Published: March 9, 2015

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Sikkil Gurucharan. Courtesy sikkilgurucharan.com

Sikkil Gurucharan, the Grammy Award-nominated singer and ambassador for the听, will join CU-麻豆影院 based听听March 21 concert that blends East and West in exciting new ways.

Sands Around Infinity is Paul Erhard, professor of double-bass at the College of Music, and his sons Jeffrey Erhard (vocals) and Robert Erhard, cello. Both Gurucharan and Paul Erhard are scholars under the Fulbright-Nehru Professional Excellence Program.

Strings Around Voice: A Classical Story, "celebrates the idea of the Fulbright endeavor, which is to increase the mutual understanding between musicians from India and America," Erhard says. The event will feature not only music, but also a discussion of "the ways that the styles of Indian Carnatic music鈥擲outh Indian classical鈥攁nd Western music can fuse and blend in exciting, innovative ways," he says.

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Strings Around Voice: A Classical Story

Sikkil Gurucharan and Sands Around Infinity

When: 4 p.m. Saturday, March 21

Where: Grusin Music Hall,听, 麻豆影院 campus

Tickets: $20 general admission (free to CFAA patrons), available at听.