7:30 pm
at SOURCE YOGA
1911 De La Vina St., Suite G
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
donations at the door

more information on the Amala Foundation at www.amalafoundation.org

UCSB MUSIC BOWL
Noon World Music Series
A Concert of North Indian and Nepali Classical Music
featuring MONTINO BOURBON, sarod
HOM NATH UPADHYAYA, tabla

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6
noon-1 pm
University of California, Santa Barbara Music Bowl (in the music building)
Free admission
more information at http://www.mcc.ucsb.edu/

Pt. Hom Nath Upadhyaya performing with Mahesh Kale (2010)

Performing with sitar player Paul Livingstone (2010)

FEB. 2012 update: Spring 2012 TOUR--check back frequently for news!!