COMING TOGETHER

A community event celebrating
World Environment Day

On the eve of World Environment Day, Gyaan Adab invites you to experience a
fun-filled family extravaganza!

You may say I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one

The evening promises to be a novel celebration aimed at making us more caring towards our planet… by caring for each other. The programme involves music, mesmerizing community art, delightful cinema and bonding over delicious refreshments.

FEATURING

• FISHERWOMAN & TUK TUK: Screening of the National-award winning animated short film. Directed by Suresh Eriyat, it is a poignant story of a middle aged fisherwoman who dreams of owning an auto rickshaw and the subsequent consequences that ensue.
• AFTERLIGHT: An acoustic/electric band comprising of likeminded enthusiastic individuals belting out renditions of well-known artists such as U2, Coldplay, John Mayer and Bob Dylan. They also have a passion for original compositions and are in the process of recording their demo album to be released later in 2016. Afterlight will have Mark D’Mello on the lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Caroline Menezes and Nikita Menezes on the piano and vocals, Nikhil Aarons on the lead guitar and Sagar Belsare providing the percussion.
• COMING TOGETHER: A community visual art experience – creating words and images with various mediums, expressing a common sharing, reaching out together, becoming one.
• IN PRAISE OF PLANET EARTH: A captivating audio-visual curated by Gyaan Adab.

DONATION PASS
Adults: 200/-
Children: 100/-

AFTERLIGHT comprises of:

Mark D’Mello – Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar, Songwriter

Mark, a Singer/Songwriter from Pune has a deep passion for writing and performing original music.  Over the years he has served the role of Lead Singer/Songwriter/ Rhythm guitarist for various bands, having performed at venues all over Pune and the Mood Indigo festival at IIT Powai. He is also a Lead Tenor with the Chamber Singers; a western classical choir based in Pune conducted by Mrs. Veronica Krishnayya; and has performed works of composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Ariel Ramírez , Francis Poulenc  to name a few  ; at venues in Pune, NCPA (Mumbai) and the Kala Academy (Goa).
Caroline Menezes – Piano and Vocals
Caroline, a commerce student also currently working as a Music Teacher at St Vincent’s School, Pune has been pursuing music from the Age of 5. She believes in sharing the gift of Music with little children. Caroline is still pursuing her Grades in Piano from Trinity College of London and also loves to sing and perform. She believes that “Education feeds the brain, While Art and Music feeds the Soul.”

Nikita Menezes  – Piano and Backing Vocals
Nikita , a commerce student works as a Music Teacher.  She has been passionate about music from the age of 5 and is pursuing her Grades in Piano from Trinity College of London. She believes that “God gave us the gift of music and our gift to him is to share it with others with all our heart”

Nikhil Aarons– Rhythm/Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
Nikhil started playing the guitar at the age of 13. He had formal training in Classical Guitar under Mr. Samson Manuel and cleared the 8th Grade Trinity College London Exam in 2015. He now conducts guitar classes at home. He is interested in exploring different aspects of music like music composition and loves to explore with different styles of music, some of his favorites are Blues, Jazz, Gospel and Folk/Country music.

Sagar Belsare – Drums / Percussion
Sagar has a strong inclination towards rhythm from the very beginning and started learning the drums at the age of 10. He began performing live since 2012. His musical network includes more than 80 musicians, each one having different musical tastes & genres. He has performed all over Pune at venues such as HRC, CRCC, Arcasia, Showtime Arena, Beer cafe, zapalooza, Wassup Pune. His current influences range from rock acts such as GnR, Pink Floyd, and Metallica to all time classics like Beethoven, Buddy Rich & Yanni.

Roger Daniel – Lead/Rhythm Guitar and Mandolin
Roger is a full time Guitar teacher. He’s a self-taught musician but studied theory for a year under Chris Fonceca. Roger Started playing the guitar at the age of 17 and slowly took a liking towards playing the mandolin. He has a great passion to learn new instruments and spends most of his time exploring new sounds and techniques.  His major influences are Joe Satriani, GnR, Steve Vai, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Alterbridge, Rage against the Machine, John Mayer and whole lot of Gospel Songs.

Sam Ghosh – Bass Guitar
Sam, a full time retail professional with a keen interest in music believes in the adage that, “ Music is food for living”. Apart from managing Furtados Music, he has been playing bass for the past couple of years. His major inclination lies in the music of the 70s and 80s. He is interested in experimenting with different genres of music.