ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

Music has ever been in India, an inseparable part of its cultural life music reveals the true from and feeling that lie hidden in the depth of ever soul and disclose the secrets of the inner life thus touching a mans conscience and elevating him to a finer beings.

The art of music is allied to other fine arts like sculpture, architecture and painting. It accommodates itself to the character of all people and all tunes. In view of this in the words of Romain Rolland, “Although music may be know as an individual art, yet it considered as a social art”. It plays a vital role in moulding the cultural life of a country and hence its importance in the field of education.

With this in view, as to also further meaningful research in the field of Indian music, the Post-Graduate Department of music was started in the year 1976 under the able guidance of Dr. Mallikarjun Mansur, who was appointed as an Honorary Director of the Department of music and the faculty of Fine Arts.

Dr. (Smt.) Gangubai Hangal, Pt. Basavaraj Rajguru, Prof. Rajeev Purandare and Smt. Janaki Ayer, joined the Department as honorary lecturers and thus rendered there valuable services at the alter of Hindustani classical music.

In the mean while Pt. Panchakshariswami Mattigatti, Pt. RP. Hugar, Pt. Sangmeshwar Gurav and, Pt. Basavaraj Bendigeri, joined the Department. Further Prof. A.U. Patil and Prof. B.D. Pathak worked as a Chairman of P.G. Dept of Music and Fine arts KUD.

The Department availed opportunity of visiting professors of outstanding merit like Pandit M.D. Sadolikar, Smt. Padmavathi Saligram, Prof. Ramesh Nadkarni, Pt. Sudhakar Digarajkar, Prof. Padmakar Burve, Pt. Bhimshankar, Pt. Narayanrao Mujumdar, Dr. (Smt) Bharathi Vaishanpayan, Pt. Panshikar, Pt. Utturkar Bua, Pt. V.R. Athole, Pt. Appasaheb Deshpande, Pt. Chandrashekhar Puranikmath, Pt. Sheshagiri Dandapur, Pt. Balekhan, Shri. Sanjay Deshpande, Pt. Arvind Mulagavkar, Pt. Raghunath Nakod and Pt. Hayavadhan Joshi etc. And the Department intends to invite renowned visiting artists a every year.

Genesis              

The Department of studies in music and Fine Arts was founded in the academic year 1976-77 in Karnataka University, Dharwad by late Dr. Mallikarjun Mansur who was first Honorary Director of the Department. It had the credit of reputed Musicians like Dr. Basavaraj Rajguru, Prof. A.U. Patil and Prof. Bindhumadhav Pathak, Vidushi Janaki Ayer, Pt. Sangmeshwar Gurav, prof. Basavaraj Bendigeri, Prof. R.P. Hugar, Pt. Basavaraj Rajguru, appointed as a Honorary Musicians in the P.G. Dept of Music and Fine Arts, Karnatak University, Dharwad. The Department had the credit of having international reputed musicians Dr. Gangubai Hangal, Pt. Panchaxarswami Mattigatti. For the past 25 years the Department has produced renowned artists who are presently either working in university’s, central schools and international schools, giving public and private concerts and giving the training for the students in music both vocal and instruments like Sitar, Tabla etc.

In the meanwhile Dr. Mrityunjaya Agadi thus rendered there valuable service in Hindustani Classical Music. The Music Department is one of the renowned Department and has the reputed presence among the other Department for its excellence and unique teaching of Rare Ragas being taught at present. The music department is having instruments like Tanpura, Tabla, Sitar, Harmonium, Television, Radio cum Tape recorder, CD Player etc. which are all ment for teaching purposes. Our student have the facilities to listen to the music of Great Musicians, our students indulge in cultural activities and there is a complete encouragement from the Department contribution of our students to the field of music is commendable. They have performed many classical and light classical programs through out India. They participate in youth festivals and central and state government scholarship music competitions.  There are many students in vocal, sitar and tabla etc. students are given good education and also there is a full time for practice, to them to get good results. In the Department Seminars, Group Discussion, Conference and Concerts and Study Tours compulsory for all the students and staff.

While teaching music compulsorily tabla accompaniment is provided, for vocal and sitar and for tabla students harmonium for lehara sathi is provided.

Since 1999-2000 National  Music conference is conducting every year. In the P.G. Department of Music & Fine Atrs, K.U.D.