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Welcome to the website of Suba Sankaran - musician (voice, piano, percussion), composer, teacher and choral director.


Upcoming concerts

Feb 11 & 12 Autorickshaw Trio at Wintercity

Feb 13 & 14 Suba Sankaran at Celebrate Love

Feb 26 Autorickshaw Trio at Northern Public Library

Mar 27 Autorickshaw Trio with Jubilate Singers

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Feb 11 & 12: Autorickshaw Trio at Wintercity

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Come in from the cold to the fiery enchantment of a masked Venetian carnival with storytellers, poets and musical performers, as they deliver one delicious surprise after another!

As part of the City of Toronto's WinterCity Festival - Warm Up Series , A Midwinter Night's Dream will take over the Roof Salon at the Park Hyatt Hotel and transform it into a literary extravaganza.

Visit the Fortune Teller for sage advice gleaned from literature...get your own personal poem written by a Masked Poet...enjoy a drink while listening to readings by Scribes...sit down with the Psychic – if you dare!

 Tickets: $20 each
Come to both Thursday and Friday's shows, and get two tickets for $35!
To purchase, call 416-944-1101 x 277 or e-mail \n This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it . Hurry before they're all gone!

Thursday, February 11 - Early show: 7 pm • Late show: 9 pm
Scribes: Sheila Heti • Nalo Hopkinson • Sandy Pool • Olive Senior
Masked Poet: Stuart Ross
Literary Fortune Teller: Joseph Kertes
Performers: Autorickshaw Trio featuring Suba Sankaran, Ed Hanley & Dylan Bell • Sean Dixon
Host: Sasha Van Bon Bon

Friday, February 12 - Early show: 7 pm • Late show: 9 pm
Scribes: Anar Ali • Andrew Pyper • Michelle Wan
Masked Poet: Andrea Thompson
Literary Fortune Teller: Antanas Sileika
Performers: Autorickshaw Trio featuring Suba Sankaran, Ed Hanley & Dylan Bell • Sean Dixon
Host: David Storch

Thursday, February 11th & Friday, February 12th
Early show: 7 pm • Late show: 9 pm
The Roof Salon at the Park Hyatt Hotel, 4 Avenue Road

 

 

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Feb 13 & 14: Suba Sankaran at Celebrate Love

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Feb 26: Autorickshaw Trio at Northern Public Library
Friday, February 26, 2010
Autorickshaw Trio (with Dylan Bell on bass)
Northern District (Toronto) Library, 40 Orchard View Blvd., Toronto
Time: 6:30 pm
Cost: Free
Getting there: 1 block north of TTC Yonge & Eglinton
For more information contact: Valentina Ciric
Phone: 416-393-7610
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Mar 27: Autorickshaw Trio and Jubilate Singers

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This is a very special collaboration, featuring the premiere of Suba's Indo-choral composition entitled Kannamma, commissioned by the Jubilate Singers. This concert features the Autorickshaw Trio (Suba Sankaran, Ed Hanley and Dylan Bell).

 
New song: City of Lakes (Dec 3rd concert info below)


This is the first version of City of Lakes, released to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Bhopal disaster, on December 3rd, 2009. Click image above for more info.

City of Lakes is a project to raise funds for the Sambhavna Clinic in Bhopal, via the Bhopal Medical Appeal. See www.bhopal.org

On December 3rd, 1984, the Union Carbide pesticide plant in Bhopal, India accidentally released over 40 tons of toxic methyl isocyanate gas, exposing hundreds of thousands of people, especially in the community immediately surrounding the factory. The best, accepted estimates say that 8,000-10,000 people died within the first 72 hours of the leak. It is estimated that 20,000 have died since the accident from gas-related diseases, and another 120,000 people are estimated to have permanent injuries and chronic medical conditions that require constant healthcare. The Bhopal Disaster is widely considered the worst industrial disaster in history.
Info on the disaster here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhopal_disaster

The Sambhavna Clinic provides free care to survivors of the disaster, and operates solely on donations.

Currently, the "album" consists of one song. Remixes of the song, with additional instrumentation, will appear here in the future.

The album and each track are name-your-price, starting at $0.00. Proceeds will go to the Sambhavna Clinic.

If you would prefer to contribute directly to the Bhopal Medical Appeal, you can do so here, and still download the song for free: legacy.bhopal.org/donations/

If you download the album (or track) now, you can come back and download new versions at any time, either for free, or for an additional donation.

To be kept up to date on new versions as they become available, please sign up on our Facebook page, Twitter or email list.

Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Autorickshaw/113237695286
Twitter: twitter.com/Autorickshaw
Email list: www.autorickshaw.ca

Please share the song with your friends (via the helpful share link above).

If you're a video artist, we are looking for someone to make a video of the song.

Please note that this song is released with a Creative Commons license.

We're grateful to the project participants, who have all generously donated their time and creative energy.
 
Blog!

I have a blog! Check it out for posts about Autorickshaw's 6 week tour of Europe & the UK.

 Blog!