SARGAM FOUNDATION

Our second year scholarship program has been a bigger success than 2015! Thanks to all our donors, participants, judges, musicians and volunteers.
This year we selected eight finalists from a total of 80 pre-screened participants, among which we had 3 instrumentalists! Like in 2015, Mr. Pratap Roy, the renowned accordionist and chief judge offered to teach “free” to help the “scholars” going forward. All the eight finalists, in addition to the cash awards, will also be getting special coaching free of cost for the year 2016.

Here is a link to All India Radio’s coverage of the scholarship event. The All India Radio’s audio broadcast was recorded live and then converted into a video clip by two separate volunteers. We thanks them both!

The eight finalists of 2015

On October 10, 2015,  Mrs. Mita Kundu led the fund raising event in a live concert at Eliot Center in downtown Portland, Oregon (U.S.A). Top musicians from India and USA were on stage to show their support. The entire event video has been posted on Youtube.

Sargam Foundation’s 2015 Fund Raising Videos

Sargam Foundation proudly announces that, MITA KUNDU, founding Presisdent and an internationally acclaimed vocalist, will be in a live concert at Eliot Center, in downtown Portland, to raise funds for the Foundation.

Mrs. Mita Kundu has performed widely for the last 20 years and enchanted her audiences across North America and India with her God gifted voice. But, after her unforgettable first live performance at the Winningstad Theaters in downtown Portland in 1998, Mita has not performed in Portland. She has directed and staged many shows in Portland, including the 150th anniversary celebration of Nobel laureate poet Rabindranath Tagore in 2010.

This time she will be accompanied on stage by talented musicians who are graciously volunteering for the cause, some traveling all the way from India and many other cities across U.S.A.

Please join us and for this memorable concert  on October 10, 2015.

Where: Eliot Center,
1211 SW Main Street,
Portland, OR 97205
When: October 10, 2015
Program Starts: 5:00 P.M

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The First year scholarship program has been a grand success! Thanks to all our donors, participants, judges, musicians and volunteers. Music Director Abhijit Bandopadhyay was present for part of the night to bless the Foundation and the participants. Mr. Pratap Roy, the renowned accordionist and chief judge promised to help the “scholars” going forward. The Foundation selected twelve candidates for 2015 for scholarships and a few of them are being “groomed” in Kolkata!

Watch our youtube channel for live videos from the event.

The finalists for the 2015 annual scholarship has been announced. Most of the participants did very well and based on their performance, financial situation and future potential selecting the “top 10” was a tough job. This year the foundation decided to select twelve candidates to appear for the finals on 15th. January, 2015. The candidates are (in Alphabetic order): Bilwamangal Sardar, Mahima Saha, Mitali Debnath, Nilanjana Halder, Sathi Paul, Sarmistha Ghosh Hazra, Silvia Mukherjee, Snigdha Chattopadhyay, Subhra Biswas, Supriti Choudhury, Swarnali Raha and Tiyasha Chatterjee.

Our First year’s Scholarship Auditions are complete. More than sixty (60) pre-screened (by local schools and organizations) candidates from as far as Purulia, Bolpur and Suri came to Salt Lake for the auditions. Students from various backgrounds made the two days very colorful and humming. One judge summarized it very well… “we had two days of musical picnic”!!

A few photos are posted for your eyes! The finalists will be announced within the next 3 days!

Finals will be held on Januray 15, 2015 at Gyan Manch. The winners will be announced and scholarships will be awarded on the same day.

First day’s audition went pretty well! The judges were very friendly. The most impressive fact was that they were trying to get the best out of the kids! One of the kids invited the judges to visit her home . The judges almost unanimously said “gaan sonabi?” (Will you sing for us??).

Tomorrow’s auditions will start at 10A.M. We will update once the judges pick the finalists!!

Our First Kolkata auditions start in less than 48 hours. Mr. Kajal Sengupta, Mr. Gora Gupta, Mrs. Mita Kundu and Mr. Pinaki Bose will be the judges for the auditions.
Bebi Da (Mr. Pratap Roy) has graciously accepted to be the Chief Judge for the 15th. January, 2015 Finals and awards ceremony to be held at Gyan Manch, Kolkata.
Thanks to all our volunteers, friends and donors, without whose untiring help and generous donations, we would not have been able to hold the event in Kolkata.

Mr. Debashish Basu, one of the most respected names in the cultural circle of Kolkata Mr. Debashish Basu is one of the most respected names in the cultural circle of Kolkata has graciously joined as an adviser to Sargam Foundation. We are fortunate to have him as one of our guides. 

Gora Gupta is one of the most respected musicians in Kolkata. Mr. Gupta has been playing professional guitar with singers like Manna Dey, Nirmala Misra, Calcutta Youth Choir and has arranged background scores for many films including “Set Patharer Thala”,”Bhrun”, “Mohini”.  Sargam Foundation is proud to have him as an adviser.