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High
Quality Theater rooted in Sikh History
Watch
our Productions :
Akho
Phabhi Khano Nu
&
A
sneak preview of our new production Sarkar We
need your support; Please
Contribute Generously
(please note that we ask for your support
only when we need funds for specific projects or endeavors
Watch this space for further details |
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The
New England Sikh Study Circle Kirtani Jatha at the 2011 Refugee
Immigration Ministry International Concert at First Church, Cambridge,
September 21 2011

Kareena
Kaur, Digeeshvar Singh, Amneet Singh, Raunaq Singh, Harman Kaur,
Kiran Kaur, Harneet Kaur, Sumeet Singh, Kirat Singh, Navi Singh,
Angad Singh, Amandeep Singh (click picture for recording) |
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Leah
Raczynsi, Mehr Kaur, Simran Kaur, Baljot Kaur, Sukhmanjit Kaur,
Jaspreet Singh, Amandeep Singh |
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A
Humble Correction
The
Three Shabads put up earlier as being sung by Gian Singh Almast
Ji, are actually by his student and son, the late Thakur Singh Ji,
whose photograph appears below :

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Thakur
Singh Ji sings a Guldasta, a segment of the Ragmala and a shabad
in Raga Darbari Kanada

Contributed
by a Kirtan Premi from Malaysia who wishes to remain anonymous
Photograph contributed by S. Bhavkhandan Singh Shambu,
Almast Ji's son |
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A
Rare Find !!!!!
Asa
Di Var by Bhai Pardhan Singh and Bhai Harbhajan Singh Ji
Recorded
in the 1940s; Contributed by S.Manjit Singh Ji (NJ) |
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Another
Rare Find !!!!
Live
Recordings by Bhai Sahib Samund Singh Ji
Contributed
by S Gurdeep Singh Sagoo (UK)

Bhai Samund
Singh Ji (1968); Photograph contributed by S. Saurabhraj Singh,
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Stringed
Instruments Lessons
The
Gurmat Sangeet Project is delighted to offer Stringed Instrument
Lessons to students of Gurmat Sangeet. The lessons will be delivered
over Skype by Rhitom Sarkar, an outstanding young instrumentalist
from the Maihar Gharana (which includes the legendary Pandit Ravi
Shankar and the late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan).
These
lessons are available to anyone who has an interest in Gurmat
Sangeet. You do not have to be a Sikh to apply. Lessons will be
paid for by the Gurmat Sangeet Project. The only 'requirement'
you have to meet is a willingness to participate in Gurmat Sangeet
Darbars and a commitment to teach once you become a Master instrumentalist
:-)
We
are currently accepting applications; 4 scholarships are available.
Please complete the attached form and send it back to sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com
Tell
you friends about this wonderful opportunity.
Click
here to access the Application form.
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The
Gurmat Sangeet Project Instrument Bank
Not every talented
aspiring young Kirtaniya can afford to acquire a good Taus, Dilruba,
Rabab, Jori or Tanpura. If you have any of the following instuments
just sitting around, donate them to the Gurmat Sangeet Project;
we will loan them to deserving Kirtnaiye, until they have the ability
to buy their own, at which point the instrument will be passed on
to another Kirtaniya. We are seeking the following instruments :
Taus,
Dilruba, Rabab, Jori, Tanpura (Male & Female), Pakhawaj
As we are a
Non Profit, you can get a tax deduction equal to the value of the
instrument. If you wish to make a cash contribution instead, we
will be happy to buy an instrument on your behalf for the Instrument
Bank. Please contact us at sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com
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Join us in Seattle at the Renton Gurdwara
Sahib on March 26 & 27 for our next Gurmat Sangeet Darbar. If
you need help with accomodation or wish to participate, please contact
us at sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com
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Gyani
Darshan Singh Sohal Ji, the torch bearer of the legacy of Gian Singh
Almast Ji
Recordings contributed by Bhai Harbans Singh Suraj Ji and S.Harjit
Singh Ji |
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Outstanding
Violinist and Kirtaniya Available for Programs and lessons
Bhai
Iqbal Hussain of Karachi Pakistan will be in the US late November
2010 onwards. He will be available to travel anywhere in North
America for Kirtan Seva. He is also an outstanding violinist and
would be very happy to instruct students of Stringed Instruments
(Dilruba, Taus, Violin etc.)
To
schedule Kirtan Seva or lessons, please comtact us at sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com
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Internships
at The Gurmat Sangeet Project
The
Gurmat Sangeet Project has openings for 4 interns. We have a huge
backlog of Gurmat Sangeet Recordings that need to be processed before
they can be made available on the site. We also have thousands of
hours of Gurmat Sangeet on cassettes that needs to be digitized.
If you are above 16 and would like to volunteer, please email us
at sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com
All work can be done remotely with a lot of flexibility;
all you need is a computer and a broadband connection. Support the
efforts of the Gurmat Sangeet community while doing something you
love by volunteering !! |
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Professor
Ranjit Singh Ji, accompanied by his students, Jasmeet Sinch Chana
(Jori), Hardeep Singh Chana (Taus), Bhai Iqbal Hussain (Violin),
Bhai Gurpreet Singh
The
2010 Gurmat Sangeet Darbar, Washington DC
Click Picture for Recordings |
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Planning
the 2011 Gurmat Sangeet Darbar
We
are seeking a host city for the Sixth Annual Annual Gurmat Sangeet
Darbar. This is an annual program that began in Boston in 2005;
each year the event is organized in a different city. Through
the Guru's grace the 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008 Gurmat Sangeet
Darbars were very successful events, during which several young,
non-professional exponents of Gurmat Sangeet were provided the
opporutnity for Seva in the cities of Boston
,Chicago, Toronto,
Salt Lake City and
Washington DC..
In addition, eminent personalities from the world of Gurmat Sangeet
were honored for their Seva.
The
event will be organized over a Saturday and Sunday at the Host
Gurdwara Sahib. 4 - 5 non-professional Jathas will be invited
to participate as invited guests. In addition one eminent personality
from the world of Gurmat Sangeet will be honored. Young local
Kirtaniyas and Sangat members are also encouraged to participate
in the event.
Any
Sangat that wishes to organize this event in their city in 2011
is invited to correspond with us by sending email to sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com
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A
complete redesign of the Gurmat Sangeet Project website !!
Boston, April 30 2010
Gur
Fateh Ji ! The Gurmat Sangeet Project has been active for almost
six years now. With the Guru's blessing we have been able to bring
you many hours of the Guru's Kirtan as we have tried to promote,
preserve and propogate the Gurmat Sangeet Tradition. As our content
has grown, the site has become increasingly difficult to maintain
and navigate. Based you your feedback, we are embarking upon a complete
revamping and redesign of the site. Some of the key imperatives
are : adding a search capability by Shabad, Contributor, Raga, Tala,
Singer, Event, Occasion etc., presenting a link to each shabad and
its translation, adding easy to use maintenance tools and so on.
We have decided to engage a profesisonal Website Develoment Company
to execute the re-design.
As
youa re well aware, The Gurmat Sangeet Project is a non-profit that
is funded completely by you. In order to complete this project we
need the following Seva :
- Funds
for the re-design effort
- Volunteer
Web Systems Designer(s) who can work with us to develop a Requirements
Specifications Document (This Seva is urgent and critical)
- Volunteer
Sevadars who will help migrate the content to the new Site
- Volunteer
Sevadars who will Beta Test the new site
- Sevadars
who can facilitate integration with searchable Gurbani Engines
Please
email us at sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com to sign up
for any of these Sevas
Please
Contribute Generously to the re-design project
(We
are a non-profit; your contibutions are 100% Tax Deductible)
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Young
Australian Kirtaniye the World Parliament of Religions, Dec 6 2009,
Melbourne

(We offer our humble apologies to The Autralian Youth Jatha for
the delay in posting these recordings)
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The
2010 Boston Basant Darbar

Neetu
Kaur Matharu accompanied by Harman Singh (Dilruba) and Rohit Mujumdar
(Tabla) |
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Urgent
Appeal for funds !!!
We are raising money to cover the 2010 operating
costs for a very well known Gurmat Sangeet seminary in India that
has produced many outstanding Kirtaniyas over the years. We need
to urgently raise $4000 for their 2010 operating budget. If you
need more details, please email us at sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com
or call us at +1 508 410 8326.
Contributions
: $1300.....................................................................Goal
: $4000
(We are a non-profit; your contibutions are 100%
Tax Deductible)
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On
October 24 & 25, The Gurmat Sangeet Project will host the largest
ever gathering of young Kirtaniye at the Milford Gurdwara Sahib
in Boston. This is a wonderful opportunity to network and get plugged
into the Gurmat Sangeet Community that is at the vanguard of the
renaissance in traditional Kirtan.
In
order for us to make arrangements for your stay in Boston, please
send us email at sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com
to let us know that you will be attending. It will also help us
ensure that there is a kirtan slot for you on the 24th and/or the
25th.
While
everyone is welcome to participate and sing, we are inviting a few
special guests to the Darbar; we will keep you updated as soon as
their participation is confirmed.
So
far, the featured young Kirtaniye are :
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The
Raga Ratan Jatha (Soni Kaur, Gurpreet Singh,
Nihal Singh, Surtej Singh) (DC)
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Raviraj
Singh, Manraj Singh, Harman Singh, DIljot
Kaur, Karanjeet Singh (Toronto)
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Sukhraj Singh (Salt Lake City)
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The
Gurmat Sangeet Project (Boston)
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The
Gurmat Sangeet Project Jatha at First Night Celebration at the Millis
Gurdwara Sahib (January 1 2009)
Avneet Kaur (Dilruba) Simranjit Singh (Dilruba) Ritu Singh
(Sitar) Jagan Nath Singh (Violin) Simran Kaur (Dilruba) Shiva
Ramakrishnan (Flute) Mehr Kaur (Dilruba) Amandeep Singh (Harmonium)
Amrit Kaur (Dilruba) Joti Kaur (Harmonium) Jaspreet
Singh (Tabla); not pictured : Vijayant Singh (Dilruba) Sukh Kaur(Dilruba)
(Click to hear the Shabad that Ushered in 2009 in Boston)

Mini
Partal Festial on First Night 2009 !
Mehr Kaur & Amrit Kaur Singing a Guldasta
(Click for all the recordings)
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Planning
the 2011 Gurmat Sangeet Darbar
We are seeking a host city for the Sixth Annual
Annual Gurmat Sangeet Darbar. This is an annual program that began
in Boston in 2005; each year the event is organized in a different
city. Through the Guru's grace the 2005, 2006, 2007 & 2008 Gurmat
Sangeet Darbars were very successful events, during which several
young, non-professional exponents of Gurmat Sangeet were provided
the opporutnity for Seva in the cities of Boston
,Chicago, Toronto,
Salt Lake City and Washington DC.. In addition, eminent personalities
from the world of Gurmat Sangeet were honored for their Seva.
The event will be organized over a Saturday and
Sunday at the Host Gurdwara Sahib. 4 - 5 non-professional Jathas
will be invited to participate as invited guests. In addition one
eminent personality from the world of Gurmat Sangeet will be honored.
Young local Kirtaniyas and Sangat members are also encouraged to
participate in the event.
Any Sangat that wishes to organize this event in
their city in 2011 is invited to correspond with us by sending email
to sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com
Waheguru Ji Ka Khalsa !
Waheguru Ji Ki Fateh ! |
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December
27 2008 : Third Batch of Recordings is here !!!!!
Click
the poster for recordings from the event

Click
the poster for recordings from the event |
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Tanti
Saz come to Boston
Gurmat
Sangeet Project Boston Students singing their first Shabad with
Tanti Saz
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The
2008 Gurmat Sangeet Darbar
March 29 / March 30 in Toronto

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New
Upload Feature
If you wish to upload recordings to be hosted on the Gurmat Sangeet
Project website, please send email to sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com
to get our ftp username and password. Please include a brief bio
detailing your interest in Gurmat Sangeet with a photograph, so
that we can acknowledge your contributions. |
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This
website is dedicated to these seven children, whose desire to learn
and the tremendous energy they poured into
the study of Gurmat Sangeet over the past four years, was the primary
inspiration for the Gurmat Sangeet Project
(l-r) Vijayant Singh, Avneet Kaur, Mehr Kaur, Shagun Kaur, Simranjit
Singh, Amrit Kaur and Gurleen Kaur,
offering Kirtan Seva at the New England Sikh Study Circle, Milford
Gurdwara Sahib (March 2003) |
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Watch this space for new content : |
New
! New ! |
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The
GurmatSangeet Blog |
Kou
Banjaro Raam Ko Mera Tanda Ladya Jaye Ray (September 23 2011) |
New
Content |
Asa
Di Var by Bhai Sudh Singh Pardhan Singh Ji (9/30/2011) Contributed
by Arundeep Singh |
A
Rare Treasure !! Shabads by Bhai Didar Singh Ji (9/23/11)
(contributed by a Kirtan Premi from Malaysia) |
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Gurmat Sangeet Darbar Seattle 2011 |
Gurmat Sangeet Darbar Atlanta Oct 2010 |

Bhai
Shamsher Singh Zakhmi Bhai Mohanpal Singh, NYC in 1983
(S. Nachhattar S Sahota's collection)
(7 hrs of kirtan added on10/11/10)
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Recordings
from a 1977 Rain Sabai in London on the Prakash Purab of Sri Guru
Ramdas Sahib; featuring Bhai Sahib Beant Singh Bijli, Bhai Gurdial
Singh Rasia and others
If you have any photographs of these Ragis,
please send them to us at : sevadars@gurmatsangeetproject.com |
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Articles
by S. Harjap S Aujla
Bhai
Samund Singh
Bhai
Didar Singh
Bhai
Santa Singh
Bhai
Dharm Singh Zakhmi
Bhai
Pirthipal Singh Mohanpal Singh
Bhai
Avtar Singh Gurcharan Singh
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We
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Hemkunt
Foundation Regional Kirtan competition at Bridgewater, NJ (Added 4/11/09) |
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2009
Boston Basant Gurmat Sangeet Darbar |
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New
!!! February 11 2009
Stockton
Gurmat Sangeet Darbar; Complete Recordings are up !!!! |
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Bhai
Devinder Singh Gulbagh Singh in Boston
Updated December 4 2008 |
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The
Gurmat Sangeet Project receives Tax Exempt Status, effective June
1 2004
Please
watch this space for information about a critical Panthic project
relating to Gurmat Sangeet
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Interested
in starting a Gurmat Sangeet Project Chapter for the benfit of your
local Sangat ?
Please
contact us !!!
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Bhai
Kultar Singh

Boston
2008
more recordings added July 1 |
Rare
Recordings

Bhai Balbir Singh Ji (Live Recordings)
Added
5/4/2008
Contributed by S. Amardeep Singh
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Gurmat
Sangeet Darbar E Basant 2008 Recordings
Added
3/17/08 |
Video
Recording
Bhai
Sajjan Singh Ji singing a dhrupad in Raga Basant at the 2008 Gurmat
Sangeet Darbar E Basant at Boston
Added 3/16/08
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Recordings
Video
of Bhai Sahib Shamsher Singh Ji Zakhmi, singing Ghol Ghumai Lalna
in Raga Basant (Purvi)
Added 3/16/08
Contributed by S. Baljit Singh (UK) who is from Bhai Sahib Ji's
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Rare
Recordings
Southall, England 1975
Bhai Avtar Singh Ji & Bhai Gurcharan
Singh Ji singing a fabulous Guldasta in 17 Ragas to commemorate
the 300th Shahidi Gurpurb of Sri Gur Tegh Bahadur Sahib
Added
2/28/2008
Contributed by S. Devinderjit SIngh
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Gurmat
Sangeet Darbar 2007 Recordings Added 1/1/08 |
Bhai
Devinder Singh Shant Added 12/30/07 |
Rare
Recordings; Bhai Bakshish Singh Ji; large archive added 12/25/07 |
Additional
recordings by Bhai Gurmej Singh Ji Added 12/24/07 |
New
recordings by Bhai Rai Singh Added 11/17/07 |
Rare
Recordings; Bhai Shamsher Singh Zakhmi Ji, Bhai Mohanpal Singh Ji;
16 new shabads added, September
2 2007 |
Heritage
Recordings; Raga Bhupali Added September 1, 2007 |
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Bhai
Narinder Singh Banaraswale (5/12/07) |
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Rare
Recordings
Bhai
Dharm Singh Zakhmi; 14 shabads added (2/3/07)
Bhai
Gurbachan Singh Gareeb recorded in 1984 (1/27/07) |
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Gurmat
Sangeet Study Guide : Advanced Syllabus; 5 new shabads; Added
1/22/07 |
New
Years Eve Kirtan Darbar at the Millis Gurdwara Sahib
Added
1/6/2007 |
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Gurmat
Sangeet Darbar E Malhar, Boston ; added 9/30/06 |
2006
Gurmat Sangeet Darbar in Chicago;
added 9/21/06 |
Bhai
Kanwarpal Singh (New shabads) Added 9/17/06 |
More
recordings by Gyani Dyal Singh Ji

new
recordings (added 8/30/06) |
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'Veerji'
S. Prem Singh Ji (added 5/11/06) |
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