Sunday night, The Society for Indian Tradition and Art (SiTaR) will energize Fisher Theater with the sounds of Grand Carnatic music.

The concert will feature Carnatic, classical music that hails from Southern India, music through vocals, violin and a South Indian percussion instrument known as the mridanga.

Bombay Jayashri, a popular performer in India, will be the lead vocalist. Jayashri has performed in all major instruments both in India and abroad. In addition, she has several CD releases to her credit.

Accompanying Jayashri will be Shri Peri Sreeramamurthy on the violin and Shri Trisoor Narendran on the mridanga.

Both people have also performed throughout the world and accompanied many of India’s best know performers.

Rohini Ramaswamy, a committee member for SiTaR, said carnatic music is originally derived from South India while hindustani music originates from North India.

There is a slight difference between the two styles consisting of the melody structure and the way in which they are structured, she said.

Carnatic has more structure while hindustani is more flexible and well-known.

The program will start out with the carnatic music, which will be slightly faster than the hindustani, and while the concert progresses, the music, violin and percussion will turn into an impromptu format.

“We are expecting around 200 to 300 people in attendance,” Ramaswamy said. “We have people from all over the Midwest come to our shows. Mainly the people who come are from Des Moines and have no Indian background.”

The concert will be Sunday, April 13 in Fisher Theater at 6:30 p.m.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster or SiTaR, 294-3410. Tickets are $5 for student members of SiTaR; $10 for non-student members; $7 for student non-members; and $14 for general admission.