HomeMy WebLinkAbout102-Commendation.pdfCOMMENDATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA
HONORING MUSIC DIRECTOR
AAnnuurraaddhhaa ““AAnnuu”” SSrriiddhhaarr
WHEREAS, Anuradha Sridhar, “Anu”, has been a Saratoga resident for the past ten years; and
WHEREAS, Anu, is the fifth generation of musicians belonging to the poet-saint Thyagaraja’s
lineage; and
WHEREAS, as an accomplished performer, Anu Sridhar has given many solo concerts as well
as duet concerts with her mother and guru, Lalgudi Srimathi Brahmanandam; and
WHEREAS, Anu has toured all over the United States, Canada, India, Singapore, New
Zealand, Australia, and Hong Kong; and
WHEREAS, in 1989 Anu established the “Trinity Center for Music” school; promoting and
teaching south Indian Carnatic music to students of all ages in the Bay Area; and
WHEREAS, the Trinity Center for Music started with humble beginnings and has since
flourished to produce skilled and talented students. Trinity’s students have won numerous awards at
competitions in Cleveland, the Bay Area, and India, including the concert competition at the Cleveland
Aradhana, and the Pratibha Akaanksha award in Bangalore. Anu Sridhar’s students have given concerts
in various locations in the United States and in Chennai during the December music season.
Additionally, Trinity Center students have performed at the San Francisco World Music Festival every
year since 2007 and won the Best School competition at the Cleveland Aradhana in 2009; and
WHEREAS, in 2008, Anu won the “Best Teacher in North America” award for Carnatic
Music.
N NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, the City Council of the City of Saratoga, does hereby
recognize and commend Anuradha “Anu” Sridhar for her dedication to the art of Carnatic music and
for bringing this love of Carnatic music to the children in the Saratoga community and to the entire
Bay Area.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Saratoga does further
commend and congratulate Anu for celebrating twenty years of excellence in promoting Carnatic
music in the Bay Area.
WITNESS MY HAND AND THE SEAL OF THE CITY OF SARATOGA on this 1st
September 2010.
day of
Kathleen M. King, Mayor