Berklee Indian Ensemble ft. Agney Mulay - Maajhi Re

The Berklee Indian Ensemble is delighted to present "Maajhi Re" an original by Agney Mulay.

‘Maajhi Re’ is the phrase used when you call out to the ‘maajhi’ or ‘boatman’. In rural India, villages are usually situated near rivers and water bodies. Often, the only way to cross the river is to hire a boatman to take you to the other side. Sometimes you have to wait for a long time for the boatman to arrive to help you cross.

This song was originally written to promote awareness about organ donation with the crossing of the river and the boatman as metaphors for people who are desperately awaiting help to give them a new lease at life, as well as those who come forward to help them. Agney and his friend, Naveen Kumar, wrote this piece a while before Agney joined Berklee.

When he brought it to the Berklee Indian Ensemble, the community welcomed it and with every year and multiple renditions, the song has evolved to adopt a universal message of community and interdependence. It reinforces the truth that you are not alone and that it's okay to ask for help when you need it.

This particular version is very special, as it includes the amazing Berklee World Strings orchestra led by Eugene Friesen, as well as several special guests.

For lyrics and translation, please visit http://bit.ly/MaajhiRe

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Maajhi Re (original)
Composer: Agney Mulay
Lyrics: Naveen Kumar
Re-arrangement including String arr: Inna Dudukina
Vocal Arr: Annette Philip

Berklee Indian Ensemble / Berklee India Exchange
Artistic Director: Annette Philip
Assistant Manager: Rohith Jayaraman
Assistant: Lydia Renold

Vocal Soloist: Agney Mulay, New Delhi, India

Berklee Indian Ensemble Choir
Ganesh Balasubramanian, Singapore
Gayathri Karunakar Menon, Doha, Qatar
Gayathri Krishnan, Orange County, CA
Lydia Renold, Schönenwerd, Switzerland
Medha Nair, Irvine, CA
Paola Munda, Palermo, Italy
Rohith Jayaraman, San Jose, CA
Shradha Ganesh, Toronto, Canada
Snehal Pandey, Belmont, CA
Sriram Balasubramanian, Singapore
Swarathmika Swaminathan, Mumbai, India

Piano & Vocals: Annette Philip, Kerala, India
Keyboards: Fryderyk Hoang Dong, Warsaw, Poland
Electric Guitar I: Colin Jenkins, Bedford, NH
Electric Guitar II: Travis Forencich, Portland, OR

Guests
Qanun - Panagiotis Aivazidis, Serres, Greece
Cello - Emanuel Keller, Jerusalem, Israel
Accordion: Yotam Ishay, Afula, Israel
Tabla: Giridaran Subramaniam, Bangalore, India
Percussion I: George Lernis, Nicosia, Cyprus
Percussion II: Kan Yanabe, Suita, Japan
Percussion III: Louie Kim, Suwon, South Korea

Berklee World Strings Spring 2019
Director: Eugene Friesen

VIOLIN 1
Louisa Byron – Waseca, MN
Dana Zulpykharova – Almaty, Kazakhstan
Claudius Agrippa – Brooklyn, NY
Brian Urra – Santiago, Chile
Bengisu Gokce – Istanbul, Turkey
Emily Gelineau – Perth, Australia

VIOLIN 2
Luna Ramos – Havana, Cuba
Costanza Tinti – Bologna, Italy
Brandon Jackson – Chicago, IL
Louise Bichan – Orkney, Scotland
Jody Miller - Apex, NC

VIOLA
Mels Wynne – Cleveland, OH
Cecelia Vacante – Baldwinsville, MA
Cecilia Cook - Liberty, MO

CELLO
Emanuel Keller - Jerusalem, Israel
Cristobal Cruz Garcia - Tijuana, Mexico
Casey Murray - Rochester, NY

BASS
Jena St. Davies – South Windsor, CT
Manos Stratis - Cyprus

Recorded live at Berklee Performance Center, Berklee College of Music
Lighting and Sound: Berklee Concert Operations
Front of House Engineer: Alejo Planchart
Multitrack Recording Engineer: Alex Rodriguez
Mixing Engineer: Emanuel Keller
Mastering: Jonathan Wyner