Working with new ideas, forms and aesthetics from across the world, presented within a contemporary British context
Our Artistic Director Supriya Nagarajan has been commissioned to create a new piece for Animo.
Animo’s Yanna and Sarah selected Supriya as one of their composers after a national call-out. The work is underway along with a lot of laughs and oohs and aahs….
Watch this space for the beautiful music that is in the making.
This year we are at the wonderful Jaipur Literature festival that is being streamed virtually . You can register for the entire festival on www.jaipurlitfest.org and enjoy some free but intense discussions and music.
Morning Music – 9am IST on the 27 of February
Supriya Nagarajan/Duncan Chapman/Lucy Nolan
From the undulating landscape of Yorkshire in the UK comes the dawn chorus of the birds accompanied by the magical sounds of the harp and mellifluous Indian vocals. Bhakti (devotion) and serenity lie at the core of this journey. Supriya Nagarajan plays with different languages from the North to the South of India to awaken the senses and reach out to the meditative inner core of the brain. Accompanying her on this journey are Lucy Nolan on the harp and Duncan Chapman on flugelhorn, field recordings and electronics. This cultural and musical juxtaposition of words and sounds will create a restful and peaceful start to yet another interesting day with JLF.
Manasamitra is a small arts charity located in the heart of West Yorkshire. We are able to see first hand the impact of access on artists and their sustainable practice. The team and board believe passionately that we must do our utmost to create a level playing field for every opportunity we can offer . We are therefore fully committed to the Fair Access Principles set out by Sound and Music.
More info at soundandmusic.org
‘100 Human Voices’ is about bringing together 100 young people from different parts of the county on the theme of happiness. The ultimate objective is to create a soundscape concert where we curate human voices into a seamless music piece. The voices could be reading a poem, singing, reciting or even just creating sound through body percussion(clapping) and/or collected sounds. We could run a series of singing/ sound workshops to enthuse participants and encourage participation. Following the interactive sessions we will invite participants to submit recordings and then there will be a big “happiness” concert where we bring people together to listen to the performance event. This is being organised as part of the Kirklees Biennale. Manasamitra will be working with Greenhill First School and Boothroyd Primary Academy.
This project is supported by Arts Council England through the Kirklees Biennale and the Sir George Martin Trust
We are delighted to announce that the ONE COMMUNITY FOUNDATION has awarded us Match It! Funding, where the Foundation will match, pound for pound, everything we raise between 1st November 2020 and 31st January 2021. In these challenging times it is difficult to know who and how best to help. By donating to our Match It campaign, your money will be worth double. Please use the donate button on our Support Us page.
Manasamitra have just released a brand new album which is an exciting mix of Indian vocals and evocative meditative sounds. Available now on Bandcamp.
After a prolonged selection process, Manasamitra is delighted to announce that we have chosen the emerging artists with whom Supriya Nagarajan will be working over the coming months. We are incredibly excited to work with a talented bunch of composers and can predict that some incredibly exciting collaborations and ideas will emerge!
This digital world has meant we at Manasamitra have embraced a new digital avatar and are enjoying the art of singing and storytelling.
Over 7 days from 8 November to 14 November we will be working in partnership with some incredible partners to deliver a series of podcasts on Ramayana and Diwali. Please tune in to listen to the series.
Manasamitra are delighted to once again work with the wonderful Teamwork Arts who produce the eclectic Jaipur Literature festival and deliver a series of singing stories.
The first of this series will be a Diwali special delivered through the Facebook page of the festival where Supriya Nagarajan sings and narrates episodes from Ramayana to the stunning visuals of Balinese traditional dancing performed by the Cinta Bumi Green School Indonesia in partnership with the Indonesian embassy in India
This will be followed by a series …watch this space.
Manasamitra has signed up to the online concert platform, Basita Live. The platform is a virtual concert hall, where you can buy a ticket to see performances of our work. Our first concert AS THE SUN SETS was viewed by a global audience from Indonesia to the USA. Follow the link to hear our latest concert DANCING WITH BUTTERFLIES
Over lockdown we have been making more music and inviting all our friends and collaborators over the past 5 years to join us. We have had some very exciting collaborations from India, Columbia, UK, Finland, Portugal, Australia and everywhere we have been!
Catch our Live sessions on our Manasamitra FB page (and do “like” the page)
