Berklee Indian Ensemble ft. Armeen Musa - Jaago Piya

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We are delighted to release "Jaago Piya" on the auspicious occasion of Bangla Noboborsha, the first day of the Bengali Calendar year 1423. Shubhô Nôbobôrsho from all of us at Berklee College of Music!

Over the years, every time the Indian Ensemble performed this piece, the arrangement evolved, with new ideas contributed by different members, until we finally recorded it with students from 17 countries. To us, "Jaago Piya" is a gentle, loving reminder to stay present, in the moment, to always be hopeful, and live a life filled with gratitude.

According to Armeen, "What inspires me is music. The ability of music to connect to our silent thoughts, be a gift of solidarity, in happiness and sadness, inspires and motivates me, to be a part of motions bigger than myself."

What inspires you?

A little cultural background:
Jaago Piya is a collaboration of soundscapes; the melody has a semi classical flavour (classical referring to the classical music of the Indian subcontinent,) with vocal harmony that is rarely used in such a tune. The song being in Bangla, inspired the ensemble to use Bengali colours and clothes for the visual to showcase a bit of Bengali culture.

The primary theme was using the gamcha (local checked cloth used as a towel) as clothing, scarves, hairpieces inspired by Bangladeshi fashion designer Bibi Russel, who brought the gamcha to the international fashion industry.

Bengali New Year is a grandly celebrated day of the year in both Bangladesh and West Bengal, a truly colorful occasion, with parades, daylong musical concerts and festivals held in every corner of the country and in homes. The video hopes to capture that beautiful spirit with its own diversity and colours.

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Founded in 2011 by faculty member, Annette Philip, the Berklee Indian Ensemble is one of largest and most diverse ensembles at Berklee. The ensemble performs a wide array of South Asian music, with the ultimate goal of presenting concerts that consist entirely of original student compositions.

Armeen Musa:

Indian Ensemble:

Berklee:

Composer: Armeen Musa
Lyrics: Dr. Nashid Kamal
Vocal arranger, Producer, Director of Berklee Indian Ensemble: Annette Philip
Arrangement: Berklee Indian Ensemble

Soloist:
Armeen Musa, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Choir:
Trinayan Baruah, New Delhi, India
Sanjeeta Bhattacharya, New Delhi, India
Ava Dudani, Brighton, MA
Dhruv Goel, Lucknow, India
Vasundhara Gupta, Kolkata, India
Harshitha Krishnan, Chennai, India
Katyayani Krishnan, Singapore
Malwina Masternak, Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski, Poland
Sanjana Raja, Chennai, India
Thara Dhishay Ramamurthy, Manama, Bahrain
Lydia Renold, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
Purvaa Sampath, Bangalore, India
Ashwin Shenoy, Manama, Bahrain
Lyusi Simon, Moscow, Russia
Pankhuri Singhal, Westford, MA
Ishita Sinha, Patna, India
Swarathmika Swaminathan, Mumbai, India
Sanchitha Wickremesooriya, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Gretchen Schaderbodt, Valdivia, Chile
Kanika Patawari, Antwerp, Belgium
MT Aditya Srinivasan: Chennai, India
Rishabh Dev Sharma: New Delhi, India

Rhythm Section
Srishti Biyani: Bansuri/Voice, New Delhi, India
Sashank Navaladi: Sarod, New Delhi, India
Layth Sidiq: Violin, Amman, Jordan
Aleif Hamdan: Guitar, Jakarta, Indonesia
Anton A. Sten: Guitar, Stockholm, Sweden
Johnathan Lee: Guitar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Annette Philip: Piano/Voice, Kerala, India
Achal Murthy: Electric Bass, Strassen, Luxembourg
Kaushlesh Purohit: Tabla/Percussion, Jodhpur, India
Yogev Gabay: Drum set, Be'er Sheva, Israel

Recorded live at Q Division, Somerville
Recording engineer: Matt Larson
Assistant engineer: Jake Furgason
Mixing Engineer: Simon Katz

Video by 4Reel Productions
Producer, editor: Teo Karakolev
Videographer: Kevin Greene
Production assistants: Dina Benech, Eric Notar

Mastered by M Works Studios
Engineer: Jonathan Wyner

Head Card Designer: Lydia Renold

Typography
Achal Murthy, Armeen Musa, Annette Philip, Purvaa Sampath, Harshitha Krishnan, Swarathmika Swaminathan, Vasundhara Gupta, Ava Dudani, Kanika Patawari, Katyayani Krishnan, Lyusi Simon, Pankhuri Singhal, Thara Dhishay Ramamurthy, Yogev Gabay

Special thanks to:
Sadia Rahman for the gamchas
Mohitosh Talukder Taposh for all your gifts
Bibi Russel for inspiring our outfits. #berklee #berkleecollegeofmusic
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How I missed this song? I have come here after hearing the news of she selected for Grammy awards. Mind-blowing. Splendid. Proud of you sister. Love from Bangladesh 🇧🇩🇧🇩🇧🇩

kapiluddin
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Rise my love, don't sleep any longer

Forget the dreams of the dark night

Dream of sunshine

Light yourself with rays of light

Open the doors of your heart

Leave behind the happenings of the past

Spread the light onto your eyes

And burn with a new fire

Wish and wonder about the new days upcoming

Rise my love, don't sleep any longer

Sing the songs of your heart

Rise my love, rise my love

lushlilu
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I am a punjabi from India... I don't understand a word of Bangla. But the beauty of the song over rides my language barriers! Congrats to the entire ensemble for this great song.... Special wishes to Armeen Musa and Annette .... it is just so enchanting
love from India

aarnavsharma
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বিদেশিরা একটা বাংলা শব্দও বুজে না তারপরও তাদের কাছে গানটা প্রিয়, হার্ট টাচিং, বাংলা ভাষা শিখতে চায়। সত্যি এটাই একজন শিল্পীর সবচেয়ে বেশি পাওয়া ❤
গানটা ৪ বছর আগে থেকেই শুনেছি এখনো শুনি। সত্যি মনোমুগ্ধকর 💛
কমেন্টটা ইংলিশে করতে পারতাম কিন্তু বাংলা ভাষায় লিখতে পারাটা আমার কাছে গর্বের মনে হয়😍 বাংলা ভাষা সত্যি অনেক শ্রুতিমধুর 💞
বুকে হাত দিয়ে বলি আমি বাঙালী, আমি বাংলাদেশি🇧🇩

chinmoychakraborty
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I could die peacefully listening to this song. This is bliss. Violin play is out of this world.

vivekshukla
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The fact that this song is sung by the daughter and written by her mom makes it more beautiful. Love from 🇧🇩

iftanik
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দেশের এতো এতো নেগেটিভিটির মধ্যেও খুব আশাবাদী হতে ইচ্ছে করে আপনাদের এমন সব প্রচেষ্টা দেখে। যতবার গানটা শুনি, ততবার নিচের কমেন্ট গুলো পড়ি। ভিনদেশি মানুষের মুখে নিজের মাতৃভাষা নিয়ে এতো প্রশংসা, সে ভাষা শেখার আগ্রহ দেখে চোখে এমনিতেই পানি চলে আসে!
অন্তরের ভেতরে থেকে শুভ কামনা :)

harryfaisal
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She is a Bangladeshi....proud to see her performing...Keep doing good work

Myarafatuk
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I am a Assamese guy now living in Michigan. I speak Bangla fluently, and I am amazed by the students who sang this song and played on it. Congratulation on a job very well

Wolverine
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“জাগো পিয়া, আর ঘুমায়ো না
জাগো পিয়া, আর ঘুমায়ো না

নিশি স্বপন ভোলো, ভোলো
নিশি স্বপন ভোলো, ভোলো

রবির স্বপন দেখো, আলোর ছটা মাখো
মনের দুয়ার খোলো, খোলো, জাগো পিয়া...

কতকালের কথাগুলো পেছন ফেলে চলো
রবির কিরণ চোখে মাখিয়ে নতুন আগুনে জ্বলো।
সামনে আসে নতুন দিনের আগমনীর আলো
জাগো পিয়া, আর ঘুমায়ো না, হৃদয়ে সুর তোলো।

জাগো পিয়া, জাগো পিয়া, জাগো পিয়া, জাগো পিয়া
জাগো পিয়া, জাগো পিয়া, জাগো পিয়া, জাগো পিয়া।”

rajosikrajchakraborty
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i first heard this song last year in Vietnam. then i went home to America and listened. Now I’m sharing it with the women I love in Cambodia and she to loves this magical song.
Thank you.🙏🏿🙇🏽‍♂️🎶

edwardhindseh
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I want this to be future the entire Indian subcontinent to be one and united away from the borders and where religion is a personal choice rather than a faith deciding where u want to live thumbs up if. u agree

kaushalkishorerocker
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Will be my favourite and most inspirational song till death. Travelling for 3 years with my ownself from Chittagong to London via German Italy France Scotland Now Britain. I can’t not express how much my country means to me my people my brothers my friends and family my every known peroson. My very existence. Every Line everything of this song brings back tears for my people. Every time I hear this song. Now sitting in the public terrace opposite of Tower bridge London. Tears in my eyes.

adnankaderr
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It's like being picked up like a leaf by a gust of wind and traveling many mountains and valleys. That's what this performance sounds like. <3

mva
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Had tears in my eyes. The violin tingles up the nerves. One of the best ever

SiddharthaVuriti
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Armeen Apu, I have listened to the song at least 250 times in the last 3 weeks ( and I am not exaggerating). Thank you guys for such and amazing gift. Gives me chills every time I hear. :)

AynulBashar
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I love how people are wearing the gamcha... this song literally transports me back to Bangladesh on a spiritual level. An absolutely beautiful, graceful and heart-touching piece of music. Much love to you guys from the UK. <3 Kub shundor hoyeche. :)

LostMystic
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Congratulations to Armeen Musa and Dr. Nashid Kamal for the GRAMMY nomination! Totally deserved it! When I first listened to this song two years ago I was mesmerized and this track was on repeat for a few days. This nomination is a huge step for Bangladeshi Musicians 🇧🇩

IbnusSamitOfficial
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Omg my bengali Seeing people speaking other languages singing my mother tongue with so much passion♥️ loads of love for you guys.

stutidutta
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I think the Indian ensemble is the best one at Berklee! I don't even listen to this music but it's absolutely phenomenal.

MartinManweiler