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Notable Music Concerts and Teaching Assignments
2009
- Aug 22: Manhattan, NY - Singing as part of "Sun to Stars" festival organized by SolarOne
- Aug 15: Battery Park City, NY - Carnatic vocal accompaniment for Bharatanatyam dancer Malini Srinivasan, as part of Battery Park Dance festival
- Aug 2: Hindu Temple, Flushing, NY - Patriotic Song recital along with my students as part of the "Hindu heritage day" and Indian Independence Day celebrations
- May 7-10: Joyce SOHO, Manhattan, NY - Carnatic vocals for "Tapasya", a dance production by Rajika Puri and Dancers
2008
- Oct 3: Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT - Singing for dancer Anita Ratnam as part of the Navrathri Celebrations
- Sep 1: Release of "Ragam Thalam Anandham", an instructional video guide to Carnatic Music learning, with grant funds received from Fund for Folk Culture, Tx
- Jun 4-7: Joyce SOHO, Manhattan, NY - Singing as part of Trinayan Collective, an Odissi dance group
- May 14-16: Theater for the New City, Manhattan, NY - Singing as part of "Kinding Sindaws: Dances without Borders" series
2007
- Jun 23: Raga and Jazz Workshop, Lotus Music and Dance
- May 4-13: Carnatic vocals for Ragamala music and dance theater for 15 shows at the New Victory theater, Manhattan, NY.
- Apr 18: Carnatic vocals for Temple to Theatre, a thematic dance presentation by Ragamala music and dance theater at Van Wezel Center, Sarasota, Florida.
- Apr 7: Carnatic vocals for Arangetram- Dance graduation recital by student of Amruthakala Dance academy in New York.
- Mar 22-26: Carnatic vocals for Bharatanatyam Unwrapped a classical dance presentation by New York based dance company Rajika Puri and dancers at the Joyce SOHO, Manhattan
- Feb 7- Mar 28 - Carnatic music workshops (introductory and intermediate levels) on raga(melody) and tala(rhythm) at Lotus music and dance studios in Manhattan
- Jan 16: Lecture-demonstration on Carnatic vocal techniques at Terrill Middle school, New Jersey
- Raga and Jazz-in Unity and Diversity- 2 hour intensive workshop on raga explorations for Jazz musicians at Lotus studios, Manhattan
2006
- Offered a course on Carnatic music at the New York university for two semesters.
- Lecture demonstration on the Fundamentals of Indian rhythms (talas) at the City College of New York, New York.
- Invited to be judge for classical music competition organized by the esteemed TLCA in New York
- Solo vocalist for Urban Kutcheri a thematic music and dance presentation at the Joyce SOHO, New York.
- Performance with renowned dancer Ms. Suba Ramesh parmar at th Sivananda Yoga ranch, NY.
- Part of the Shubanjali dance team at the Bridgewater, NJ temple dance competition
- Classical vocalist for Dance graduation ceremony (Arangetram) in Long Island.
- Vocal Concert at Bridgewater Hindu temple for Navarathri celebrations in New Jersey
- Vocal concert for Saraswathy pooja celebrations at Staten Island Hindu temple
- Vocal concert for Sai baba temple in Flushing, NY
- Carnatic music workshop on ragas ( melodies ) and talas ( rhythms ) at Lotus music and dance studios in Manhattan
- An evening of Canatic music and Kuchipudi classical dance. Performance at the Lotus music and dance studio.
2005
- Thematic chamber music concert at Manalapan, NJ
- Lec-dems on the Theory and Practice of Carnatic music at Bard Univ, NY
- Invited to be judge for classical vocal competition conducted by the prestigious organization CMANA of NJ
- Master class on Carnatic swaras at Bloomingdale school of Music, Manhattan
- Studio recording of music for classical dance in Queens, NY
- Solo vocal concert for Diwali celebrations at Bridgewater temple, NJ
- Carnatic music ensemble lectures for the fall semester at the New York univ. http://www.nyu.edu/gsas/dept/music/dept_ensem.html
- Compered for three Bharatanatyam arangetrams (graduations) at NJ
- Performed with classical dancer Sonali Skandan at the Flushing temple,NY
- Performances for classical dance at the Chennai Annual Music festival in India.