KalaSudha in Middlesbrough
GemArts listed an hour of Carnatic veena and mridangam at Middlesbrough Town Hall on Sunday 5 October 2025. Register for news of KalaSudha's planned concerts and workshops in the town.
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About KalaSudha in Middlesbrough
GemArts set aside an hour for Indian classical music in Middlesbrough on Sunday 5 October 2025: its Classic Café, at the Town Hall from 3pm. The programme was Carnatic, the classical music of south India, with a Saraswati veena and the mridangam. The veena is a long-necked plucked lute with fixed frets, and the mridangam is a double-headed barrel drum, the main percussion of Carnatic music.
KalaSudha is planning concerts and workshops in Middlesbrough with top-class Indian classical musicians. Any programme we list in the town will say who is playing and whether it is Carnatic or Hindustani, the north Indian tradition. If both are new to you, our answer on the difference between Hindustani and Carnatic music sets them side by side.
You can learn the veena or the mridangam online with a live teacher, without waiting for a local date. Top educationists vet the teaching, and each course has a structure set by its instructor. Workshops in Middlesbrough would follow only with enough interest and suitable arrangements. No dates or venues are set, so press Register for updates to hear when they are.
Why Middlesbrough
What sets KalaSudha apart in Middlesbrough
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Frets in wax and a barrel drum
The Saraswati veena has 24 frets set in a ridge of beeswax on its neck. The mridangam lies across the player's lap and is struck on both heads with the hands and fingers.
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Veena and mridangam together
In a Carnatic concert the veena plays as soloist with the mridangam beside it. The 2025 Town Hall programme used that pairing, which makes it a clear way into south Indian music.
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Study Carnatic music online
KalaSudha teaches the veena and the mridangam online in live one-to-one lessons. Our courses run in levels, so you begin at Foundation and move up from there.