
Now as a way of carrying those years of grateful learning forward, I want to find and light that spark in learners of all ages who want to dip their toes into the never-ending ocean of Carnatic music. Her impact on Carnatic music in New England has been amazing. Her students have consistently won at the national Carnatic music competition and this year they received eleven awards. so after intense soul searching, I opted out of a lucrative corporate career and took my talents in coach and training - to turn into a music teacher and storyteller. Tara Anand is an accomplished violinist and vocalist in the Carnatic tradition who has trained hundreds of students in the Boston area. Somewhere along the way, I read thousands of books (the bookworm being well alive!), went to university to study management, and a decade later found myself leading a training team for a leading finance company. Vijaya is very good at teaching the concepts of Carnatic music.
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They inspired in me a passion for the pursuit of music coupled with a rigorous schooling in the practical aspects of Carnatic music. I teach my Carnatic vocal music lessons Online over Skype, a freely downloadable software from All you need is to create a user ID for yourself and have your computer set up with broadband internet, MIC and speaker. Some of my fondest memories are of sitting cross-legged in my my gurus' homes, listening to their experiences of learning from legends such as Semmangudi Srinivasa Iyer and Thanjavur Kalyanaraman watching them lovingly make a note of a tricky saahithyam in my music notebook, and marvelling at their breadth of knowledge about this ancient art form. Since then, I have had the privilege of learning from stalwart gurus such as AIR A-Grade artiste Smt Prema Hariharan, Sangeetha Kala Acharya Sulochana Pattabhiraman and most recently Kalaimamani Shyamala Venkateswaran who continues to mentor me.



My mother wasn't sure whether I was serious - so I begged and pleaded all day until No turned to Yes! That was the start of a lifelong journey. The trinity of carnatic music who are inspired by Purandaradasas' compositions are: SHYAMASASTRI 1763 - 1847 AD MUTHU SWAMY DIKSHITAR 1776 - 1835 THYAGARAJA 1767 - 1847 ANNAMACHARYA 1408 - 1503 is an incarnation of lord Balaji's Nandakam or sword. One morning in Madras, as a pigtailed bookworm child of six years old, I overheard a couple of girls learning to sing the basic swaravali varisais (first lessons) and asked my mother to enroll me in music lessons. Once upon a time, there was an bright, curious little girl who fell in love with stories and music.
