Indian Raga creates a community of instructors (Fellows) and students who work together to create accessible and commercially viable music rooted in classical and folk traditions. We pick Fellows – vetted by global experts, and match them to groups of students who co-create content that is relevant to audiences. Content is uploaded to the IndianRaga portal for crowd-sourced feedback. By inverting the instructor-led approach to a peer-peer learning experience, kids engage better with the art form.

Popularized by MS Subbulakshmi, ‘Bruhi Mukundethi’ is a Sadashiva Brahmendra composition. 2013 IndianRaga Fellow Harsha Nagarajan set it to a ragamalika in ragams Kurinji, Kapi, Nagaswarali, and Hamsanandi, in this unique interpretation. The piece is preceded by a Thani Avarthanam to showcase the brilliance of our young mridangists.

Performed at IndianRaga Chicago Labs, February 2015 by:

Aparajitha Adiraju (Vocal)
Varshini Iyer (Vocal)
Vishvak Kumaran (Mridangam)
Arjun Ramachandran (Mridangam)
Rishabh Ranganathan (Violin)

Audio Recording and Mixing by:
Chris Steinmetz
Stonecutter Studios

Video shooting and editing by:
Tim Frakes

An IndianRaga Labs Presentation

www.indianraga.com

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With all the hubbub surrounding the recent trend toward normalizing relations with Cuba, I thought I would repost this March, 2011 video I recorded in Matanza, Cuba. My friend Tony Fernandez is the bass player in this wonderful string quintet. D`Cámara Opus 5 is popular in Cuba and has toured in the United States, Europe and around the Caribbean. Tony asked me to record them during my visit. Here they perform Johann Strauss, Roses from the South.

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Walking in the Light of Your Love is a song written and performed by Peter Mayer with accompanying vocals from his daughter, India. Doug Haugen from Lutheran Men in Mission asked me to produce this video with Peter for the 2014 LMM Gathering in Nashville.

Peter, India and I shot this on a hilltop in Percy Warner Park. Guitarist, vocalist and songwriter, Peter Mayer has been quietly and steadily building a fervent following across the country, stepping outside his role as one of Jimmy Buffett’s Coral Reefers to front his own band, The Peter Mayer Group. Melding a unique and eclectic writing style, a distinctive voice, and virtuoso musicianship, Peter and his band create compelling and accessible music that is electrifying in live performance.

Peter Mayer is a big-time performer and artist, yet as down-to earth as they come. A “Missionary Kid” Peter grew up in India where his family served with the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod. It was a honor to work with him again.

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Here are the lyrics:
In the quiet of the twilight,
as the star rises,
Evening praise covers the earth,
And sweet stillness
will reign everywhere
As the blue sky quietly fades away,
Evening praise makes beautiful the silence,
And nature’s chorus sings to God!
And our hearts are filled
with a wonderful calm, which reaches to thee, my Lord.
From the depths of my heart
I will sing a song,
In the quiet of the evening,
May my song of joyful praise
Rise to Your throne!

The documentary is being produced for the Institute for the Study of American Evangelicals at Wheaton College. Our plan is to explore the long-term impact of the Graham Crusades in the years after the event took place. Graham conducted more than 400 crusades in 185 countries and territories on six continents between 1947 and 2005.

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In the summer of 1989 I produced this half hour documentary while working for WCFC-TV38 Chicago. Cornerstone is a Christian Rock music festival connected with Jesus People USA. We recorded this at the Lake County Fair Grounds in Grays Lake, Illinois. Interviews include event coordinator Henry Huang, rockers Charlie Peacock, Margaret Becker, Glen Kaiser (REZ Band), Ken Tamplin (Shout), Mylon LeFevre and the late Larry Norman.

Tim Frakes, Writer/Producer
Debra Revitzer, Marcella Raymond, Field Producers
Wade Bobbitt, Clark Gray, Tommie Skinner, Minicam
John Haney, Post Production Editor
Kevin San Hamel, Narrator
Ray Hibbs, David Franklin, Engineers
Cynthia J. Oney, Graphics

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This video was recorded at a local hotel. We were running out of daylight and finished recording just as the sun set over the mountains!

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Valerie Mossman-Celestin Executive Director of Haitian Artisans for Peace Internatinal (HAPI) asked me to produce three music videos in Musac, Haiti with the Shalom Singers. HAPI is an UMCOR funded fair trade artisan co-op focused on spirituality and creativity. The Shalom Singers are a group of young adults associated with HAPI. This video was recorded at a local hotel. The group is standing inside the mouth of a tiger. The Shalom Singers leader and HAPI Co-founder, Paul Prevost, thought this would serve as a metaphor illustrating Haitian resolve to trust in Jesus of Nazareth, even when surrounded by danger.

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Here is a short piece I cut together during a live worship in Mizak in 2011.

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