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| Occidental
Music Department (Spicer Memorial College) |
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If music be the food of love, play on said William
Shakespeare, so the Occidental Music Department
of the Spicer Memorial College has been playing
on right from the beginning of the College at
Krishnarajapuram, near Bangalore. The department
imparts education in western music not just to
students of Spicer College but also to outsiders.
Examinations of various grades of the Trinity
College of London and Associated Board of Royal
Schools are conducted here and for these the examiners
are sent by the music colleges/boards in London.
The subjects taught here are pianism, solo singing,
choir singing, music history and music theory.
According to the syllabus laid by the London
University, one has to have a major and a minor
subject. In order to complete the Music Major
or Music Minor, the student is required to take
various courses in music theory and music history.
Grade-IV gives you a Music Minor and Grade-VIII
gives you a Music Major. To get a masters degree
in music one has to pass all the eight grades
in music.
Address: Spicer Memorial College, Near
Pune-Bremen Square, Aundh, Pune 411 007.
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| Melody
Makers (Pune's own International Band) |
Melody Makers, a name so apt for a group striving
to rebuild people's homes by contributing it's share
to various charity, small-savings, drought-relief
and flood-relief organisations and bringing melody
in people's lives. An institution known for discovering
and promoting new talent was basically formed for
raising funds for the flood-affected people due
to the Panshet dam burst in 1961. With the backing
of great film stars like Amitabh & Jaya Bachchan,
Shashi Kapoor, Dilip Kumar, the late Raj Kapoor,
Rajendra Kumar and veteran musician and singer late
Kishore Kumar, Melody Makers still continues to
conduct charity shows and glamorises the occasion
by having these well-known film personalities as
invitees.
Melody Makers retains its unique flavour and identity
by performing not just in front of a national audience
in Indira Gandhi Stadium (New Delhi), Netaji Stadium
(Calcutta) and Shanmukhnanda Hall (Mumbai) but also
in front of an international audience in stadiums
like Lincoln Hall, Madison Square Gardes (New York),
Royal Albert Hall, Wembley Arena, Wembley Conference
Hall (London), etc. With the years, the group has
undergone many changes. Now the group is managed
by Mr Praveen Kumar, the son of founder Mr Ashok
Kumar Saraf. Many new and young talented artists
have come up to replace the old but the quality
and the beauty of their music has remained the same,
Mr Vijay Salvi who is associated with Melody Makers
for the past 36 years is the sole person engaged
in taking music groups to the United Kingdom. He
is one of the renowned musicians and inspired by
this, his son Siddharth is in the UK on some music
assignments. The group has had the honour of performing
before the President of India, late Shri V V Giri,
ministers and other dignitaries. They are widely
acclaimed by all sections of people, press and critics
for their sophisticated presentation, excellent
teamwork, lively and ever fresh performance.
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