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Sunday, October 18 • Music: 2-3 PM, Festival: 11-6 PM • Prospect Park (Breeze Hill)
Free
BKCM is coming back to Smorgasburg Prospect Park‘s Diwali: Festival of Bites celebration with kid-friendly sitar music and instrument demos led by Neel Murgai, who teaches our new BKCM Raga Kids class!
Presented in partnership with Prospect Park Alliance, this will be a Diwali celebration unlike any other, representing the diaspora through food and fun. Find a curated lineup of standout South Asian restaurants and chefs, Smorgasburg resident vendors offering Diwali-inspired specials, as well as cultural activities and performances programmed throughout the popular food market.
About BKCM Raga Kids and Neel Murgai
In BKCM Raga Kids, young children (ages 0-3) and their caregivers learn original songs that teach them about Indian classical music’s core elements and more. They sing along with Indian solfege and percussion syllables and listen to the sonorous sounds and intricate rhythms of sitar and percussion, developing foundational skills for a musical life. At Smorgasburg, families and little ones can experience a mini-version of the class in between snacks!
Teacher Neel Murgai is a sitarist, overtone singer, percussionist, composer, teacher, and Co-Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Raga Massive, a raga-inspired musician’s collective. Neel’s music ranges from Indian classical to original compositions and contemporary cross-cultural collaborations with influences spanning the globe. Neel has worked with a diverse array of artists and ensembles, including Bill T. Jones, Adam Rudolph, Andre DeShields, Wyclef Jean, Cyndi Lauper, Karsh Kale, Samir Chatterjee, Dr. Lonnie Smith, Mary Zimmerman, Daniel Bernard Romain, Ellen Stewart, Laraaji, Yuerba Buena, and many others. He has performed at venues ranging from the Lincoln Center and Kennedy Center to the David Letterman Show to jazz clubs such as the Blue Note, and at festivals around the U.S. He also leads the new BKCM Raga Kids class at the Brooklyn Conservatory of Music, for kids from age 0-3.
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