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Teachers & Performers of Indian Music & Dance

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Name: Aavartan Dance Academy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam and Odissi Dance
Location: 4S Ranch, San Diego, CA, USA
Telephone: 619-9AVARTN
Misc. Info: Bharata­natyam in Kala­kshetra style and Odissi dance classes for kids and adults.

Name: Vijaylakshmi Abhijit
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Clas­sical Vocal Music and Abhangs
Location: Irvine, CA near UCI
Telephone: 408-627-0334
Misc. Info: I teach Car­natic clas­sical vocal music to chil­dren and adults. My cur­riculum in­cludes basic les­sons, voice train­ing, small songs/ shlokas and bhajans in dif­ferent ragams, “working theory”, krithis, devar­namas, javalis and abhangs

Name: Abinaya Arts Academy
E-Mail:  [email protected]
Field: Bharatanatyam
Location: Studio Dance Force in Miramar, San Diego, CA (next to Miramar Cash and Carry)
Telephone: 858-775-5473
Misc. Info: Aler Krishnan, art­istic director of Abinaya Arts Academy (Estd. 1994), is an accomp­lished Bharatha­natyam dancer, teacher and a nattuvanar. Aler is a disciple of gurus Smt Indra Rajan and Sri Panda­nallur B. Srinivasa Pillai and is currently under the mentor­ship of Smt Bragha Bessell and Sri A. Lakshman. Aler is the co-founder of Nava­Darshana, a dance initiative she co-founded with the world renowned dancer Smt. Priya­darsini Govind and also serves on the board of several non-profits, including Indian Fine Arts Academy of San Diego. website: www.facebook.com/abinayaarts/

Name: Ace Montessori, Gurukul at Ace
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Culure and Dance
Location: Irvine and Lake Forest, CA 92606
Telephone: 949 667 1878
Misc. Info: https://www.facebook.com/gurukulace

Name: Mansi Acharya
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat Natyam,
Location: San Diego, CA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Contact me for semi-clas­sical dance, folk dances, Bolly­wood dances.

Name: Dr. Chandra Aithal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Voice Training, Hindu­stani-Vocal and Harmon­ium
Location: 8005, Clarkson Ave, Cudahy, CA 90201 (Cerrtos, Downey area)
Telephone: 626-308-2153
Misc. Info: Teach­ing Hindu­stani vocal and har­mon­ium for 15 years. Ac­com­panies visit­ing and local artists. Com­posed music for theatre and dance-drama.

Name: Akarshana School of Dance
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatha Natyam and folk
Location: Arcadia, CA, USA
Telephone:
Telephone: 626 898 4480
Misc. Info: Dis­ciple of K.J. Sarasa, please con­tact for other de­tails.

Name: Sudakshina Alagia
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani-Vocal
Location: Poway, CA
Telephone: 858-673-8662
Misc. Info: Disciple of renown clas­sical singers Smt. Lakshmi Shankar and Smt. Purnima Choudhury. Sudakshina has sang in English docu­men­taries and Indian tele­visions series and had been nominated for a Grammy Award for her work in the Sapient Project. She has also performed Hindustani vocal concerts throughout the US Canada and India as a solo artist and alongside varies musicians. She is fluent in five lan­guages. Please feel free to con­tact her for courses avail­able and per­for­mances. http://www.sudakshina.net/

Name: Parvathi Arun
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam Mohiniyattom, Kuchipudi Training, Bolly­wood choreo­graphies
Location: Santa Clarita, CA 91350
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I had been train­ing stu­dents Bharat­natyam for the past one year & have been per­for­ming Bharat­natyam, Kuchi­pudi & Mohiniy­attom for more than 15 years. Those who are inter­ested in learn­ing these clas­sical dance forms can con­tact me in the above men­tioned email id.

Name: Sudharshana Arunkumar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal music
Location: San Gabriel, CA- 91775.
Telephone: 408 431 3725
Misc. Info: Sudhar­shana is a dis­ciple of Sri Cal­cutta Krishna­murthy and is a per­for­ming musi­cian. She is an experi­enced tea­cher and gives basic and ad­van­ced Car­natic music les­sons.

Name: Ustad Mohammad Aslam
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Ghazal and harmonium
Location: Santa Monica, California
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I have 40 years experience as a teacher. I belong to Kirana Gharana.

Name: Sireesha Avadhanam
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam and Kuchi­pudi Dancer
Location: San Diego
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I have been teach­ing Indian clas­sical dances-Kuchi­pudi and Bharata natyam through my dance school-Sriya Kala­nikethan- for the past 6 years. If you are inter­ested con­tact me through my email.

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Name: Shashanka Bakshi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Los Angeles, Cali­fornia
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Disciple of the late Kanai Dutta and Samta Prasad, Benares ghar­ana. Inter­na­tion­ally acclaimed per­for­ming artist, pro­vid­ing all levels of tabla in­struc­tion. Avail­able for per­for­mances world­wide, and for teach­ing in the Los Angeles area and Kol­kata, India.

Name: Padmavathy Balajee
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal music
Location: S. Ken­more, Los Angeles, Cali­for­nia, US
Telephone: 408 893 4049
Misc. Info: I teach Car­natic clas­sical vocal music to chil­dren and ladies. My cur­ricu­lum in­cludes Basic Les­sons, voice train­ing, small songs/ shlokas and bha­jans in dif­ferent ragams, krithis, thir­rupavai and thir­upug­zal. I hold dip­loma in music (title if Isai­kalai­mani) from An­nama­lai Univer­sity.

Name: Mahalakshmi Balaji
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam and Folk dances of India
Location: 79 Paseo Primero, Ran­cho Santa Mar­garita,CA 92688
Telephone: 949-547-0092
Misc. Info: I am a clas­sical Bharat­natyam spe­cial­ist who is grad­uated from Kala­kshetra, Chen­nai in 2003. We are con­duct­ing classes in Cer­ritos, Pla­cen­tia and now star­ted new batch in Rancho Santa Mar­garita. Cost – $25 per hour

Name: Nandita Behera
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Odissi Dance
Location: 17816 De Oro Circle Cer­ritos, CA 90703
Telephone: 714 521-5655
Misc. Info:

Name: Madhuchanda Bhattacharjee
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Music (Vocal).
Location: Tustin, California. USA.
Telephone: 406-871-1133/714-481-1587.
Misc. Info: B music (Visha­rad) in Hindu­stani clas­sical (Vocal) from Bhat­khande Sangit Vidhya­pith, Lunc­know. cost of lessons – negotiable.

Name: Sujatha Bitrakanti
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic music, Kuchi­pudi Indian Clas­sical dance
Location: Irvine, CA
Telephone: 469-426-1644
Misc. Info: “Namaste. I’m a trained Kuchi­pudi dance tea­cher, trained under Guru Shiva Prasad in India (student of Shri. Vempati China Sathyam garu) and Smt. Sri­latha Suri in Dallas, TX. (Student of Dr. Shobha Naidu garu). I’m a very patient tea­cher with a natu­ral skill for com­mu­ni­cat­ing very well with stu­dents of all ages. I’m also a trained clas­sical music tea­cher. This skill comes handy as I prefer to sing live for my student’s per­for­mances – which helps elevate their per­for­mance to a higher level. I’m inter­ested in teach­ing kids/ adults Telugu light music, Bha­jans and An­nam­acharya Keerthanas. If you are inter­ested, con­tact me and I will be happy to have a chat with you.

Name: Javad Butah
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Telephone: 415-656-7115
Misc. Info: “…a young, flashy, spectacular tabla player, Javad Ali Butah… ” – Los Angeles Times “…Javad Ali Butah, in virtuosic form on the tabla…” -NY Times. A dis­ciple of world-re­nowned Tabla master Pandit Anindo Chat­terjee, Javad’s com­pre­hen­sive approach to the instru­ment re­flects his train­ing at the hands of one of the finest tabla artists alive today. In ad­dition to his im­pres­sive technique, Javad’s over­all musical­ity, expre­ssed equally in solo per­for­mance and accom­pani­ment, leaves a las­ting im­pres­sion on lis­ten­ers and has made him an in-demand young artist. Javad com­pleted a Masters in Fine Arts degree under the tute­lage and guid­ance of Pandit Swapan Chau­dhuri, eminent ex­po­nent of the Luck­now Ghar­ana, at the Cali­fornia Insti­tute of the Arts in Los Angeles, CA. Now offering group and pri­vate instruc­tion in the Los Angeles county area.

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Name: Debjani Chakra­borty
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak
Location: San Diego, CA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: M.A. in dance (Kathak), Kathak “Pra­veen”  from Allaha­bad Univer­sity. 25 years of com­bined experi­ence in Indian dance. Offer classes in Kathak with theory les­sons, Rabin­dra Nritya, Indian modern dance. All age groups are welcome.

Name: Madhuri Challa (M.A.)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kuchi­pudi dance
Location: Tor­rance CA
Telephone: 310 542 1407
Misc. Info: I have been train­ing students from 8 year per­forming from 20 years. Con­tact me if you are inter­ested with above infor­mation.

Name: Deepak Kumar Chandla
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: 3524 Matisse Circle, Corona, CA, 92882
Telephone: 714-757-1671 (cell)
Misc. Info: M.A in inst­rumen­tal Tabla from Punjab Uni­ver­sity Chandigarh. 10 years govt. school teach­ing experi­ence in India. Also teach­ing vocal for begin­ners, dholak, harmon­ium.

Name: Arup Chattopadhyay
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: San Diego, CA
Telephone: 858-699-8859
Misc. Info:

Name: Debasish Chaudhuri
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla & work­shops
Location: 21212 1/2 Figue­roa Street, Carson, Ca 90745
Telephone: 310 483 3795
Misc. Info: Disciple and nephew of world re­nowned tabla maestro Pandit Swapan Chau­dhuri of Lukhnow Gharana. Teaches in LA and greater LA area and also in Phoenix AZ. Per­forms with local and visit­ing re­puted artists from India and abroad. Founder dir­ector of Rupak School of World Music, a Non-Profit Organ­izat­ion In LA since 2006. Rupak’s presi­dent is tabla maestro Pandit Swapan Chau­dhuri http://www.debasish.rupakschoolofmusic.org/ www.rupakschoolofmusic.org

Name: Dave Cipriani
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Slide Guitar, Hindu­stani Music, East / West Fusion, Indian Music for Western Instru­ments
Location: Thousand Oaks, CA 91362
Telephone: 410-353-9975
Misc. Info: MFA in North Indian music from Cali­fornia Insti­tute of the Arts, on­going studies with Ud. Aashish Khan. Pre­viously studied with Indian slide guitar pion­eer Pdt. Barun Kumar Pal over several trips to India. Avail­able for Skype les­sons, work­shops & per­for­mances. www.mahadev.bandcamp.com

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Name: Prem Das
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Cardiff / Encinitas, Cali­fornia, USA
Telephone: 760-215-3253
Misc. Info: I offer les­sons for begin­ning tablas. I was trained in the clas­sical style and have been teach­ing and per­for­ming for 30 years. You will learn the clas­si­cal style and will also be able to learn to play with kirtan or any fusion of Western or world music. Please see premdastablas.com for more info.

Name: Samar Das
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: 2634 Shrubwood Cir, Simi Valley, CA 93065
Telephone: (805) 581-0422
Misc. Info: I am a tabla tea­cher and per­former in the greater Los Angeles area. I have per­formed with many famous artists, includ­ing Lak­shmi Shankar, Gary Wright, Mala Ganguly, and many visit­ing artists from India and UK. For any per­for­mance (Indian clas­sical – vocal, instru­mental, light music etc) and / or teach­ing please con­tact me. Thanks.

Name: Aloke Dasgupta
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar Teacher and Concert Per­former
Location: Los Angeles
Telephone: 310-489-5760
Misc. Info: Worldwide via Webcam – Aloke Das­gupta is a highly sought-after inter­natio­nal maestro. Study­ing under Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, he has per­formed with Gwen Stefani, Ozzy Osbourne, and Cheap Trick in their hit show produced by Beatles sound engineer Geoff Emerick, who calls for only the best to re­pro­duce the sound of the Beatles. Along with his wife who teaches clas­si­cal vocals and other Indian instru­ments, he operates the Raga Ranjani school in Los Angeles and is avail­able for lessons and per­for­mances world­wide. Please visit: www.alokedasgupta.com

Name: Dayita Datta
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Vocal
Location: Arcadia, Cali­fornia
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Dayita is the founder-direc­tor of Shruti Music Academy offering North In­dian clas­sical vocal clas­ses to all ages in the Arcadia / Pasadena area, Ektaa Center, Irvine, and Sanatan Dharma Temple, Artesia.  Dayita has been per­for­ming at various venues like Music Circle, LACMA, ArtNight Festival, Grand Per­for­mances, etc. She is a rec­ipient of “Music Ap­pren­tice­ship” and “Artis­tic Men­tor­ship” scholar­ship from ACTA (Alliance for California Tra­di­tio­nal Arts) under the guid­ance of eminent Hindu­stani Clas­sical vocal­ists Vidushi Lakshmi Shankar and Pt. Sandip Ghosh.  She has also received numer­ous grants from City of Pasadena Arts & Culture Com­mis­sion. Dayita’s infor­mation is avail­able at www.dayitadatta.com.

Name: Divya Devaguptapu
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat Natyam
Location: 11919 Mil Pitrero Rd, San Diego, CA 92128
Telephone: 858-229-5696
Misc. Info: Divya Deva­guptapu, a senior dis­ciple of the world-renowned Dha­nan­jays from Chennai India, has been a pro­fes­sional per­for­ming artiste for over 20 years. In the Dha­nan­jayan’s own words, “A rare phe­no­mena found in Divya is that she excels in her per­for­mances and is equally pro­ficient in her im­part­ing. Divya is one of our priced dis­ciples who has excel­led in the field of Bharata Naatyam. En­dowed with all essential qualities and quali­fications for a Bharata Naatyam dancer, Divya has carved a niche in the minds of the clas­sical con­nois­seurs….”. Divya has per­formed for numer­ous pres­ti­gious sabhas in Chennai, India and toured the US along with the Dhananjays’, given seve­ral solo per­formances in India, South-East Asia, Middle East and the United States. Web­site – www.divyadevaguptapu.com

Name: Prachi Dixit
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak, Vocal, Tabla,
Location: 4425 Sepul­veda Ave., Torrance, CA 90505
Telephone: (310) 872-7061
Misc. Info: web­site – http://www.nupuracademyla.com/

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Name: Hemant Ekbote
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: 4582 Kimberwick Circle Irvine CA 92604
Telephone: 949-726-0997
Misc. Info: Teaches tabla, expert tabla players played with famous singers and artists like Ustad Ali Khan and others. http://hemantekbote.tripod.com/

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Name: Ranjani Ganesan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Vocal
Location: Irvine, CA 92617
Telephone: 480-370-8598
Misc. Info: All ages are welcome, chil­dren and adults. I have learned Car­natic music for 17 years, and have taught pre­viously for 5 years.

Name: Geeta & Sanjiv Music- Dance Academy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Clas­sical Vocal, Film Song, Ghazal, Folk Music, Dev­otio­nal, Light Music ( Sugam sangeet), Tabla, Key Board, Harmon­ium, Film Dance, Bhangada, Raas-Garba, Gujarati Lan­guage
Location: 12803 Biola Ave, La Mirada, California-90638
Telephone: 562-946-0496
Misc. Info: San­geet Visha­rad, was music dance pro­ducer on Indian tele­vision teach­ing music last 17 years in Cali­fornia. Produced 6 music albums

Name: Sabari Girish
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Carnatic Music. (Vocal)
Location: San Gabriel, CA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Indian Car­natic music (vocal) classes con­ducted by Sabari Girish at Swara Saagaram Music School for the past 4 years in LA. New batch start­ing soon in San Gabriel, CA. Please con­tact for details and regis­tra­tion. A dis­ciple of Sri Perum­bavoor G Ravindra­nath and Sri Sudarsan, Sabari Girish has com­posed and sung in various music albums. He has been per­for­ming live and is con­duct­ing music clas­ses in LA area for the past seve­ral years with batches in Pasa­dena and Wood­land Hills.

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Name: Padmini Srinivasan Hands
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Voice and flute
Location: Orange County, Cali­fornia (Irvine, Long Beach, Laguna Beach and any where in be­tween) and Skype
Telephone: 919 539 6315
Misc. Info: $35 per hour-long lesson. Fluent in Western and Indian Clas­sical; studies with Kallak­kad Rama­nara­yana Iyer in Chennai. Sang with North Caro­lina Master Chorale and other clas­sical West­ern ensem­bles. Skilled at com­muni­cat­ing Indian music tech­niques to the Western-trained stu­dent as well as using Western voice train­ing ideas to streng­then vocal pro­duction. Also teach World folk music. See www.globalgurukul.org, and facebook: Padmini Hands.

Name: Justin Moore Howell
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar
Location: Los Angeles, Ca. 90066
Telephone: 310 804 7942
Misc. Info: Student of Ustad Shujaat Khan

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Name: Iswhara Dance Acadamy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Clas­sical Odissi, folk, semi clas­sical
Location: Several lo­cations in Southern Cali­fornia, Orange County, LA county
Telephone: 714 318 8784
Misc. Info: Sharanya Mukh­opadh­yay is a very talented Odissi dancer and owner of numer­ous accol­ades and awards. She has been in LA times, OC register center­fold, winner of Princess Grace award and more. She has brought Odissi to the main stream via the Miss America pageants. Visit www.sharanyamukhopadhyay.com

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Name: Dr. Sinduri Jayasinghe
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam, Kuchi­pudi
Location: 18005, Pires Ave, Cerritos , Ca- 90703
Telephone: 562 841 0504 cell, 562 645 1645 home
Misc. Info: visit www.sinduri.net

Name: Jyotiprakas
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: Orange County
Telephone: 714 396 4083.
Misc. Info: I am the dis­ciple of Pandit Abhijit Banerjee. I played with many re­pu­ted artists from India and here. I teach in Dhwani Academy covering greater Los Angeles area, Orange County, River­side, Irvine, Pasadena and San Diego.

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Name: K. S. Resmi
E-Mail:[email protected]
Field: Vocal – Carnatic, Katha­kali padams, Bha­jan, Mala­yalam Chris­tian devot­ion­als, film songs (Lan­guages – Mala­yalam, Hindi, Tamil, Sanskrit, Eng­lish)
Location: San Diego County, California USA
Telephone: 410-661-5024 (Tele­phone & Fax)
Misc. Info: Please see my web­site for a full bio, audio samples, videos, photos, and schedule. My ex­peri­ence in India in­cludes 26 years of pri­vate in­struc­tion in Kerala at Sangeetha Bha­rati and 3 years as a full-­time faculty member for Carnatic vocal in the Depart­ment of Indian Music at the Univer­sity of Madras in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, 6 years of on­line in­struc­tion and group classes in USA, and over 35 years of con­ti­nuous study of Car­natic music. Please feel free to con­tact me for pri­vate, group les­sons, or on­line les­sons in authentic and pro­fess­ional train­ing in Car­natic music. Skype: ksresmi, Twitter – http://www.twitter.com/ksresmi, Web­sites – http://www.ksresmi.com, https://www.youtube.com/ksresmi, https://www.youtube.com/c/KSResmiOfficial, & https://www.facebook.com/ksresmi.

Name: Dr. Ajay Kapur
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla, Sitar, Electronic Music
Location: Los Angeles
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I play tabla (Punjabi – Ustad Allah Rakha Gharana) and sitar (vilayat Khan Gharana). I am a musical scient­ist, studying the acoustics and ges­tures of Indian clas­sical instru­ments to make New Digit­ized Indian clas­si­cal Instru­ments. I teach begin­ners who wish to learn about theka, raga, tabla, sitar… and other forms of im­pro­vi­sa­tio­nal music.

Name: Rajib Karmakar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar, Vocal
Location: 24700 McBean Pkwy, Valencia, California, USA, 91355
Telephone: +1-661-888-5196
Misc. Info: Win­ning many com­peti­tions like National and Inter­natio­nal Youth Fes­tivals, West Bengal State Academy Com­peti­tion etc. and having re­ceived Surmani from Sur Sringar Samshad, Mumbai and a San­geet Visharad from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chan­digarh Rajib is per­for­ming fre­quently in India and abroad includ­ing Germany, France, Italy, Switzer­land, Sweden, Austria, USA etc. and has given per­for­mances in Indian Clas­sical Young Talents Conference, Ganesh Mahotsav, Sanskar Bharati, Radio Popolare, ARS Musica, Ministry of Spain etc. He has three Cds under his name till now . Rajib’s ver­satility has ably adapted his clas­sical know­ledge and skill in his fusion pro­jects like Fuzo­rhythm (India), Loop Science (Germany), Nada Naissance( France) etc. He is the creator of the world’s first double necked electric Sitar ” Mayur Tantri” . Skype ID : sitarrajib

Name: Mrs. Prasanna Karthik
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Odissi Dance
Location: North Hollywood, CA
Telephone: 513-827-4406
Misc. Info: Chitra­kala School of Per­for­ming Arts is a pres­tigious dance insti­tute operat­ing in Singa­pore and India. On Vijaya­dasami this year, Chitra­kala opened its US operat­ions at Los Angeles, CA for Odissi. As part of its con­tinued expan­sion program, Chitra­kala has started Odissi clas­ses at Shri Ashta­Lakshmi Temple, North Holly­wood CA. For more infor­mation, con­tact – 513-827-4406 / 513-410-5918.

Name: Kishor Katti
Email: [email protected]
Field: Singer, Com­poser, Re­cording Studio, Re­cord­ing Engineer
Location: Rancho Santa Margarita, CA 92688
Telephone: 949 351 3272
Misc. Info: Kishor is a ver­satile singer and a com­poser. He has re­leased two ghazal albums of his compo­si­tions; Tumhare Liye and Shaadab. Shaadab is re­leased recently and it is voiced by Rahul Desh­pande and Pri­yanka Barve. Kishor also as profes­sio­nal record­ing studio wherein he has re­leased number of albums.

Name: Ustad Aashish Khan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sarode
Location: 23947 Del Monte Drive, #6 Valencia 91355 USA
Telephone: 001-818-359-1888
Misc. Info: Tansen Senia Beenkar Gharana” of legend Acharya Baba Allauddin Khan Sahib of Senia Maihar Ghar­ana. Teach­ing at the Cali­fornia Insti­tute of the Arts, Valencia, Cali­fornia 91355 and UCSC Santa­cruz, Cali­fornia.

Name: Nishat Khan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar, Hindu­stani Vocal
Location: Los Angeles, CA 90024
Telephone: 310-208-5889
Misc. Info: Khansahab is avail­able for pri­vate les­sons please call for more info. www.nishatkhan.com

Name: Heli Kools
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field:Voice Training, Hindu­stani Vocals (North Indian Clas­sical), Contem­porary Music.
Location: Los Angeles (Hollywood), CA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I am a graduate in North Indian clas­sical music (Kumar Gan­dharva). Also took train­ing from Patiala Gharana; cur­rently student of Music­ians Insti­tute (Holly­wood) in con­tem­po­rary vocals. I taught music in India also. Contact me for clas­sical, semi-clas­sical, folk, Bolly­wood or con­tem­porary styles of music. Cost of les­son is negotiable.

Name: Aler Krishnan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharat­natyam dance
Location: San Diego, CA
Telephone: 858-678-0024
Misc. Info: www.abinaya.org

Name: Pavitra Krishnan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam
Location: Torrance, CA
Telephone: 508 366 2587
Misc. Info: I am clas­sical trained dance tea­cher, offering Bharata­natyam les­sons to kids and Adults. Dance is my pas­sion and my mis­sion is to pro­mote the rich art form heritage and cultureto all, both young and ‘young at heart’ people.

Name: Srimati Krishnapria
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Clas­sical Vocal and Voice train­ing.
Location: San Diego
Telephone: 858-722-0613
Misc. Info: I am a stu­dent of Ustaad Inayat Khan and Pandit Janki Das Sharma from Lucknow, India. I teach Hindu­stani clas­sical vocal to adults and the younger gener­ation with em­phasis in bhaav or emotion, and teach them raaga based bha­jans, kirtans, band­ish, ghazals and folk songs. Stu­dents will learn all the nuances of dif­ferent Raagas and their sig­ni­fi­cance on our emotions.

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Name: Suman Laha
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar, Sarod, Guitar, Violin, Cello, Harmon­ium & Vocal les­sons in North Indian Clas­sical Music.
Location: Los Angeles, Ca.
Telephone:
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Name: Ratna Lahiri
Email: [email protected]
Field: Sitar
Location: San Diego, CA
Telephone: +91-9958900558
Misc. Info: Smt. Ratna Lahiri, a sitar­ist par excellence, has been trained under Benaras ‘gharana’. Being com­pletely focused, she con­tinued formal education in instrumental music and completed post-graduation from Rabindra Bharati University, Kolkata. She has received the pre­stigious “Rashtriya Manav Ratan Samman”, awarded by Manav Kalyan Sansthan, New Delhi, for her con­tribution to social develop­ment through music and dance in 2010. She has also been honored by the President of Fiji in February 2018 for her performance in Subh-e-Benaras.

Name: Pratima Lamba
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: North Indian Vocal and Harmon­ium
Location: 3891 Olive St. Irvine, CA 92606
Telephone: (949)-654-9500
Misc. Info: Masters Degree in Music. Former All India Radio artist. Teach all ages in both group and indi­vi­dual clas­ses. Cover Clas­sical, Film, Ghazal, Bhajan, Sha­bads, etc.

Name: Ruchi Lamba
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak, Bolly­wood, Clas­sical Dance-Drama
Location: Orange County, Cali­fornia
Telephone: (608) 352-8425
Misc. Info: www.indiandancecenter.com

Name: The Leela Institute of Kathak and Leela Dance Collective
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak
Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States
Telephone: 1+ 310-987-7809
Misc. Info: The Leela Dance Collective was founded in 2016 by Rina Mehta, Rachna Nivas and Seibi Lee, senior disciples of legendary kathak master Pandit Chitresh Das, along with leading Kathak per­formers Sarah Morelli and Shefali Jain. It is the only one of its kind Indian-American dance company that brings together leading kathak artists from around the world represent­ing a multi­tude of voices to articulate a clair­voyant vision for Kathak. For information on performances and classes, please visit our website: www.leela.dance

Name: Paul Livingstone
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar & Indian music for western instru­ments (guitar/ stings/ jazz mus­icians)
Location: 429 North Ave 57, Los Angeles CA 90042
Telephone: (323) 899 0704
Misc. Info: Inter­na­tional per­former, com­poser and educator, dis­ciple of Pt. Ravi Shankar, Amiya Das­gupta & Rajeev Tara­nath, recieved APPEX fellow­ship and grants from the City of Los Angeles for teach­ing Indian and world music. He has per­formed with Pandit Swapan Chau­dhuri, Partho Sarothy, Abhijit Banerjee, Sha­shanka Bakshi, Hom Nath Upadh­yaya and many leading world music and po­pular artists. For more info visit: www.tanpura.com

Name: Los Angeles Indian Music Academy
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar, Vocal, Tabla
Location: 624 E. Cypress Ave. Burbank CA 91501
Telephone: +1-661-888-5196
Misc. Info: Los Angeles Indian Music Academy pro­vides a guru sishya param­para (tea­cher- student trad­ition) in teach­ing Indian clas­sical music and its various other forms. An over­view of various compo­si­tions, general im­pro­vising concept, creat­ing pat­terns and phrases, mathe­matics, cal­culations and pro­gres­sion both with melody and rhythm will be dis­cus­sed and pre­sented. Each student will present a concert each year which demon­strate the trad­itio­nal ap­proach to Indian music. Guided by Indian Music Maestros Rajib Kar­makar and Vineet Vyas, each student is given indi­vidual attention to grow music­ally in a wider dimensions.

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Name: Sridevi Maharaj
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Vocal Music, Harmon­ium
Location: Irvine, CA
Telephone: 650 273 0648
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Name: Bhagyasri Manohar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kuchi­pudi
Location: San Diego, CA
Telephone: 760-687-1256
Misc. Info: Bhagyasri is a dis­ciple of guru Sri Chinta Adi­nara­yana Sharma of Hyder­abad, India, he is one of the family of Guru Sri Vempati Chinna Satyam. She is a per­for­mer, trainer in Kuchi­pudi style and given no. of stage shows n taken classes in Singa­pore before shift­ing to CA. Can con­tact her for clas­ses through email [email protected] or calling up 760-687-1256.

Name: Will Marsh, MFA
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar
Location: Encinitas, CA
Telephone: 231.357.9009
Misc. Info: Will began his train­ing under Ustad Aashish Khan & com­ple­ted his MFA in North Indian music perfor­mance from the Cali­fornia Insti­tute of the Arts. He has also stu­died under sitar master, Roshan Jamal Bhar­tiya. Will per­forms clas­sical recitals inter­nation­ally and resides in En­ci­ni­tas, CA. Will is an ex­peri­enced tea­cher and is cur­rently ac­cep­ting new stu­dents. For more info, please visit www.willmarshmusic.com

Name: Meenal’s Academy of Per­forming Arts
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak, Bharatha­natyam, and Tabla
Location: 4s Ranch, San Diego, Cali­fornia USA
Telephone: 858-208-3478
Misc. Info: Meenal’s Academy of Per­forming Arts (MAPA) offers clas­ses in Kathak, Bharat­natyam and tabla. We are af­fi­lia­ted with Bharati Vidya­peeth School Of Per­for­ming Arts, Pune, India and offer cer­ti­ficate and diploma courses. Exams are con­ducted by the Univ. twice a year. Kathak is taught by Meenal Chak­radeo, Bharat­nayam by Sukanya Kumar and tabla by Rahul Sopar­kar.

Name: Archana Mehrotra
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: vocal light, bolly­wood music and bha­jans
Location: Vista, CA
Telephone: 216-282-8423
Misc. Info: I have learned Hindu­stani clas­sical music and have per­formed in var­ious music com­peti­tions as well. My stren­gths are in teach­ing and sing­ing Bolly­wood numbers, bha­jans, geet, ghazals and other forms of light music. Adults and chil­dren are wel­come. I have recen­tly moved to Vista, CA and would like to start afresh. For more infor­mation, please feel free to con­tact me.

Name: Aalok Mehta
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: sitar, electric sitar, key­boards, songs, music pro­duc­tion / song­writing.
Location: Santa Monica. Serve the greater LA area
Telephone: 310 699 9381
Misc. Info: aaloksound.com IG-@aaloksmehta I both per­form and teach

Name: Barbara Mintz
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Odissi Dance
Location:
Telephone: 760 271-3578
Misc. Info: www.rightangle.com/bhava, www.bhavadance.wordpress.com WISDOM, World Insti­tute of Sacred Dance OM, Clas­ses and work­shops in Indian dance (Odissi), Bali­nese dance, Argen­tine tango, shakti dance, dance heal­ing and other world dance and music forms. Clas­ses taught in Bali, Buenos Aires, Cali­for­nia and other lo­cations

Name: Nandana Mitra
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tagore songs, Voice trainer and per­formance
Location: San Diego, CA-92064
Telephone: 858-859-5692
Misc. Info: I have done my BA and MA in Music from Visva-Bharati Uni­ver­sity, Santi­niketan. National Scholar­ship holder from Govt. of India. I have per­formed with many famous artists, includ­ing Shri Dwijen Mukho­padhyay, Smt Basavi Mukho­padhay, Shri. Malay Chankar Chat­topadhay, Smt. Swastika Mukher­jee. Here, I have per­for­med in San diego and LA. I have been teach­ing Rabin­dra San­geet, light clas­sical songs and voice culture for 3 yrs of all age group. For any per­for­mance or teach­ing please call or email me.

Name: Rose Muralikrishnan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic music, Teaching, Per­for­mance, Lecture Demos
Location: Los Angeles, Cali­fornia, USA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: http://www.rosemuralikrishnan.com/

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Name: N. Muralikrishnan (“NMK”)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Veena and Key­board (Carnatic)
Location: Los Angeles and Cerritos CA
Telephone: (Keyboard Studio) (562) 310 -2864
Misc. Info: N. Muralikrishnan “NMK” co-founder of Spring Nectar Academy, has a unique back­ground in music and business and over 25 years of per­for­ming and teach­ing experi­ence He has masters’ degrees in music from the Uni­versity of Madras, ethno­musicology from San Diego State Uni­versity and has done PhD work and Executive Pro­gram in Business Management from UCLA. Having studied piano per­for­mance and theory at Trinity Col­lege, London, NMK was the first to con­ceive and deve­lop the art of play­ing Carnatic music on the key­board. His unique method of teach­ing South Indian clas­sical music blends American method­ologies with Indian trad­itional values.www.nmuralikrishnan.com

Name: Naad Studios – Neha Patel
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam, Kathak, Folk, Bolly­wood, Guitar
Location: 9474 Black Mountain Road, Suite J, San Diego, CA 92126
Telephone: 858-231-6484
Misc. Info: Naad Studios offers classes in Bharat­natyam, Kathak, folk, Bolly­wood and guitar. Naad is af­filiated with Akhil Bharatiya Gan­dharva Maha­vid­ya­laya Mandal, Pune, India (Examination board, recognized world­wide) to give Bharata­natyam / Kathak stu­dents an oppor­tunity to earn dip­lomas and degree through univer­sity exam­ination. Web­site: www.thenaadstudios.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NaadStudiossd/

Name: Malini Nagpal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Dance / Movement Therapist
Location: 9881 Newport Way Cypress, CA 90630
Telephone: 213-841-2226 / 714-827-4136
Misc. Info: Malini Nag­pal, ADTR, MA re­ceived her Mas­ters of Arts deg­ree at UCLA in dance / movement therapy and was trained at CSULB in human be­havior as well at Berkeley in inte­grative move­ment. Her career in this field began in the early 90’s. Malini has ex­ten­sive experi­ence ana­lyzing (observe, des­cribe, synthe­size), teach­ing, train­ing, and lec­tur­ing. She has taught how to ef­fectiv­ely inter­grate verbal com­mun­ication with body lan­guage to in­crease self-expres­sion, per­susion, cha­risma, leader­ship, grace, and over­all flow through move­ment therapy / coach­ing. Her work experi­ence ranges from chil­dren ages 5 to the adults in pro­fes­sional and per­sonal aspect of their lives. She has and con­tinues to give seminars and work­shops in the United States and abroad.

Name: Nartan School of Bharatnatyam
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam (Tan­javoor style)
Location: Camarillo, CA
Telephone: 805-814-0976
Misc. Info: www.nartan.net

Name: Kamini Natarajan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Vocal
Location: Simi Valley, CA, 93063
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I am enrol­ling now for vocal music clas­ses in Simi Valley, CA and Ven­tura, CA. I teach Hindu­stani clas­sical vocal music, Bha­jans, Gha­zals and light Indian music. Clas­ses for all levels and ages. Group and pri­vate les­sons avail­able. Web­site: http://www.kaminimusic.com/music

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Name: Babu Parameswaran
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Vocal Music, Bhajan, Key­board, Nattuvangam and Sanskrit
Location: Los Angeles Area
Telephone: 949-559-4504 & 949-394-6415
Misc. Info: Babu is the Director of Keer­thana School of Indian Music & Fine Arts, Los Angeles. He is one of the sought after music­ian who is special­ized in sing­ing Indian clas­sical music. He is a ver­satile artist who can sing both the Car­natic and Hin­du­stani styles of music and key­board artist who can create great music on the newly devel­oped synthe­sizers. He has per­for­med with most of the lead­ing dancers in India and abroad. He is one of the sought after music­ian who travel around the world and per­form through out the year. He is a staff artist of Bharata Kalan­jali, the dance academy of the world-renowned dancers The Dha­nan­jayans for the past 14 years. He has per­for­med in most of the major festi­vals like the Fes­tival of India in Moscow. You can hear Babus Music in http://www.soundclickcom/babuparameswaran

Name: Divya Patel
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bolly­wood Dance
Location: Long Beach, CA, USA
Telephone: (805) 610-7912
Misc. Info: Indepen­dent Bolly­wood dance instruc­tor for kids and adults (and groups). Available for choreo­graphy and les­sons for any­thing from small per­formances to wed­ding per­for­mances.

Name: Om Patel
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Vocals (Hindustani Clas­sical + Sugam San­geet + Bolly­wood songs)
Location: Redondo Beach, Cali­fornia 90278 (Available on travel request to stu­dent locat­ion)
Telephone: 585-363-8325
Misc. Info: Trained in Hindu­stani clas­sical music for 7 years under Ustad Saukat Hussain Khan from Jaipur Gharana. Solid funda­ment­als and enthu­siastic ap­proach to Hindu­stani teach­ing. Also avail­able for sugam san­geet and Bolly­wood vocals train­ing on spe­cial request.

Name: Sveta Patel
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Gujarati, Rajasthani, Punjabi Folk Dance
Location: 5658 Willow­mere Lane, San Diego, Cali­fornia, 92130
Telephone: 858 509 1510
Misc. Info:

Name: David Philipson
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bansuri
Location: Los Angeles, CA USA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Pannalal Ghosh/Maihar gharana, web­site – http://davidphilipson.com

Name: Preetysha with Shree Shakti Bolly­wood Band
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bolly­wood Film Songs, Bhajans & Tra­ditional Guja­rati songs, also Teach­ing Basic Clas­sical Vocal
Location: 8132 Fire­stone blvd., Downey, CA 90241
Telephone: (562) 869-9009
Misc. Info: www.preetysha.com , Preet­ysha making every event musical in Cali­fornia US since two decades with 7 art­ist of her Shree Shakti band. Special­ized in per­for­ming clas­sic Hindi film Songs of Lata Mangesh­kar, Asha Ji, Geeta dutt, Mohmad Rafi, Kishor Kumar, Manaa Dey, Mukesh along with latest popu­lar songs of Shreya, Sonu, Nigam, Sunidhi, Rahat Ali, Shaan & A.R. Rahman. In the past Preet­ysha has per­formed at Gibson Amphi Theatre in Univer­sal city, Venet­ian Hotel, Ceaser’s Palace, MGM hotel in Las Vegas for the organi­zat­ions like AAPI, SEF, BMCAA, Hope Medical, KSMD and many more. Available to per­form for con­vent­ions, wed­dings, birth­days, Navratri garba, Velen­tine Party, New Year’s Eve party, fund raisers, stage concerts & dinner dance banquets party.

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Name: Nikhila Radhakrishna.
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Clas­sical music (vocal and flute)
Location: Longbeach, Cali­fornia
Telephone: 562-541-2810
Misc. Info: I have done my Vidwat in clas­si­cal music vocal and flute. I have given many con­certs in Ban­galore. I have taught music to about 50 people in Ban­galore.

Name: Rahis Khan School of Music
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Vocal, Tabla and Harmon­ium / Keyboard for adults and children.
Location: San Diego, CA USA
Telephone: (619) 368 8990
Misc. Info: We cater to all levels begin­ner, inter­mediate and advan­ced com­petenc­ies. Clas­ses can be scheduled to the con­venience of your schedule.

Name: Sufi Raina
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kathak
Location: San Diego, Cali­fornia (near Mira­mar Cash n Carry)
Telephone: 858-633-3835
Misc. Info: Face­book page: facebook.com/tejdancestudio

Name: Raji
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Veena
Location: Los Angeles, Cali­fornia, United states.
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I have learnt veena from a music school tea­cher from Chen­nai. I can teach Veena from the basics. Cost per class is $10. Reach me @216 744 3359 for more details. my web­site address is http://veenai.weebly.com. I take Skype clas­ses as well.

Name: Ganesh Ram
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic Clas­sical Flute
Location: Santa Clara, CA, USA
Telephone:
Misc. Info:

Name: Sandhya Rama­chandran
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic music vocal, Bhajans, Semi Clas­sical music
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Singer/ performer of Indian clas­sical music for 15yrs. Learnt the art in Dubai and India under excep­tional Gurus like Ms. Jayasri Rao, Ban­galore Rama­mani and Smt. Prarthana Sai Nara­simhan (Chennai). Can take classes to provide a sound foun­dation in basics up until keertha­nams. Pls con­tact for further details!

Name: Shan Ramani
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Guitar
Location: Thousand Oaks,CA.
Telephone: 805 404 3619
Misc. Info: I teach guitar and music theory basics. My focus is to impart har­mony rhythm acoustic guitar strum­ming tech­niques for popu­lar Bolly­wood numbers.

Name: Jenisha Rangoonwala
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani- clas­sical vocal music
Location: 525, Grass valley street, Simi valley, CA- 93065
Telephone: 805-404-1773
Misc. Info: I am trained clas­sical vocal­ist by clas­sical guru­ji and profes­sionals from India’s Ghan­dharva School of Music (Ahmedabad). It has been 14 years I am into Hindu­stani clas­sical vocal sing­ing. I have achie­ved upantya visharad degree (Govern­ment recognized) from India and have also per­for­med at state level. I also took les­sons of har­mon­ium for 2 years. I also taught for 3 years to all age groups. Those who are inter­ested can con­tact me on above mentioned email address.

Name: Jayam Rubins
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Traditional Carnatic Vocal and Traditional Bharatha Natyam
Location: SHERMAN OAKS, LA 91403
Telephone:424-345-5057
Misc. Info: Learn online or  in person when the covid situation clears. Carnatic music taught in traditional style according to the music syllabus classes are given individually and for small groups.

Name: Rupak School of World Music
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: North Indian Clas­sical Vocal
Location: 21212 1/2 Figueroa Street, Carson CA 90745
Telephone: 310 483 3795/868 1505
Misc. Info: Subhashish Mukho­padhyay – director. web – subhashish.rupakschoolofmusic.org, rupakschoolofmusic.org

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Name: SN Foundation for Indian Music and Heritage
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Clas­sical music vocal and instru­mental
Location: Irvine, Los Angeles, South Bay, Artesia, Riverside California
Telephone: 562-853-2643
Misc. Info: Web­site – www.springnectaracademy.org Only music school in southern Cali­fornia teaches in most cities. Cerritos, Irvine, Los Angeles, Tor­rance, South Bay, Artesia, Eastvale, Corona, River­side Calif­ornia are name a few.

Name: Kiran Saigal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar, Hindu­stani Vocal
Location: 4121 Glenwood, Irvine, Cali­fornia
Telephone: (949) 726-8489 / Cell 949 241 2983
Misc. Info: An accom­plished singer and sitar­ist with an M. Phil., in Instru­men­tal Music (sitar), Master of Arts in Instru­men­tal music (A Gold Medal­ist), San­geet Visharad – from Bhat­kande San­geet Vidya­peth, Lucknow, and San­geet Bhushan from Pracheen Kala Kendra, Chandi­garh. I teach Indian clas­sical music Instru­mental (sitar) and Hindu­stani vocal. Classes are also offered in light music (bhajan, geet, gazals and folk music).

Name: Malkauns Saiz
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: North Indian Clas­sical Vocalist, Sarodist, Producer
Location: San Diego
Telephone: 619-972-1682
Misc. Info: I have been a stu­dent of the late Ustad Ali Akbar Khan since 1996. I am the only pro­fes­sional vocal­ist to repres­ent our gharana (Maihar gharan), which has up till now only pro­duced instru­mentalists. I have recor­ded and per­for­med exten­sively with both of Khan­sahib’s eldest sons Ustad Aashish Khan and Pandit Pranesh Khan, ac­com­panied by Zakir Hussein. I have also recor­ded exten­sively with Shafqat Ali Khan and many other of India’s finest art­ists. I was voted “Best New Artist” on Inter­natio­nal Televion by Univision and have major credits to my name includ­ing several Bill­board credits as both artist and producer. I recieved a special bles­sing from Khan­sahib shortly before his death to be the only singer represent­ing Maihar gharana. websites – www.myspace.com/malkaunssai wwwmyspace.com/saizfanclub www.cdbaby.com/cd/saiz

Name: Ashwini Sangam
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam and Folk Dance
Location: Penasquitos Area, San Diego
Telephone: 858 367 0056
Misc. Info: Mayur Natya­laya was establi­shed by its artis­tic dir­ector Ashwini Sangam to teach Bharata­natyam and folk dances to adults and chil­dren. Ashwini San­gam started learn­ing dance from her early child­hood, under her tea­cher Vidushi Late Mrs. Prabha­vathi Vaman­acharya. Ashwini bloomed as a artful, and gracious dancer that she is under the watch­ful eyes of Vidushi Mrs. Rekha Hedge, a highly ac­claimed and revered dancer, herself. She has choreo­graphed, and per­for­med with her stu­dents at many cultural and inter­natio­nal events, in San Diego as well as in India.

Name: Bhuvaneswari Sankaran
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic music vocal
Location: 210 S Mentor Avenue, Pasadena, CA
Telehone: 626 977 5442
Misc. Info: I have learnt Carnatic music for about 20 years. Have given many season con­certs. Have sung in tele­vision and radio as well. Would like to train stu­dents in Carnatic vocal full fledged.

Name: Sravanthi Satheshkumar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Carnatic clas­sical vocal
Location: Hampton Inn, W Colorado street, Glendale CA – 19205.
Telephone: 1 747 275 1898
Misc. Info: I would give free demo class to the inter­ested can­didates. If they would like to join, I would charge 8$ to 10$ per class as per their stan­dard.

Name: Jaeger di Savoia
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Esraj & Dilruba
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Disciple of Ustad Aash­ish Khan, Pt. Shashanka Bakshi & Sri Harsh Narayan

Name: Dr. Ragasree Sen
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Rabindra San­geet and Dhrupadi style music [Music Per­former and Trainer]
Location: Fremont, CA or Santa Barbara, CA
Telephone: (408) 431-1330
Misc. Info: I am inter­ested in per­form­ing music in cultural con­feren­ces and tutor­ing music to young stu­dents. I am passionate about music [espec­ially Dhru­padi style and Rabindra Sangeet] and I teach music to masters stu­dents in India. My LinkedIn pro­file is in.linkedin.com/pub/ragasree-sen/26/782/422 . Couple of songs from my recordings : http://m.youtube.com/watch?amp;v=rOkv8pR_w5s&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DrOkv8pR_w5s. My Back­ground -I belong to the family of famous Indian musician Rai Chand Boral and I inherited music from my father Nemai Chand Bural. I was brought up and educated in Shanti­niketan (Tagore’s place) where I had studied music along with other subjects. I have some musical record­ings of Rabindra San­geet and my per­formance was broad­casted on local TV channels in India. I visit my chil­dren in Fremont, CA and Santa Bar­bara, CA, and think this can be a great op­por­tunity to spread my know­ledge of music among young talents.

Name: Suresh Shah
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Clas­sical and Western sing­ing, Harmon­ium, key­board, Tabla
Location: San Diego, CA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: Bachelor in Music de­gree with experi­ence in doing several stage per­for­mances and con­certs in front of audience of 20 up to 1000 people.

Name: Aditya Sharma
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Clas­sical Music vocal, Bhajans, Harmon­ium, Tabla
Location: San Diego, Cali­fornia- USA
Telephone: 760-212-6779
Misc. Info: A Hindu­stani clas­sical vocalist and dis­ciple of Padmashri Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar. An ex-scholar from ITC-Sangeet Research Academy, Kolkata, Aditya is a graded AIR artist. A Ph.d. in voice culti­vation, Aditya has per­for­med at several venues in India and US. Cur­rently, he is teach­ing at “Sangita Yoga” an organi­sation based in San Diego. For more infor­mation visit his web­site – www.adityavocal.com

Name: Master Sharon
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bolly­wood dance
Location: Chatsworth, Simi Valley, Santa Clarita, Woodland Hills, CA, USA
Telephone: 818-626-8241, 703-801-7346 (cell)
Misc. Info: Bolly­wood Dance School for kids and adults, www.DanceBollywood.net – Electro­Battles Bolly­wood Dance School is the no.1 Indian dance school of San Fer­nando Valley region, over last 7 years with more than 500 stu­dents grad­uated, and around 150 stu­dents cur­rently learn­ing and per­forming Bolly­wood, Bhangra, semi-clas­sical, Hip-Hop styles..! Enrol­ling now for 2013 batches..!!

Name: Shaheen Sheik-Sadhal
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharata­natyam
Location: Laguna Beach, CA, USA
Telephone: 310 455 6761
Misc. Info: Trained in the vin­tage Panda­nallur / Tan­jore style and heralded by the Los Angeles Times as a “breath­taking” and “com­mand­ing” dancer. Teach begin­ning child (Satur­days at 9am) and adult (Satur­days at 11:30am) clas­ses through the city of La­guna Beach at the Susi Q Center (with con­venient park­ing and loca­tion for South Orange County).

Name: Leonice Shinneman
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla, Pakhawaj, Ghatam
Location: North Hollywood, CA 91601
Telephone: 818 209 5966
Misc. Info: Leonice Shinneman is re­cog­nized as the fore­most American dis­ciple of the legend­ary North Indian tabla and pak­hawaj master Pandit Taranath Rao. Broaden­ing his exper­tise in the Faruk­khabad style of tabla per­for­mance, Leonice con­tinued his studies with Pandit Ravi Bel­lare. Leonice’s orig­inal res­earch on cal­culat­ions within the tala system has shed new light on the art of im­provis­ing rhythmic resolut­ions in real-time. Les­sons with re­nowned South Indian Ghatam master T.H. Subash Chan­dran have led to his mastery of Kar­natic per­cus­sion. Ustad Alla Rakha, T.R. Hari­hara Sarma, Swapan Chau­dhuri and T.R. Raja­mani were also his tea­chers. Leonice has given tabla and pak­hawaj solos in Europe, India, Mexico and the U.S.A. and has per­formed Indian clas­sical music in concert with Amiya Das­gupta, L. Shankar, Gana­sara­swathy, Zakir Hussain and Rajeev Tara­nath.

Name: Geeta Shreedar
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Clas­sical Car­natic Music (Vocal)
Location: San Diego, CA
Telephone: 858 486 1482
Misc. Info: Begin­ner and inter­mediate clas­sical carnatic music. Skype les­sons avail­able.

Name: Miles Shrewsbery
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Tabla
Location: San Diego, CA USA
Telephone: (310) 254-5732
Misc. Info: Dis­ciple of Abhiman Kaushal. M.A. in Ehno­music­ology from Uni­versity of Cali­fornia, River­side. Exten­sive teach­ing experi­ence of all age groups and class sizes. www.milesshrewsbery.net

Name: Dr. Fred Siciliano
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sarode, Esraj / Dilruba, also Sitar and Vocal
Location: 4482 Market St. Suite 403 Ventura, Ca 93003
Telephone: 805 642 1351, 805 654 8776
Misc. Info: Studied at Ali Akbar College in early 1970’s. Recieved M.F.A. in World Music from Cal Arts in 1975. Student of the Late Pandit Amiya Das­Gupta for 20 years, who was a dis­tiguished diciple of Ravi Shankar and Cal Arts profes­sor. Has studied sarode tech­nique from Ustad Aashish Khan and Pandit Rajeev Taranath Uses music and sound in Healing Arts practise.

Name: Soorya Dance Company
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharathanatyam Dance and Car­natic Music
Location: Woodland Hills, CA
Telephone: 818-730-0371
Misc. Info: An award winning dancer from Ban­galore, guru Sushma Mohan trains stu­dents of all ages and levels. Trained by the world famous guru Dhanan­jayans and world record holder guru Pra­sanna Kasthuri, clas­ses are held at various locat­ions in Wood­land Hills and West Hills.

Name: Aarthi Sridharan
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Carnatic music (Vocal), slokas & bajans
Location: Culver city, Los Angeles, CA
Telephone: 310-651-0823
Misc. Info: 20+ years of train­ing in Indian clas­sical Car­natic music with Sri Kun­nakudi Meen­akshi Sundaram, Chennai. Classes includes Car­natic music, sloka and bajans. Classes are offered during week­ends in Culver City / Los Angeles, CA for kids of age 5 and above. Please con­tact for more infor­mation.

Name: Arathi Srinivas
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kala­kshetra Style Bharathanatyam Dance
Location: 1044, Amberton Lane, Newbury Park 91320.
Telephone: 26-320-4444 or 901-428-2030
Misc. Info: Web­site – http://natyadwani.com – Enroll your Kids to Bharat­natyam classes in Thous­and Oaks, CA and Simi Valley, Agoura Hills, Oak Park, West­lake Village, Ven­tura Coiunty Cali­fornia area. Clas­ses are on week­ends. Arathi Srinivas is well experi­enced Bharatha­natyamn tea­cher, choreo­grapher. She also takes on­line classes. Batches will be fil­led on first come first serve basis. This cur­ricu­lum links your child to clas­sical dance, dance based music, history, dance theory and yoga. For more infor­mation please con­tact the above number.

Name: John Stephens
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sitar
Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA
Telephone: 410-812-0337
Misc. Info: Disciple of Ustad Aash­ish Khan and Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri. Please visit www.johnloganstephens.com for more infor­mation.

Name: Uma Suresh
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Bharatha Natyam (performer, tea­cher, artistic director)
Location: 11727, Creek Bluff Dr Poway, Ca-92064
Telephone: 858 776 7722
Misc. Info: Uma is an ac­com­plished per­former in the dance styles, Bharatha­natyam and Kuchi­pudi. Her theat­rical career spans over three de­cades. Uma’s artistry and crea­tive choreo­graphy have cap­tivated audien­ces around the world. She is the art­istic dir­ector of Natya­Priya Dance Academy an insti­tution dedi­cated to the pro­pagation and pre­serva­tion of Indian clas­sical dance. Uma has led her company at several pres­tigious dance events. She con­ducts work­shops and offers lectures at educat­ional insti­tutions through­out southern cali­fornia.

Name: SUR Music Academy (Venkatesh Sankaran)
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Indian Music (Vocal & Instruments)
Location: Tustin, CA
Telephone: 714 280 4519
Misc. Info: www.surmusicacademy.com

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Name: Lakshmi Thirumani
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Kuchi­pudi
Location: Foothill ranch, Lake forest, Orange County, CA
Telephone:
Misc. Info: I have been trained under Dr. Yashoda Thakore, Hyder­abad for 12 years. I hold a dip­loma from Telugu Uni­versity in Kuchi­pudi. I have per­formed in var­ious natio­nal festi­vals in India. I have also part­nered with var­ious dancers in Chicago for 4 years. Looking to teach and per­form. Please email for additional infor­mation. Can travel with­in south OC to teach.

Name: David Trasoff
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Sarod, Instruction in Sitar, Tabla, Hindu­stani Vocal
Location: 4130 Verdugo View Drive Los Angeles, CA 90065
Telephone: 323 255 7783
Misc. Info: A senior dis­ciple of Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, with over 20 years experi­ence as a per­former and tea­cher of Hindu­stani clas­sical music. http://davidtrasoff.com

Name: Dr. Jitendra M. Trivedi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Vocal and Insrumental
Location: 20147 Arminta St., Winnetka, CA 91306
Telephone: (818) 885-8946, 1626 443 4111 or 1 781 391 3639
Misc. Info: Teach vocal and insr­ument with Bhat­khande and Gandhrve

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Name: Rama Varigonda
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Hindu­stani Vocal – serving Hindi, Kan­nada, Mara­thi and Telugu people
Location: San Diego, Cali­fornia, USA
Telephone: 858-527-5521
Misc. Info: Dedicated lear­ner of Hindu­stani clas­si­cal Indian vocal Music since 1978. Gave several public con­certs over the last 20 years in Canada and USA to music lovers span­ning Hindi, Kan­nada, Telugu and Marathi lan­guages. Men­tor­ing and teach­ing Hindu­stani clas­si­cal vocal for over 10 years. Empha­sis in teach­ing is dev­elop­ing strong vocal abil­ities via easy to grasp tech­nique of learn­ing and deli­very of music with a strong empha­sis on ensur­ing techn­ical purity and spiri­ted and pas­sion­ate rendi­tions, capable of ef­fec­tive bonding with the lis­tener

Name: Shwetha Venkatesh
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Carnatic clas­sical vocal
Location: Woodland Hills, CA, USA
Telephone: 914 433 8690
Misc. Info: A dis­ciple of Sri R.N. Thyaga­rajan of the famed Rudra­patnam brothers. An A grade artiste of AIR and Door­darshan, ban­galore. Has per­for­med at major sabhas includ­ing Madras Music Aca­demy, natio­nal pro­gramme, south zone pro­gramme etc. regular per­former at AIR and Door­darshan. Very experi­enced tea­cher and has trained stu­dents to be­come per­formers. Teaches both on­line and one-to-one. Please call for more de­tails

Name: Vijayalakshmi
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Mohiniyattam
Location: Agoura Hills, CA
Telephone: 818-292-8043
Misc. Info: Consid­ered one of the most eminent expo­nents of Mohiniy­attam, Vijaya­lakshmi is the daughter and dis­ciple of Guru Bharati Shivaji. For ad­ditional info, please see www.vijayalakshmi.net

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Name: Nicholas Wilson
E-Mail: [email protected]
Field: Harmon­ium
Location: Los Angeles, Cali­fornia
Telephone: 626-441-5597
Misc. Info: Studied clas­sical violin through­out high school and col­lege. Have played harmon­ium in various kirtan groups for many years. I teach pri­vate clas­ses.

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