Grantee Database
LOTUS SILICON VALLEY
Grant Year
2023-24
Grant Program
General Operating Support
Award Amount
$38,499.00
Project Description
With support from the California Arts Council, LOTUS SILICON VALLEY will continue our mission to make Indian classical music accessible to all. The grant will assist us immensely in funding larger venues/halls for events, conducting research to unearth, present, and preserve rare musical compositions, organizing special events to encourage more students of music to perform, providing some remuneration to artists, and acquiring a sound system that will greatly enhance the experience. It will help our events to be larger to enable more people to attend and more artists to perform.
Organization Summary
The core programs and services of LOTUS are: 1) Monthly live concerts of 2 to 3 performers based on their skill level – Junior, Intermediate or Senior – showcase their talent for the level and duration of the performance. Its 45 mins for Junior, 1 hour 15 mins for Intermediate and 2 hours for Senior level performances. 2) We also conduct yearly Music Festival in honor of Saint Thyagaraja – one of the doyens of Carnatic Classical Music where 300 to 500 students and teachers perform over a weekend attended by a 1000 people in audience. 3) We also conduct special Teacher-Student concerts where a student performs along with their teacher to showcase the talent as well as what involved in the process of learning the nuances of Indian Classical Music.
Organization
LOTUS SILICON VALLEY
Address
1543 CALLE DE AIDA
SAN JOSE
95118-1905
County
Santa Clara
Region
Bay Area – Other
Phone
(408) 621-2290
