Bangalore Gayana Samaja's 38th music conference starts today at the Bangalore Gayana Samaja Auditorium, K.R. Road, Bangalore (Ph: 26506049, email: gayanasamaja@vsnl.net) . The theme of the conference is "Karnatakada Vaggeya Vaibhava (Splendor of Compositions of Karnataka Composers)". The following are the expert sessions and concerts scheduled: 13th Aug 2006 (Sunday) 10:00AM - Inauguration 6:00PM - Saxaphone: Kadri Gopalnath, Violin: A. Kanyakumari,Mridangam: V.Praveen, Ghatam: Vaikkom Gopalakrishnan, Khanjira: A.S.N.Swamy, Morsing: B.Rajasekar 14th Aug 2006 (Monday) 9:45AM to 12:15PM - Invocation: Compositions of Purandaradasa - Saralaya Sisters; Inauguration of expert sessions and keynote address - Dr. V.V. Srivatsa; Aesthetics in Music - Bombay Jayashri Ramnath 6:00PM - Carnatic Vocal: Bombay Jayashri Ramnath ,Violin: Mysore Srikanth, Mridangam: Poongulam Subramanian, Khanjira: Rajagopalan 15th Aug 2006 (Tuesday) 9:45AM to 12:15PM - Invocation: Compositions of Mysore Sadasiva Rao - Renuka Rudrapatna; Muthiah Bhagavathar - T.N.Seshagopalan; Q&A session - Face to face with Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman 6:00PM - Carnatic Vocal: Madurai T.N.Seshagopalan, Violin: H.K.Venkatram, Mridangam: Umayalapuram K. Sivaraman, Khanjira: N.Amrith 16th Aug 2006 (Wednesday) 9:45AM to 12:15PM - Invocation: Composition of Venna Seshanna - Dr. Hamsini Nagendra; Jayachamaraja Wodeyar - Dr. Sukanya Prabhakar; Mysore Sadasiva Rao - Dr.R.K.Srikantan, demonstration by M.S.Sheela and T.S. Satyavati 6:00PM - Veena & violin samvAda: Jayanthi & Kumaresh, Mridangam: Arjun Kumar, Ghatam: Sukanya Ramagopal 17th Aug 2006 (Thursday) 9:45AM to 12:15PM - Invocation: Composition of Mysore Vasudevacharya - Manasi Prasad; Mysore Vasudevacharya - S. Rajaram; Music in dance - Maya Rao and demonstration by artists of Natya Institute of Kathak and Choreography 6:00PM - Carnatic Vocal: R.K.Padmanabha, Violin: Mysore Manjunath, Mridangam: C. Cheluvaraju, Ghatam: G.S.Ramanujan 18th Aug 2006 (Friday) 9:45AM to 12:15PM - Invocation: Compositions of Muthiah Bhagavathar - Kalavathi Avadhooth; Veena Seshanna - Mysore V. Subramanya with demonstration by Rajalakshmi Tirunarayanan; Lakshya & lakshana in karnatic music - T.M.Krishna 6:00PM - Carnatic Vocal: T.M.Krishna, Violin: R.K.Sriramkumar, Mridangam: K.V.Prasad, Ghatam: Giridhar Udupa 19th Aug 2006 (Saturday) 9:45AM to 12:15PM - Invocation: Composition of Jayachamaraja Wodeyar - Sumana Vedanth; Ganapathi in Music - M.S. Sheela; Pada & Javali - Dr. Nagamani Srinath; Concluding Remarks - Mysore V. Subramanya 6:00PM - Violin Duet: Mysore Manjunath & Mysore Nagaraj, Mridangam: Srimushnam V. Raja Rao, Morsing: Vyasa Vittala 20th Aug 2006 (Sunday) 10:00AM - Conferment of the title "Sangeetha Kalaratna" to Conference President Mysore V. Subramanya 6:00PM - Bharatnatyam: Sridhar & Anuradha (Compositions of Karnataka Composers) The season ticket for the complete conference is Rs. 150 for non-members and Rs. 120 for members. Alternatively, once can buy tickets for the individual concerts for Rs. 30. All concerts are from 6PM to 9PM.