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Name: Guy L. Beck
E-Mail: beckg@tulane.edu
Field: Hindu­stani-Vocal
Location: 3 Cocodrie Court Kenner, LA 70065
Telephone: 504-450-2018
Misc. Info: I have studied Hindu­stani vocal music since 1976, begin­ning with six years in India at the Tansen Music College (Seniya Gharana). I have also learned from Sri Ashish Goswami, dis­ciple of Late Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan (Patiala Gharana), Pandit Arun Bhaduri (Kirana Gharana) and presently from Pandit Vijay Kichlu (Agra Gharana), Founder/Director of the ITC San­geet Research Academy in Calcutta. I am the first American to per­form at an All-India Music Conference (1977). My other skills include the devotional music of the temples of Mathura and Vrindaban, and Bengali Kirtan. My two CD's are called SACRED RAGA (New Orleans, 1999), and SANJHER PRADIP (Calcutta, 2004). At present I give con­certs and lecture/demon­strations at colleges and universities. I have also published a book, SONIC THEOLOGY: HINDUISM AND SACRED SOUND, which explains the Hindu philosophy of sound and music. My current project is a large CD archive of Vaishnava temple songs recorded in north India.


Name: Hans Gruenig
E-Mail: gruenig@tulane.edu
Field: Tabla / Some Sitar
Location: New Orleans, LA
Telephone: (504) 862-9930
Misc. Info: I'm a former Ali Akbar College of Music student (Swapan Choudhury / Lucknow Gharana). I'm a member of the group, "The Rishis"; I play with Hindu­stani-vocalist Sean Johnson in con­certs and chanting classes at the New Orleans Yoga Center. I could get someone started on tablas and /or may be able to hook you up with a more advan­ced tea­cher (should one be in town.


Name: Andrew McLean
E-Mail: andrumclean@gmail.com
Field: Tabla, vocal, strings (sarode, sitar, guitar), other instru­mental (violin, bansuri)
Location: 425 1st St. New Orleans, LA 70130
Telephone: (504) 975-3786
Misc. Info: Received train­ing in Hindu­stani music from Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Ustad Zakir Hussain, and Pandit Swapan Chaudhuri since 1996. Recorded and per­formed with sarode maestro Ustad Aashish Khan in trad­itional and fusion settings co-leading the Indo-New Orleans group Shringar. I teach vocal, tabla and instru­mental classes in the New Orleans, Baton Rouge and Covington areas. Earned a B.A. in ethnomusicology from UCLA and recently contributed to Louisiana's New Populations re­search program by docu­menting the main­tenance of Indian Clas­sical music in Louisiana.


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