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Note: This is the Hindustani/period instrument version of this piece — for the version with soprano, please see Subah Shaam Program Notes I’ve always been fascinated by iconoclastic women — those who somehow saw beyond the societal conventions of their time, and chose to invest in their own, more expansive vision. Mirabai is one such … Read more
Program Notes I love writing music for young people. This vibrant Hindustani bhajan is a beautiful portrait of Krishna dancing. My arrangement is designed with young musicians from both cultures in mind, with the aim to draw them towards one another, one step at a time. Recording Special Performance Requirements This is a string orchestra … Read more
Program Notes I love writing music for young people. This vibrant Hindustani bhajan is a beautiful portrait of Krishna dancing. My arrangement is designed with young musicians from both cultures in mind, with the aim to draw them towards one another, one step at a time. Recording Please note: this recording is the string quartet … Read more
Program Notes I love writing music for young people. This vibrant Hindustani bhajan is a beautiful portrait of Krishna dancing. My arrangement is designed with young musicians from both cultures in mind, with the aim to draw them towards one another, one step at a time. Recording Special Performance Requirements This piece is designed specifically … Read more
Program Notes (forthcoming) Recording See video above. For Beyond, a full length album of bhajan arrangements performed by Saili Oak and Salastina Music Society, composed by participants of the Shastra Summer Collaborative, click here. Special Performance Requirements This piece requires a Western classical string quartet, and a Hindustani singer. The piece is relatively challenging for … Read more
Program Notes Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz, at its core, is a piece about sisterhood. Each movement’s short text epitomizes the one of the many facets of having and being a sister. It is also about what sisterhood looks like when expanded beyond a single family or a single culture— when two women, from two different … Read more
Program Notes Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz, at its core, is a piece about sisterhood. Each movement’s short text epitomizes the one of the many facets of having and being a sister. It is also about what sisterhood looks like when expanded beyond a single family or a single culture— when two women, from two different … Read more
Program Notes Meri Sakhi Ki Avaaz, at its core, is a piece about sisterhood. Each movement’s short text epitomizes the one of the many facets of having and being a sister. It is also about what sisterhood looks like when expanded beyond a single family or a single culture— when two women, from two different … Read more
Program Notes When I lived in India in 2012, I was introduced to the work of Manav Kaul, an incredible Hindi-language playwright, actor and poet living in Mumbai. Hindi is a language that has become increasingly anglicized in its evolution. While there is so much beautiful ancient work in Sanskrit and Brijbasha (some of Hindi’s … Read more
Program Notes Even though my heritage is Indian, most of my early musical training was exclusively in Western classical music. It was only since 2010 that I began to learn about and explore Hindustani (North Indian) classical music, and incorporate its elements into my work. Though the combination of the unique resultant sounds of these … Read more