The dhrupad residential workshop with Uday Bhawalkar and team was a deep journey into another universe where time seems to move more slowly, and the ear opens in sensitivity to hear a primordial sound. Early morning Kharaj and the supremely elegant Bageshree alaap were highlights. Also finding new friends and spending time simply playing bansuri […]
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It was a pleasure and an honour to be invited to accompany Khyal vocalist Prabhat Rao and musicians on bansuri at the World Yoga Festival last weekend. I also had the opportunity to accompany him on tanpura for sunday morning’s concert, which is a very important part of a musical education and also quite enjoyable […]
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I played a 45 minute solo set on bansuri for the closing evening of ‘Khyal: Music and Imagination Multimedia Exhibition’ at MP Birla Millenium Gallery, Bhavan. About the exhibition SAMA in association with Durham University and GemArts present Khyal. Khyal is the name of a vocal musical genre meaning “imagination”. This multimedia exhibition brings together […]
Continue readingMore TagMeeting Pandit Hauriprasad Chaurasia in London
I had the pleasure to attend living legend Hauriprasad Chaurasia‘s concert at Islington Assembly Hall on 17th June 2018. It was an electric evening, with Kefaya Trio (a more classical-oriented incarnation than Kefaya band) opening for the main act with some really nice fusion (guitar, piano, tabla). It was both humbling and beautiful to see […]
Continue readingMore TagHouse Concert with Clive Bell and students, 9th June 2018
I played my first proper solo bansuri recital (alaap and composition in Kirwani, teentaal) at Sheela and Raul’s place. Anuj accompanied on tabla, and I also played ‘Sakhi Mori’ (Durga, jhaptaal) with Clive and Gaurav. It was a great evening, and exciting to push my little boat into the water to see if it would […]
Continue readingMore TagSakhi Mori Ruma Jhuma (Durga)
Here is a transcription of simple version of bandish ‘Sakhi Mora Ruma Jhuma’. The video this is taken from is included below. Sakhi Mori Ruma Jhuma (Jhaptaal, 60 bpm) S , S /G (G) \R /m , m (m) \R P , D P m \R , m \R (m) \D /S , Sa […]
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Aroha Avroha N R G M D N (R) S S N D P M G R S Thaat Kalyan Time Early Evening Vadi / Samvadi Ga / Ni / (Pa) // -Dha Chalan: N D N R S , N R G , N R G M P R G , N […]
Continue readingMore TagAdventures in Music Therapy: My experience as a Support Worker
What a wonderful gift it is to be working as a music therapist. My day visiting 3 elderly care homes & day centres is such a wildly colourful, fun, soulful heart-melting journey.. Drumming, collaborative music-making, circle songs, laughter yoga, sound healing, it’s all in there! You get to see such open-heartedness, courage, team spirit, creativity […]
Continue readingMore Tag“Music for Yoga” album release – 21.04.17
Today is the day! ???? I am releasing an album on bandcamp inspired by and for Yoga practice. I’ve been working hard on this for the past couple of months, and learned a ton about arranging, recording, mixing, mastering, as well as playing.. I’m pretty excited to share this offering and I hope you will enjoy […]
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