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DESCRIPTION:Hosted by Lisa G.\nMusicians: Will Marsh\n\nWe're delighted to 
 present an intimate afternoon of Hindustani classical music on sitar\, tab
 la and tanpura\, featuring Bay Area sitarist Will Marsh\, William Rossel o
 n tabla\, and Joyce West on tanpura. \n\nThis concert is hosted in a beaut
 iful Marin home with lots of natural light and a warm atrium.\n\nThe cente
 rpiece of the afternoon is Raag Bhimpalasi\, one of the best-loved ragas o
 f the Hindustani tradition\, and one traditionally performed in the aftern
 oon. Its mood is tender and full of longing. It is the perfect raga for th
 e fall season\, as its optimal time of performance is alongside the fading
  daylight of the late afternoon. \n\nCheck out these video clips for an id
 ea of what to expect: https://www.instagram.com/marshstrings?obrf=NXNmNXZv
 cXl3aGNm\n\nABOUT THE ARTISTS\n\n-WILL MARSH (sitar): learn more at www.wi
 llmarshmusic.com \nWill is a global sitarist and guitarist who has been pe
 rforming around the world for over two decades. His journey runs from smal
 l-town northern Michigan to performing Hindustani sitar in Kolkata.\n\nWil
 l's roots are in jazz and Western classical music. He studied as a guitar 
 major at the Interlochen Center for the Arts\, then went on to CalArts\, w
 here he immersed himself in Hindustani classical music and earned an MFA i
 n World Music. His gurus include Ustad Aashish Khan (eldest son of Ali Akb
 ar Khan)\, Roshan Bhartiya\, Tushar Bhatia and Shakir Khan. He travels to 
 India every year to perform and study with master musicians.\n\nWill has w
 orked with Grammy-winning musicians and producers and has been featured on
  national TV. Grammy-nominated musician Jai Uttal says Will "delicately su
 rfs the edge between east and west\," and producer Ben Leinbach describes 
 his music as "like Ravi Shankar jamming with the Buena Vista Social Club!"
  His latest album\, The Integration\, brings together original composition
 s for sitar\, guitar\, cello\, tabla and saxophone. Will has over 15 years
  experience teaching sitar to students in the Bay Area and worldwide. \n__
 \n\nWILLIAM ROSSEL (tabla): learn more at https://www.williamrossel.com\nW
 illiam has studied tabla with Padma Shri Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri at the Al
 i Akbar College of Music since 2006\, and earned an MFA in North Indian Cl
 assical Music Performance from CalArts in 2010.\n\nHe has performed with P
 andit Swapan Chaudhuri\, Alam Khan\, Arjun Verma and Manik Khan at venues 
 including the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco\, the Asian Art Mu
 seum\, and Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.\n\nWilliam teaches at the Ali A
 kbar College of Music\, directs the Indian Music Ensemble at Yuba College\
 , and lectures in World Music at California College of the Arts. He also c
 reated Tihai Pro\, an app for calculating rhythmic patterns in North India
 n music. He lives and teaches in San Anselmo.\n__\n\nJOYCE WEST (tanpura):
 \nJoyce is a lifelong musician who has studied piano\, violin\, clarinet a
 nd ukulele since childhood. She discovered Hindustani music in 2025 and fe
 ll into a grand love affair with it.\n\nShe is also a certified mindfulnes
 s meditation teacher\, trained in the tradition of Jack Kornfield and Tara
  Brach\, and brings that same quality of presence to the music. On tanpura
 \, she holds the steady drone that every note of the raga is heard against
 .\n\nWine and Indian-themed tea (chai and an herbal tea) will be served at
  the concert. 
LOCATION:Terra Linda\, San Rafael\, San Rafael
SUMMARY:The Art of Sitar: A House Concert in the Hindustani Tradition
URL:https://www.groupmuse.com/events/17107-the-art-of-sitar-a-house-concert
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