about us
who are we
maahaul is a collective of classical indian music students. our goal when we formed in 2005 was to get student of various disciplines and styles together to exchange knowledge and ideas about our music, to give us each a better overall understanding of the music we play. sitariyas learn more about taals from tabliyas, tabliyas learn more about raags from vocalists, carnatic musicians learn more about hindustani music and vice versa. in addition to monthly discussion groups, we get together for riyaaz on a weekly basis to keep us motivated, because we are after all, lifelong students of this music.
concert series
we organize concerts for students in our group a few times a year. the goal of these concerts are to create a space for some of the amazingly talented students in our group to perform. in addition, to create an intimate environment for an audience who wants to listen to classical music, and give them a chance to talk to members of our group before and after the concerts to help gain a greater appreciation for the music.
past events include:
- april 23, 2006. house concert with rahul neuman playing hindustani classical music on sitar accompanied by maninder singh on tabla:
- july 23, 2006. outdoor rooftop concert with gaurav venkateswar singing hindustani vocals, accompanied by dhwani shah on tabla and arthi meera on harmonium; and satya gummuluri singing carnatic classical vocals, accompanied by ravi subramanyan on mridangam and majula rao on violin.
- september 26, 2006. film screening of khandan: The Musical Heritage of Shujaat Khan, followed by a performance by one of shujaat khan’s students, rahul neuman on sitar, accompanied by maninder singh on tabla.
- march 18 and 25, 2007. house concerts with vasantha kolavennu singing a set of bhajans ruchira gulati singing a set of ghazals, each accompanied by rahul phatak on tabla and gaurav venkateswar on harmonium.
- april 29, 2007. concerts with neeraj prem accompanied by ajit acharya and kiran morarjan on tabla at the jane addams hull house museum, in conjunction with desilit’s kriti festival.
mailing list
we love hindustani and carnatic music. we’re hungry to see and hear it as much as we possibly can. that’s why we set up a mailing list where we keep people up to date on concerts happening in the area, whether they’re a maahaul concert or not. our only interest is to see more music, and help others that feel the same way do the same.
so sign up to our chicago mailing list to get updates on upcoming concerts. we won’t spam you, our e-mails don’t contain any ads (just like our web site), and its easy to unsubscribe. if you wanna check out some of the things people on our list get notified about, check out our archives.