Carnatic Violin Solo Competition 

Date and Time: Sunday January 19, 2025 at 2:00 PM 

Reporting Time : 1:00 PM

Venue: New England Shirdi Sai Parivaar (NESSP):  Bayaja Hall on the first floor, 99 Shirdi Way, Groton, MA 01450

Registration Mandatory: Please use this link to register ASAP as registration MAY CLOSE PRIOR to an announced date based on the response. 

General Guidance

• Please report on time at the venue (No exceptions for delay)

• Your item number will be given to you when you check in at the venue on the day of the performance 

• Participants going over the time limit in the rules will incur a 1 point penalty for every 10 to 30 secs over time limit.

• Judges’ Decision and Results are FINAL

• Participants must be within the age range as of January 1, 2025 for all competitions  

• Please come fully dressed in appropriate festive Indian Stage Attire and be prepared to go on stage for the time slots given                  

 Common Rules

• Violin to be tuned and to be bought by each student

• No seeing the notes and playing

• Song Selection includes Keerthana, Krithis, Varnam or Thillana (No Geetham OR Swarajathi)

• Language : Indian Languages (Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Kanada or Sanskrit) 

• Age Group, Age category, Duration of Performance

  1.  8 to 10 years; Sub- Juniors; 5 minutes

  2. 11 to 13 years; Juniors; 6 minutes 

  3.  14 to 17 years; Senior : 8 minutes 

Score sheet

• Melody 10 marks

• Thalam 10 marks

• Presentation 10 marks

• Complexity of the composition 10 Marks

• Mano Dharmam (optional) will score more points

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