PG Department Of Music Instrumental

The PG Department of Music Instrumental at Government College for Girls, Ludhiana was introduced in 1950. The Department aims at protecting the cultural heritage of the nation – promoting national integration and world peace through music – and developing intellectual, emotional and spiritual quotient of youth. Its mission is to broaden the horizons of the students' minds towards folk, classical and western music as well as to expose them to the scientific, philosophical, psychological, sociological, aesthetic and religious aspects of Indian music. Its objective is to prepare the students to earn their livelihood. Initially, the department had only undergraduate classes, but keeping in view the keen interest of the students, Honors course was started in 1975 and Post graduate course in 1976 under the headship of Mrs. Sawinder Gill. Many top performing artists have served as professors in the department, resulting in students winning top positions in university merits including gold medals, almost every year. Many a time, they have also won Swami Nirvikaran and Sarswati gold medal for standing first in all M.A. courses taken together. Similarly, there have been many gold medalists in the Honors class as well. Presently there are 6 Associate/Assistant Professors in the department, out of which 5 are alumni of this department. Coincidentally, 5 of the 6 professors have been toppers (gold medalists) of the university in their respective pass out sessions. Apart from this, there are 4 tabla instructors in the department. As the department covers 73 years of its successful journey, the infrastructure has been  flourished with digital teaching aids, sound system and a large amount of musical instruments (classical, western and folk) including acoustic and electronic instruments. The quality production of this department carrying along with its values and ethics, is serving the society as teachers, professors and performers.

Activities of P.G. Department of Music Instrumental

Session 2022-23 :

Sr. No. Date/Session Topic of Activity Resource Person Details Organizing Unit No. of Students Description
1 19-9-2022 Extension Lecture Prof. (Dr.)  Sukhwinder Singh (GCG) P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana
 
60 Sound and Vibration
2 16-10-22 Zonal Youth Festival  at Ramgarhia Girls College, LDH ----- Ramgarhia Girls College 25 Participation in Indian Orchestra, Folk Orchestra, Percussion solo and Non-percussion solo
3 3-11-2022 One day Workshop Sitar/Tanpura Repairer  Subrato Mandal from Calcutta P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana 40 “How to Repair Sitar”
4 30-01-2023 Inauguration of New Room of the Department …… ---- 25 Donated by Sri Ram Arora in memory of his wife Late Mrs. Sudesh Arora, Founder HOD
5 3-2-2023 Basant Utsav ----- GCG, Ludhiana 300 Musical Performances by students and faculty of the department
6 13, 14, 15 March 2023 3 Days Workshop Mr. Mohammad Wazid and Mr. Alamgir Singh P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana 125


Session 2023-24 :

Sr. No. Date/Session Topic  of Activity Resource Person Details Organising Unit No. of Students Description
1 14-08-2023 Orientation Programme - P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana 90 Sudents' Interaction with departmental faculty
2 10-10-2023 Participation in Zonal Youth Festival - Guru Nanak Khalsa College, Model Town, Ludhiana 22 List of Items Participated : Indian Orchestra, Folk Orchestra, Folk Solo,  Non-percussion Solo
3 04-11-2023 Participation in Inter-Zonal Youth Festival - Dev Samaj College for Women, Firozpur 2 List of Items Participated :   Non-percussion Solo
4 18-01-2024 Participation in District Level Open Youth Festival - C T University, Ludhiana 10 List of Items Participated : Folk Orchestra,
5 31-01-2024 Paper Reading Competetion - P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana 55 Students presented Papers on different topics of their syllabus
6 07-02-2024 Visit of the Starcast of Punjabi Movie "Khadari"  - P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana 2000 Students' Interaction with the starcast of the movie released on 9-2-24. Movie team honoured as well as motivated the best players of college by giving them smart watches
7 08-02-2024 Poster/Slogan Making Competetion - P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana 25 Posters/Slogan were made by students on different topics related music
8 14-02-2024 Basant Utsav -  Faculty of Performing Arts, GCG Ludhiana 2000 Musical Performances by the students of the Faculty of Performing Arts
9 21-02-2024 Cultural Program Regarding NAAC Pear Team Visit - P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana 13 Items Performed: Indian Classical Non-Percussion & Punjabi Folk Orchestra
10 27-02-2024 One Day Educational Tour - P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana 300 Visited the campus of GNDU Amritsar. Bhai Gurdas Library and Recording studio of Music department of the campus was center of attraction for the students
11 12-03-2024 Quiz Competetion - P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana 92 Partcipation of students from each class.  Quiz Competetion was organised with the help of audio-visual aids
12 20-04-2024 Annual Prize Destribution Function - P.G. Dept. of Music Instrumental, GCG Ludhiana 85 Prizes were destributed to the winners of different competetions organised during the session
13 24-04-2024 Performance at Farewell Party of B.A. - GCG Ludhiana Whole Students of B.A. Folk Orchestra




















































 

 

Courses Offered

MA Music Instrumental

Post Graduate Course
Semester System
Duration: 2 Year
Seats: 40

Admission Criteria:
Graduation with Music Instrumental as subject

BA

Under Graduate Course
Semester System
Duration: 3 Year
Seats: 80

Admission Criteria:
10+2

Music Instrumental Honours

Faculty

Ms BALJEET KAUR

Designation: Associate Professor

Qualification: MA (Gold Medal), M.Phil

Vidwan ID: 313892

Area of Specialisation: Music Instrumental: Sitar, Banjo , Harmonium, Tabla, Santoor, Rishi Veena. Music Vocal: Shabad Gayan.

No of Publications:
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No of Books:
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No of Papers / Presentations:
02
No of Conferences / Seminars / Workshops Attended:
22
No of FDP / IP / STC / GOC / RC Attended:
06

Dr CHARANJIT SINGH

Designation: Assistant Professor

Qualification: M.A, M.phil, Ph.D, UGC-JRF

Vidwan ID: 313656

Area of Specialisation: Music Instrumental: Sitar, Indian Banjo (Bulbul Tarang), Dholak, Harmonium, Tabla. Music Production, Mixing Mastering. Research Area:Digital Recording Techniques.

No of Publications:
15
No of Books:
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No of Papers / Presentations:
07
No of Conferences / Seminars / Workshops Attended:
10
No of FDP / IP / STC / GOC / RC Attended:
02

Dr PRITAM KAUR

Designation: Visiting Faculty (Retired)

Qualification: MA, M.Phil. Ph.D, NET

Vidwan ID: 313638

Area of Specialisation: Extensive Research work in the field of Orchestra, Associated with various Organizations to promote Art and Culture among children and youth by experimeting Music Education through theatre, Ballet and Choreography, NAAC Coordinator.

No of Publications:
4
No of Books:
1
No of Papers / Presentations:
3
No of Conferences / Seminars / Workshops Attended:
20
No of FDP / IP / STC / GOC / RC Attended:
10

Dr YOGESH SHARMA

Designation: Associate Professor

Qualification: MA,MPhil,PhD,JPT,UGC-NET

Vidwan ID: 313878

Area of Specialisation: Instrumental Music: Sitar, Flute and Tabla. Performer from All India Radio and Doordarshan. Expertise in Accompanying Instruments. Composer of classical and light music both in Vocal and Instrumental Music

No of Publications:
05
No of Books:
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No of Papers / Presentations:
18
No of Conferences / Seminars / Workshops Attended:
20
No of FDP / IP / STC / GOC / RC Attended:
06

IP: Induction Programs, STC: Short Term Courses, RC: Refresher Courses

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