June 12 and 19, 2010 at 9 PM

MELA Foundation Dream House

275 Church Street, New York

Two Evening Concerts of Raga Darbari in the contemporary Kirana gharana (style) of North Indian Classical Music will be performed by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela with the Just Alap Raga Ensemble in a memorial tribute to Pandit Pran Nath on the 14th anniversary of his passing, Saturday Evenings, June 12 and 19, 2010 at 9 pm in the MELA Foundation Dream House light environment, 275 Church Street, 3rd Floor.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela will be accompanied by their senior disciple Jung Hee Choi, voice; Jon Catler, fretless sustainer guitar; Naren Budhkar, tabla; and 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 “Hazrat Turkaman,” a traditional vilampit khayal composition set in Raga Darbari. With deep respect for Pandit Pran Nath’s arrangement of this great composition, Young has composed two- and three-part harmony, and even counterpoint in the pre-composition part of the alap and, as in his earlier composition “Raga Sundara” set in Raga Yaman Kalyan, the harmony line for these compositions in Raga Darbari comprises the introduction of two-part harmony into Indian classical khayal composition, contributing a new element to Indian classical music. The harmony for the ‘sthayi of “Hazrat Turkaman” is dedicated to Jung Hee Choi and was composed as a present on her birthday, November 1, 2009; the harmony for antara is dedicated to Pandit Pran Nath and was composed on his 91st Birthday, November 3, 2009.

The Just Alap Raga Ensemble

La Monte Young · voice

Marian Zazeela · voice

Jung Hee Choi · voice

Jon Catler · fretless sustainer guitar

Naren Budhkar · tabla

The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD