Narada Gana Sabha is one of the foremost music associations in the city of

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. It regularly organises programmes during the Chennai Music Season.

History

The Narada Gana Sabha was founded on 9 February 1958, in

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. After functioning for three years from V. M. Street in Mylapore, the Sabha moved to Music Academy Hall. In 1972, the Sabha acquired land in T. T. K. Road where it constructed its own hall in February 1988.

Activities

The sabha regularly conducts

music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

dance Dance is a performing art form consisting of sequences of movement, either improvised or purposefully selected. This movement has aesthetic and often symbolic value. Dance can be categorized and described by its choreography, by its repertoir ...

and

drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

programmes during the annual Chennai Music Season. It also conducts an annual festival of its own.

Notes

{{reflist Organisations based in Chennai Indian music Music organisations based in India 1958 establishments in Madras State Arts organizations established in 1958