Assam 2009 - Posoowa

4. Songs : Rohan and Reema Baishya
(8 minutes)
Rohan and Reema are the two lovely
kids of Sachin and Surekha Baishya. They
live in Longmont, Colorado. Rohan and
Reema are a fun-loving brother-sister duo
who performs too. Both of them will sing
a duet of Dr. Bhupen Hazarik – ‘Kohuwa
bon mur oxanto mon’. Rohan will also sing
a solo by Mukesh – ‘Kayi baar yuhi dekha
hai.’
5. Piano : Jaqueline Bhuyan (8
Minutes)
Jacqueline Bhuyan lives in
Westminster, CO with her husband
Ganesh Bhuyan. She is a former college
music teacher and holds a Masters degree
in Music Theory.
Jackie has been composing music for
over 40 years, and has recorded a CD called
“Reflections on Life’s Journey”, scheduled
for release this fall. It includes 11 tracks
composed and performed by her on the
piano. She is joined by Grammy nominated
David Darling performing cello
improvisations on 4 of the tracks. She had
planned to perform some full versions of
selections from the CD, but had to
undergo shoulder surgery a month ago.
However, she has written a few left-hand
only short, simple pieces using themes
from the music on the CD to perform for
us tonight. Jackie writes in the classical
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music tradition, particularly that of the
Romantic and Impressionistic Periods.
Her music reflects the struggles humanity
faces in life, but with the constant element
of hope, and in reviews of past
performances, her music has been
described as being calm, contemplative,
relaxing, and at times ethereal. The pieces
she will perform are called ‘Adagio’, in E-
minor, and ‘Largo’, in D Flat Major.
6. Assamese songs : Shikha Baishya
(8 minutes)
Shikha
Baishya will be a
sophmore at
Millard North
High School this
fall. She has been
learning classical
Indian singing
for three years
under Dr.
C h i t r i t a
Chaterji. Shikha
has also been
playing the violin
for over 5 years.
Outside of music, her other interests
include running Track and playing Tennis.
Beginning fall, she will also be a part of
the Forensics (speech and debate) team,
the Orchestra, FCCLA, Amnesty
International Association and Millard
North’s Tennis team. Today she will be
performing two of Bhupen Hazarika’s
songs titled – ‘Manuhe Manuhore Baabe’
and ‘Aaji Jibon Butolibi.’
7. Meera Bhajan : Nikita Bhuyan (7
minutes)
12 year old
Nikita Bhuyan is
from Phoenix,
Arizona and is the
daughter of Samar
and Rashmi
Bhuyan. She has
been learning
Bharatnatyam and
Indian classical
dances for the past
7 years in Arathi
School of India
Dances in Phoenix from her guru Kalashri
Asha Gopal.
Tonight she will perform a dance
piece based on Meera Bhajan in
Bharatanatyam Dance style. As most of
us know, Meera Bai was a Rajput princess
who lived in the North Indian state of
Rajasthan. She was a devout follower of
Lord Krishna. This dance titled “Meera
Bhajan” shows how Meera is happily
describing her Lord Krishna’s beauty.
8. Piano by Bryce and Faron Medhi
(10 minutes)
Bryce Medhi will be playing a self
composed piece called Bull’s-eye. He has
taken piano for 8 years, he has
performed in two 5-piano concerts at
the Strauss Performing Arts Center at
the University of Nebraska-Omaha. He
has also been involved in many recitals
over the years.
Faron Medhi began playing piano a
year ago and would like to play Happy
Birthday for anyone who may be
celebrating their birthday in July, she will
also be playing her favorite Winnie the
Pooh.
9. Assamese songs: Jayanta and
Nilakshee Thakuria (10 minutes)
Jayanta and Nilakshee live in New
Jersey. They have been performing duets
in Assamese conventions and gettogethers
for several years.
10. State of the Assamese Community:
Samar Kalita (10 minutes)
S a m a r
Kalita grew up in
a family in Los
Angeles with
immensely high
expectations. So
far, he has held
fairly well to
t h o s e
expectations.
After graduating high school, he was
accepted into UCSD, the University of
California in San Diego. In his first quarter,
Kalita received the highest grade out of
500 other students in his Economics class.
Towards the end of his second year, he got
hired for an internship at Wachovia
Securities, a financial industry. He also
became the youngest worker employed at
the Union Bank. Kalita was accepted into
the London School of Economics year
abroad program in his sophomore year.
Only the top 300 students around the
world were accepted. Kalita enjoys playing
soccer. He played soccer at South Torrance
High School for 3 years. His team won the
Regional Championships. Another sport
Kalita participates in is cricket. He became
one of the best players for UCSD and the
Anaheim cricket club. Acting is another
one of his interests. He is able to do over
160 accents and impersonations. Kalita
POSOOWA • June 2009