The Leicester Museums and Galleries is hosting a concert of ancient Sikh music played on forgotten instruments. Musicians of the Raj Academy, London, will play and explain this musical tradition in New Walk Museum on Saturday 29 November 2008 between 5pm to 7pm. This event is being organised as part of events relating to ‘The Living Guru – The Holy Sikh Scripture’ exhibition on display until 31 December.
The exhibition is organised jointly with The Kohinoor Project Trust, Leicester as part of the world-wide 300th anniversary celebrations of the enthronement of the Holy Sikh Scripture, the Guru Granth Sahib Ji as the living spiritual teacher of the Sikhs.
The exhibition focuses on the Guru Granth Sahib Ji, by looking at the history, the contributors of the holy text, its role in festivals and in daily life.
The displays include objects in Gurdwaras (Sikh Temples), traditional musical instruments (some of which will be played in concert), manuscripts, tokens and oil paintings. The visitor experience is aided by video clips, power point presentation and use of interactive facilities to listen to sounds of Sikh musical instruments and segments of music in classical ragas.
Mr. Sarbjit Singh the chair of the Kohinoor Project Trust said “Raj Academy’s mission is to revive and teach the sacred art and science of singing and playing Sikh rag music on the original string instruments. The academy in collaboration with Thames Valley University, London College of Music is reaching thousands of students worldwide by providing qualifications in 8 graded Exams (also available via Web school www.rajacademy.com) BMus(Hons), MMus, PhD in Sikh and traditional Indian music and MA in Nad Yoga. We looking forward to the performance by Prof. Surinder Singh head of the Academy and other musicians on Saturday.”
For further information please visit website www.sikhwebsite.com or www.leicester.gov.uk/museums .
The cost is £4.00.
For further information about the exhibition please contact New Walk Museum tel. 0116 225 4900.