Jon Vrska, Indiana University undergraduate student in the Ethnomusicology Department and curator of the exhibit, selected traditional Raga musical instruments for the exhibit, to demonstrate the role the instruments play in its tradition.

Featured instruments include the sitar, a large stringed instrument that serves as the primary instrument used in Hindustani Classical music. The exhibit also features the tabla, a drum grouping composed of a Dayan (a cylindrical drum carved from a solid block of wood and played by the right hand) and the Bayan (a bowl-shaped drum made from copper, brass, or bronze).

Hindustani Raga Music: Tradition, Evolution, and the Individual will be on exhibit at the Mathers Museum through Sunday, April 13, 2008.

The Mathers Museum is located at 416 North Indiana Avenue in Bloomington, and is open Tuesdays through Fridays, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Admission to the Museum is free.

Free visitor parking is available by the entrance on Indiana Avenue, and on surrounding streets (during weekends). Metered and IU Permit parking spaces are available at the McCalla School parking lot on the corner of Ninth Street and Indiana Avenue.

An access ramp is located at the corner of Ninth Street and Fess Avenue, at the entrance to the Glenn Black Laboratory of Archaeology adjoining the Mathers Museum. Reserved parking spaces are available on Ninth Street, between Fess Avenue and Indiana Avenue. If you have a disability and need assistance, special arrangements can be made to accommodate most needs. Please call 812-855-1696 for assistance.

For more information, or to schedule a guided group tour, please call 812-855-6873, or e-mail mathers@indiana.edu.

Contact: mathers@indiana.edu
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