Friday, June 14 and Sunday, June 16, 2024, 7:30 pm

MELA Foundation Dream House

275 Church Street, New York

Two Concerts of Evening Ragas in the contemporary Kirana gharana (style) of North Indian Classical Music will be performed by La Monte Young with The Just Alap Raga Ensemble in a memorial tribute honoring the great master of the tradition, Marian Zazeela (April 15, 1940 – March 28, 2024) on the occasion of her passing. The concerts will be presented on Friday, June 14 and Sunday, June 16, 2024 at 7:30 pm in the MELA Foundation Dream House light environment, 275 Church Street, 3rd Floor.

The Just Alap Ensemble will perform two compositions by La Monte Young featuring extended alap sections and sustained vocal drones over tamburas: “Raga Sundara” ektal (12 beats) vilampit in Raga Yaman Kalyan and Song to Guruji, “Was It The Shadow of His Feet?” dipchandi tal (14 beats) madhyalay in Raga Sindh Bhairavi.

The Just Alap Raga Ensemble

La Monte Young · voice

Jung Hee Choi · voice

Jon Catler · electric just intonation guitar

Hansford Rowe · electric fretless bass

Naren Budhkar · tabla

The Tamburas of Pandit Pran Nath from the Just Dreams CD