About NCYCAC
“When I learn of youth involvement in programs like the NCYCAC, I am filled with hope for the future.”
NCYCAC Annual Youth Music Festival is the largest of its kind run by the youth in the United States. Inaugurated in 2010, the NCYCAC Festival is organized every year during the Labor Day weekend. Youth Carnatic artists from across the United States enthusiastically converge in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park area and participate in the Festival. Thus, the Festival enables students from various stages of their musical journey to conference, showcase their talent, have fun, and get inspired to grow further in their pursuit to become musicians.
This year marks the 14th annual NCYCAC Youth Music Festival and our first online concert, which falls on September 2-3, 2023. This year, we are fortunate to host about 100 youth artists and a dozen music schools in concerts in support of a charity to be decided.
Over the past seven years, NCYCAC has provided a platform for more than 200 youth musicians to exhibit their talents in concerts. More than 750 unique members of audience have enjoyed the live concerts. NCYCAC’s livestream will be accessible to several hundred individuals, including those from India and other states who can watch the Festival live online.
NCYCAC uses the Festival to empower youth to give back to the community. Each year, NCYCAC’s Board comprised of youth leaders select a charitable organization and raise funds for a humanitarian cause. This year, NCYCAC and dozens of youth volunteers are raising funds to benefit a charity. Through generous donations, we hope to raise over $20,000 this year for this extraordinary organization.
Previous Charities:
2024 - TBD
2023 - Antarjyoti School For Blind Girls
2022 - Yuwa
2020, 2021 - Make-a-Wish Foundation
2019 - Kiran, Inc
2018 - Triangle Down Syndrome Network
2017 - Prevent Child Abuse, North Carolina,
2016 - Tammy Lynn Center
2015 - Meals on Wheels
2014 - Swami Vivekananda Youth Movement
2013 - Vibha
2012 - AIM for SEVA
2011 - Akshaya Trust
2010 - Sankara Nethralaya
More than $130,000 has been raised and contributed to support these organizations’ services.