Indian Violinist Aishu Performing at SMC

01/17/11

SPARTANBURG -- The Spartanburg Methodist College Centennial Concert series will host its second event of the new year on Jan. 31, a performance by world-renowned Indian violinist Aishu.

The free concert will be held at 7:30 pm in SMC's Bridges Arena and is open to the public.

Aishu is a student of the Berklee College of Music, with an emphasis on jazz performance, who earned a full scholarship to the college at the age of 13. She carries the unique distinction of being the youngest student accepted into this four-year college.

Aishu's tonal quality, spectral purity and strong bowing technique are the hallmarks of her performance style. Aishu's father, Vinod (V.R.) Venkataraman, a native of Bombay, India, is a professional Mridangam (South Indian percussion drum) player and a guest lecturer at Berklee College of Music for a clinic called "The Math behind the Music."

She will conduct a same-day workshop on Jan. 31 at SMC on ""Math and Music in Indian Music" - which is also open to the public as well.

For more information on the artist, you can visit http://www.divinestrings.com

For more information on the event, please contact Centennial Committee chairman Briles Lever at (864) 587-4279 or leverb@smcsc.edu

Spartanburg Methodist College is in its 100th year of providing quality education to students in a Christian environment. More than 90 percent of SMC graduates continue their education at other institutions of higher learning.

Media inquiries can be directed to Brian Fulkerson, director of public information, at (864) 587-4254 or publicinfo@smcsc.edu.

 

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