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New Mexico

Teachers & Performers of Indian Music & Dance

Name: Norman Farkas
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: 210 Monroe St.NE, Albuquerque, NM 87108
Telephone: 505-243-3467
Misc. Info: I am the dis­ciple of Pandit Shashi Nayak of Benares Gharana.

Name: Guru Das Singh Khalsa
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Gurmat San­geet (Gurbani Kirtan), Sarangi
Location: Box 4 Sombrillo Rd., Espanola, NM 87532
Telephone: 505-747-8673
Misc. Info: Master of Music – Ethnomusicology – Major in Indian clas­sical music, Minor in Sikh music, from the School of Oriental and African Studies, U. of London, UK

Name: Kudrat Kaur Khalsa
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Gurmat San­geet (Gurbani Kirtan), Dilruba, Taus, Taanpura
Location: Box 4 Sombrillo Rd., Espanola, NM 87532
Telephone: 505-747-8673
Misc. Info: Basic instruction – Dilruba / Taus / Taanpura, based on curriculum from Raj Academy of Asian Music – Southall, UK


Other Sites of Interest

Implicit learning of Indian Music by Westerners

The Guru Recontextualised? - Teaching and Learning North Indian Classical Music in a Western Professional Training Environment

Nowadays: The Role of Internet for Propagation and Proliferation of Music

Multicultural Music Instruction in the Elementary School: What Can Be Achieved?

Training in Indian Classical Dance: A Case Study

Rasabodha: Understanding Indian classical dance by recognizing emotions using deep learning

Embodying culture : gurus, disciples and tabla players

Distance Education in Indian Music : Feasibility and Prospects

My Experience in Bharata Natyam (Indian Dance)

Learning Embodied Semantics via Music and Dance Semiotic Correlations


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