November 3, 2002 at 8 PM

MELA Foundation Dream House

275 Church Street, New York

A Concert of Evening Ragas in the contemporary Kirana Style of North Indian Classical Music will be performed by La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela with their raga ensemble, in a memorial tribute honoring Pandit Pran Nath on his 84th birthday, Sunday, November 3, at 8 pm in the MELA Foundation Dream House light environment, 275 Church Street, 3rd Floor.

With this ensemble, La Monte Young applies his own compositional approach to traditional raga performance, form and technique: A pranam (bow) of gratitude in reciprocation for the influence on his music since the mid-fifties, of the unique, slow, unmetered timeless alap, and one of the most ancient and evolved vocal traditions extant today. Featuring extended alap sections and sustained vocal drones over tamburas, Young and Zazeela premiered this ensemble on August 22, 2002 at an invitational memorial concert in honor of sarangi master Ustad Hafizullah Khan Sahib, the Khalifa of the Kirana Gharana and son of Pandit Pran Nath’s teacher, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan Sahib.

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela will be accompanied by Jung Hee Choi, voice, Rose Okada, sarangi, and Brad Catler, tabla, and The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD, JD001. The program will include the world premiere of Young’s most recent composition dedicated to Pandit Pran Nath, entitled “I, The Dog Running with Your Sandal in My Teeth,” set in Raga Bhairavi.

The Just Alap Raga Ensemble

La Monte Young · voice

Marian Zazeela · voice

Jung Hee Choi · voice

Rose Okada · sarangi

Brad Catler · tabla

The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD