Acoustic Dusk

Ever imagined Led Zeppelin, Children of Bodom, Allman Brothers, Tool and many more played live just where you stay. A night of several of your favourite bands and several original compositions live by IIT bands in the OAT! Staccato presents ACOUSTIC DUSK.

Venue: OAT

Time: 27th October, Wednesday, 6pm

Make Some Noise…

SURBAHAAR

When musicians playing different instruments, from across different hostels and different genres come together, what do you get? A musical extravaganza, of course!! As has been for the past few years, we present to you once again this year, the biggest musical event in IIT Bombay: Surbahaar!

Like every year, this new version of Surbahaar brings to you performances of a number of popular songs, ranging from Bollywood’s latest favourites to those golden ones from the past decade, from those by some of your favourite hindi rock bands, to even original compositions by some of our most talented musicians in IIT!

14^th October 2010, 7 pm, at the Convo Hall.. Be there to hum along your favourite songs.. cheer your friends playing on stage.. and enjoy the evening..

Freshiezza

Enthusiasm is all that is required for any event to be a success which was in abundance in Freshiezza Phase I. Classical Vocals and Instrumentals saw a good participation and several proficient performances. Freshie Idol elims turned out to be an interestingly fun event. The yoga room was full of participants with more coming in till midnight. It was a tough call for the judges but eventually some names did come up.

Classical Vocals

1st: Rohan Pillai H2
2nd: Parul Verma H10
2nd: Meera Ramaswamy H10

Classical Instrumentals

1st: Prajwal A. N. on Violin H4
2nd: K. Satwik on Violin H3
3rd: Rohan Pillai on Tabla H2

Freshie Idol (Finalists)

• Aakash H1
• Rohan Pillai H2
• Mayur Bhalayi H3
• Arshaq Wazeem H4
• Bhupendra Soni H4
• Shubham Yadav H4
• Salil Argade H5
• Jigme H9
• Ishita H10
• Suhani Shorewala H10
• Jitendra Singh H12
• Anoop Kumar Gupta H12

Congratulations to all the winners!!

First “On a Roll”

Last thursday Staccato kicked off with this years on a roll with a more-than-expected audience :-).On a rolls are basically informal jamming sessions conducted in hostel messes, lounges, lawns etc. Staccato aims at carrying the ‘band’wagon to different hostels through on a rolls. H4 lounge was chosen as the venue mainly to ensure our freshers enthusiastically participate in the upcoming Freshizza Music events.We saw a Freshie band from H4 relive punk rock by covering Green Day. Other prepared performances included Fade to Black , Stars by Switchfoot, Scar Tissue, Comfortably Numb, Smoke on the good old water etc. Apart from these, impromptu jamming was also thoroughly enjoyed by the audience. We hope to be coming to other hostels soon.

Surbahar Auditions!!!

Surbahar is the biggest musical fest that the students of IIT Bombay organize and perform in. It is a mixture of musical talent from across all hostels, all batches and all departments. The performance on the convocation stage is the culmination of long and enjoyable sessions of practices. But the journey through Surbahar is not just this one grand performance on stage; it is also about the bonding that the many musicians share while discovering and performing music.

Auditions for the Big Showtime are being held on Monday at 8pm.

Vocals auditions are happening in the SAC Yoga Room and Instrumental auditions in the Music Room.

We hope to see a grand turnout. Auditions are compulsory for all.

Regards

Saaz Conveners

Music Classes

IITB school of music announces music classes

Guitar by Mr Silman Marak (Rs 1800 for 10 sessions)
Drums by Mr Hamza Kazi (Rs 1300 for 10 sessions)
Hindustani Classical Vocals by Ms Shweta Jog (Rs 1440 for 15 sessions)
Flute by Mr Himanshu Nanda (Rs 1440 for 10 sessions)
Tabla by Mr Prasad Padhye (Rs 840 for 8 sessions)
Violin by Ms Ketki Ponkshe (Rs 1440 for 8 sessions)

Registration
Dates: 25th (Wed) to 27th (Fri)
Time: 5 to 7pm
Venue: Coffee Shack
AND
Dates: 28th (Sat)
Time: 6 to 8pm
Venue: SAC (Outside Yoga room)

Saaz & Staccato Orientation

The orientations for Saaz and Staccato were held on the 13th of August at the SAC Yoga Room. The orientation saw a huge turnout and the yoga room was filled to capacity. The orientation included performances alternating between Saaz and Staccato. There were 2 very good freshie performances, from H4 and H2. The bands performing in Malhar (which has qualified to the finals 🙂 ) and Umang also showcased their performances. The performances were enjoyed by all. The conveners doled out fundae about Inter-college fests, GCs, institute-wide music events and forming bands and jamming with batch-mates and seniors.

The pics will be uploaded soon. The link will be put up here.