One of the objectives of the course is to have students get acquainted with compositions of great composers such as Jayachamarajendra Odeyer,  Maharaja Sawthi thirunal, Ambuja krishana along with the Trinity composers. The course also aims at introducing and training students to sing proficiently in rare ragams such as Khamach, Desh, Vijayashri, Gowlipanthu and many more. The 3 compositions chosen in this course CV311 are ones in which student learns a kriti in raga Kamach,Kharaharapriya and Desh tillana each and ragam,niraval, kalpana swara to these ragas. 
Learning Objective
After completing CV311 the student will be able to - render complex compositions with in-built variations in pace and rhythm and moderate lyrical difficulty typical of Mysuru Vasudevacharya,Papanasam Sivan.
- study a composition’s tonal merit, raga lakshana and simple but profound lyrics, thus cementing a permanent place in the thukkada, or light segment of a Carnatic concert
- Manodharma for the Ragas learned in this course.

Introducing compositions that are desnse lyrically and rhythmically.Understand how by manipulating the pace and setting the raga appropriately the difficulty is hidden from the listener. The module is rounded off by a smaller composition set in a rakti, or phrase-laden raga.

Carnatic Vocal 311