Report of 165th "Kala Poshakam" - Sunday, 13th October, 2019.

The “Mylapore Trio” – Amarnath, Surendranath, Aparna, Secretary - Sugathan and Members of Sri Sumukhi Rajasekharan Memorial Foundation conducted the 165th “Kala Poshakam” - Monthly Concerts on Sunday, 13th October, 2019 at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mini Hall, Chennai. It is a Free Platform offered to all Artists of Chennai and all over India.

The pleasant evening started with a Musical Tsunami by the Historic Madras Youth Choir founded by Late. Shri. M.B. Sreenivasan in 1971. The audiences were engulfed by the melody of 30 Cuckoos and nightingales. They rendered multi-lingual songs of various genres including some popular numbers of yester-years. Some famous songs of Bharathiyar, Bharathidasan, Kalki and others were rendered in mono voice. Surendar’s classmate from Kalakshetra BASS School Shri. Nagaraj was instrumental in arranging this programme for the Foundation. He is a member of the MYC and it was a dream come true to make him to sing in our programme and this eventfully happened on 13th Oct. 2019. They sang songs based on Carnatic based ragas exclusively for Sumukhi Foundation. As Suren said though most of them were above 60yrs of the age their voices were not withered but still bold and melodious. The choir music was a new experience altogether. "Sakala Kala Valli" Smt. Revathy Sankkaran praised the MYC for its excellent performance. She also reminiscenced her association with Late Shri. MB Srinivasan and the Choir Group. The group thanked “The Mylapore Trio” and Sugathan for the opportunity given.

This was followed by a mellifluous Keyboard Carnatic concert by three youngsters - Chi. Naveen Srinivas, Chi. Ashish & Chi. Shivaganesh (Disciples of Shri. MS Martin) along with Chi. Chandrasekhar on Mridangam, which enthralled the audience. They played popular numbers in various languages and it was music to our ears.