Indian classical music is simultaneously spiritual and secular. The relationship between the devotee and the divine is mirrored in familial, or even romantic, relationships that play out in daily life. Bringing to life these centuries’ old traditions from the Indian subcontinent, the Srivani Jade Ensemble will highlight the music that evolved under royal patronage in British India and reorganized itself along more democratic lines after the Independence of India and the creation of Pakistan in 1947-48. The program will feature the compositions of musicians whose creative careers processed the Partition of India and whose lyrics speak to the common ethos of the people of India and Pakistan, even as the musicians themselves and their lives were deeply affected by the dramatic and traumatic changes of their time. The ensemble will narrate and sing 'bandishes' in three voices, to the accompaniment of harmonium, tabla, and tanpura.