April 15 and 22, 2018 at 11am

MELA Foundation Dream House

275 Church Street, New York

MELA is honored to present the first morning raga concerts by The Just Alap Raga Ensemble on the occasion of Marian Zazeela’s 78th birthday. Two morning concerts of Raga Bhairava in the contemporary Kirana gharana (style) of North Indian Classical Music will be performed by The Just Alap Raga Ensemble with La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela, Jung Hee Choi and Naren Budhkar in an honorary tribute for Marian Zazeela’s 78th Birthday, Sundays, April 15, and 22, 2018, 11 am in the MELA Foundation Dream House light environment by Marian Zazeela and Jung Hee Choi, 275 Church Street, 3rd Floor.  

La Monte Young, Marian Zazeela and Jung Hee Choi, voices; with Naren Budhkar, tabla; will be accompanied by The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD. The Just Alap Raga Ensemble will perform Pandit Pran Nath’s special arrangement of Hamare kunjana balama a traditional vilampit khayal composition set in Raga Bhairava.

The Just Alap Raga Ensemble

La Monte Young · voice

Marian Zazeela · voice

Jung Hee Choi · voice

Naren Budhkar · tabla

The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD